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- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowOCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
[Coverage: 1000 A.D.-present]
- Chemistry LibreTextsThe LibreTexts Chemistry Library is the principal hub of the LibreTexts project, a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop open-access texts to improve postsecondary education at all levels of higher learning.
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- Understanding Call Numbers
Explains how to read a Library of Congress call number.
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ASABE Technical Library Online Books
ASABE Textbooks
- Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Seventh Edition, 2013
- Designing Structural Components for Machines, 2010
- Dynamics of Biological Systems, 2003
- Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines, Second Edition, 2006
- Engine & Tractor Power, 4th Edition, 2004
- Fundamentals of Electricity for Agriculture 3rd Edition, 2004
- Food & Process Engineering Technology, 2004
- Off-Road Vehicle Engineering Principles, 2003
ASABE Monographs
- Advances in Soil Dynamics, Volume 1
- Advances in Soil Dynamics, Volume 2
- Advances in Soil Dynamics, Volume 3
- Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems, 2nd Edition
- Livestock Energetics and Thermal Energy Management, 2009
- Pesticides in Domestic Wells
ASABE Distinguished Lectures
ASABE Special Publications
- A Quality Assurance Project Plan for Monitoring Gaseous and Particulate Matter Emissions from Broiler Housing
- Air Pollutant Emissions from Confined Animal Buildings (APECAB) Project
- Animal Agriculture and the Environment, National Centure for Manure & Animal Waste Management White Papers
- Final Report: Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop
- Looking Beneath the Surface of Agricultural Safety and Health
- ACS Symposium Series eBooks1974-present. UC Davis has the ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium books online from 1974 on. Volumes published in 2010 and earlier are also available in print.
To locate a print volume: search the Library Catalog for “ACS Symposium” then add either the volume number or title you want. - ACS Advances in Chemistry1949-1998. Founded in 1949, Advances in Chemistry series was the predecessor to the ACS Symposium Series.
- International Tables For CrystallographyTheo Hahn; U. Shmueli; A. J. C. Wilson (editors). 1984-2012. Dordrecht, Holland; Boston, U.S.A. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, most current volumes available through Wiley.
Use the link above or this alternate link
https://it.iucr.org/ to access the volumes below.
Volume A1 Symmetry Relations Between Space Groups
Volume B Reciprocal space
Volume C Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Tables
Volume D Physical Properties of Crystals
Volume E Subperiodic Groups
Volume F Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules
Volume G Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data - International Tables for X-Ray CrystallographyNorman F.M. Henry & Kathleen Lonsdale (Editors), International Union of Crystallography, Kynoch Press 1969. Freely available via Internet Archive.
Volume 1: Symmetry Groups (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 2: Mathematical Tables (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 3: Physical & Chemical Tables (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 4: Revised and supplementary tables to volumes 2 and 3 (print only: Shields Library QD945 .I55) - RSC eBooks1968-present. The RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) ebooks package, includes over 1000 books published since 1968, including the Specialist Periodical Reports series and Tutorial Chemistry Texts @ https://pubs.rsc.org/en/ebooks#!key=series-title&value=tutorial-chemistry-texts
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Contains over 45,000 titles of technical eBooks, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths and audio books from O’Reilly & Associates, including selective titles from 200+ global publishers including McGraw-Hill, Pearson Technology Group (Addison-Wesley, Alpha, Financial Times Prentice Hall, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que and Sams), HarperCollins, Pakt Publishers, MIT Sloan Management, ASTD, Apress, Amacom, and other learning providers. The subject coverage ranges from Business, Desktop & Web Applications, Data Science & Management, Digital Media, Engineering, Information Technology & Software Development & Architecture, Math & Science, and Personal & Professional Development going back to 2007. This database also contains 30,000+ hours of video including presentations from O’Reilly for Higher Education video. Additional information about how to customize results, develop personalized reading lists, engage in notetaking, and bookmarking is found on the Proquest LibGuide for OHE at: https://proquest.libguides.com/oreilly/
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