Electronic books
Monash University Library provides access to over 300,000 e-books. The titles below are at the major package (provider) level only, but you can use the Library catalogue to search for a particular electronic book title or subject.
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Electronic book collections
- AccessEngineering (connect)
AccessEngineering is a redesign of the premiere online engineering resource, formerly known as McGraw-Hill's Digital Engineering Library. AccessEngineering features content from a broad range of must-have McGraw-Hill engineering publications, including the latest editions of classics such as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers. A selection of more than 250 engineering books is available. Focused around 14 major areas of engineering, AccessEngineering features a new taxonomy book view offering comprehensive coverage and faster title-by-title access to the engineering collection in the following subject areas: Biomedical - Chemical - Civil - Communications - Construction - Electrical - Energy - Environmental - Green/Sustainable - Industrial - Material Science - Mechanical - Nanotechnology - Optical. In addition, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering is embedded on all search pages.
- AccessMedicine (connect)
A repository of medical knowledge, the AccessMedicine site provides access to the Clinical Library, comprising titles which have various interactive features, and also to the LANGE Educational Library, made up of electronic text reproductions of selected print medical education titles (non-interactive). Also includes sections entitled Guidelines, Quick Access Medicine, LANGE Case Files and Laboratory Values.
Licence restrictions: 5 simultaneous users only. It is very important that you "Logout" after a session.
- AGRICULTUREnetBASE (connect)
Online, full-text handbooks covering topics in agriculture. Farmers, crop scientists, agronomists, and all those concerned with maintaining and expanding the world's food supply will find a wealth of quality information awaiting their attention. It includes complete works from the most respected researchers in both industrial and natural agriculture.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (connect)
Full-text handbooks and monographs covering topics including biochemistry, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, pharmacology, and toxicology.
- Blackwell reference online (connect)
Provides full-text access to about 300 volumes of reference works in business and economics, the arts (history, language and linguistics, literature and cultural studies, philosophy and religion) and social sciences (sociology and psychology). It supports browsing and full-text searching. Includes the Blackwell Companions and Handbooks, and major reference works such as the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management and the Companion to Syntax.
- Books@Ovid (connect)
The Books@Ovid database includes full text, references, updates, and graphics from some of the most respected sources in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology. A searcher can choose to run a search in one text, selected texts, or all texts.
On Sundays between 11.00 -14.00 hours this database may be temporarily unavailable.
- BUSINESSnetBASE (connect)
An online collection of over 170 full-text monographs on business management, accounting, marketing and related areas from Routledge, Auerbach and other Taylor & Francis imprints.
- CAB eBooks (connect)
CAB eBooks provides a unique opportunity to access CABI's prestigious titles in an easy-to use format. Books are indexed and retrievable as chapters. The full front file collection is divided into six core subject collections, constantly updated with the latest titles. The six subject collections comprise: 1. Agriculture 2. Animal & veterinary sciences 3. Environmental sciences 4. Human health, food & nutrition 5. Leisure & tourism 6. Plant sciences. As of May 2009, there were over 420 titles.
- Early English books online (connect)
This database gives full text reproduction access to the works (over 125,000 titles) listed in: Pollard & Redgrave, Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) ; Wing, Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) ; and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The works in this collection are presented as images, which may be viewed online, or downloaded in PDF format.
- Ebook library (connect)
Ebook library (EBL) is a searchable collection of ebooks, offering content across all subject areas, from major academic publishers worldwide. Publishers included are Taylor & Francis, Palgrave Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, Kluwer Academic, Springer, World Scientific and others. Ebooks can be viewed online or downloaded to a computer or PDA. EBL offers full-text search capability across the database.
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- Eighteenth century collections online (connect)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. It includes a variety of materials from books and directories, Bibles, sheet music and sermons to advertisements and works by many well-known and lesser-known authors, all providing a diverse collection of material for the researcher of the eighteenth century.
- encyclopedia of popular music (connect)
Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system. Updated three to four times a year with new and revised articles, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music is also entirely cross-searchable with Grove Music Online through the Oxford Music Online gateway.
- Encyclopedia of virology (connect)
Covers biological, molecular, and medical topics concerning viruses in animals, plants, bacteria and insects....this new edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the 50% increase in identified and accepted viruses since the year 2000. Takes into account the new developments in virology research by including information on new emerging diseases such as avian flu, SARS and West Nile and the ability of some viruses to be used as agents of bioterrorism.--About.
