IEEE Partners with The MIT Press to Deliver New eBooks Collection via the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library

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Sep 12, 2012, 11:13 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization, has partnered with The MIT Press, an award-winning publisher affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to offer access to a special selection of computing and engineering eBooks as part of the IEEE Xplore® digital library.

The new titles will be available via a new collection delivered in IEEE Xplore called The MIT Press eBooks Library – Computing and Engineering Collection. This special collection features over 400 eBooks within the fields of computer science and engineering technologies, with approximately 40 new titles to be introduced each year. The collection features numerous titles that have won the American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE). Each eBook meets The MIT Press rigorous review processes and the collection covers a wide range of technology disciplines including:

Bioengineering
Communication, networking, and broadcasting
Components, circuits, devices, and systems
Computing and processing
Engineered materials, dielectrics, and plasmas
Engineering profession
Fields, waves, and electromagnetics
Geoscience
Power, energy, and industry applications
Robotics and control systems
Signal processing
Transportation

An advanced search engine will allow subscribers to find and download specific chapters within eBooks that will be discoverable alongside thousands of articles of related content within IEEE Xplore. The eBooks will be available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone product.

The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. One of the largest American university presses, The MIT Press publishes scholarly titles in diverse fields including art and architecture, the cognitive sciences, computational biology, computer science, economics, environmental science, neuroscience, new media, and science, technology, and society. The MIT Press has published more than 8,000 books throughout its history, and publishes about 200 books and 32 journals every year. For more information regarding The MIT Press, visit http://mitpress.mit.edu.

The MIT Press eBooks Library – Computing and Engineering is available now. To learn more, visit http://www.ieee.org/mitpressebooks.

About IEEE: IEEE is a large, global, professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE membership spans over 160 countries. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.

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