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#Free Trial Proquest Science & Technology Ebooks

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ProQuest's Science & Technology Ebook Subscription offers anytime, anywhere access to a range of ebook titles spanning chemistry, physics, math, geology, geography, IT, computer science, gaming, engineering, agriculture, and more.

Unlimited, simultaneous access to
45,000+ Total Titles | 2,190+ Award Winning Titles | 320+Publishers | 130+University Press Publishers

 Access to content from renowned publishers and 130+ university presses
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, American Water Works Association, IGI Global, MIT Press, Stanford University Press, Oxford University Press, Amsterdam University Press, UBC Press, Leiden University Press, and Cambridge University are among them.
 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

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ASME publishes some of the most prestigious engineering content in the world as one way to fulfil its ongoing mission of being an essential resource for professionals seeking engineering solutions to global challenges. 
The ASME Digital Collection provides unparalleled depth, breadth, and quality of peer-reviewed content: 
ASME’s Journals from 1933 – present 
ASME’s Conference Proceedings from 2000 – present, plus select proceedings back to 1955 
ASME eBooks 
 

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library

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The ACM Digital Library (DL) is the world’s most comprehensive database of full-text articles and bibliographic literature covering computing and information technology. This renowned repository includes the complete collection of ACM publications plus an extended bibliographic database of core works in computing from scholarly publishers.

 

ASTM Digital Library

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Explore the ASTM Digital Library
Access ASTM books, proceedings, and journal articles covering engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

Engineering Source via EbscoHost

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Engineering Source is the premier database for professionals and researchers across all engineering disciplines, including biomedical, civil, electrical, mechanical, environmental and software. It includes hundreds of full-text engineering journals, magazines and trade publications, plus books, conference papers and more.   

Engineering Disciplines Include:

  • Aerospace
  • Biomedical
  • Civil
  • Electrical
  • Environmental
  • Mechanical
  • Software
  • Structural

ERIC via EbscoHost

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ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) is an authoritative database of indexed and full-text education literature and resources. ERIC contains records and links to hundreds of thousands of full-text documents. It includes records for a variety of source types, including journal articles, books, conference papers, curriculum guides, dissertations and policy papers. ERIC also includes an education-specific thesaurus containing over 11,800 terms. 

GreenFILE via EbscoHost

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GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. 

GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

Subjects Include:
Global climate change
Green building
Pollution
Sustainable agriculture
Renewable energy
Recycling

IEEE Explore Digital Library

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IEEE Explore Digital Library is the single source for approximately 30% of the world’s current literature in electrical engineering, electronics, and computing. Through IEL users can access: 
Unlimited, full-text access to nearly 6 million documents 
More than 1.3 million articles from over 200 top-cited IEEE journals, magazines, and transactions 
Over 4.2 million conference papers back to 1936, with as many as 200,000 new papers added each year 
Approximately 5,000 approved and published IEEE standards documents, with the option to add draft standards 
Proceedings from IET conferences and events 
IEEE Redline Versions of Standards (where available), select VDE conferences, IET’s E&T magazine, and seminal articles from Bell Labs Technical Journal archive 
Backfile to the late 1800s for many titles, complimentary with an active subscription 
 

OnePetro

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OnePetro is an online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. With contributions from 20 publishing partners and providing access to over 180,000 items, OnePetro.org is the definitive resource on upstream oil and gas. 

Taylor & Francis eBooks

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Taylor & Francis eBooks is a single-destination platform with eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social science. It includes a librarian dashboard, which provides quick access to MARC and KBART reports, usage data, entitlements and much more. Researchers have a single point of discovery for eBook content, multiple search options, and more. Access to the platform will allow users to: search ebook content at both the book and chapter level, filter search results by subject area, publication date and year published, and create citations in APA format.