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Includes abstracts of articles in medcine and biology journals and conferences published in China.

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Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts is produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts in conjunction with CERAM Research Ltd. This is a comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials include over 200 journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards and company product literature. All abstracts are in English.

It covers information published in literature about chemicals encountered in the industries and how they might adversely affect health and safety.

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A collection of online chemical dictionaries and the CRC handbook of chemistry & physics.

China Law Reference Service (1986+) provides information on the latest PRC law and regulations. Translations of all the major PRC law together with the frequent editorial updates on the impact of PRC legislative changes are also provided.

The print version from 1996 is available at the Reference Collection of the Library with Call No. KNQ914.6 .C44.

Starting from 1 June 2001, a new Chemical Database and Management System "CHEMWATCH" will be available for use by staff and students of the University. This new database contains safety information for over 100,000 chemicals, and could assist users in managing their chemicals in accordance with a number of international standards. It is accessible via the internet through all networked computer terminals on campus. Chemical safety information in this database is available in a number of other languages including Chinese. The information will be updated regularly by a team of chemical safety experts. A cross link to this site has been provided both on the HSO homepage and on the Library homepage. You are encouraged to make full use of this database. Enquiries should be addressed to Dr Edmund Hau, Senior Safety Officer (Chemical) on ext. 7731.

Includes abstracts of articles in medcine and biology journals and conferences published in China.

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Produced by the Medical Library of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, this database indexes over 1,200 biomedical journals published in Mainland China since 1994.

An index to periodicals publications in Taiwan since 1982, includeing articles in Chinese, English, Japanese, French, Spanish and German.

The database provides general source citation search and cited reference search, covering 496 scholarly Chinese language periodicals including over 60,000 source articles and 280,000 citations in humanities and social sciences.

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 Provides access to citations and abstracts of journal articles from over 3,200 biomedical journals. It corresponds to the printed indexes, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health literature. CINAHL also indexes books, nursing dissertations, standards of professional practice and selected conferences.

 Subject coverage:

  Nursing 
  Allied health
  Biomedicine
  Behavioural scienes
  Consumer health
  Health sciences librarianship

Produced by the Butler Group, CIO Knowledge Centre consolidates tens of thousands of reports, papers, articles, and profiles that aim to support tactical decisions on the deployment and management of information technology solutions.

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 Provides citations and abstracts of international civil environmental engineering and construction literature dating back to 1972 and also abstracts of engineering software. The database is based on CITIS's two abstracting journals "International Civil Engineering Abstracts (ICEA)" and "Software Abstracts for Engineers (SAFE)".

 The ICEA is comprised of abstracts or articles and books, standards and conference proceedings in the field of civil engineering. The SAFE contains abstracts on thousands of software programs & services available to engineers as well as articles on IT related issues concerning today's engineer.

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  Civil engineering       Engineering
  Construction industry   Environment

CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE includes a growing list of references and handbooks with specialized data, figures, and equations critical to Civil Engineering.

Contains details of all nine of the main ship types contained in the Clarkson Registers (tankers, bulk carriers, gas carriers, chemical tankers, multi-puropose vessels, containerships, ro-ros, reefers and off-shore service vessels) divided into 74 sub-registers.

This database provides a concise account of the current state of knowledge about the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions, and contains a compendium of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions.

Combined Chemical Dictionary provide access to descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature references; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. It covers the following:

Computer Abstracts International Database (formerly known as Computer Abstracts) provides access to the latest computer science knowledge from 200 computer science titles. It covers the major computer science subjects including artificial intelligence; communications and networks; computer theory; database and information systems applications; hardware; human-computer interaction; mathematics of computing; programming; and systems organization.

Computer & Communications Security Abstracts provides access to the latest computer and communications security knowledge from 100 computer science titles. It covers the major computer security subjects including authentication, encryption, transaction processing, system security and modelling.

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This database provides a comprehensive monthly update on the latest theoretical research and practical applications around the world. From its inception as one of the earliest databases in the field, Computer and Information Systems Abstracts has proven itself an essential resource. This database provides international coverage with the monitoring of over 3,000 serial titles as well as numerous non-serial publications.

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Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstracts booklets and published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses. Records include complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers.

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The Copper Data Center Database (CDC) provides an online bibliographic database of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. The Copper Data Center Database covers copper technology from smelting and hydrometallurgy through the performance of copper and copper alloys in their end-use applications and service environments. It references data on the properties and performance of copper and copper alloys and on applications of the copper metals. Over 60,000 documents have been indexed into this database, including 5582 documents published between 1863 and 1964. This database provides international coverage with the monitoring of over 2,400 serial titles as well as numberous non-serial publications.

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Corrosion Abstracts provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering. International sources of literature are scanned and abstracted in the areas of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries. Corrosion Abstracts provides engineers and scientists with a resource for solving corrosion problems by reviewing the documented experience of others and providing summarized findings in the article abstracts.

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Covers all aspects of vertebrate and invertebrate neuroscience, emphasizing basic research studies as well information on neural diseases.

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 Table-of-contents database providing electronic access to full bibliographic data on the articles contained in 900 international journals. Also includes abstracts and reprint author addresses.

