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Advance research and scholarship with the world's leading database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature. Our intuitive features make it easy to stay informed and work more efficiently.
ScienceDirect AI is a workflow companion that enables researchers to instantly surface, cite, compare and explore trusted evidence from deep within the peer-reviewed literature. It makes knowledge discovery more efficient, practical and rewarding.
Facilitate interdisciplinary research and scholarship across more than 2,900 peer-reviewed journals.
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Get comprehensive coverage of the full range of disciplines featuring renowned imprints Academic Press, Woodhead Publishing and W.B. Saunders. Search, read and work seamlessly across books and journals.
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For 25 years, ScienceDirect has worked with researchers and librarians to inspire and promote interdisciplinary research, scholarship and discovery. From the early days of digitizing peer-reviewed literature to our current content syndication partnerships, product integrations and a host of tools that make search and discovery fast and easy, we are honored to serve and be a partner with these research and scholarly communities.
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