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AccessScience. JOE SIegele. About AccessScience. “ AccessScience is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines .” Edited by more than 8,900 scientists and engineers.
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AccessScience JOE SIegele
About AccessScience • “AccessScienceis an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines.” • Edited by more than 8,900 scientists and engineers. • Contains over: • 8,000 articles and journals • 1,600 images and animations • 2,700 biographies • 115,000 technical definitions
Overview of Search Capabilities • Advanced search • Keyword search • Search by topic • Search articles alphabetically
Alphabetical Search • Alphabetical organization • Articles titles • Biographies titles
Topic Search • Topics are alphabetized • Leads directly to article
Keyword Search • Basic keyword search • Boolean operators • Exact phrasing • Nested searches • Truncation • Search by content type • Search by topic
Advanced Search • Boolean search • Author • Topic • Content type
Article Format • All articles are full-text • All articles are peer reviewed • Articles are displayed with: • Author • Table of contents • Bibliographies • Related articles and media
Content Types • When keyword searching, different content types can be selected. • Content types not selected will be excluded from the results.
Articles • Source material from theMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Research Review • Articles reviewing key research and developments in science and technology from McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology.
Briefing • Topical overviews of newsworthy subjects, designed to engage and inform
Biography • Life histories of well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
News • Timely stories from Science News with links to relevant AccessScience content
Dictionary • Definitions from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
Video/Animations • Engaging multimedia selections
My Opinion on AccessScience • Accessible • Organized • Easy to use • Wide range of information • Education tool