Covers a broad range of disciplines including agronomy, ecology, forestry, marine biology and plant science.

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 Table-of-contents database providing electronic access to full bibliographic data on the articles contained in 850 international clinical medicine journals. Also includes abstracts and reprint author addresses.

Covers a broad range of disciplines including anaesthesiology, cardiology, clinical psychiatry and psychology, haematology and surgery.

Current Research @ Hong Kong Polytechnic University provides access to dissertations and theses submitted by HKPU. Users can search citations and abstracts of all these dissertations and theses, view 24 page previews and download the full text of those dissertations and theses published after 1996.

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The Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI) contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards, and data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops, firms etc., making it the largest index of its kind in the world. Research articles are covered, along with topical news items, conference and seminar reports, and book, video and exhibition reviews. Each reference includes full bibliographic details and a brief abstract.

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Hosted by the Academia Sinica Computer Center of Taiwan, the Digital Dissertation Consortium database provides access to more than 50,000 dissertations and theses subscribed by the Consortium member institutions from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. It contains citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses accepted since 1861. Abstracts are included for doctoral dissertations from 1980 onwards and for master's theses from 1988 onwards. Full text is available for titles published since 1997.

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are now 1142 journals in the directory. Currently 302 journals are searchable on article level. As of today 53077 articles are included in the DOAJ service.

The Directory of Scholarly Electronic Journals and Academic Discussion Lists is a standard reference tool for locating scholarly, academic, or professional journals and discussion lists on the Internet. It supersedes the Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists, of which the seventh and last edition was published in 1997. It contains only peer-reviewed electronic journals and is updated periodically.

The print version is available at the Reference Collection of the Library with Call No. Z6951 .D625.

Produced by the American Society for Microbiology, EcoSal is an archive of the entire corpus of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell, comprised of several hundred modules of information and interpretation, including the genome database. It supplants the print edition title Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Cellular and Molecular Biology, containing information from the 2nd edition published in 1996 as well as updated and new information.

ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE includes a growing list of references and handbooks in the area of Electrical Engineering.

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Many scientific discoveries start here - with new hardware applications that make the research possible. Advances in electronics and communications are constantly leading to important new instrumentation for research. And the comprehensive guide to ongoing work in this field is Electronics and Communications Abstracts - now expanded and jointly published with Engineering Information. In short, the journal tracks every relevant source of information necessary to keep abreast of this complex, highly competitive discipline. This database provides international coverage with the monitoring of over 3,000 serial titles as well as numerous non-serial publications.

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It provides full text for over 2,800 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. More than 200 of the journals have PDF full text back to 1965 or the first issue published. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Academic Search Premier	Business Source Complete
ERIC	Hospitality & Tourism Index
Primary Search	Development Collection
Regional Business News	The Serials Directory
Textile Technology Index	Vocational and Career Collection

The largest and most comprehensive guide on raw production technology with more than 3000 references and nearly 2000 photographs, figures, tables, and equations.

Examining the role of engineering in delivery of quality consumer products, this expansive source covers the development and design of procedures, equipment, and systems utilized in the production and conversion of raw materials into food and nonfood consumer goods - emphasizing and illustrating the various engineering processes associated with the production of materials with agricultural origin.

From forest and aquaculture products to biological materials and energy sources, the Encyclopedia offers step-by-step coverage of every system and application utilized in the production of agricultural crops and commodities—discussing tractors and implements, as well as current harvesting, handling, drainage, and irrigation techniques.

This Encyclopedia is the first-ever single-source reference work to inclusively cover classic and modern studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications, and innovations in crop science. From the fundamentals of plant growth and reproduction to developments in agronomy and agricultural science, the Encyclopedia's authoritative content nurtures communication between these academically distinct yet intrinsically related spheres--offering a spread of clear, descriptive, and concise entries to optimally serve scientists, agriculturalists, policy makers, students, and the general public.

Crystallizing a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field - not to mention one of the most popular and newsworthy areas in contemporary chemistry - the two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized information on the topic. User-friendly and high-quality articles parse the latest supramolecular advancements and methods in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, environmental and materials science and engineering, physics, computer science, and applied mathematics. Designed for specialists and students alike, the Encyclopedia covers the fundamentals of supramolecular chemistry and sets the standard for relevant future research.

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The growing importance of polymers, ceramics, and composites in a variety of structural and other advanced applications requires the in-depth coverage provided by Engineered Materials Abstracts (EMA). Citations regarding the research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications of these materials have been taken from 1,300 journals, plus dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed by expert editors from Materials Information. Begun in 1986, Engineered Materials Abstracts is an electronic database containing Ceramics, Composites and Polymers subfiles. EMA is specifically designed to serve materials sciences researchers, engineers and scientists.

ENGnetBASE allows you access to some of the world's leading engineering handbooks published by CRC Press. Currently, more than 140 titles are available. Your query is sent to the CRC Press ENGnetBASE site, where the results are presented by the number of times the search term(s) appear within a particular chapter of an individual handbook. You can then review the matching handbook document results (available in PDF format).

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ENVIROnetBase provides online access to more than 130 handbooks in the environmental sciences including environmental engineering.

