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About ScienceDirect (SDOL)

Publishes over

a quarter of the world's full text

medical (STM) articles – scientific, technical and • Journals managed by ScienceDirect .

renowned editors, written by respected authors

and read by researchers from around the globe - are available in one place: • Elsevier's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature including high impact factor titles such as

THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron.

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eight million articles

are available online, including Articles in Press which offer rapid access to recently accepted manuscripts. • Coverage includes over

2,000 journals published by Elsevier

• An expanding program of online

major reference works, handbooks, book series and e-books

in all fields of science seamlessly interlinks with primary research referenced in journal articles.

Subject Field Coverage

• Agricultural and Biological Sciences • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology • Business, Management and Accounting • Chemical Engineering • Chemistry • Computer Science • Decision Sciences • Earth and Planetary Sciences • Economics, Econometrics and Finance • Energy and Power • Engineering and Technology • Environmental Science • Immunology and Microbiology • Materials Science • Mathematics • Medicine • Neuroscience • Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics • Physics and Astronomy • Psychology • Social Science

Features : Highlights

• IP Enabled Access • No limit on number of simultaneous users/number of downloads.

• Full-text Articles of Subscribed Collections for past 4 years plus current year • Abstracts of all journals (from Vol 1, Issue 1) • Full text formats : HTML & PDF

How ScienceDirect can help you with your research?

• Desktop access to over 8 million articles • Powerful searching across all full-text articles & abstracts • Easy retrieval of articles • Dynamic reference links • Customizable alerting services – – new volume/issue – search – citation – topic • ‘Cited by’ feature enabling you to see all the other articles in Scopus that have cited the article you are interested in

How ScienceDirect can help you with your research ?

• Time-saving features such as ‘export to citation’ enabling you to automatically download article citations to your chosen program (ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager, or ASCII) • Search features allowing you to save, edit, re-run, and combine searches • CrossRef linking taking you on to other publishers’ subscribed material • Top-25 articles in your subject areas • Searching on the Web with Scirus

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Homepage: Recent Actions

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Track up to 100 of your most recent actions Includes searches made, sources and documents browsed

Homepage: Quick Links

• Personalized and customizable • Save time by reducing number of clicks to frequently used pages • Improve workflow and productivity • Note: Quick Links that you create only display if you are logged in to ScienceDirect.

• A maximum of 100 ScienceDirect and 100 Web links can be saved.

Quick Search

• You can use Quick Search to search for articles or journal and book titles. • Quick Search is available at the top of every page that has a navigation bar. • You can search article titles, abstracts, keywords, author names, journal and book titles, volume, issue, or page number fields. • Searchable content includes all available journals, books series, handbooks, and all subscribed reference works.

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It is not possible to save search queries that are generated using Quick Search.

Quick Search: Journal/Book Title

Advanced Search

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View Documents

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Browse Titles on Home Page

Browse Titles

Click on title to go to journal homepage Article in Press: peer-reviewed and accepted for publication, but not yet published in print Add to Favorites & Vol./Issue alerts

Journal Homepage

Find out more about this journal: scope, editors, how to submit an article, etc.

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Search/ Browse eBooks

Elsevier publishes 4 key book types, across 20 subject areas

Elsevier Reference Works Elsevier Book Series Elsevier Handbooks Elsevier eBooks 75 titles

Including:   Ency.of Materials; Science & Technology Ency. of Energy    Treatise on Geochemistry Treatise in Geophysics Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry         Ency. of Physical Sciences & Technology Ency. of Analytical Science Ency. of Condensed Matter Physics Ency. of Language & Linguistics Ency. Of Archaeology xPharm Ency. of Cancer Ency. Of Toxicology

65+ series including backfiles (4000 vol)

Including:   Methods in Enzymology Side Effects of Drugs Annual    International Review of Cytology Progress in Brain Research Advances in Cancer Research        Advances in Agronomy Advances in Genetics Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry Advances in Quantum Chemistry Advances in Pharmacology Methods in Cell Biology Methods in Microbiology

7 series >4500 books

Including        : Handbooks in Economics series Handbook of Numerical Analysis Handbook of Statistics Handbook of Magnetic Materials Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry Handbooks in Operations Research & Management Science Handbooks on the Physics & Chemistry of Rare Earths • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Across 19 subject packages : • Agricultural and Biological Sciences • Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Earth and Planetary Sciences Energy Engineering Environmental Science Forensics Finance Immunology and Microbiology Material Sciences Mathematics Medicine and Dentistry Neuroscience Pharmacology, Toxicology & Pharmaceutical Physics and Astronomy Psychology

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20 Subject Areas

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4,800 Titles

Agricultural and Biological Sciences Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Earth and Planetary Sciences Energy Engineering Environmental Science ~ 186 books ~ 248 books ~ 315 books ~ 270 books ~ 466 books ~ 215 books ~ 32 books ~ 834 books ~ 89 books Immunology and Microbiology Material Sciences Mathematics Medicine and Dentistry Neuroscience ~ 109 books ~ 171 books ~ 180 books ~ 65 books ~ 101 books Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sc.~ 63 books Physics and Astronomy Psychology Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine ~ 90 books ~ 178 books ~ 18 books

Accessing eBooks - Browse 1.

eBooks demo

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Various content types

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Click on title to access book content

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Various ways to browse your books/journals

Accessing eBooks - Browse eBooks:

Bibliographic information

eBooks: Table of contents

Click on desired readings for full text.

Accessing eBooks - Browse

To access PDF version Bibliographic information Hyperlinked reference list.

Accessing eBooks - Search .

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Search terms

Accessing eBooks - Search 3.

Search results

Personalizing SD: My Settings

Personalizing SD + Alerts

• Saved Searches • Search Alerts • Citation Alerts • Email Articles • Export Articles • Managing Alerts • Topic Alerts

Save Your Search

•Perform a search •From the Results Page, click “Save Search” link

Save search on search results page

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