The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology has undergone a transformation. With the remarkable capabilities the Internet provides, it is now possible to bring a highly integrated source of authoritative information to users seeking in-depth knowledge on topics in all areas of science and technology. AccessScience Quick Links: What's in a name? Organization Core Contents Reviews of Print Edition Sample Pages Go directly to AccessScience.com What's in a name? We are pleased to introduce AccessScience@McGraw-Hill, the Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. How did we come up with this name? AccessScience will give you: Access to the most authoritative science and technology reference source available Access to the most comprehensive scientist biographies available, linked directly with related encyclopedia content Access, quick and easy, to the best places on the Web for further study Access to late-breaking science and technology developments, with links to background articles and biographies to aid the reader's understanding Accessible by more libraries than ever before, by more people than ever before possible For anyone who's tried to find reliable, authoritative science and technology information on the Internet, getting to the information you really need can be a time-consuming, frustrating process. McGraw-Hill is has developed AccessScience to get you the research results you need, the first time, reliably, and comprehensively. Organization of the site A topical browse is a primary key to the online encyclopedia: 20 major topics have been assigned to which all articles belong (similar to what we call the "Topical Index" in the print set). New and licensed collections of material added to the encyclopedia will be organized by these same 20 topics, with each topic having its own specific home page. From these home pages, you can find all the information you need to begin your research. A powerful search engine will propel you through the world of science and technology. A quick search bar provides a fast, yet powerful, way to search the entire site, or just look up a dictionary definition). Wherever you are in AccessScience, this quick search function is available to you, and can perform keyword, Boolean, or wildcard searching. The advanced search options include such features as: limiting your search to a specific type of entry (encyclopedia, research update, biography, news), limiting your search to specific topics, and more. Sample Articles: Sample Article -- Dinosaurs Biographies Core Contents: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition and The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms The core information resource of AccessScience are the 7,000+ articles from McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the 110,000+ definitions from the Dictionary of Scientific & Technical terms. This archive will be continually updated with: New and revised articles, which have been selected by a distinguished board of consulting editors, experts with excellent credentials in their field and responsible for maintaining the authority of their specific subject area. The consulting editors review articles and direct updates or new articles to be written to make their section as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. This process has changed substantially with the addition of an online component to the Encyclopedia. Research Updates section, which will consist of Yearbook articles beginning with 1998, all linked to articles within the Encyclopedia, as well as to the main topics. New and revised Dictionary entries as they are ready Science & Technology in the News This section, in addition to bringing you late breaking news stories, licensed from Science News ®, brings you to the science behind the news stories, helping to understand the latest discoveries, or to satisfy curiosity about the topic. Our team of editors will be reviewing the stories and providing links to related encyclopedia articles, research updates, and biographies. • Key Features: 3-4 news stories weekly News stories are archived, and can be viewed by date and/or subject. Biographies AccessScience includes biographies of famous men and women of science, from antiquity to the present. You can browse the biographies by subject specialty or alphabetically. This section includes: Approximately 2,000 biographies of important scientists, all reviewed by our editorial team, who have provided links to relevant Encyclopedia articles, research updates, and even related biographies. List of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal (Mathematics) winners, linking to relevant articles in the Encyclopedia. The lists are organized by prize category, are linked to topic pages as well as articles, and offer rapid search by year of award. Online Product features • Key Features: UPDATED DAILY: AccessScience will feature daily updates to encyclopedia articles, research updates, new dictionary entries, news articles, and more. FULL CONTENT OF THE MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 9TH EDITION, including 13,000 illustrations, many in full color, and 135 articles with animations. FULL TEXT OF THE YEARBOOKS OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, from 1998 to 2003. FULL TEXT OF THE MCGRAW-HILL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL TERMS (link to book web catalog page) Reviews of the print edition: Continues to the be premier encyclopedia in science and engineering…remains essential for academic and large public science reference collections." - Library Journal (starred review) "It is the recommended multi-volume encyclopedia for science and technology…a unique source of scientific and technological information for everyone from high-school students to researchers." - Booklist "An outstanding reference that deserves to be in any library." - Chemical Engineering Process "Current, lucid, thorough, authoritative…No science collection and only the rare general collection can boast a competent reference section if the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology is absent." - Reference & Research Book News "Viable and informative…it will remain the brightest star in a growing array of good but far less majestic science and technology reference sources." - Rettig on Reference   AccessScience Home | About AccessScience | Ordering Information | Free Trial | Did You Know? | Contact Us Privacy Policy Copyright ©2003 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 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