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Product Name: AccessScience
Vendor Name:McGraw-Hill
Product Description: AccessScience covers all major areas of science and technology through 8,500 encyclopedia & research update articles and 14,000 illustrations. It contains the highest quality information from 5,000+ contributors around the world, including more than 35 Nobel Prize winners. Updated continuously, AccessScience also includes news articles published weekly on key developments.
• Contains full text and illustrations of EST-10/e updated with new articles and revisions
• Yearbooks of Science and Technology articles (“Research Updates”) 1998-present
• New trends and developments in science and technology (“Research Updates”)
• 100,000+ terms from Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6/e
• 2,000 biographies of famous scientists (licensed from Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Helicon)
• Important news from the world of science and technology (©Science News) linked to in-depth readings
• “Animated Learning Modules” 0 in-depth animated tutorials on topics such as genetics
• 14,000 illustrations, animations, and image galleries
• New search engine for faster search results and easier access to information
• DOI’s – Digital Object Identifiers – helps users of public search engines find AccessScience content
• Bibliographies containing more than 28,000 literature citations
• Hyperlinks to evaluated related websites
• Questions answered in weekly Q&A
• Librarian Resource Center – Updated regularly!
Video News – ScienceCentral videos cover the areas of technology, physical sciences, and life sciences that impact our lives – including animations and interviews with actual scientists. A 10 member advisory board ensures the accuracy of the content and the cast and crew bring stories to life in 1 ½ minute segments for the general public.


Full-text.
Type of Access: Not Applicable
Vendor URL: http://www.accesscience.com
Subscription Period: July 1 to June 30
Vendor Contact:David Mahon 1-877-961-4747 ext. 4003
Contacts: Technical Contact
Ph: 1-800-565-5758
Fax: 1-800-463-5885

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dlintner@sols.org
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