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Academic Search Complete
is a
multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly
4,650 serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. PDF
backfiles to 1975.
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ACM Digital Library
is a vast
collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter
articles and conference proceedings.
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Analytical Abstracts
is a
specialist database for analytical scientists. Analytical Abstracts
gives you access to new analytical methods, abstracted from all major
analytical journals.
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Applied Science and Technology Index/Abstracts/Full Text gives
you access to the most important sources in applied science and
technology—much of it from
peer-reviewed
journals. This database features full text, graphs, charts, diagrams,
photos, and illustrations in scientific and technical articles.
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Arts Index/Abstracts/Full Text
is a
bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from
periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage for
selected periodicals is also included.
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ASTM eTEC
Provides Profissional, comprehinsive, and cost-effective training focused on construction material testing |
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
is
a comprehensive American guide to the current literature of architecture
and design.
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Biological Abstracts
is a complete collection of bibliographic references covering life
science and biomedical research literature published from more than
4,000 journals internationally.
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Biological Abstracts Archive
is an
abstracting and indexing reference publication for life sciences
information. The database includes bibliographic references (records)
with abstracts derived from life sciences research journals published
worldwide.
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Global Books in Print
Whether you're looking
for information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the
right place! With millions of titles, GlobalBooksInPrint.com is an
essential bibliographic tool for libraries, booksellers, and publishers
worldwide.
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Business Periodicals Global with ABI/Inform Global
database
contains nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals with in-depth
coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques,
theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics,
human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
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CAB Abstract - CABI
the most
comprehensive database of its kind, CAB Abstracts gives researchers
instant access to over 7.3 million records from 1973 onwards, with over
350,000 abstracts added each year. its coverage of the applied life
sciences includes agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied
economics, food science and nutrition. |
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Chemical
Abstracts
database
includes over 20 million citations to the worldwide literature of
chemistry and its applications from 1967 forward.
This database is now available through SciFinder
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Communication and Mass Media Complete
provides
quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass
media.
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Current Contents Connect
is a
multidisciplinary current awareness Web resource providing access to
complete bibliographic information from over 8,000 of the world's
leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books.
This database is now available through ISI Web of Knowledge link.
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DAAI:Design
and Applied Arts Index
is the
leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news
items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from
1973 onwards.
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Derwent Innovations Index
Derwent Innovations Index provides access to more than 14,800,000
patents with links to cited and citing patents, cited articles, and
full-text patent data sources.
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Dissertations & Theses
is a Full
text database the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations
and theses. Full Text includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses
citations from around the world from 1861 to the present.
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EconLit
EconLit™
with Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus
full text for more than 500 journals, including the American Economic
Association journals with no embargo (American Economic Review, Journal
of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives).
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EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association)
is an
international association of design professionals, researchers, students,
and others committed to advancing and disseminating environment design
research. EDRA is committed to improving the relationships between people
and places, and helping to create places that respond to human needs.
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to Engineering Library for username and Password
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Education Index Abstracts / Full Text covers
the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories and methods from both
applied and theoretical aspects of education. It includes citations and
abstracts from over 500 English-language periodicals, and full-text for
over 200 of these periodicals.[List
of Full Text Journals Available]
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Emerald Elite
1)
Emerald E-Journal Premier collection with 311 titles
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Emerald 3 major e-books collection - Social Sciences, Business
Management & Economics, Transport
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Emerald e-Cases full bundle |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
includes
the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and
the Britannica Book of the Year.
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Engineering Village
Engineering Village is the premier web-based discovery platform meeting
the information needs of the engineering community. By coupling powerful
search tools, an intuitive user interface and essential content sources,
Engineering Village has become the globally accepted source of choice
for engineers, engineering students, researchers and information
professionals. |
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Environmental Impact - CABI
is an internet resource
created in response to demand from the scientific community, policy makers
and information specialists for a single comprehensive bibliographic
information resource on climate change and other influences of humans on the
biosphere |
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Environmental Sciences and Pollution Mgmt
This
multidisciplinary database, provides unparalleled and comprehensive coverage
of the environmental sciences. Abstracts and citations are drawn from over
10,000 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings,
reports, monographs, books and government publications. |
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Eric Abstracts
is the
complete database on educational materials providing bibliographic
information on a wealth of education-related documents and journal
articles.
