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American Physical Society Journals, also known as Physical Review Journals, provide over 400,000 scientific research papers from 1983 to the present.

Physical Review Journals are available in any Austin Public Library location. Browse a list of available journals.

Gale Academic OneFile with OneFile Collections provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

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Gale General OneFile with OneFile Collections provides over 8,000 general interest magazines, journals, newspapers, reference material and audio content.

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Gale In Context: Environmental Studies includes case studies, news articles, reference materials, academic journals and videos.

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Gale in Context: Science provides authoritative information covering all major science topics. It contains newspaper & magazine articles, reference books, images & videos, science experiments, biographies and dictionaries.

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Gale Interactive: Science is a virtual science lab for middle and high school students. The content is paired with interactive 3D models to deliver a virtual laboratory simulation experience.

Gale OneFile: Agriculture contains more than 600 journals covering agriculture topics.

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Gale OneFile: Computer Science provides access to more than 600 business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries.

Gale OneFile: Environmental Studies and Policy covers environmental topics with articles from journals and book excerpts.

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Gale OneFile: Information Science contains articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, and business information for library science students, information science and technology professionals.

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Gale OneFile: Science contains full-text articles from over 350 science journals.

GeoRef provides geosciences references from scholarly journals, monographs, master's theses and doctoral dissertations. The database includes references to all publications of the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Access to SAMS Photofact Online will end on December 31, 2024.

SAMS Photofacts offers more than 200,000 schematics and wiring diagrams for TVs, radios, DVD players and VCRs. New manuals are published every month covering the latest in televisions, including HDTV, plasma and LCD monitors.

The following types of manuals are available:

• SAMS Photofact manuals contain a complete set of schematics with voltages, wave forms, component location guides, parts list and service adjustments covering TVs, VCRs, DVDs, radios and audio equipment (MHF).
• SAMS Quickfact manuals are designed to help with the repair of newer TVs including LED, LCD and plasma televisions. These manuals include a power supply schematic, a board placement diagram with connector charts, component locations, service adjustments and parts list.
• OEM Service manuals contain the manufacturer's service data that they release to repair centers. These may contain some detailed drawings, diagrams, schematics or parts list provided directly by the manufacturer at their discretion.
• OEM Owners manuals are the operating manual consumers get when they purchase a product. They usually contain a small troubleshooting section for connecting to other peripherals and equipment. They almost never contain detailed drawings, diagrams, schematics or part lists.

The SciTech Premium Collection provides science and technology articles from scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings and government publications from around the world.

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