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Reference works

List of Reference Works from A to Z

C

Comprehensive Biomaterials (Elsevier) 2011
Comprehensive Biophysics (Elsevier) 2012
Comprehensive Biotechnology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2011
Comprehensive Chemometrics (Elsevier) 2009
Comprehensive Clinical Psychology (Elsevier) 1998
Comprehensive Composite Materials (Elsevier) 2000
Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II (Elsevier) 2003
Comprehensive Glycoscience (Elsevier) 2007
Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry (Elsevier) 1984
Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry II (Elsevier) 1996
Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III (Elsevier) 2008
Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II (Elsevier) 2007
Comprehensive Membrane Science and Engineering (Elsevier) 2010
Comprehensive Microsystems (Elsevier) 2008
Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science (Elsevier) 2005
Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology (Elsevier) 2011
Comprehensive Natural Products II (Elsevier) 2010
Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry (Elsevier) 1999
Comprehensive Nuclear Materials (Elsevier) 2012
Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations (Elsevier) 1995
Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II (Elsevier) 2005
Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (Elsevier) 1991
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry (Elsevier) 1982
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II (Elsevier) 1995
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III (Elsevier) 2007
Comprehensive Polymer Science and Supplements (Elsevier) 1996
Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Elsevier) 2012
Comprehensive Sampling and Sample Preparation (Elsevier) 2012
Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology (Elsevier) 2011
Comprehensive Structural Integrity (Elsevier) 2003
Comprehensive Toxicology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2010

E

Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Elsevier) 2011
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (Elsevier) 2010
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2012
Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Elsevier) 2008
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience (Elsevier) 2010
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Elsevier) 2000
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Cancer (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Condensed Matter Physics (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Consciousness (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of Creativity (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2011
Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2011
Encyclopedia of Ecology (Elsevier) 2008
Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Environmental Health (Elsevier) 2011
Encyclopedia of the Eye (Elsevier) 2010
Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology (Elsevier) 2011
Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology (Elsevier) 1999
Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences (Elsevier) 2000
Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Genetics (Elsevier) 2001
Encyclopedia of Geology (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Gerontology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2007
Encyclopedia of Grain Science (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Hormones (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2012
Encyclopedia of the Human Brain (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Immunology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 1998
Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development (Elsevier) 2008
Encyclopedia of Information Systems (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Inland Waters (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications (Elsevier) 2003

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2006
Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology (Elsevier) 2001
Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (Elsevier) 2006
Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences (Elsevier) 2004
Encyclopedia of Microbiology (Third Edition) (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of Modern Optics (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Movement Disorders (Elsevier) 2010
Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience (Elsevier) 2009
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Elsevier) 2001
Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2008
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition) (Elsevier) 2001
Encyclopedia of Psychotherapy (Elsevier) 2002
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science (Elsevier) 2007
Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine (Elsevier) 2006
Encyclopedia of Rose Science (Elsevier) 2003
Encyclopedia of Separation Science (Elsevier) 2000
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (Elsevier) 2000
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2010
Encyclopedia of Stress (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2007
Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2005
Encyclopedia of Vibration (Elsevier) 2001
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2008
Encyclopedia of Virology (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 1999
Encyclopedia of Virology (Third Edition) (Elsevier) 2008
Evolution of Nervous Systems (Elsevier) 2007

 

H

Hormones, Brain and Behavior (Second Edition) (Elsevier) 2009

I

International Encyclopedia of Education (Third Edition) (Elsevier) 2010
International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (Elsevier) 2012
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Elsevier) 2009
International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Elsevier) 2008
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier) 2001

L

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference (Elsevier) 2008

M

Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions (Fifteenth Edition) (Elsevier) 2006

P

Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference (Elsevier) 2012

S

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (Elsevier) 2008
Shreir's Corrosion (Elsevier) 2010

T

Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science (Elsevier) 2011
Treatise on Geochemistry (Elsevier) 2003
Treatise on Geophysics (Elsevier) 2007
Treatise on Water Science (Elsevier) 2011

X

xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference (Elsevier) 2008