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A-Z Databases: eBooks

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35 Databases found for eBooks

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AccessMedicineTM from McGraw-Hill provides access to more than 60 medical titles, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, diagnostic tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to download content to a mobile device. Access is limited to 2 simultaneous users.
AccessPhysiotherapy™ from McGraw-Hill is a resource for physical therapy students and lecturers. It provides access to content from leading McGraw-Hill texts, interactive imaging content, exclusive multimedia, and flexible curricular tools.

Access is limited to 2 simultaneous users.
AccessScience gives full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. It is updated daily. It also includes biographies of leading scientists, weekly updates of breakthroughs and discoveries in science, a science dictionary, and links to related websites.
Access is limited to 2 simultaneous users.

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Database consisting of online books and journals as well as the evidence-based point of care feature, FirstConsult (FC).

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The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books that meet academic standards.

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Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Access to selected e-books.
Search and view the full text of the selection of eBooks purchased by UCT Libraries.
This book is useful for safety managers, chemists, and engineers alike, helping both small and large institutions identify, address, and manage chemical reactivity hazards.

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KluwerArbitration.com is the world's leading online resource for international arbitration research. It contains a wealth of commentary from expert authors and an extensive collection of primary source materials. Plus access to exclusive materials including ICC cases and awards.

For a full overview of the wide range of print publications included in the online database, please consult the books and journals pages.
Kluwer International Tax Law, is a state of the art, intuitive research platform for Tax Professionals leveraging Wolters Kluwer’s top international content and practical tools providing answers.

Comprises the gold standard on the law of tax treaties with practical answers and expert commentary on all areas of double taxation:

Klaus Vogel on Double Taxation Conventions
Schwarz on Tax Treaties
A collection of online engineering handbooks and interactive tools such as the unit converter. UCT Libraries subscribe to the following subject categories: Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology; Chemistry & Chemical Engineering; Civil Engineering & Construction Materials; Electrical & Power Engineering; Electronics & Semiconductors; Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering; Nanotechnology; Sustainable Energy & Development; Transportation Engineering.

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A robust digital collection of classic and previously out-of-print architecture and urban studies books, on the digital book platform, MIT Press Direct. The collection was funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the Humanities Open Book Program, which they co-sponsored with the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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OECD’s Online Library containing all books and papers published since 1998 as well as a vast collection of statistics with data going back to the early 1960s. UCT access does not include the IEA statistics.
Alternate Name(s) Open Education Resources, textbooks
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Note that textbooks are included in these resources. Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for systemic change in teaching and learning content through engaging educators in new participatory processes and effective technologies for engaging with learning.
Alternate Name(s) textbooks
OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication. The objective is to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books and provide services for publishers, libraries, and research funders in the areas of hosting, deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.
Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. Select a subject of interest by clicking "Browse Subjects".
Access to selected books that have been purchased by UCT Libraries.

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Includes access to journals and some books published by the American Psychiatric Association.

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SAGE Research Methods (SRM) is an award-winning tool designed to help you create research projects and understand the methods behind them. SRM's taxonomy of over 1,400 methods terms links to authoritative content.
Access to journals and ebooks published by Elsevier Science.
This resource contains 901 tables of physical properties of interest to scientists and engineers.
Snapplify provides access to some of the e-textbooks purchased by UCT Libraries.
SpringerProtocols is the largest subscription-based electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences.
SpringerLink is an integrated full-text database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer.
Alternate Name(s) Taylor & Francis UNSDGO platform
Sustainable Development Goals Online is a multimedia collection of
academic resources that will help you integrate sustainability into your
courses.

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Alternate Name(s) Monographs
UCT Libraries has been publishing monographs (books) via open access since 2015. Monographs are important for research communication and must continue to be available open access. UCT Libraries are advocates for open access publishing, providing resources for researchers to make their work freely accessible in various ways.

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Westlaw UK Edge is a legal database containing the most comprehensive case-finding database for England and Wales, all primary and seconday legislation for the UK, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, a Legal Journals Index with coverage of most UK legal journals.
Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, 9000 books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases.

Starting a search

eReference Books are a good place to begin your search and to thoroughly understand the topic you are researching.

Dictionaries provide definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Encyclopedias give explanations and succinct overviews of topics.



New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
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