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In addition to humanities and social science favorites such as the rave-reviewed Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Europa World, and the new IISS Armed Conflict Database, the Taylor & Francis online family now includes the renowned CRCnetBASE and Dekker Online Encyclopedias, both featuring widely praised resources in areas such as chemistry, medicine, engineering, information technology, and social sciences.

About the Taylor & Francis Group

Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor & Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. They provide quality information and knowledge that enable their customers to perform their jobs efficiently, continue their education, and help contribute to the advancement of their chosen markets. Taylor & Francis customers are researchers, students, academics and increasingly professionals. Their ever-growing online endeavors include such rave-reviewed resources such as the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Europa World.

AGRICULTUREnetBASE

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. This collection includes complete works from the most respected researchers in both industrial and natural agriculture.

Agropedia Series

 

 Setting a gold standard in the publishing industry, the Dekker Agropedia Collection will stand as the most trusted compilation of resources in the agricultural sciences. Available individually or as a discounted package.

  • Encyclopedia of Agriculture, Food, and Biological Engineering
  • Encyclopedia of Animal Science
  • Encyclopedia of Pest Management
  • Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science
  • Encyclopedia of Soil Science Encyclopedia of Water Science

BIOSCIENCEnetBASE

This sophisticated library provides access to current information that includes CRC Press’ award-winning bioscience handbooks and references in bioengineering, medicine, pharmacology, and statistics. The site is continually updated with contributions from every major bioscience discipline, including cutting-edge areas like, genomics, tissue engineering, biofuels, nanotechnology, drug delivery, and immunology.

BUILDyourOWNnetBASE

BUILDyourOWNnetBASE is the ultimate product for those organizations needing the flexibility to build a resource library that aligns with their client’s needs regardless of discipline.  With its a la carte menu, you are able to choose from over 3500 titles in more than 30 Disciplines within the scientific and technical field.

BUSINESSnetBASE

Covering accounting practices ethics, and organization, this library provides all the information needed to understand and practice sound business principles in the twenty-first century.

Chemestry and Engineering

  • Dekker Encyclopedia of NanoScience and Nanotechnology
  • Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing
  • Encyclopedia of Chromatography
  • Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology NEW!
  • Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
  • Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science
  • Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry

CHEMnetBASE

Featuring Chapman & Hall/CRC’s premier chemistry references, this renowned database can be tailored to your specific needs. Subscribe to any or all of CHEMnetBASE’s dictionaries and databases, including The Combined Chemical Dictionary, which now details over 533,000 compounds, and the online version of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, which adds interactive tables and powerful search capabilities to the world’s best known scientific reference.

Includes:

  • Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD)
  • Dictionary of Organic Compounds
  • Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds
  • Dictionary of Natural Products
  • Dictionary of Drugs      
  • The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online
  • Polymers: A Property Database
  • Properties of Organic Compounds
  • FREE Interactive Periodic Table

CLEANTECHnetBASE

Spanning all fields of science and engineering, this library presents a wealth of ecological and cost efficient technologues and business practices.  It focuses on renewable energy, clean technologies, green advancements, bio-energy, eco-friendly agriculture practices, and novel technologies so as to address those issues relevant to maintaining and improving the sustainability of our planet.

COMPUTERSCIENCEnetBASE

From current considerations regarding bioinformatics and data mining to guidance on JAVA, MATLAB, and C++, this library, featuring books from Chapman Hall/CRC, provides computer scientists, statisticians, and researchers dependent on information systems with the program knowledge and methods to develop effective parameters, and efficiently access, organize, and analyze the data vital to their projects.

CRCnetBASE

An unmatched collection of scientific and technical online libraries featuring complete access to thousands of books and dozens of databases. CRCnetBASE can provide local and offsite access to any combination of nearly three-dozen field-specific scientific and technical libraries. 

ECONOMICSnetBASE

This site provides the latest research and complex analysis that those steeped in the intricacies of the field require, as well as the specific material required by those seeking economics information relevant to other fields including history, law, business, and political science.

Encyclopedia of Animal Science

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing

Encyclopedia of Chromatography

Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering

Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering

Encyclopedia of Pest Management

Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy

Encyclopedia of Soil Science

Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science

Encyclopedia of Water Science

Encyclopedia of Wireless and Mobile Communications

Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering

Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology Online

The Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology Online provides ready access to the basic principles and applications of energy engineering, as well as advanced applications in the technologies of energy production and use.  Over 300 researchers and practitioners provide ready access to the basic principles and applications of energy engineering, as well as advanced applications in the technologies of energy production and use.

ENGnetBASE

This widely consulted collection includes hundreds of our bestselling handbooks and references.  Growing every year, ENGnetBASE continues to provide engineers of every stripe with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field. Subscribers can purchase access to the entire ENGnetBASE collection, or select from four specialty libraries:

  • CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE

ENVIROnetBASE

From satellite mapping, biological risk assessment, and waste management to air sampling, pollution control, and wetlands and wildlife protection, ENVIROnetBASE includes essential material for seasoned professionals, as well as newcomers to the field. The award-winning handbooks and references draw upon leading experts from across the world to examine various ecosystems, explore GIS practices, discuss health hazards, and provide environmental analyses.