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Exceptional Child Education Resources (ECER) is a comprehensive, bibliographic database for teachers, administrators, researchers, psychologists, counselors, and others interested in the education and development of individuals who have disabilities or who are gifted. Records are drawn from the professional literature (both English and non-English), including books, journal articles, doctoral dissertations, and various non-print media. Coverage includes all areas of gifted education, special education, and related services provided by audiologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and educational psychologists.

ECER covers all age groups and a wide range of topics, including the following:

Academic giftedness
Artistic giftedness and creativity
Autism
Behavior disorders
Child abuse and neglect
Children "at risk" due to disabilities
Chronic illnesses
Family or environmental factors
Hearing and visual impairments
Learning disabilities
Mental retardation/developmental disabilities
Minority/ethnic status
Physical disabilities
Physical or psychological problems
Special health problems
Speech and communication disorders

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 Provides citations and frequently abstracts, of books, dissertations and articles from over 300 journals in economics.

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  Economic theory and history
  Monetary theory and financial institutions
  Labour economics
  International, regional, and urban economics and other related subjects.

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Ei CompendexWeb (1970+) provides bibliographic citations and abstracts to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences in all fields of engineering. Full-text links to Science Direct are also provided wherever appropriate. It is updated weekly.
Subject coverage:

Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering	Engineering Management
Applied Physics	Environmental Technology
Automotive Engineering	Industrial Engineering
Bioengineering and Medical Equipment	Light and Optical Technology
Ceramics, Plastics and Polymers	Marine Engineering
Chemical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering	Mining / Metallurgical Engineering
Communications	Materials Science
Computers	Naval Architecture
Control Engineering	Ocean and Underwater Technology
Electrical	Petroleum Engineering
Electronics	Power Engineering
Energy Technology

Emerald Reviews (formerly the Anbar International Management Database) provides access to the latest and most significant new thinking, practice and solutions from the entire management field. It covers the major management disciplines including accounting & finance, marketing & logistics, human resource management, quality management, strategy, operations & production management, information management & technology, health-care management, and hospitality & tourism.

 It contains bibliographic records for published articles, papers, or reports containing information on all aspects of the impact of human kind and technology on the environment, including air, water, and noise pollution; solid and toxic wastes, energy and natural resources management and conservation; radiological contamination; population growth and control and geophysical and climatic changes. It corresponds in coverage to the printed Environment Abstracts indexes and abstracts which reviewed over 800 journals each month.

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This multidisciplinary database, provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over 6000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.

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The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.

Essential Science Indicators covers a multidisciplinary selection of 8,500 journals from around the world, this in-depth analytical tool offers data for ranking authors, institutions, nations, and journals. It provides researchers with a unique and comprehensive compilation of performance statistics and science trends data derived from the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) information products.

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 Provides access to research and new development literature in the areas related to food science and technology. It also includes allied disciplines such as agriculture, chemistry, biochemistry. Related disciplines such as engineering and home economics are included when relevant to food science.

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  Additives,spices and condiments        Fish and marine products
  Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages  Food hygiene, toxicology
  Basic food science                     Fruits, vegetables, nuts
  Biotechnology                          Meat, poultry and game
  Cocoa and chocolate                    Milk and milk products
  Dietetic foods                         Packaging
  Eggs and egg products                  Sugars, fats, oils, margarine
  Engineering

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FOODnetBASE provides full-text access to over 50 food science reference works published by CRC.

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ForensicNetBase provides online access to more than sixty books on forensic science, criminal justice and the law published by CRC Press. It incorporates LAWENFORCEMENTnetBASE.

The database covers Gartner products and services in five areas, Research, Consulting, Measurement, Community and News. For Research, it includes Gartner research for users, vendors, business planners, IT executives and investors of IT; Monthly Research Review and Inside Gartner publications. For Consulting, it describes Gartner's consulting practices and consulting services. For Measurement, it includes vendor selection and modeling tools; software alliance programs and MarketView databases. For Community, it includes Executive Programs, Best Practices and Gartner Events. For News, it includes Gartner research published via books, CDs, Webcasts, newsletters and audio; content alliances with Web sites, magazines and broadcasters; and Gartner news services, which provide feature content on business and technology issues to third-party news organizations.

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GeoRef contains over 1.9 million records of North America since 1785, and other areas of the world since 1933. The database is the equivalent of four major reference publications: Bibliography of North American Geology, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geophysical Abstracts, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology.

This database reviews more than 500 international periodicals, serials and conference proceedings in the field of geotechnical engineering ( including soil mechanics, foundation engineering and related rock mechanics and engineering geology).

The site compares universities and the fields of study they offer and also find out about where the campuses are, and what they offer. It provides unique ratings gateways:

The 16th edition Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine offers coverage of all the major manifestations, such as fever, pain, aches and rash, presented in depth, with a referral that links to the disease section for the complete chapter. It is the source for state-of-the-art coverage of over 4,700 diseases and disorders - in the areas of oncology and hematology; infectious diseases; cardiology; pulmonology; gastroenterology; clinical immunology; rheumatology; endocrinology; and neurology.

