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To connect the dots and see the big picture, researchers require access to reliable interdisciplinary research and fundamental information. With an intuitive, comprehensive platform featuring smart tools, deep insights on topics, and access to high-impact and topical eBooks, ScienceDirect helps researchers gain knowledge, generate more ideas and answer their most pressing questions in less time.
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Librarians add value
When looking for answers, researchers need to know the right way to search – otherwise, they can find themselves flailing in the dark.
Access to books and journals provides more meaningful insights
Whether conducting a broad subject overview or an in-depth analysis, books and journals work in harmony to impart researchers with knowledge, nurture insights and illuminate new paths for discovery. Using the many cross links embedded in publications on ScienceDirect, researchers can move seamlessly between the two formats across topics and disciplines.
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Source: TechValidate survey of 267 users of Elsevier ScienceDirect Books TVID: 39C-DC2-A29
Every day, an average of 11,267 books are accessed together with journal content in the same session.
Source: ScienceDirect Co-Usage Data Analysis, 2017
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Open access
- Thousands of Elsevier journals, articles and book chapters are available on ScienceDirect as open access. For a full list, visit Elsevier’s open science pages.
Technology
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