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RSC Virtual Library

Members can browse, search and access the chemical sciences information they need, FREE of charge, 24/7, globally from premium resources provided by the RSC Virtual Library featuring:

full text journals electronic reference books
chemical and physical property data
bibliographic abstracts databases
chemical business information

RSC journal access

1997 to 2005: free
any other article, including the archive and current issues: �5 pay-per-view (usually �24)

Terms of Usage

All the material made available on the Virtual Library is subject to licence agreements with publishers and/or intermediaries. Each licence agreement has separate terms and conditions which must be adhered to as a condition of usage.

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Free full text of 500 e-books and 127 e-journals from Springer

Referex Chem full text e-books Members only restricted content

Over 228 full text chemistry and chemical engineering e-books from Elsevier

NetLibrary full text e-books Members only restricted content

Access to 100 full text e-books in chemistry and related subjects plus over 3,000 general interest e-books from NetLibrary.

Knovel full text e-books Members only restricted content

For access to 313 electronic books and databanks in the chemical sciences and other related subject areas.

Free full text e-journals and e-books from ScienceDirect through the RSC Library Members only restricted content

Members can access full text of 304 e-books, 15 current and 108 archive e-journals from top Elsevier chemical sciences content in ScienceDirect via the RSC Library

Free full text Wiley and Elsevier content for members Members only restricted content

Access to Wiley full text journal articles, book and encyclopaedia chapters and Elsevier full text journal articles via prepaid downloads.

EBSCO databases Members only restricted content

Access to thousands of abstracts from business, environmental and general science databases. Selected full-text access and now a daily updated database of table of contents.

Engineering Village databases Members only restricted content

Member-only access to Chemical Business NewsBase and Chimica.

All RSC Member-only Resources

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