The most comprehensive collection of e-books, with more than 125,000 e-books from a broad range of subject areas including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and science.
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Online access to various reference works from Salem Press, including Magill’s Medical Guide, The Decades, Great Events from History, and literary criticisms.
50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know is an engaging guide to the world of chemistry. From the molecules that kick-started life itself to nanotechnology, chemistry offers some fascinating insights into our origins, as well as continuing to revolutionize life as we know it.
Concise guide to the essentials of organic chemistry - the literature, nomenclature, stereochemistry, spectroscopy, hazard information, and laboratory data.
This practical resource on synthetic methodology, reaction mechanisms, and applications for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery explores topics such as laboratory synthesis for natural products, the preparative aspects of stereoselective synthesis for drugs, natural products, and potential biologically active compounds. Also features experimental procedures for the different reaction methods covered.
From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do?
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the most authoritative and accessible account of all aspects of child development. Written by an international team of experts, its comprehensive coverage includes everything from prenatal development to adolescence, pediatrics, theories and research methods, physical development, social and emotional development, perceptual and cognitive development, language development, psychopathology, and parenting.
Provides definitions for 12,000 terms used in the study of cell and molecular biology. Features extensive cross-references and an appendix with prefixes for SI units, the Greek alphabet, useful constants, and single-letter codes for amino acids.
Features definitions of terms, explanations of concepts, and biographies of historical figures. Comparative aspects are described in order to provide a sense of the evolution of structures, and topics include fundamental terminology, germ layers, and induction to RNAi, stem cell differentiation, and more.
This concise guide written by a biologist provides guidance on locating sources, maintaining laboratory and field notebooks, reading and interpreting data, preparing research reports, and more.
Through engaging case studies and clear explanations of the underlying science, this book makes the social impacts and ethical consequences of recent advances in biomedicine understandable for general readers.
"Writing in the Biological Sciences: A Comprehensive Guide to Scientific Communication" serves as a comprehensive "one-stop" reference guide to scientific writing and communication for budding professionals in the life sciences and related fields.
Science Call Numbers
Not quite sure what you're looking for? This list of call numbers for various subjects in science may be helpful as you browse the library's shelves.
Access Science is a good place to start, especially when looking into a topic you are just starting to learn about. It provides definitions of scientific terms, biographies of scientists, research updates, and news.
It also includes research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, biographies of well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography® and the latest news in science and technology from Science News® and ScienCentral® videos.