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E-Books

 

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ITPro Collection - Over 8,600 titles, covering areas such as graphic design, multimedia, desktop applications, hardware, operating systems, programming, web development, and telecommunications.

EngineeringPro Collection - Over 2,500 titles, covering disciplines such as aerospace, automotive, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, electrical engineering, marine engineering, and mechanical & manufacturing engineering.

BusinessPro Collection - Over 5,700 titles, covering disciplines such as project management, leadership development, quality management, organizational development, customer relationship management, career advancement, corporate case studies, six sigma & time management

FinancePro Collection - Over 1,000 titles, covering disciplines such as accounting, risk management, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), auditing, consolidation and mergers, operations management, investment management, credit and loans, taxation and valuation, economic influences, ethics, venture capital.

ExecSummaries Collection - Over 400 titles, provides summaries of the most popular business books from today's foremost business authors. Salient points and ideas of full-length books are encapsulated into digestible summarizations. The essence of the author's work are distilled to convey content, style and spirit. Designed for ease of use with short passages, bulleted lists and other useful elements.

Leadership Channel Collection - Over 1,300 titles, a unique collection of on demand programs (video) in multiple learning formats featuring best-selling business authors, experts and CEOs.

Subjects Building & Construction, Business & Management, Chemical Sciences, Design, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Information Technology, Maritime Studies, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, The Environment
Features Print | Audio (MP3) - ExecSummaries Collection | Video (Flash) - Leadership Channel Collection
User Group Staff and Students
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Restriction on use Audio clips in ExecSummaries are permitted to be downloaded for use in mobile devices
CRC ENGnetBASE
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Description Over 1330 e-books on topics related to engineering such as civil engineering, electrical and electronics engineering, mechanical engineering and telecommunications engineering etc.
Subjects Building & Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Marine Engineering, Instrumentation and Control, Thermodynamics, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Features Print | E-mail | Save
Instructions Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view
User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
CRC FOODnetBASE
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Description Over 500 e-books on topics related to food science such as food chemistry, engineering & processing, additives & ingredients, food microbiology & safety, packaging, product development, nutraceuticals, etc.
Subjects Chemical Sciences
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Instructions Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view
User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Credo Reference
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Description Over 450 reference titles on a variety of topics such as business, medicine, science and technology. Includes general references such as language dictionaries and encyclopaedias. A network of cross-references that links information from one e-book to another is provided.
Subjects Business & Management, Communication Skills, Engineering, Information Technology, Reference Resources, Science
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User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
ebrary
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Description Over 33,000 titles on many topics, ranging from business, computing, science & technology to social science, language, music and fiction.
Subjects Building & Construction, Business & Management, Chemical Sciences, Design, Education, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Health, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, News, Current Affairs & Social Issues, The Environment
Features Copy | Print
Instructions Java-based Reader (QuickView) allows users to quickly review a document while conducting research, e.g. view a specific chapter or jump to each occurrence of search request. ebrary Reader is required for printing, copying, pasting, highlighting and note taking.
User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Description 10 selected reference titles on medicine, science, social science and technology.
Subjects Chemical Sciences, Information Technology, Life Sciences, The Environment
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No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
NetLibrary
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Description Over 90 titles from various subject disciplines, such as business, IT, science and engineering. An additional 3,400+ public collection titles including major classics and many literary and general works are also available.
Subjects Business & Management, Chemical Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Science
Features Print
User Group Library Members
No. of users Limited concurrent users
Referex Engineering
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Description A collection of over 300 books on chemical, petrochemical & process engineering, electrical & electronic engineering, marine engineering, and materials & mechanical engineering. Provided by Engineering Village 2.
Subjects Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Maritime Studies
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Instructions Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view
User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Safari Books Online
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Description Over 170 titles, mainly IT books from publishers such as Addison Wesley, Adobe Press, Microsoft Press, New Riders, O'Reilly, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall, Que, and Sams.
Subjects Information Technology
Features Print | E-mail
User Group Library Members
No. of users Limited concurrent users
SAGE Reference Online
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Description Over 80 handbooks and 14 titles of encyclopedias covering many disciplines including Business, Communication, Education, Psychology, Sociology and more.
Subjects Arts & Social Sciences, Business & Management, Education, Life Sciences, Reference Resources
Features Print | E-mail
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
ScienceDirect
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Description Over 300 titles for scientific research. Contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences.
Subjects Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Health, Life Sciences, Science
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No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Wiley Interscience
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Description Over 150 titles on a range of subjects such as materials science, chemical & life sciences, and computer engineering.
Subjects Chemical Sciences, Information Technology, Life Sciences
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User Group Library Members
No. of users Unlimited concurrent users
Last Modified: 23-06-2010

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