APU E-databases

AccessEngineering is an award-winning engineering reference and teaching platform that delivers world-renowned, interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.   

It provides seamless access to authoritative and regularly updated engineering reference information from renowned resources like Perry’s Handbook for Chemical Engineers and Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers. It comprises dynamic online features, such as instructional videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts and delivers information in an interactive format. 

You must create a personal account (‘register’ on the top-right panel) within the database to print, save and organize your searches.

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• Aerospace Engineering 
• Bioengineering 
• Business Skills 
• Chemical Engineering 
• Civil Engineering 
• Computer Engineering 
• Computer Science  
• Electrical Engineering 
• Energy Engineering 
• Engineering Management 
• Environmental Engineering 
• Industrial Engineering 
• Makerspace 
• Materials Engineering 
• Mathematics 
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Sciences

The full-text collection of all ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) publication includes journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines and newsletters. The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database provides table of contents, abstracts and reviews of papers exclusively on the field of computing.

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• Algorithms and Mathematics
• Applied Computing
• Architecture
• Artificial Intelligence
• Arts/Humanities
• Computational Theory
• Computer Vision
• Data Mining
• Data Science
• Database Systems
• Education
• Embedded Systems and Electronics
• Entertainment
• Forensics
• Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
• Human Computer Interaction
• Industry/Business
• Information Retrieval
• Information Systems
• Law
• Life Sciences
• Machine Learning
• Mobile and Multimedia Technologies
• Natural Language Processing
• Networks and Communications
• Physical Sciences
• Power and Energy
• Programming Languages
• Robotics
• Security and Privacy
• Society and the Computing Profession
• Software Engineering
• Web

An APA PsycArticles is a must-have for any core collection in the social and behavioral sciences, applied psychology, health, theory, research, providing access to 119 journals, including its flagship publication, American Psychologist®. It boasts about 225,000 full-text, peer-reviewed articles by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. The APA PsycArticles Database is updated bi-weekly, to ensure users are connected to highly cited articles revealing the latest psychological findings. The journals in this database are covered from the first volume published dating back to 1894.

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• Addiction
• Animal Behavior
• Applied Psychology
• Assessment
• Clinical Psychology
• Cognition and Memory
• Creativity and Arts
• Cultural and International Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Family Psychology
• Gender and Sexual Orientation
• General Psychology and History of Psychology
• Health Psychology
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Management
• Law and Forensic Psychology
• Media Psychology
• Methodology
• Neuroscience and Biology
• Personality
• Professional Psychology
• Psychopharmacology
• Religion and Spirituality
• Social Psychology
• Treatment and Prevention
• Violence and Trauma

Bloomsbury Visual Arts is an interdisciplinary hub designed for research and learning across design, art, architecture, and related fields. Our subscription includes the following collections, offering access to essential resources:

• Bloomsbury Design Library: Comprehensive coverage of design and craft from 1500 BCE to the present, featuring reference works and museum object images.

• Bloomsbury Architecture Library: Award-winning resource covering architectural history, urbanism, and interior design.

• Architecture Design & Practice Online: Over 200 titles focused on studio design, sustainability, and professional practice.

• Bloomsbury Art Markets: A guide to art galleries, auction houses, and art fairs across historical contexts.

• The Animation Practice Collection: Practice-focused books on animation production, storyboarding, and character design.

• Design Studies Collection: Scholarly titles on design research, product design, sustainability, and advertising.

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• Design History
• Craft Studies
• Industrial Design
• Architectural History
• Urban Design
• Interior Design
• Studio Design
• Sustainability in Architecture
• Digital Design Techniques
• Art Historiography
• Art Fairs and Auctions
• Art Gallery Practices
• Animation Production
• Storyboarding
• Character Design
• Product Design
• Marketing and Advertising
• Sustainaility in Design

As Malaysia’s leading legal information provider, CLJ Prime databases contain a vast pool of legal information. The database includes cases, articles, practice notes, legislative forms, precedents, sample agreements, and legislation.