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Eric Online Full Text
is a
database of journal and non-journal education literature. The ERIC
online system provides a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the
ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going
back to 1966.More than 107,000 full-text non-journal documents (issued
1993-2004) are also available.
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Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)
contains
over 500,000 references; annual updates add approximately 18,000
references per year. FSTA covers all areas of food science, food
technology, and human nutrition, including basic food science,
biotechnology, toxicology, packaging, and engineering.
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General Science Index/Abstracts / Full Text
is a
bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles plus the full
text of selected periodicals. Subjects Covered include Astronomy,
Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth
Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Medicine,
Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography, Physics, Physiology, Zoology.
[List of Full Text Journals Available]
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GEOBASE (geography, geology, and ecology)
Worldwide literature on geography, geology, and ecology Bibliographic database for the earth geographical and ecological sciences. Coverage of 2,000+ international journals, including both peer-reviewed titles and trade publications Ninety-nine percent of entries include English abstracts.
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GeoRef Academic
GeoRef,
produced by the American Geological Institute, is a comprehensive
geosciences database containing over 3 million bibliographic records to
the geoscience literature of the world. Among the subjects covered in
GeoRef are: environmental and engineering geology, hydrology, economic
geology, geophysics, petrology, paleontology, marine geology and
oceanography, and mineralogy.
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Historical Abstracts
is your
complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the
present (excluding the United States and Canada)
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Humanities Index/Abstracts/Full Text is
a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language
periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals in the fields of
Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Classical Studies, Communications,
Dance, Film, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Journalism, Linguistics,
Literary & Social Criticism Literature, Music, Performing Arts,
Philosophy, Religion and Theology.
[List of Full Text Journals Available]
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ICONDA
(The
International CONstruction Database) covers worldwide technical
literature relating to all aspects of planning and construction.
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IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL)
is an
online delivery system providing full text access to technical
literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.
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IHS
Industry Standards: This includes - DIN Standards, BSI, ACI, PFI,
Knowledge Pro Collection
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Index Islamicus
database
indexed literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world since
1906. It indexes periodical articles including general history, social
science, history of science and arts titles.
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Index to Legal Periodicals
is a
bibliographic database that cites articles from legal periodicals and
indexes law books published in 1993 and later.
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Institute of Physics
(IOP)
The Institute of Physics is a scientific membership organisation devoted
to increasing the understanding and application of physics. It has an
extensive worldwide membership (currently over 34,000) and is a leading
communicator of physics with all audiences from specialists through
government to the general public. |
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ISI Web of Knowledge
is a
research platform that delivers easy access to high quality, diversified
scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and
humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance
this content. |
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JStor
offers a
high-quality, interdisciplinary archive to support scholarship and
teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic
journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well
as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The
entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting,
includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of
citations and references. |
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Knovel
Knovel is the world's leading web-based application integrating the depth and breadth of validated engineering content, selected from the most trusted sources and deliveref to engineers quickly and with extreme precision. The delivery of this Academic Engineering database includes the 28 Engineering Subject Areas as specified and requested by Kuwait University.. |
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Legal Collection
database
contains full text for nearly 250 of the world's most respected,
scholarly law journals. It is an authoritative source for information on
current issues, studies, thoughts and trends of the legal world. |
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LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis
is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions to
professionals in law firms, corporations, government, law enforcement,
tax, accounting, academic institutions and risk and compliance
assessment.
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Lexis
Library Lexis
Library provides access to the UK’s most authoritative legal and
reference works available in a single resource. The Legal collection is
a unique service providing access to an extensive range of commentary,
legislation, cases, current awareness and materials. Lawyers and
information professionals can quickly find up-to-date information,
resources and expert opinion from established names such as Butterworths,
Tolley and Halsbury’s. With the most up-to-date statement and
explanation of the law, practitioners can ha e complete confidence in
the advice they provide.