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 HaPI is a database of information on measurement instruments, such as questionnaires, checklists, test, interviews etc., used by those doing research in nursing, allied health, education, psychology, and sociology (among other fields). It is not a general database of journal or book chapter citations and it does NOT contain actual instruments, although it frequently contains information about the source of the instrument.

HERMES is a database of over 25,000 audio-visual programmes in distribution throughout the UK. It covers films, videos, slides, sound recordings, tape-slide packages, computer courseware and interactive multimedia.

Produced by the Pao Yue-Kong Library , Hongkongiana is an index to articles about Hong Kong published in Hong Kong periodicals. Hongkongiana includes entries on all aspects of Hong Kong, such as its economy, its industry, its people and its places. The database was published as a printed index from 1978-1987. This online version covers entries in English language from 1986 to date.

This database is also available for searching worldwide via an information host, Dialog of Knight-Ridder Co. The Pao Yue-Kong Library is the first academic library in Hong Kong to mount a locally-produced database on Dialog.

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Hospitality & Tourism Index is a bibliographic database covering scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism.The comprehensive index combines the records of three renowned collections: Cornell University's former Hospitality database (previously unavailable for public use), Articles in Hospitality and Tourism [AHT] (formerly co-produced by the Universities of Surrey and Oxford Brookes), and the Lodging, Restaurant & Tourism Index [LRTI] (formerly produced by Purdue University).

The collection contains more than 470,000 records from 500 titles, with coverage going back to the early 1960s. Sources are from the USA and international in range and scope, with material collected from countries and regions such as Canada, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Publications include Hotel & Motel Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Nation's Restaurant News, Restaurants & Institutions, and many more. Major coverage includes demographics and statistics, development and investment, food and beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management and administrative practices, leisure and business travel, market trends, technology and more.

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 A construction database from the International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation. Information is contributed to the database from professional organizations from over 15 countries. It includes over 320,000 records from over 800 journals.

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 Construction and building
 Civil engineering
 Architecture
 Urban and regional planning

The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code was developed as a uniform international code for the transport of dangerous goods by sea covering such matters as packing, container traffic and stowage, with particular reference to the segregation of incompatible substances. The database contains an alphabetic list of substances which is cross referenced to the "Dangerous Goods List". The database allows to create, print and save declarations in the format of the "Multimodal Dangerous Goods Form".

Produced by International Maritime Training Trust, this CD-ROM title provides training and self-assessment on the following topics: Confined space entry, H25, Manual handling, PPE, Permit to work, Working at height, Slips, trips and falls, Incident investigation, Lifting equipment, Medical emergency response, Fire extinguishers, Travel Safety, Hotel fires, Office Safety, VDU, RSI.

Agricultural, Food and Beverage, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Industries Description: Significant findings and practical applications in agricultural, food and beverage, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries are assembled in this journal, making it an indispensable resource for research laboratories and academic libraries in any of these areas.

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INFOSECURITYnetBASE includes 44 fully-searchable ebooks in the area of information security and information science.

Index to over 50,000 published conference, meetings and symposia proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and humanitites from 1994 to present.

Index to over 50,000 published conference, meetings and symposia proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and humanitites from 1994 to present.

The database puts all the necessary information on safety and pollution prevention requirements applicable to ships. It provides relevant national requirements of certain Administrations (Cyprus, Denmark, Liberia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, USA, for fishing vessels also all EU states and states in the east and south-east Asia region). Certain updated and new ILO conventions and recommendations and a protocol and relevant new and updated IACS Unified Interpretation and Requirements are also included. It is a powerful tool to use to implement the ISM Code.

This database covers theses accepted from 1970 to 1995 covering every subject taught at a graduate level in the UK universities. Print equivalent: v.21 to v.44, v.45 (pt.1 & 2)

 Please use LOGIN NAME "polyu" and PASSWORD "library" to access the Index to Theses Web Page.

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Inspec is the leading bibliographic database concentrating on electrical and electronic engineering, physics, information technology,computer and control systems, and manufacturing and production engineering. Online coverage is from 1969 to the present, and new records are updated weekly. Inspec grows by about 330,000 records per year.

International Civil Engineering Abstracts gives practitioners and scholars immediate access everywhere in the world to both the latest and the most significant thinking, practice and solutions from the entire civil engineering field. The service provides a library of easy-to-scan journal article summaries (abstracts), with an archive of more than 70,000 abstracts going back to 1972.

International Civil Engineering Abstracts provides access to the latest civil engineering knowledge from 150 civil engineering titles. It covers construction management, environmental, structural and hydraulic engineering.

The Investigational Drugs database (IDdb) provides integrated and evaluated information on all aspects of drug development, from first patent application to launch or discontinuation. Users can search by drug names, by keywords or by means of pharmaceutical companies. Some pharmaceutical patents are also included.

ISI Proceedings is a multi-disciplinary database that provide bibliographic information and author abstracts from papers delivered at international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

ITKnowledgeBASE provides online access to information on computing and networking. Access is currently available to journals, reference books and over 10,000 articles.