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• Industrial Law Reports
• Judgments from the High Court, Court of Appeal and Federal Court of Malaysia (from 1981 to date)
• Practice Notes and Directions from the Superior Courts from 1945 to date
• Syariah Reports

EBSCOhost Academic Collection offers access close to 210, 000 of multidisciplinary e-books. It is available for download (borrowing) for a limited period of time.

In addition to this, EBSCO recently made the “EBSCO eBooks Open Access Monograph Collection” available for our users. The collection has been curated in collaboration with university presses and scholarly open access publishers such University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis and Temple University Press.

You must sign up for a personal My EBSCOhost Account to be able to download e-books. You may not need one if you want to access the book and use the platform’s built-in reader to read the books.

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• Arts & Architecture
• Business & Economics
• Computer Science
• Education
• Engineering & Technology
• Health & Medicine
• History
• Law
• Literature & Criticism
• Mathematics
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Reference
• Sciences
• Social Sciences and more

Emerald Insight is a comprehensive database which provides highest quality peer-reviewed research articles in the field of business and management, accounting, human resource etc.

The subscription includes Emerging Market Case Studies, an online collection of peer-reviewed teaching cases focusing on business decision making and management development through key emerging markets. Cases are written by case writers working in or closely with developing economies, offering local perspective with global appeal.

Browse over hundreds of full-text e-books from the recently added Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Series Collection.

When you are at Emerald Insight main page, click on the “My Product” tab to view the collection list of journals, e-books and case studies that APU library subscribes to. Next to each of the listed collection, you can select the “Details” to open the specific collection. You can then search for materials within that collection directly.

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• Accounting & Finance
• Built Environment
• Business Ethics and Law
• Economics
• Education
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering
• Enterprise and Innovation
• Environmental Management/Environment
• Health and Social Care
• Health Care Management/Healthcare
• Human Resource Management
• Industry and Public Sector Management
• Information and Knowledge Management
• International Business
• Learning and Development
• Library and Information Studies
• Management Science/Management and more

The ICE Virtual Library by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Publishing offers access to a comprehensive collection of resources for researchers and practitioners in civil and environmental engineering, as well as materials science. During this trial period, our library has complimentary access to over 1,500+ ICE eBooks, providing invaluable insights and cutting-edge research. Discover, explore, and make the most of this free trial to advance your knowledge in civil engineering and related fields.

Please Note: Access to ICE journals remains restricted during the trial period. However, you can browse to view journal titles and chapter titles.

Recommended for topics

• Buildings and Structures
• Coastal and Offshore Engineering
• Development, Planning, and Urban Engineering
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Geology, Geotechnical, and Ground Engineering
• Water Engineering and Wastewater Management
• Professional Practice
• Leadership and Management
• Transportation
• Science
• Energy

IEEE Xplore includes top-ranked journals and technology research that is cited in patents three times more often than any other publisher. With more than 5 million full-text documents, IEEE Xplore is your gateway to more than 30% of the world’s current literature in electrical engineering, electronics, and computing. Our subscription includes:

Proceedings Order Plans (POP) Online – Full-text access and unlimited download to over 210,000 conference papers from 100 of IEEE’s most important conference series, backfile to 2017. This includes Computing and Processing conference proceedings.

STEM25 Journals Collection – Full-text access and unlimited download to 25 IEEE periodicals / journals including IEEE Computer Magazine, with complete backfile for individual titles in this collection.

Recommended for topics

• Aerospace and Defence
• Biometrics
• Computer Hardware and Software
• Cyber Security
• Electronics
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Medical Devices
• Nanotechnology
• Optics
• Power Engineering
• Robotics
• Semiconductors
• Smart Grid
• Telecommunications
• Wireless Technology

The ProQuest platform hosts multidisciplinary full-text content containing scholarly journals, books, video & audio, dissertations & theses, newspapers and more. In addition, it also provides you with information management and workflow tools and functionality integrated into the platform, like the ability to cite results in numerous citation styles, save as a PDF or other document formats, save searches, etc.

