You’ll find the books you need to read for your programme in your module reading lists on Canvas. For independent research, use an ‘everything except articles’ search on Library Search or browse our e-book collections.
Library Search
Library Search is our library catalogue; a powerful search engine that holds records for all the physical and electronic items that you have access to here at Newcastle University.
You can use Library Search to find a specific title or works by a particular author, or you can browse information available by topic. It’s an excellent place to start your independent research as it covers all subject areas.
Find out more about Library Search and how to search the catalogue effectively on the Library Search page of the Academic Skills Kit.
E-book Collections
Library Search enables you to search across all print and e-book collections. However, if you want to search / browse e-books from a particular supplier or collection, you’ll find links to subject specific e-book collections below:
- ACS Symposium Series This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed e-books developed from ACS technical divisions' symposia covering research from 1949 to the present. Topics include agricultural and food chemistry, cellulose and renewable materials, chemical education, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials, and more.
- Cambridge University Press online books This link opens in a new windowThis platform provides an extensive collection of online books through its primary academic site, Cambridge Core. It includes research monographs, academic reference works, textbooks, and resources for professionals and graduate students. You can find leading titles in various subjects, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology, and Medicine.
- De Gruyter Books This link opens in a new window
This collection of books and journal articles covers subject areas across humanities, sciences, technology, law, medicine and social sciences.
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowEbook platform offering a wide range of e-books from scholarly sources, including university presses and leading publishers.
- Knovel eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowThis e-book collection is valuable across various engineering fields, including biotechnology, computing, food science, marine technology, molecular biology, and chemistry. The platform also includes technical reference books, interactive graphs and tables, and data on material and substance properties. Additionally, the Data Search tool allows users to create queries focused on different materials or substances.
- Royal Society of Chemistry eBook Collection Complete This link opens in a new window
The collection covers the full breath of chemical sciences, from nanotechnology and smart materials to drug discovery and toxicology.
- Science Direct This link opens in a new window
A large database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature published by Elsevier.
- Science of Synthesis This link opens in a new window
A full-text resource for finding methods in synthetic organic chemistry which have been critically reviewed and compiled by chemists. Organised by functional group and the products you want to make, you can find proven methods quickly and gather background information on the scope and limitations of specific approaches.
- SpringerLink Books: Biomedical and Life Sciences (2020)
Collection of full-text e-books covering topics in biomedical and life sciences and related fields.
- World Scientific Book: Nanotechnology & Nanoscience This link opens in a new window
Includes full text e-book titles covering subjects such as nanoelectronics, atom manipulation, nanophotonics, nanomechanics, nanobiotechnology and more.
- World Scientific Books: Chemistry This link opens in a new window
A selection of full-text titles covering subjects such as organic chemistry, applied theoretical organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and nanoelectronics.
- World Scientific Books: Materials Science This link opens in a new window
A selection of full-text, e-book titles covering subjects including ceramics, polymers, crystals and crystallography, superconductivity & magnetic materials, surface science, electron microscopy, scanning and tunnelling, and more.
- World Scientific User GuideA very handy guide from World Scientific showing you how to use this eBook collection. April 2020.
Bergey's manual of systematics of archaea and bacteria by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781118960608Publication Date: 2015Bergey's is a reference work aimed at undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, professors and experienced professionals at all levels. Bergey's is the most complete and authoritative description of bacterial and archaeal diversity.
Did you know we regularly take out trials of new resources (e.g. databases and digitised archives)? Find out what we are currently trialling on our blog. If you are interested in the resource, please explore it and remember to send us feedback!
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