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A top encyclopedia of science and technology with biographies, news, and images. (Full-text).

Biographies of scientists and inventors worldwide. (Full-text).

Electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
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EBSCOhost E-Books (formerly NetLibrary)

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy

Reference QB 136 .A55 2006

Encyclopedia of the Solar System

Reference QB 501 .E53 2007

An introduction to basic concepts in astronomy. (Full-text).

An introduction to basic concepts in physics. (Full-text).

Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).

netLibrary

Now known as EBSCOhost E-Books. (This cross-reference will be removed on 7/21/12).

Search dictionaries of astronomy, cosmology, physics, and more. (Full-text).

More than 2,500 electronic books from Oxford University Press. (Full-text).

Find books and videos in the UHD Library's print and electronic collections.

A catalog of 58 million books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries. (Citations only).

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