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. USF acquired three Referex collections with close to 400 titles.
All titles can be searched in conjunction with USF’s subscriptions to the Inspec and Compendex databases on the Engineering Village 2 platform. The books (and the full-text) are also accessible through the catalog.
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 these ebooks and other library resources visit http://www.lakeland.usf.edu/library. Click on “Search the catalog” or “Search the databases” to begin.
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