ERGONOMICSnetBASE

From vehicle safety and fall prevention to workplace design, lighting, and healthy sleep, this site provides information that touches all aspects of human productivity and comfort. Offering leading resources such as the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors and the Handbook of Human Factors in Litigation, this site keeps product designers and engineers, as well as occupational therapists, HR personnel, and legal consultants current with the findings, data, and emerging trends shaping the field. 

Europa World of Learning Online

A comprehensive directory and guide to the organizations and institutions within the sphere of higher education and learning. Profiling over 30,000 academic institutions and more than 200,000 staff and officials, this highly esteemed work covers the entire education and learning spectrum. There is no other source that provides such wide-ranging, international coverage.

Europa World Yearbook Online/Europa World Plus

First published in 1926 and now available online, the Europa World Yearbook is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in more than 250 countries and territories. Europa World Plus adds to the Yearbook the content of the nine Regional Surveys of the World, making it the most comprehensive resource ever to cover the nations and territories of the world.  Both versions over access to a treasury of data and analytical content via an easy-to-use, intuitive interface, with throughout-the-year updates and search capabilities ranging from simple full-text to powerful advanced search tools.

FOODnetBASE

This site covers every aspect of the food industry, from safety, testing, regulation, and quality assurance to packaging, biotechnology, and product development. In appreciation of current concerns, we are now adding cutting-edge research exploring phytonutrients and oxidative stress, as well as recent titles on foodborne illness, bioterrorism and food security.

FORENSICnetBASE

This popular resource provides the tools to investigate both criminal and ancient evidence, as well as guidebooks to aid in the service of justice.

GEOnetBASE

From underground excavation and blasting to foundation engineering and earthquakes, this collection covers emerging developments in the geosciences. Gain access to an abundance of material, including the bestselling Earthquake Engineering Handbook and the critically acclaimed Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook, both top references in their fields.

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online

This resource continues to be the most accurate, reliable, and current resource available on data needed by chemists, physicists, and engineers. The handbook provides a wide coverage of data on properties of inorganic and organic compounds.

 IISS Armed Conflict Database

Interactive, objective, and user-friendly, the Database covers more than 70 armed conflicts around the globe, featuring top-notch analysis and data from the non-ideological, highly sought-after experts at the IISS, the International Institute for Strategic Studies. In addition, ACD provides ongoing updates on conflicts, in-depth analysis, historical background, data on human consequences, event timelines, military makeup of armed groups, and quarterly assessments for each conflict. A list of non-state armed groups, their estimated strength, origin, political or ideological aims, and areas of operation is also included.

INDUSTRIALnetBASE

Reliability, Quality, Safety! This site gives engineers, managers, and technicians the knowledge to anticipate challenges and maximize ROI. It provides an insider’s perspective 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 excellent practical advice, as well as a grounding in the theoretical principles guiding today’s climate of manufacturing in an international market.

InfoSECURITYnetBASE

Whether investigating transnational cybercrime or writing unhackable encryption, this site offers access to leading authorities in the software industry, law enforcement, and government. It consolidates resources from every major information security discipline, including public-key cryptography, wireless security, surveillance and spy devices, security auditing, and money laundering.

ITKnowledgeBASE

Featuring works by Auerbach, the international leader in IT information, this site offers information on the latest operating systems, networks, and business applications as well as the tools to protect, patch, and optimize. A single subscription also provides access to the Auerbach Information Management Service and Auerbach’s Information Systems Security Journals.

LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE

Whether looking for the latest techniques in crime scene investigation, the right questions for an expert witness, or case studies to present in the classroom, this library provides much more than a clue. It offers access to resources authored and edited by internationally recognized experts including Vernon Geberth, Cyril H. Wecht, and Stuart H. James. This site covers every aspect of the forensics and law enforcement industry, from criminal justice, law enforcement, and forensic investigation to counterterrorism, cyber-crime, blood pattern analysis, and money laundering.

MATERIALSnetBASE

This dynamic online library of materials science texts, references, and handbooks already includes over 170 key works. Coverage encompasses traditional and emerging principles, practices, and applications in industry, as well the latest material innovations in bioscience and pharmacology.

MATHnetBASE

From algorithms, algebra, and data analysis to calculus, cryptography, and chaos; from theory to applications, these premier mathematics resources from Chapman &Hall/CRC Press provide both the problems and answers.

MILITARYnetBASE

Exploring war history, weaponry, and the cold war, as well as terrorism and security, this site offers the authoritative data and diverse commentary that both scholars and policymakers require.

NANOnetBASE

NANOnetBASE is ideally suited to all academic and research libraries looking to stay abreast of today’s #1 focus in science and technology. It features the work of international experts affiliated with the most prestigious institutions and cutting-edge corporations in the field. This ever-growing library offers pertinent handbooks and references covering the materials, biomedical, and engineering fields, along with current topics in physics and chemistry.

