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Over 300 ebooks, covering disciplines such as bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, communications engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, energy and petroleum engineering, environmental and sustainable engineering, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, software engineering and operations management. Contains interactive tables and graphs, videos, curriculum maps and global engineering news.
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Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Science, The Environment |
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Features |
Print |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Limited concurrent users |
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BusinessPro Collection - Over 8,500 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.
EngineeringPro Collection - Over 3,600 titles, covering disciplines such as aerospace, automotive, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, electrical engineering, marine engineering, and mechanical & manufacturing engineering.
FinancePro Collection - Over 1,400 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.
ITPro Collection - Over 11,000 titles, covering areas such as graphic design, multimedia, desktop applications, hardware, operating systems, programming, web development, and telecommunications.
ExecSummaries Collection - Over 600 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 2,300 titles, a unique collection of on-demand programs (videos) in multiple learning formats featuring best-selling business authors, experts and CEOs.
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Building & Construction, Business & Management, Chemical Sciences, Design, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Information Technology, Maritime Studies, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, The Environment |
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Print | Audio (MP3) - ExecSummaries Collection | Video (Flash) - Leadership Channel Collection |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Staff and Students |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Restriction on use |
Audio clips in ExecSummaries are permitted to be downloaded for use in mobile devices |
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CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE - Over 500 titles, covering disciplines such as civil engineering, coastal, waterway, & ocean engineering, construction engineering, earthquake engineering, estimating & cost engineering, geotechnical engineering, dams & hydraulic engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering.
ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE - Over 1,000 titles, covering disciplines such as circuits & devices, communications electromagnetics, RF & microwaves technologies, electronics, image processing, power engineering, sensors, instrumentation & measurement, signal processing, systems & controls.
GeneralENGINEERINGnetBASE - Over 200 titles, covering disciplines such as engineering design, engineering management, packaging, systems engineering.
IndustrialENGINEERINGnetBASE - Over 300 titles, covering disciplines such manufacturing & processing, operations research , plant engineering, production systems, quality control & reliability, textile manufacturing.
MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE - Over 490 titles, covering disciplines such aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, combustion, energy engineering, fluid dynamics, HVAC (heating, ventilation, & air conditioning), machine design, mechanics, MEMS, thermodynamics, tribology, vibrations.
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Subjects |
Building & Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Marine Engineering, Instrumentation and Control, Thermodynamics, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering |
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Features |
Print | E-mail | Save |
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Instructions |
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 430 e-books on topics related to food science such as food chemistry, engineering & processing, additives & ingredients, food microbiology & safety, packaging, product development, nutraceuticals, etc. |
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Chemical Sciences |
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Features |
Print | E-mail | Save |
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Instructions |
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 500 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. |
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Business & Management, Communication Skills, Engineering, Information Technology, Reference Resources, Science |
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Features |
Print | E-mail | Save |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
A collection of ebooks which can be downloaded and read offline on a laptop or ebook reading device. Includes textbooks, and titles on design thinking and holistic education. |
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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 |
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Features |
Copy | Print |
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Instructions |
Online Reading
It is not necessary to create a personal account.
Offline Reading or Downloading of Book(s)
1. Create and activate a personal account.
2. Select 1 to 5 days to "own" the book.
3. Download the PDF file. Save it to any portable device which supports PDF. Read the book offline.
4. When the "due date" is reached, the PDF file will expire automatically. |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: (online reading only): Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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A collection of ebooks which can be downloaded and read offline on a laptop or ebook reading device, e.g. iPad, Nook, Sony Reader. |
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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 |
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Features |
Copy (up to 5%) | Print (up to 20%) |
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Instructions |
Online Reading
Click on "Read Online".
Offline Reading or Downloading of Book(s)
1. Click on "Download".
2. Select 1 to 15 days to "own" the book.
3. Download the file in acsm (Adobe Digital Edition) format. Save it to any portable device which supports Adobe Digital Edition. Read the book offline.**
4. When the "due date" is reached, the file will expire automatically.
** PC users are required to install Adobe Digital Editions (Free). iPhone/iPad users are required to install Bluefire App (Free). Other devices: Refer to this list to see if your device supports Adobe Digital Editions. |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: (online reading only): Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 70,000 titles on many topics, ranging from business, computing, science & technology to social science, language, music and fiction. |
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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 |
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Features |
Copy | Print |
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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. |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 90 titles from various subject disciplines, such as business, IT, science and engineering. |
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Subjects |
Business & Management, Chemical Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Science |
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Features |
Print |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Limited concurrent users |
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Description |
10 selected reference titles on medicine, science, social science and technology. |
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Subjects |
Chemical Sciences, Information Technology, Life Sciences, The Environment |
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Features |
Print | E-mail | Save |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Staff and Students |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Provides over 2,500 leading reference works and databases covering subjects such as material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations for specific industries and engineering disciplines. In addition, there are interactive tools that normalize information across content sources and bring content to life by making tables, charts, equations, plotters and graphs interactive. |
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Subjects |
Building & Construction, Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Science, The Environment |
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Features |
Copy | Print |
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Instructions |
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
A collection of e-books which can be downloaded and read offline on a laptop or e-reader. Includes bestsellers, fiction, lifestyle and academic titles.
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Subjects |
Fiction, Art & Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, Business and Careers, Computer Technology, Cooking & Food, Education
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Features |
Copy | Print
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Not available |
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No. of users |
Unlimted concurrrent access. Limited to one check-out for every available copy. Reservation allowed. |
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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. |
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Subjects |
Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Maritime Studies |
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Features |
Print | Save |
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Instructions |
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 380 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. |
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Subjects |
Information Technology |
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Features |
Print | E-mail |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Limited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 100 handbooks and reference titles covering many disciplines including Business, Communication, Green society, Education, Psychology, Sociology and more. |
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Subjects |
Arts & Social Sciences, Business & Management, Education, Life Sciences, Reference Resources, The Environment |
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Features |
Print | E-mail |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 400 titles for scientific research. Contains abstracts, tables of contents, and full text of articles in the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences. |
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Subjects |
Chemical Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Health, Life Sciences, Science |
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Features |
Print | E-mail | Save |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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Description |
Over 150 titles on a range of subjects such as materials science, chemical & life sciences, and computer engineering. |
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Subjects |
Chemical Sciences, Information Technology, Life Sciences |
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Features |
Print | Save |
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User Group |
Remote Access: Staff and Students
On-site Access: Library Members |
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No. of users |
Unlimited concurrent users |
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