- Engineering village (connect)
This online service provides access to bibliographic databases within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines to which Monash University Library subscribes. These databases include: Compendex, EI Backfile, Inspec, NTIS, Referex Engineering, Patents, GEOBASE, GeoRef and CRC ENGnetBASE. Source documents comprise journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, dissertations, patents and books published from around the world.
- ERGONOMICSnetBASE (connect)
Searchable database providing information involving all aspects of human productivity and comfort. Categories include cognitive engineering and decision, communications, human performance modeling, product design, safety, and work design.
- FOODnetBASE (connect)
Covers topics ranging from food safety, regulations, and quality assurance to packaging, biotechnology, and product development.
- Gale virtual reference library (connect)
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of full text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Access is provided to titles which the library has purchased. All books can be searched simultaneously or individually. Searches can also be limited to specific subject areas.
- Gutenberg-e (connect)
A series of digital monographs in the field of historical scholarship produced in collaboration with the authors and the electronic publishing staff of Columbia University Press. Each e-text may offer extensive documentation, hyperlinks to supplementary literature, images, music, video, search feature, and links to related web sites.
- Harrison's online (connect)
Online version of the key textbook Harrison's principles of internal medicine. Search or browse the complete text, illustrations and expanded features or link to featured updates, related web sites, online pretests or the New England Journal of Medicine collections. Updated daily, AccessMedicine delivers the complete text, illustrations, and updates to the print version of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition. The fully searchable database regularly presents new and revised content from the distinguished editors and contributors of Harrison's.
- INDUSTRIALnetBASE (connect)
Searchable database providing information on the principles and processes involved with taking an idea from a theoretical plan to a functional product. For those seeking to get in line with regulations and streamline operations, this library offers practical advice, as well as a grounding in the theoretical principles guiding today's climate of manufacturing in an international market. Categories include manufacturing and industrial engineering, quality and standards, and sales, marketing, and service.
- Informit e-library : engineering collection (connect)
Informit e-Library - Engineering Collectio provides access to full content from a range of journal articles, conference papers, working papers and other grey literature sourced from the Engineers Australia library collection and is produced in collaboration with Engineers Australia. It covers all broad engineering fields, including Civil engineering, Engineering of railroads & roads, Mining & related operations, and Sanitary & municipal engineering as well as specialist engineering areas.
- Informit e-library : humanities & social sciences collection (connect)
Informit e-Library - Humanities & Social Sciences Collection provides access to the full content from a range of journals, monographs and books, conference proceedings, research papers and reference materials. It focuses on Australian and Asia-Pacific information. Subjects covered include Arts and Entertainment, Culture and Politics, Education and Research, Indigenous Peoples and Science and Technology.
- InfoSECURITYnetBASE (connect)
Established experts meet the increasing challenges of information security, with a wealth of material exploring system analysis and server set-up, as well as cryptography, cyber-crime, and other modern risks.
- ITKnowledgeBASE (connect)
ITKnowledgeBASE is a searchable database of information on all aspects of information technology management, strategies, systems and technologies, containing the complete Auerbach Information Management Service.
- Knovel library (connect)
Knovel's Library provides access to over 800 reference works, handbooks and databases. The content covers subject areas in the fields of Chemistry and the Life Sciences; Materials; and Engineering. The collection is continually expanding. Sourced from major Sci-tech publishers including John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill and Elsevier, the data is enhanced with time-saving analytical tools to help analyze and manipulate the data.
List of full text titles available
- Legal classics (connect)
This subset of Hein Online is an image-based and fully searchable library collection. The library, which contains more than 300,000 pages, contains landmark legal works from the late 18th through the mid 20th centuries. It is based on the titles in "Bibliography of Early American Law" by Morris Cohen. In addition, titles from AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries and early British and Commonwealth titles form part of the collection. It is expected that aproximately 500 new titles will be added to the collection annually.
- Literature online : the home of literature and criticism (connect)
Literature online includes full text of over 350,000 literary works, and resources for over 16,000 authors spanning several centuries. It contains an extensive collection of criticisms, reference works and journals and includes the MLA Bibliography, and Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) from 1920 onwards. Quick search allows users to search across entire contents of Literature online from any page.
- Making of America (connect)
A searchable digital collection of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, consisting of approximately 5000 books and journal volumes with imprints between 1850 and 1877. The collection is strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion and science and technology.