JCLA abstracts more than 400 laser articles, covering literature on laser theory, design, and applications. Abstracted publications include periodicals, conference proceedings, government reports, patents, dissertations, and books. The subject range extends from the theory of coherent radiation to diverse laser applications such as laser guidance, holography, display, geodesy, medicine, materials processing, fusion, and isotope separation.

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Knovel provides leading science and engineering books and databases embedded with productivity tools in one online service.

It is a monthly newsletter which reports on health and safety issues accounted in laboratories. It focuses on the following:

Provides the complete text of the entire 9-volume Grand Robert de la Langue Francaise. Includes a spelling checker, 80,000 entries, 1 million synonyms and cross references, an index of abbreviations and symbols used in the dictionary.

It incorporates the resources tailored to meet the needs of the leisure, recreation, sport, tourism and cultural industries community. It provides access to records selected from the CAB ABSTRACTSR database, including the Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts.

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Linguistics Abstracts Online contains abstracts in English of linguistics articles appearing in more than 140 journals from over 20 countries. Each abstract is classified and cross-classified according to area. The system allows you to search for journal articles using any combination of journal, title, subject, date, author or keyword.
 
 

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Total Access Collection is a complete collection of over 200 journals in the health sciences. It caters to those institutions with more intensive medical information needs - institutions supporting many clinicians, researchers, students and teachers.

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts,(LISTA) indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

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CSA Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) assists both generalists and specialists in keeping abreast of cutting-edge developments in disciplines concerned with the nature and use of language. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Complete coverage is also given to various fields of linguistics including descriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical and geographical linguistics.

It provides information on over 56,0000 commercial vessels including ownership, classification, year of build, tonnage and hull type, propulsion, flag, casualty indicator, and full name history. It also outlines the ownership structure of more than 12,000 ship owners, managers and operators.

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Full-text decisions from UK courts related to maritime and commercial law. Published by LLP Referenced Publishing. It begins with 1919.

LloydsPorts.com is a service of the Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit (MIU). PolyU subscribes to the "Places" function which provides information on 2,800 of the world's commercially active ports and over 19,000 terminals. Each port lists the vessels currently in port or a date they are due in. It is the online version of Lloyd's List Ports of the World. This includes comprehensive details on location and capabilities of the ports.

ManagementFirst provides cutting edge articles, guru interviews, case studies, discussion forums, a weekly newsbrief and more for the working manager. It is the world's leading publisher of management resources.

Marine Technology Abstracts is a gateway to thousands of specialised references in such fields as marine engine design, offshore technology, marine safety, naval architecture, marine pollution, shipboard management, and computers in the marine industry. As a result of collaboration between the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and British Maritime Technology , it is now possible to search the databases of both libraries using the website. There are over 80,000 entries dating back as far as 1940 and drawn from all major marine engineering publications. Sources of information include technical papers, journals, conference proceedings, books and transactions.

The Collection is a comprehensive compilation of HazMat data, addressing over 3,800 chemicals. Each sheet is written in a consistent, ANSI-approved, 16-section format, which makes it easy to find the data.

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Materials Business File focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. Citations for this database are pulled from 2,000 journals, plus patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed by expert editors from Materials Information. Begun in 1985, Materials Business File is the database equivalent of the bulletins Steels Alert, Polymers/Ceramics/Composites Alert and Nonferrous Metals Alert. Together they cover new technologies, new materials and other industry developments reported in the press.

MATERIALSnetBASE provides access to references and books on Materials Science.

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MATHnetBASE is an online database of mathematics resources comprised of 70 titles including 47 handbooks.

MathSciNet (1940+) provides access to the signed reviews and bibliographic data from Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. Access to full articles depends on having a subscription to that journal or service.

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Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Description: CSA Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the serials literature in mechanical and trans portation engineering and their complementary fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation. This database provides in depth, comprehensive coverage of the international engineering literature with the monitoring of over 2,600 serial titles as well as numerous non-serial publications.

Many of the more recent records in the database include fields containing cited references, corresponding author's e-mail address, and publisher contact information. All records are indexed using a controlled vocabulary of about 12,500 terms and each record is also assigned a classification code which makes the record retrievable by broad subject area. Furthermore, every source journal is assigned a level of coverage indicating its relevance to the engineering disciplines and this level of coverage is included in each record abstracted from that source publication.

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Preeminent in its field, Mechanical Engineering Abstracts contains the facts, figures, and discoveries engineers need in order to make faster, more authoritative decisions. Now expanded and jointly published with Engineering Information, this is the only abstracts journal that surveys and summarizes the worldwide literature in mechanical engineering, engineering management, and production engineering. Presenting theoretical perspectives as well as specific applications, the journal reports on key developments published in journals, articles, and conference papers. The result is a comprehensive information base indispensable to specialists who need hard facts in order to evaluate existing projects or initiate new ones. Abstracts provide researchers' methods and conclusions in clear, compact form, making it easy to absorb key facts in a fraction of the time. Besides providing details on current research results, Mechanical Engineering Abstracts contains specific information that shows how other engineers around the world are handling opportunities as well as problems. Project engineers and managers can count on this journal for access to global developments that affect their work.

MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE includes a growing list of references and handbooks about various areas of Mechanical Engineering.

MEDLINE 1953-1965 contains citations to articles from international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, preclinical sciences, and allied health sciences. The citations were originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1953 through 1965.