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Library and Information Sciences Abstracts (LISA Plus)
is an
international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library
professionals and other information specialists.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
is
a free database accessible by anyone interested in
libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic
database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship,
classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval,
information management and more. Delivered via the EBSCOhost platform,
LISTA indexes nearly 600 periodicals plus books, research reports, and
proceedings. With coverage dating back to the mid-1960s, it is the
oldest continuously produced database covering the field of information
science.
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Library Literature & Information Science Index/Full Text covers
a wide range of subjects: Automation, Care & Restoration of Books,
Cataloging, Censorship, Children's Literature, Circulation Procedures,
Classification, Copyright Legislation, Education for Librarianship,
Electronic Searching, Indexing, Internet Software, Library Associations
& Conferences, etc.
[List of Full Text Journals Available]
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
contains
abstracts and indexes of international literature in linguistics and
related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all
aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax and semantics.
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MathSciNet
MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully
maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and
bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences
literature.
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MLA International Bibliography
is a
bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations.
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Natural Sciences Collection
is a
interdisciplinary database that offers abstracts and citations to a wide
range of research in biomedicine, biotechnology, aquatic sciences,
environmental sciences, oceanography, toxicology, zoology and ecology,
and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science.
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NTIS
(National
Technical Information Service) contains summaries of U. S.
government-sponsored research, development, and engineering projects,
plus analyses prepared by federal agencies, their contractors or
grantees.
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OnePetro
is an online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry.
It contains more than 145,000 documents produced by 18 publishing partners.
Features of OnePetro:-
1-Extensive Body of Knowledge. One of the most comprehensive resources available on upstream oil and gas.
2-Round the Clock Availability. 24/7 direct access to full-text literature.
3-Familiar, User-Friendly Search. Powered by Google with basic and advanced search options.
4-Multi-Organizational Library. One location for industry professionals to find answers to technical questions.
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Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Reference Online combines rich and scholarly resources offered by
acclaimed titles in the Oxford Companions series with authoritative
quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers
excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as
maps, illustrations, and timelines.
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PAIS International
database
is a bibliographic index to the literature of public policy, social
policy, and the social sciences in general.
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Peace Research Abstracts
Peace
Research Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas
related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international
affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the
discipline. The index contains 115,000 records, which are carefully selected
from the most important sources within the discipline. |
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Petroleum Abstracts
features
abstracts, a thesaurus, and bibliographic citations from the worldwide
literature on upstream petroleum operations, plus relevant patent
information.
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The Philosopher's Index
The
Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative,
author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of
philosophy. The literature covered goes back to 1940 and includes
journal articles, books, book chapters such as contributions to an
anthology, and book reviews. The Philosopher's Index monitors over 550
journals from more than 40 countries and is updated quarterly. Extensive
indexing includes personal and proper names along with subject terms;
there is also the capability to search for the authors of book reviews.
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Pollution Abstracts
provides
access to the environmental information necessary to resolve day-to-day
problems, ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency situations
more effectively.
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Project MUSE
is a unique
collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text,
affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of
prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. |
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Proquest Central
is a research tool that brings together 30 of our most highly
used databases to create the largest academic research resource available
today. |
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Proquest
SciTech Collection
is a search tool that combines a number of our
specialized natural science, technology and engineering. |
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PsycARTICLES
is a
database of full-text articles from over 50 journals that cover a range
of subjects such as general psychology and specialized basic, applied,
clinical, and theoretical research areas within psychology.
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PsycINFO
provides
abstracting and indexing for nearly 2,000 key psychology titles, with
coverage dating from the 1800s.
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Reader's Guide Index/Abstracts / Full Text Mega Edition contains
index with abstracts to popular periodical literature, covering a wide
range of topics, including scientific breakthroughs, international
politics, business news, medicine, religion, the arts, and more. It also
contains full text of over 137 periodicals.[List
of Full Text Journals Available]
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RefWorks
online
research management, writing and collaboration tool is designed to help
researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of
information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.
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ReSearch
Companion
ProQuest Research
Companion is ProQuest’s flagship information literacy product. It was built
to help students do more effective scholarly research and to support
educators as they teach the core information literacy principles of finding,
evaluating, and using information.
