About...ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full-text and bibliographic
book and journal information.
  - Journals
Over 2,500 authoritative titles including THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron.

- Journal Backfiles
A historical archive of over four million articles going back from 1994 as far as 1823.

What does ScienceDirect offer access to?

  • ScienceDirect offers access to more than 2,500 scientific, technical & medical peer-reviewed journals, the majority coming from Elsevier
  • Free access to all abstracts
  • More than nine million full-text scientific articles
  • An expanding suite of Journals, Reference Works, Book Series, Handbooks and eBooks Millions more full-text articles via CrossRef to other publishers' platforms

What are ScienceDirect's major features?

  • Broad coverage of science in both breadth and depth. An easy-to-use, powerful search engine with both simple and advanced search capability.
  • Personalized features including: favorite journal lists, email alerts and saved searches.
  • Free abstracts for all Elsevier journal articles for all users, both guests and licensed users (regardless of which journals your institute subscribes to).
  • Articles in Press – early access to manuscripts that have been peer reviewed but are not yet published in an issue.
  • Pay-per-view, available to guest users wishing to purchase single articles, and for licensed users wishing to view an article that is not part of an institute's subscribed titles.
  • Free alerting services such as tables of contents, searches, TOP25 most downloaded articles in specific subject areas for all users.
  • Desktop access 24 x 7.