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MEDLINE on this service contains over 4 million citations and abstracts, providing unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature. The database contains a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE contains all records published in Index Medicus and since 2002, most citations previously included in separate NLM specialty databases such as SPACELINE and HISTLINE. Subject content includes anatomy; communication disorders; microbiology; paramedical professions; pathology; physiology; psychiatry; toxicology; dentistry; parasitology; reproductive biology; epidemiology; gene therapy; surgical and pharmaceutical intervention; nursing practice; ethical and legal issues; institutional operations; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management; clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation and regulation; allied health specialties; continuing education; investigational drugs and new drug uses, and some veterinary medicine.

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METADEX is the only comprehensive source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. Information from over 2,000 journals, plus patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books are indexed by expert editors from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Begun in 1966, METADEX contains over 950,000 references and is the database equivalent of Metals Abstracts, Metals Abstracts Index, and Alloys Index.

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The importance of rapid access to patent literature for all engineering disciplines - and especially for the materials science and engineering fields - is widely recognized. To help you in keeping up with the latest patents related to materials science and engineering, your search of selected Cambridge Scientific Abstracts materials collection database now retrieves patents directly related to your area of interest from the MicroPatent Materials Patents database, in addition to our bibliographic records.

The MicroPatent Materials Patents database supplements the Internet Database Service (IDS) by providing monthly updates of US, European (EP) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents that are directly related to your area of interest. The contents of the database are drawn from the MicroPatent database using a carefully structured series of searches. This supplemental database provides Materials Collection subscribers with the most up-to-date and efficient way of reviewing pertinent patent information. All databases related to engineering materials, materials development, properties, processing and engineering topics are covered by this feature.

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The MLA Directory of Periodicals produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA) contains information available on the journals and series that are covered in the MLA International Bibliography database. The Directory is a master list that aims to cover journals available to libraries or universities that publishes articles on language, literature, folklore, or pedagogy with some frequency, as well as any series that includes books on those subjects, regardless of the frequency of publication. This information is gathered by the MLA staff with the cooperation of MLA bibliographers and the editors represented in these listings.

Over 5,800 titles are included; of these, over 4,400 are currently indexed. The records consist of editorial addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, submission guidelines, and information on whether or not journals are peer reviewed. The directory also provides statistics on how many articles and book reviews the periodicals publish each year, as well as how many are submitted.

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The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.6 million citations from more than 4,400 periodicals (including peer-reviewed e-journals) and 1,000 book publishers. It is compiled by the staff of the MLA Department of Bibliographic Information Services with the cooperation of more than 100 contributing bibliographers in the United States and abroad. Such international coverage is represented by literature from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America, and while the majority of records are from English-language publications, at least sixty other languages are represented including French, Spanish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish.

NANOnetBASE includes a collection of publications in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Provides citations and abstracts of U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

Subject coverage includes science, engineering and technology.

It provides citations and abstracts of U.S. government sponsored research, development, and engineering reports since 1990. It is updated bi-weekly.

Subject areas include:

agriculture	medicine
biotechnology	research and development
business	science
communication	space
energy	technology
engineering	transportation
health and safety

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NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE includes 69 fully searchable ebooks in the topics of Clinical Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering.

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 Contains four bibliographic databases:

NIOSHTIC:

A database of the Institute for Occupational Safely and Health(US) NIOSHTIC contains references to workplace safety and health literature.

Subject areas include:

  Behavioral sciences    Hazardous wastes
  Chemistry              Industrial hygiene
  Control technology     Occupational medicine
  Engineering            Pathology
  Epidemiology           Physiology
  Ergonomics             Toxicology

Hseline contains citations to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Health and Safety Commission (HSC) publications. Subject areas include:

  Agriculture              Mining
  Engineering              Nuclear technology
  Explosives               Occupational hygiene
  Industrial pollution     Production
  Manufacturing industries

A database of the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre of the International Labour Organisation(UN).CISDOC contains references from over 35 countries to key literature on safety and health at work.

Subjects areas include:

  
  Accident prevention      Occupational medicine
  Environmental stress     Physiology
  Ergonomics               Safety engineering
  Industrial hygiene       Toxicology

The Major Hazard Incident Data Service, developed by the Major Hazards Assessment Unit of the British Health and Safety Executive. MHIDAS contains incidents from over 95 countries throughout the world, and particularly the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France and India.

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Oceanic Abstracts is focused exclusively on worldwide technical literature pertaining to the marine and brackish-water environment. The journal has long been recognized as a leading source of information on topics relating to oceans. The journal focuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquacultur e, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics. This journal is totally comprehensive in its coverage of living and non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.

It provides access to 100 key Oxford dictionaries and reference works in various areas including language, science, medicine, humanities, social sciences, business and management.

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Plant Science is a bibliographic database containing citations and abstracts of scientific literature on plant science, focusing on all plant scientific aspects, especially on pathology, symbiosis, biochemistry, genetics, biotechnology, techniques and environmental biology. Over 250 primary research journals are scanned by specialized scientific editors to add approximately 23,000 titles to the database each year. From July 1996 onwards, informative abstracts have been added when available.

