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Provides a comprehensive listing of words and phrases which have either been defined in legislation or judicially interpreted. The publication provides details of where the word or phrase has been defined and often the context in which the term is defined.

Provides building design professionals with accurate, accessible, professional literature on how to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment.

Search more then 200 leading titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Full text of academic encyclopedias. Following encyclopedias available to access: • Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online • Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online • Jacoby Online • New Pauly Online • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum • Brill’s Medieval Reference Library • Jesuit Historiography Online • Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics • Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics • Publications of the Hague Academy of International Law • Christian-Muslim Relations • Encyclopaedia of Islam • Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures • Qurʾānic Studies Online

The major academic encyclopedia for the ancient world from the prehistory of the Aegean (2nd millennium BCE) to late antiquity (600-800 CE).

Authoritative resource for government official directions for the identification of samples and preparation of medical compounds. Click Browse Publications to access current year Accessible by staff and currently enrolled students only

Broad coverage of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery resources.

A comprehensive, encyclopedic resource for information on horticultural food crops.

Access to Cambridge Companions in Literature and Classics, and the Cambridge Companions in Philosophy, Religion and Culture, and Companions in Music.

Provides access to full content of histories, American History, Ancient History & Classical Studies, Asian History, British & European History, Global History, Literature, Middle East & African Studies, Music & Theatre, Philosophy & Political Thought, Religion

A collection of electronic reference works including the Dictionary of Organic Compunds and the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

e-EROS, the one source for in-depth online information on reagents and catalysts for all chemists planning or working on organic syntheses. e-EROS gives detailed information on more than 4,500 reagents and catalysts, and every year more than 200 new or updated articles are added in order to keep the Database up-to-date.

The 2007 second edition, covering Jewish life, culture, history, and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.

Major encyclopedia containing dictionary terms and extended essays.

Butterworths Encyclopaedic Australian legal dictionary contains over 25,000 definitions (legal words and phrases, including references to legislation and cases).

This brings together the lastest research for scholars and students of the classics, Greek, linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature.

Covers the entire field of astronomy and astrophysics and is frequently updated with new material. More than 800 experts in their respective fields contribute to this resource in scientific publishing.

Describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, and its different schools and sects.

A comprehensive overview of the languages of China and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in the past.