NEUROSCIENCEnetBASE

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

Whether looking for esoteric information on the molecular actions of Chinese herbs or basic dietary recommendations to curb obesity, this library provides the latest authoritative findings. Researchers and practitioners will find hundreds of case studies, clinical trials, and biochemical analyses on the hottest research areas including phytonutrients, the cancer-diet connection, oxidative stress, mitochondrial function, sports nutrition, and hormonal imbalances.

OCCUP-HEALTHandSAFETYnetBASE

Occupational hygienists, industrial hygienists, occupational health and safety managers and engineers, chemists, and risk engineers will find relevant up-to-date information in this collection. The books focus on occupational health & safety engineering with much of their contents aimed at reducing risk, injury, or illness in an occupational setting. With books on industrial hygiene, it also covers the protection and health of workers exposed to chemical and physical agents in the work environment

PHYSICSnetBASE

From astrophysics to quantum physics, materials science to optoelectronics and nanotechnology, this extensive and continually expanding library offers many volumes from the highly respected Institute of Physics. It includes current literature referencing contemporary investigations and data to support the most advanced research, as well as introductory, current interest, and historical reading for universities and those high schools seeking enrichment material.

PlantSCIENCEnetBASE

From aloe and ginkgo biloba to insect repellents and mushrooms, from medicinal herbs and natural products to cultivation, transgenetics, and plant evolution, this library includes a wide selection of herb and plant specific volumes including Chamomile, Cinnamon, Citrus, Echinacea, Eucalyptus, Flax, Geranium, Ginger, Kava, Magnolia, Mistletoe, Poppy, Thyme, Tomato, Vetiveria, and more… .

POLYMERSnetBASE

This sophisticated site includes the Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, and Polymers: A Property Database, cross-searchable with a growing collection of polymer books from Taylor & Francis.

ProjectMANAGEMENTnetBASE

Offering the tools needed to guarantee projects delivered on time with a strong return on investment, this library contains the work of seasoned 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.

PublicADMINISTRATIONnetBASE

Offers administrators of all levels the whole gamut of CRC public policy handbooks, plus an expanding portfolio of strategic texts to guide them in those gray areas between the rules.

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The first multi-volume Encyclopedia to be published in the discipline in over thirty years, REP is now regarded as the definitive resource in the field. Featuring 2,000 original entries from a team of over 1,300 of the world's most respected scholars and philosophers, REP swiftly accumulated rave reviews and awards, including selection by Library Journal as one of its 50 Sources for the Millennium, and recognition as an Outstanding Reference Source by the American Library Association.

Routledge Reference Resources - Politics and International Relations

This cross-searchable online subject library includes more than thirty-five reference essentials that have won critical accolades and places on best reference lists, with new works and updates added every year.

Routledge Reference Resources - Religion

This cross-searchable online subject library includes more than thirty-five reference essentials that have won critical accolades and places on best reference lists, with new works and updates added every year. 

ROUTLEDGEnetBASE Libraries in the Social Sciences

Based on the functionality of the famous CRCnetBASE online collections, these electronic libraries consist primarily of both practical and theoretical works from Routledge, for over a century and a half the world’s leading social science publisher. And while most of the material is designed for more advanced readers, undergraduate and advanced high school students will find several introductory volumes, as well as a wealth of background material that can be culled from the more sophisticated texts.

SCI-TECHnetBASE

With over 3100 complete volumes, this is the online library of the future.  Offering the most complete repository of authoritative scientific and technical information available across multiple fields, it invites the blurring of boundaries that scientists must be willing to accept as they pursue answers to the cross-disciplinary problems of today.

STATSnetBASE

An unparalleled repository of world-class references, this library explores theory, tools, application, and analysis for statisticians and researchers across a wide range of disciplines, including medicine, genetics, biology, and business.

TEXTILEnetBASE

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 cutting-edge 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.

TRIBOLOGYnetBASE/LUBRICATIONnetBASE

Instantly access the properties, factors, and formulae that researchers require. This site allows users to 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. Coverage cuts across every major tribology and lubrication discipline, including volumes from Jerry Byers, George Totten, and Kenneth Ludema.

WATERnetBASE

Answering the need for a complete resource for environmental scientists, water managers, agriculturalists, and engineers, this cutting-edge collection offers the methods, data, and innovatons that are crtical to understanding and advancing new directions in water science and engineering.

World Who’s Who Online

The comprehensive, newly-expanded World Who's Who brings together current and hard-to-find biographical information on almost 60,000 of the most gifted, famous and influential men and women in all fields.

Using a full range of sophisticated search and browse functions in World Who's Who, researchers can quickly find the current career, contact and other biographical details that they need on their most eminent contemporaries. Heads of state, key ministers, politicians, diplomats and religious leaders, the famous and successful in business, finance, technology, film, music, literature, fashion, sport and a host of other professions have been carefully selected by the Europa Biographical Reference team of editors. World Who's Who is regularly updated.

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