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Free Safari Bookshelf for Quebec Residents

Peter Zion, Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

If you’re like me and you live in Québec, you probably spend a lot of time complaining about taxes and how you never seem to get much from it. However, if you’re in high tech or simply like woodcuts of bizarre animals, you’ll be happy to know it’s not all a waste: Québec residents have free access to the Safari Online Bookshelf, a vast, fully-searchable library of high-tech and business books provided by O’Reilly Media through the Québec library system. Safari is an extremely valuable resource for anyone working in high-tech and otherwise carries a fairly steep monthly price tag.

If you are a Québec resident, here are the steps to follow to obtain access to Safari through la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec (BNQ):

  1. If you haven’t already, obtain a library card. In Montréal, you can do this by going to the main library building at 475 de Maisonneuve East (corner Berri) with Québec ID and an “official” bill (eg. Hydro Quebec; I think Bell is OK too) and standing in line for a while. They’ll give you a card with a “Numéro de client”; make sure you pick a “Mot de passe” before leaving.
  2. Go to the BNQ website at http://www.banq.qc.ca
  3. On the right side under “MON DOSSIER” enter your “Numéro de client” and “Mot de passe” and click “SOUMETTRE”
  4. Along the second row of menu choices at the top of the page, click on “Ressources en ligne”
  5. Along the left-hand list of menu choices click on “Livres électroniques”
  6. Right in the middle of the page click on “Safari tech books online” or “Safari business books online”

Happy reading!

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6 Responses to “Free Safari Bookshelf for Quebec Residents”

  1. Smithland commented:
    August 13th, 2008 at 14:05

    Safari is great. Can you share you card number? I would love to take a look but don’t live near a library.

  2. pzion commented:
    August 13th, 2008 at 14:23

    Unfortunately, no, the numbers are for use by one individual only. But it’s certainly worth a trip to the library to take advantage of the service!

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  6. Daniel Haran commented:
    June 18th, 2009 at 12:11

    (On item #5, it’s been renamed to “Livres”, dropping the “électroniques”)

    Super helpful, thanks!

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