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Introducing three Referex ebook collections

The USF Libraries have acquired three Referex ebook collections from Elsevier, in support of engineering, chemistry, environmental sciences, and related fields.   

Referex bundles a wide-ranging selection of handbooks and practical guides published by Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier, and Academic Press in support of engineering and the sciences. It can be searched across all titles by full-text or key word.  Within each collection, users can narrow their search, and view books by chapter and section. Chapters and sections can be read online or, downloaded as a PDF and printed. All titles can be searched in conjunction with USF’s subscriptions to Inspec and Compendex on Engineering Village.

USF acquired three Referex collections with close to 400 titles.  Records have been loaded in Aleph, and are accessible through Endeca.   

Referex:  Mechanical Engineering and Materials, a collection of handbooks, professional resources, and practical guides covering automotive, aeronautical, and marine engineering, metallurgy, tribology, maintenance, quality systems, health and safety.   Includes such titles as Plant Engineer's Reference Book, D. Snow; Nanomaterials: Design and Simulation, P. Balbuena; Handbook of Advanced Ceramics: Materials, Applications, Processing and Properties, S. Somiya; Additives for Plastics Handbook, J Murphy; Handbook of Offshore Engineering, S. Chakrabarti; Handbook of Pumps and Pumping, B. Nesbitt; Handbook of Valves and Actuators, B. Nesbitt; and Reinforced Plastics Handbook, D. Rosato.

Referex:  Electronics and Electrical is comprised of a comprehensive range of books for electrical power engineers, electronics engineers and circuit designers, embedded systems and computer engineers, and communications engineers.  The breadth of this collection is reflected in its key titles which include Power Electronics Handbook, Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, Handbook of Image and Video Processing, and Handbook of Medical Imaging, Texas instruments Op Amps for Everyone, Marty Brown's Power Supply Cookbook, and Video Demystified by Jack.

Referex:  Chemical, Petrochemical and Process provides the leading titles in energy, chemical engineering, chemical hazards, process engineering, oil and gas engineering, and environmental engineering. Key titles include the definitive Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, and the unique handbooks from Gulf Professional Publishing, such as Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers.

For this  database and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu.  Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.

Trial Access: Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies

At the request of USF Sarasota, announcing trial access to Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies. 

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies covers domestic private and public companies.  Up to twenty items of information are provided for each company listed.  Includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails, and URLs, total assets, operating revenue, employee figures, hard-to-find data such as sales, metropolitan statistical area, exchange, and up to five names and titles of executive officers. Four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and the newer five- and six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are given.  Up to 200 records can be exported.   To search the Ward’s Business Directory exclusively, click on the Advanced Search tab and select Ward’s from the drop down box.

For these databases and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu.   Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.  You may also find these databases listed under “By Subject” under Trial Databases.

Eresource Update: Online Reference Works/Wiley

The USF Libraries have acquired the following three online reference works from the publisher, John Wiley & Sons. 

The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science The Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science captures contemporary thinking about the workings of the mind and brain with approaches and techniques that have emerged since the 1980's.   This reference work covers the cognitive sciences in the broadest sense. It reviews the common themes of information and information processing, representation, and computation, with in depth coverage of the core areas of psychology, philosophy, linguistics and neuroscience.  Includes over 16,500 references and 1,500 illustrations.

Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering Based on the six-volume Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, the online version of this resourceepresents the most comprehensive single source of information on RF and Microwaves.  It serves as a compendium of theory, design methods, and applications as well as an examination of technologies and future trends.  Each article includes an overview of each subject, followed by in-depth descriptions of important theory, technology developments, and applications.   Features such key topics as  Electromagnetics, Wave Propagation, RF Circuits, RF Receivers, Microwave Antennas, RF and Microwave Photonics, CAD Techniques and Modeling, Noise, Communications Systems, Radio Technologies, and Remote Sensing.    It is well illustrated with over 5000 figures and photos.

Encyclopedia of Environmetrics The Encyclopedia of Environmetrics covers the development and application of quantitative methods in the environmental sciences. It provides essential tools for understanding, predicting, and controlling the impacts of agents, both man-made and natural, which affect the environment.   Basic and applied research in this area covers a broad range of topics. Primary among these are the quantitative sciences, such as statistics, probability and applied mathematics, chemometrics, and econometrics.  Other applications included are important in ecology and environmental biology, public health, atmospheric science, geology, engineering, risk management, and regulatory/governmental policy. For these reference works and other library resources visit http://www.lib.usf.edu.  Click on Databases by Title/Subject to begin.