At last it is possible now to download a Springer e-book in one complete pdf file. So far you had to download pdfs chapter by chapter but from now on you just need a single click to get the complete book. Please note that an invisible watermark has been included.
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Langenscheidt Online Dictionary has relaunched
Langenscheidt has relaunched its online dictionaries. Now the dictionaries are available at the new URL
http://www.woerterbuch.langenscheidt.de/login/ip.html
We still have access to the following dictionaries:
- a set of bilingual concise dictionaries (German – foreign language)
- a set of technical dictionaries including physics and chemistry
- some titles of the Duden series
- dictionary ‘Deutsch als Fremdsprache’
- pocket dictionary English – Chinese
Unfortunately the new service is a bit slower so that it will take some seconds till the search field and the results appear. The search functionalities will be improved little by little.
Textbook: Non-Isothermal Kinetic Methods
This new textbook is available in the library now:
Non-isothermal kinetic methods
by I. V. Arkhangel”skii, A. V. Dunaev, I. V. Makarenko, N. A. Tikhonov, S. S. Belyaev and A. V. Tarasov (6 K 15)
You find it in the new aquisitions section.
You may access the open access electronic version, too:
http://www.edition-open-access.de/textbooks/1/
Which Online Dictionaries and Encyclopedias are Available?
The following dictionaries are included in our license for Langenscheidt:
- a set of bilingual concise dictionaries
- a set of technical dictionaries including physics and chemistry
- some titles of the Duden series
- pocket dictionary English – Chinese
- dictionary ‘Deutsch als Fremdsprache’
Some more licensed dictionaries and encyclopedias:
- Oxford English Dictionary (English)
- Encyclopædia Britannica (English)
- Oxford Reference (English and bilingual dictionaries)
- Credo Reference (English and bilingual dictionaries)
Recommendable free services:
Safari Tech Books Mobile
The Max Planck vLib blog reports about the new mobile-optimized website of Safari Tech Books that is available for the MPG.
Access to the licensed content is possible via a simplified user interface at http://m.proquest.safaribooksonline.com.