POLYMERSnetBASE provides access to references and books on polymer information. Databases included are: Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Polymers: A Property Database , and Polymer Books from Taylor and Francis.

PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber from 1987 to present.

 Contains citations to articles appearing in more than 4,300 periodicals in the areas of science and technology held by the Chongqing Branch of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China.

PreMEDLINE (PREM), the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) in-process database for MEDLINE, provides basic information and abstracts before a record is indexed with MeSH heading(s) and added to MEDLINE. PreMEDLINE, like MEDLINE itself, encompassesinformation from Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing, as well as other sources of coverage in the areas of allied health, biological and physical sciences, humanities and information science (as they relate to medicine and health care, communication disorders, population biology, and reproductive biology).
New records are added daily* to PreMEDLINE, appearing when the content of the record meets the scope of the PreMEDLINE database. After MeSH terms, publication types, GenBank accession numbers, and other indexing data are incorporated into a PreMEDLINE record; the completed citation is added to MEDLINE. Completed PreMEDLINE records are added as citations to MEDLINE on a weekly basis.

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Index containing citations and abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from over 1,000 colleges and universities in North America, Europe, Asia and other regions. Dissertations published from 1980 onwards include 350-word abstracts written by the author. Master's theses published from 1988 onwards include 150-word abstracts. For full text of the dissertations and theses, please refer to the Digital Dissertation Consortium.

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PsycINFO (1806+) contains citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, technical reports as well as dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.

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Produced by the Rapra Technology Limited, it covers a wide scope of technical, academic, commercial and marketing aspects of the rubber and plastic industries. It comprises indexed summaries of published literature and updates twice monthly.

RECAL is a bibliographic database in the field of prosthetics, orthotics and related rehabilitation engineering. It currently contains 52,000 bibliographic records. Each record is indexed using the RECAL Thesaurus and includes a brief factual abstract.

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This database focuses on all aspects of the rehabilitation of somatic and mental disorders using physiotherapy and other therapeutic modalities. Topics include diagnosis, function tests and evaluation, as well as the social, vocational and educational aspects of rehabilitation.

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The variety of case studies in this Knowledgebase is a salutary reminder that, although the supply chain is seen as ultimately the biggest application for RFID, the less hyped applications such as Libraries & Archiving, Passenger & Personal Transportation, and Healthcare, are moving ahead extremely rapidly. Although there are only a few examples of RFID being used in laundries, we understand that over 70 million tags have now been delivered worldwide for this application alone. Libraries have seen about 35 million tags delivered but other forms of archiving raise the figure appreciably. Retail is important, but it mostly consists of trials. Leisure applications are more important than the press gives credit.

This database is the computerized version of the NIOSH Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. It contains toxicity data extracted from the scientific literature by NIOSH. Includes known toxic substances which are mined, manufactured, processed, synthesized, or, are naturally occurring inorganic or organic compounds.

It offers over 120,000 summaries of internationally published information pertaining to engineering, manufacturing and research of vehicle technology for land, sea, air, and space. It contains bibliographic document summaries and detailed abstracts dating back to 1906. Represented are 30 publishers from 15 countries around the world.

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Published in association with the University of Southern California and the University of Waterloo, this database provides comprehensive, timely information across the fields of public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. Cited studies are geared to help researchers identify, evaluate, and eliminate or control risks and hazards from environmental and occupational situations.

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The Science Citation Index Expanded, published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), is a multidisciplinary database which indexes more than 5,300 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. It also contains searchable author abstracts as well as cited reference list. It is 2,000 more than the print or CD-ROM versions, and updated with appropriate 16,000 new records every week..

Some of the disciplines covered include: Agriculture, Neuroscience, Astronomy, Oncology, Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Biology, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, Physics, Chemistry, Plant Sciences, Computer Science, Psychiatry, Materials Science, Surgery, Mathematics, Veterinary Science, Medicine and Zoology.

It is an electronic index to the Lloyds Register of Ships.

Provided by Information Handling Services, it allows access to the latest edition of the worldwide standards released by AATCC, AIIM, ANSI, ASHRAE, ASME, ASQC, ASTM, BS, CIE, IEC, IPC, ISO, JIS, TIA, and UL. The CD-ROM version as Worldwide Standards is also available at the Special Collections of the Library.

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A unique resource for both practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness and physical education topics. Records cover sports medicine, exercise psychology, biomechanics, psychology, training, coaching, physical education and fitness, and other sport and fitness-related topics.

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Published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), the Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database which indexes more than 1725 journals across 50 disciplines. It contains searchable author abstracts as well as cited reference list. It is updated with appropriate 2,700 new records every week.

Some of the disciplines covered include: Anthropology, Political Science, History, Public Health, Industrial Relations, Social Issues, Information Science & Library Science, Social Work, Law, Sociology, Linguistics, Substance Abuse, Philosophy, Urban Studies, Psychology, Women's Studies, Psychiatry.

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CSA Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. The database abstracts and indexes over 1,406 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles and dissertations, and citations to book reviews.