- MATERIALSnetBASE (connect)
From ceramics and textiles to industrial engineering and manufacturing, machine design, lasers and optical engineering, manufacturing processes, nanoscience/nanotechnology, packaging and systems engineering, this dynamic library of over 170 handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and treatises, explains the theory, data, and processes shaping diverse material applications.
- MATHnetBASE (connect)
MATHnetBASE provides access to over 70 full text mathematical resources, including handbooks and manuals, published by CRC Press. Formulas, techniques, derivations and background material needed in all areas of applied mathematics are included. Publications can be browsed or searched.
- MD Consult (connect)
The CD Consult Core Collection helps physicians answer clinical questions and stay abreast of recent developments by integrating: 49 respected medical reference books; over 71 medical journals and clinics; PDFs available for many Elsevier journals and clinics (dating back to 2002); comprehensive drug information; more than 1,000 clinical practice guidelines; over 5,000 customizable patient education handouts; and more.
- MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE (connect)
Covers topics ranging from aerospace engineering, industrial engineering and manufacturing, industrial engineering management, lasers and optical engineering, to machine design, manufacturing processing, nanoscience/nanotechnology, packaging and systems engineering. Up to 120 texts are included for searching and browsing.
- MILITARYnetBASE (connect)
Exploring war history, weaponry, superpower politics, and the cold war, as well as terrorism and current security concerns, this site, featuring works from Routledge, offers the authoritative data and diverse commentary that both scholars and policymakers require. Up to 116 titles are available for searching or browsing.
- MyiLibrary (connect)
MyiLibrary, distributed through Coutts Information Services, is an electronic platform which gives users desktop access to some of the most topical and current electronic content available today. MyiLibrary has partnered with numerous distributors to bring their content together in one aggregated database.
- NANOnetBASE (connect)
At the forefront of nanoscience and nanotechnology, these works come from top international experts affiliated with the most prestigious institutions in the field. This site now includes the award-winning Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the leading nano reference available today. Up to 47 titles are available for browsing or searching.
- NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE (connect)
Groundbreaking studies, classic texts, and illustrative atlases make this site a premier neuroscience reference. It offers the latest on Parkinson's and Alzheimer's as well as circadian studies, cytokines research, and computational neuroscience.
- NUTRITIONnetBASE (connect)
Contains the latest authoritative information on nutrition in health and disease, sports nutrition, phytonutrients, the cancer-diet connection, and oxidative stress. Up to 99 titles are available for browsing or searching.
- Oxford scholarship online : philosophy (connect)
Includes works across all areas of contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy, by eminent philosophers and leading scholars. Covers aesthetics, ancient philosophy, feminist philosophy, general history of philosophy, logic / philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics / epistemology, moral philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science and political philosophy. Individual titles are listed in the University Library Catalogue.
- PHARMACEUTICALnetBASE (connect)
A comprehensive resource for both industrial and academic researchers, this site explores drug discovery, development, and delivery systems. It covers quality and manufacturing and includes ADME - Toxicology information and dosage forms.
- PHYSICSnetBASE (connect)
From astrophysics to quantum physics, materials science to optoelectronics, this unified library offers both fundamental theories as well as contemporary investigations of time, matter, and space. It includes many volumes from the world-renowned Institute of Physics.
- PlantSCIENCEnetBASE (connect)
Full-text handbooks, and texts on agriculture & agronomy, botany & plant science, crop science, entomology, evolution & natural history, microbiology, and soil science.
- ProjectMANAGEMENTnetBASE (connect)
Searchable database providing the tools needed to guarantee projects delivered on time with a strong return on investment. This library contains the work of experts who discuss preferred software packages and models, as well as give succinct step-by-step advice on how to maximize talent, processes, and resources to produce a positive bottom line.
- PsycBOOKS (connect)
PsycBOOKS contains the full text of scholarly book titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA). In 2006, the database includes about 900 titles, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950-2002, approximately 300 archival resources in psychology, and the exclusive electronic release of the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology with over 1,500 authored entries. PsycBOOKS is updated with new releases of APA books and books originally produced by other publishers on a monthly basis.
On Sundays between 11.00 -14.00 hours this database may be temporarily unavailable.
