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nanoHUB

What is nanoHUB?

The nanoHUB is a rich, web-based resource for research, education and collaboration in nanotechnology. The nanoHUB hosts over 1300 resources which will help you learn about nanotechnology, including Online Presentations, Courses, Learning Modules, Podcasts, Animations, Teaching Materials, and more. Most importantly, the nanoHUB offers simulation tools which you can access from your web browser, so you can not only learn about but also simulate nanotechnology devices. The nanoHUB also provides collaboration environment via Workspaces, Online Meetings and User Groups.

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Molecular Movies

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The Stanford Libraries have licensed electronic access to the multivolume Landolt-Börnstein book series. Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science & Technology provides scientists and researchers with a rich compilation of selected property data from the published literature in a broad subject range:

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SCI-TECHnetBASE

This collection includes over 4,000 full-text e-books covering scientific and technical information, many of which are handbooks and single volume reference sources.

SearchWorks

One of the greatest challenges in libraries like Stanford’s is finding the right information among all of its holdings and licensed content. Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources (SULAIR) has been experimenting with adopting some new technologies and approaches that make discovering the Stanford Libraries’ information resources better, faster, and easier.

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eBooks from Oxford University Press 2007–May 2009

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Dictionary of Carbohydrates Web Version

• Provides a comprehensive resource of carbohydrate chemistry, structures, and bibliographies-entirely searchable by text or structure
• Encompasses mono-, di-, oligo-, and polysaccharides
• Offers quick and convenient access to more than 26,000 compounds appearing in the latest print edition
• Combines 33 searchable text fields and full substructure searching capabilities for searching the entire database instantly
• Allows Search results can be viewed on screen, printed, or saved
• Supplies the latest IUPAC Carbohydrate Nomenclature Recommendations

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The 88th edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is available now. In addition to all of the new and updated tables, it offers a foreword by Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate, and 59 tables that were previously in older editions of the Handbook.

New tables in 88th edition:

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DIPPR and DIADEM: Two Key Resources for Thermophysical and Environmental Property Data

DIPPR 801 Database

Web Versions are available via Brigham Young University or via Knovel

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Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance captures every aspect of the interdisciplinary nature of magnetic resonance and provides the most complete and up-to-date source in the field.

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