Access Science is the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. It covers all areas of science including biology, engineering, environment, medicine, and psychiatry. It has 7100+ complete articles, 110,000 dictionary terms. This source also includes bibliographies with over 28,000 citations, links to evaluated web sites, image galleries, learning resources and study guides.
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If your search term contains more than one word, by default AccessScience searches for the exact phrase. In some cases, you may achieve better results by connecting the words with AND. For example, entering "Thomas AND Edison" will increase your chances of retrieving the biography of "Edison, Thomas Alva."
Use the wildcard symbol * if you are uncertain of a spelling, or to broaden a search. For example, "St*rm-L*ville" returns definitions for "Sturm-Liouville problem" or "Sturm-Liouville system"; "power generat*" searches for "power generation", "power generator", etc.
To print an article, use the Printable Version button at the bottom of the page. This will take you to a version of the article formatted for printing. The print versions of the articles are formatted to fit on 8.5" x 11" paper, including illustrations and/or tables.
Where is it: Go to the UNLV Libraries' home page http://www.library.unlv.edu. Select the Articles and Databases tab, click on the A-Z List of Databases and then on the letter A and select Access Science.
Quick Link http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
