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	ScienceDirect Full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering.
	Scopus A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Over 16,500 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers. Includes some full text links. Access Scopus Tutorials online.
	Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) Citation databases with over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences.

Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations dictionary - Sci:Q Ref PE/1693/A539
CASSI (Chemical abstracts service source index) - Sci:Q Reference table QD/31/ZC45

For conference summaries and reviews, search Scopus, Web of Science or subject-specific databases. For complete proceedings, search the Library Catalogue.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Sci:Q Ref AE/5/EJ6/1994
Encyclopedia of chemical technology - Sci:Q Ref TP/9/EJ7/1998
Encyclopedia of materials - Sci:Ref TA/402/EJ7
Encyclopedia of physical science and technology - Sci:Q Ref Q/123/EJ7/2002
Encyclopedia of the Arctic - Sci:Ref/G/606/EJ9
Encyclopedia of the biosphere - Sci:Ref QH/343.4/BL24
Grzimek’s Animal life encyclopedia Sci:Q Ref QL/7/GW36
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of science and technology - Sci:Q Ref Q/121/M378/2002
Photography encyclopedia - Sci:Ref TR/9/M332
ScienceDirect Reference Works Collection (See ScienceDirect in Databases section)
Van Nostrand Scientific encyclopedia - Sci:Q Ref Q/121/V825/2002

Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information - Sci:Ref PN /171/F56/LP24/1996
New Oxford thesaurus of English - Sci:Q Ref PE/1591/NH32
Oxford dictionary for scientific writers and editors - Sci:Q Ref T/11/OZ5
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association - Sci:Q Ref BF/76.7/AG49/2001
Research methods for postgraduates 2nd ed - Sci:Ref Q/180.55/M4/RD745/2002
Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers Sci:Q Ref T/11/SD21/2002
Visual explanations - Sci:Q Ref P/93.5/TW69/1997
Writing in Science - A tutorial from Monash University.

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) - Search engine for open-access information from repository servers worldwide. From Germany’s Bielefeld University.
Encyclopedia of Earth - A comprehensive and balanced resource on the environment. Useful to scholars in the physical, life, and social sciences.
esp@cenet - Access to worldwide patent information from the European Patent Office.
Intute: Science, engineering, & technology - Online portal for public-access science resources.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Public Library of Science - Non-profit organization for the dissemination of the world’s scientific and medical literature. Features open-access journals published by PLoS.
Science.gov - Gateway to science information and research produced by United States government agencies.
Scirus - Comprehensive science Internet search engine
Scitopia - Search portal to publications by 15 science and technology societies. Best for physics, maths, chemistry, geology, and energy management.
Te Puna Web Directory - Science & Technology - From the National Library of New Zealand
United States Patent and Trademark Office - Search patent and trademarks

Last revised: 21 January, 2008