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Books play a crucial role in higher education excellence and career readiness

Proficiency in information literacy, critical analysis and research are among the most important skills to ensure educational excellence and employability. Books on ScienceDirect provide invaluable resources to help students and researchers build these skills.

Beyond knowledge

Get a global perspective from students, academics, researchers and librarians about the value of books in achieving educational excellence and career readiness.

A new report from Elsevier on the value of books in educating and preparing students for a research career

Teaching the basics

Students, educators and researchers are having to explore new areas because many of today’s complex questions are coming at the intersection of disciplines. To get themselves up to speed, they need the fundamental base of knowledge and practice available in books:

  • Textbooks

  • Monographs and foundational reference books

  • Handbooks

  • Book series and serials

Books provide a sweep of knowledge and help synthesize information that can otherwise be fragmented in other sources.

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ScienceDirect Topics

ScienceDirect Topics uses machine learning to extract contextual information from the huge range of books across ScienceDirect. Topics help students, educators and researchers quickly find and assess background information in new areas.

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Enabling research and career readiness

The knowledge and application learned from books help students progress to an academic or research career path. High-quality Books on ScienceDirect help aspiring researchers to think creatively and communicate clearly, expose approaches to tackling important problems and demonstrate how to conduct research with integrity. These are all qualities that today’s employers desire in those coming into the workforce.

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“Books play a very important role in learning about research. They have a more pedagogical presentation and a systematic collection of knowledge.”

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Robert Mann

Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada

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