National Academy Press

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Provided by the National Academy Press (NAP), the publishing arm of the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council (reviewed in the November 12, 1997 Scout Report for Science & Engineering), this outstanding resource will quickly become a favorite of scientists and researchers in a variety of fields. While there are numerous sites offering excerpts of new books and just as many containing the full text of out-of-copyright works, this site is unique in that it provides the full text of over 1000 recent, new, and even prepublication books from the NAP. The books are offered in several versions, including HTML, image format, and .pdf. Users may browse titles by subject or conduct a keyword search. Subjects include: Biology, Computer Sciences, Education, Mathematical Sciences and Statistics, Science and Ethics, and many others. Users can check the New Online page for the latest published and prepublication books added to the site or sign up for a free email notification service.

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Subjects	Chemistry, Computing and Information, Ecology, Forestry and Agriculture, Education, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, Space Science, Technology
Education level	Elementary School, High School, Higher Education, Informal Education, Middle School, Vocational/Professional Development Education
Resource types	Collection, Reference Material
Resource format	application, application/pdf, text, text/html

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Copyright	Has a copyright or other licensing restriction. Free pdf versions are available only to registered users.

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