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SAGE
Premier (Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Collection)SAGE
Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Collection gives access to over 480
peer-reviewed, full-text journals and over 314,000 articles, with content
dating back to 1999. SAGE Humanities and Social Sciences includes
electronic access to over 480 highly ranked journals published by SAGE in
the fields of business, humanities, social sciences. |
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SAGE
Knowledge (Business & Management, and Education)SAGE
Knowledge includes an expansive range of eBook and eReference content,
including monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional
development titles, and more. |
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ScienceDirect
offers
more than a quarter of the world's scientific, medical and technical
information online.
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Over
2,000 peer-reviewed journals
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Hundreds of book series, handbooks and reference works
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Back to
volume one, issue one
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SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder is a research discovery tool
that allows you to explore the CAS databases
containing literature from many scientific
disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering,
materials science, agricultural science, and more!
Follow the instructions to fill
the registration form at the following link:
Register
1. First and second name
2. Email address must be formal (i.e. someone@Kku.edu.kw )
Gmail, Hotmail, …etc will not work
3. Username : must be between 5 to 15 characters
4. Password : from 7 to 15 characters, must have at least 3
of the following 4 conditions:
a. Letters (a,b,c,…)
b. Some must be capital , some small
c. Numbers (1,2,3,….)
d. Special characters (#,$,&,..)
e. Click on Tips for more information
f. you will receive an email with the login details, you need start using Scifinder for the first time within 24 hours of filling the
registration link and for the same PC used in the registration.
* Please Note that you have to copy and paste the URL and not to type by hand.
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Scopus
is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed
research literature and quality web sources. With over 19,000 titles from
more than 5,000 international publishers, SciVerse Scopus offers researchers
a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support their research needs in
the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more
recently, also in the arts and humanities.
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Social Sciences Full Text
contains
full-text of periodicals covering the social sciences. The database
includes over 480 titles, with more than 260 available in full text.
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Teacher Reference Center (TRC)-Journal Information for K-12
Teachers & Librarians:
This
index of over 260 titles from the most popular teacher and administrator
trade journals, periodicals, and books is now also offered free
via the EBSCOhost platform. This database provides coverage on
key education topics such as Assessment, Continuing Education, Current
Pedagogical Research, Curriculum Development, Instructional Media,
Language Arts, Literacy Standards, Science & Mathematics, and more.
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Ulrich's Plus
provides
data on over 210,000 regularly published and irregularly issued serials.
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UN
Resources(KULA)
contains UN resources available in Jaber Al-Ahmed Central Library,
Special Collections Division.
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UNBIS Plus
is a
database of online versions of several UN print products: UNDOC (as well
as the United Nations Documents Index), the Indexes to Proceedings
(including the voting record file) and the Indexes to Speeches, the
UNBIS Thesaurus, United Nations Document Series Symbols.
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Wiley Reference Works (Engineering Collection)
Wiley Reference Works Engineering Collection contains 16 selected titles of high-quality, multi-volume encyclopedias,
handbooks and dictionaries across various desciplines along with powerful search funtionality,
cross-referencing and taxonomies. |
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Westlaw International
Westlaw International
is Thomson's powerful online research service, providing legal
professionals with trusted legal, news and business information from
around the world. Whether you need laws from another country or
international information for your practice area, this is your resource
for fast, efficient research. |
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WWP
is Worldwide
Specifications and Standards DVD full text product which includes ACI
/ASTM /BSI and PFI standards.
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Zentralblatt MATH
database contains the information of those documents the reviews of
which were printed in Zentralblatt für Mathematik and in addition the
bibliographic information from those journals, serials, books, and
proceedings that are currently under documentation. |
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Shamaa(Free)
The Arab Educational Information Network (Shamaa) is an online database that
documents educational research carried out in Arab countries in all fields
of education, in the three languages, Arabic, French and English, providing
free access to researchers and those interested in educational research.
Shamaa collects educational bibliographic data on books, articles, reports and university dissertations
(master's and doctoral) from universities, colleges of education, research centers, publishing houses, journals, ministries
and regional and international organizations in the Arab world. Bibliographic reports
and abstracts are then prepared and in some cases full texts are made available.
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