We subscribe to three major databases listed under ProQuest, namely: ABI/Inform Collection, Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection and Business Market Research Collection. ProQuest has also made some open access contents available through their Coronavirus Research database and Publicly Available Content Database.

ABI/INFORM Collection

The most comprehensive database which comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business, and economics periodicals such as the Economist.

Recommended for topics

• Business
• Economic Conditions
• Corporate Strategies
• Finance

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection

The database branches out to three databases which are Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database, Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Index, and Computer Science Database. This resource provides full-text titles and in-depth A & I (Abstracts & Index) coverage from the world’s advanced technologies, aerospace and computing sciences and related disciplines.

Recommended for topics

• Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering
• Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Applied Physics
• Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
• Astrophysics
• Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Computer Science
• Computer Security
• Circuits and Logic
• Communications and Networks
• Computer Applications
• Computer Programming and more.
• Database Design
• Information Systems
• Intranets, Internet
• LANs, WANs
• Software Development
• Web Commerce and more

Business Market Research Collection

Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources:

• Hoover’s Company Profiles – covering 40,000 global public and non-public companies including financials, competitors, officers, and more.
• Ox Research – succinct articles covering regional economic and political developments of significance.
• US and Worldwide Industry & Market Reports from Barnes Reports – covering global industries in depth.
• Snapshots Series – market research overviews on 40+ industries and 40 countries.

Recommended for topics

• Business
• Economics
• Finance
• International Politics
• Market Research

Our subscription to ProQuest Ebook Central offers a vast selection of e-books on: Sustainability e-books with over 7,500 titles on topics like Sustainable Development and Environmental Law; Mental Health and Wellbeing e-books featuring 4,800+ titles on psychology and personal growth; and Open Access Complete with thousands of free e-books across various disciplines. Users can download, print, and manage their reading lists for enhanced research and study.

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Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Clinical Psychology
• Stress Management
• Personal Growth
• Psychotherapy
• Neuropsychology
• Social Psychology

Sustainability

• Sustainable Development
• Environmental Law
• Climate Change
• Business Sustainability Management
• Green Energy
• Environmental Politics
• Conservation Strategies
• Ecology
• Earth Sciences

Open Access Complete

• Humanities
• Social Sciences
• Natural Sciences
• Technology
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Media Studies
• International Relations

SAGE Research Methods is a database that concentrates on various aspects of doing research by providing relevant research tools and methods. It comprises of more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books. The database allows you to choose the subject or discipline you belong to and brings you the relevant research resources you would need based on your subject / discipline selection you have made.

Recommended for topics

• Business and Management 
• Communication and Media Studies 
• Computer Science 
• Counselling and Psychotherapy 
• Criminology and Criminal Justice 
• Economics 
• Education 
• Engineering 
• Health 
• History 
• Marketing 
• Mathematics 
• Medicine 
• Nursing 
• Political Science and International Relations 
• Psychology 
• Science 
• Social Policy and Public Policy 
• Social work 
• Sociology and more 

ScienceDirect provides authoritative and full-text publications in scientific and technical fields for research. Navigate across a broad array of high quality journal articles for up-to-date developments impacting your field of study.

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• Computer Science
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Engineering
• Finance and Business
• Management and Accounting
• Mathematics

SpringerLink offers access to around 2,000 full-text journal articles and hundreds of open access e-books from multi-disciplinary fields. Most titles are available from 1997 to current.

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• Biomedical and Life Science 
• Chemistry and Materials Science 
• Computer Science 
• Earth and Environmental Science 
• Energy and Engineering 
• Mathematics and Statistics 
• Medicine 
• Physics and Astronomy 
• Behavioral Science and Psychology 
• Business and Management 
• Economics and Finance