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ScienceDirect: Elsevier's premier platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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.
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.
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.
Gain a deeper understanding of more than 363,000 key topics, unfamiliar terms and concepts with explanations embedded directly into your reading experience.
Content Syndication Partnerships: Researchers can access over 150,000 articles from leading publishers directly on ScienceDirect.
Institutional Ordering Platform: Institutional customers can now purchase access to ScienceDirect books and journals via a self-service platform: no need for a sales representative and faster access.
Time-saving features
Remote access
Access anytime and from anywhere without being limited to an IP range. Simply register and then sign in to activate remote access.
Search
Sophisticated, intuitive search and retrieval tools make it easy to discover more relevant journal articles and book chapters.
Alerts
Create custom alerts tailored to a specific field of research or study.
Reading History
Keep track of the 100 most recently viewed articles or book chapters, sorted by date and time. Customize a view by deleting items or downloading the full list of entries.
Reading Recommendations
Get suggestions on what to read next. Combines Reading History with articles others have read and Scopus citation data to recommend other relevant information.
Integrations
See integrated chemical and structural data from Reaxys on chemistry content. Get citation data from Scopus on ScienceDirect article pages.
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Topic pages are embedded directly into your ScienceDirect reading experience on thousands of articles and book chapters. They offer an easy way for you to learn about unfamiliar terms and concepts. Learn more about ScienceDirect Topics. And see all of the Topics pages opens in new tab/window.
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