- PublicADMINISTRATIONnetBASE (connect)
Covers such topics as: business information systems, customer relationship management (CRM), facilities management, finance and investing, healthcare management, human resources and training, library and information science, project management, quality and standards, security management and supply chain management (SCM).
- ScienceDirect (connect)
ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Apart from online eBooks, Reference Works, Handbooks and Book Series, ScienceDirect offers a rich journal collection of over 2,000 titles. In addition, the Backfiles program offers the ability to search a historical archive of over 6.75 million articles directly from your desktop, back to Volume 1, Issue 1. The collections contain 4 million articles prior to 1995, and 2.75 million articles from after 1994.
Important message: Please do not print any ScienceDirect articles on library student printers, model Fuji Xerox Phaser 5550 DT, excluding Berwick and Law Library. Currently it is causing problems; reams of paper are printed, each with symbols on line one, until the job is cancelled at the printer control panel, by pressing the red cancel button.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. 13.03.2009
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Note: The Library has not bought access to all of the ScienceDirect electronic books listed here. If you are denied access to the full text of any book here and want the Library to subscribe, please complete a Purchase suggestion form and we will consider your request.
- SourceOECD (connect)
SourceOECD is the publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and consists of three sections that include Books and Reports by Theme, Periodicals, and Statistics. OECD, based in Paris, is a forum permitting governments of industrialized democracies to study and formulate policies in all economic and social spheres. Subjects covered include: economics, business, social sciences, development, statistics, environment, education, agriculture, investment, finance and governance.
- SpringerLink (connect)
Provides full text access to Springer journals and book series. Subject coverage includes: chemical sciences, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, law, life sciences, mathematics, medicine, and physics and astronomy.
- STAT!Ref (connect)
StatREF includes general clinical medicine, pharmacology, physiology, surgery or psychiatry electronic books that can be searched individually or simultaneously. Alternatively, browse the table of contents for an individual book title. Link to Stedmans medical dictionary. Five concurrent users.
- STATSnetBASE (connect)
STATSnetBASE provides access to over 120 full text statistical methods resources, including handbooks and manuals, published by CRC Press. It covers applications in a wide range of disciplines from the environmental and social sciences to medicine, biology and operations research. Publications can be browsed or searched.
- TEXTILEnetBASE (connect)
Searchable database providing information from recycling and sustainable practices to the current uses of biomaterials, cashmere, and cotton. This library covers conventional fabrics and far beyond to include information on textiles in automotive engineering, biomedical applications, sports, and many other considerations such as smart fabrics and wearable electronics. It explores properties, applications, and manufacturing techniques for both natural and synthetic fibers and includes several CRC handbooks that offer up-to-date information on weaving, design, and high-performance fibers.
- TOXICOLOGYnetBASE (connect)
From environmental investigations to laboratory testing, from pathological studies to target-organ toxicology, this online tool offers the latest methods and data for any type of toxicological investigation. Also including the ATSDR database, it surveys issues related to food, nutrition, drug abuse, pharmaceuticals, and developmental toxicology.
- TRIBOLOGYnetBASE/LUBRICATIONnetBASE (connect)
Instantly access the properties, factors, and formulae your research requires. Download charts, pages, even chapters from an ever-growing library of complete handbooks and reference material, including titles found in the STLE Body of Knowledge. Topics covered include: electrical engineering, electronics, industrial engineering & manufacturing, machine design, manufacturing processing, mechanical engineering and nanoscience/nanotechnology.
- WATERnetBASE (connect)
WATERnetBASE offers a complete resource for environmentalists, agriculturists, and engineers, including the methods, data, and innovations critical to understanding and advancing new directions in water science and engineering.
- Wiley InterScience (connect)
A searchable database providing full text access to journals, books, reference works, databases and current protocols published by Wiley. Searching across multiple publications and browsing within specific publications is possible. Subject areas which can be browsed include: business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, law, life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology and, social sciences.
Note: The Library has not bought access to all of the electronic books listed here. If you are denied access to the full text of any book here and want the Library to subscribe, please complete a Purchase suggestion form and we will consider your request.
- World Bank e-Library (connect)
The World Bank e-Library is one of the most comprehensive collections in the area of social and economic development, an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 4,500 World Bank documents. Includes all current and recent World Bank titles, documents and papers. Titles are available on or about publication date of the print edition.
- World trials (connect)
In addition to trial transcripts, HeinOnline's World Trials Collection also includes monographs that analyze and debate famous trials, as well as biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history.
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