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 Contains the entire social work abstracts database, providing abstracts for journal articles and citations of social work literature from 1977 to the present, plus listings of over 600 major social work books; specialized text information such as professional standards, legal regulations, state licensing laws, career information, and position paper; and the complete 1991 NASW Register of Clinical Social Workers.

 Subject coverage:

  Aging                       Legislation  
  Aids                        Social science  
  Child and family welfare    Social work
  Community organisation      Substance abuse
  Homelessness

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CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,809 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added since 1973 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.

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New developments in solid state and superconductivity technology will have a profound impact on virtually every industry in the foreseeable future - with far-reaching economic consequences. Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts provides unparalleled access to current research and applications across the field. The journal presents global coverage on all aspects of theory, production, and application of solid state materials and devices - as well as the new high- and low-temperature superconductivity technology, now highlighted in every issue. Just a few of the topics covered include , phase, crystal, and mechanical properties of solids , optical and dielectric properties , conductive and magnetic properties , exotic electronic structure and energy gaps , SQUIDs , impurity effects , flux structures and critical current , ceramics , twinning phenomena, and more. Solid State focuses on problem solving and commercially viable applications of the new high-tech advances. This database provides international coverage with the monitoring of over 3,000 serial titles as well as numerous non-serial publications.

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StatsNetBase provides online access to more than 37 statistics reference books.

Tax Planning & Compliance in Asia is a commentary-based publication for regional tax directors and foreign investors who require in-depth tax information to make investment decisions and to oversee tax compliance matters of their subsidiaries / branches in Asia. This publication focuses on both tax compliance and tax planning.

TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE provides access to information in the fast-paced field of telecommunications including areas from satellites to underground cable.

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Textile Technology Index, is designed to serve academic institutions and libraries by providing extensive coverage of the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. First published in 1944, as the Institute of Textile Technology's Textile Technology Digest, the collection traces the body of knowledge in textile science and technology as far back as the 1800's. The Textile Technology Index contains indexing and abstracting for over 400 periodical titles, and for thousands of titles drawn from sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports, and trade literature. Extensive and thorough coverage is given to subjects such as manufacturing techniques, textile end products, chemicals and dyes, the properties of natural and synthetic fibers and yarns, environmental issues, and the related areas of chemistry, biology, and physics.

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TOXLINE on this service offers rapid access to information in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the care journal literature in toxicology. This version of TOXLINE does not contain information from Chemical Abstracts Service, BIOSIS, or International Pharmaceutical Abstracts; furthermore, it is a "rolling 5-year" database, consisting of records from the last 5 years plus the current year.

Contains citations to periodicals, irregular serials and annuals, new titles, title changes and cessations as well as contact information for every listed publishers.

Provides information on 80,000 courses in higher and further education throughout the UK.

Includes entry requirements, course content and credit accumulation and transfer information.

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It provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. It updates monthly with approximately 1,300 new records added. Major areas of coverage include groundwater, lakes, estuaries, erosion and sedimentation, water supply and conservation, desalination, water yield improvement, water quantity management and control, watershed protection, water quality management, water resources planning, water law, as well as engineering works and hydraulics.

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ISI Web of Knowledge is a Web portal to high-quality information products essential to research in academic, corporate, government, and non-profit organizations. ISI Web of Knowledge also provides a variety of advanced tools for tracking and managing the content found in those products. It covers:

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Providing access to Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Science Citation Index, Web of Science enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from over 8,500 research journals worldwide. Coverage extends back to 1970, and it is updated weekly.

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Weldasearch is a comprehensive database containing abstracts to journal articles, research reports, books, standards, patents, theses and special publications in the areas of joining metals, plastics and ceramics, metal and ceramic spraying, thermal cutting, brazing, soldering and related topics. Every aspect of welding and allied processes is covered including design, metallurgy, fatigue and fracture mechanics, equipment for joining and cutting processes, corrosion, surfacing, micro joining, quality control, nondestructive testing, safety, commercial applications, market statistics and news of the industry.

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Westlaw International is an online legal research service for law firms and corporations around the world. Whether you need to access laws from another country or retrieve international legal information pertaining to your practice area, Westlaw International is a powerful online resource for your research needs.

Key Features Include:

• Hong Kong legal materials, including :
  1. Hong Kong Case Law
  2. Hong Kong Civil Procedure
  3. Hong Kong Legislation
• Case Law, Legislation, Law Reviews, Treaties, and Directories organised by topical and regional libraries
• United Kingdom and European Union law collections published by Sweet & Maxwell, the United Kingdom's oldest and most authoritative legal publisher
• Canadian law collections by Carswell

The World Telecommunication Indicators Database contains time series data for the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975-2002 for around 80 sets of telecommunication statistics (updated) covering telephone network size and dimension, mobile services, quality of service, traffic, staff, tariffs, revenue and investment. Selected demographic, macro-economic, broadcasting and information technology statistics are also included. Data for over 200 economies are available. Notes explaining data exceptions are also included.

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 World textiles is an internatioal resource for informatin on all aspects of the textiles industry, textile technology, and the application of textiles materials. World Textiles contains scientific, trade, patent, and economic literature that can be used for industrial and scientific research, plant development, manufacturing processes, and commercial development. The database contains current and archival citations to 500 periodicals and non-serial publications from 1970 to the present.