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The library collects books to support your studies. More recently we are purchasing mainly ebooks. This page presents three main categories of books: New Books, Reference Books and Textbooks.
You can find books in the library by using uKwazi. The video below will guide you on how to search for books and articles on uKwazi.
Online books can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link on uKwazi. Earth Sciences books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and Earth Sciences books are mainly located on Level 14 on the following subjects and DDC numbers:
| Earth sciences | 550 |
| Geology, hydrology, meteorology | 551 |
| Petrology | 552 |
| Economic geology | 553 |
| Earth sciences of Europe | 554 |
| Earth sciences of Asia | 555 |
| Earth sciences of Africa | 556 |
| Earth sciences of North America | 557 |
| Earth sciences of South America | 558 |
| Earth sciences of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica, extraterrestrial worlds | 559 |
Springer eBook content includes an array of subjects such as architecture and design, biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, Environmental Sciences, life sciences, mathematics, physics, public health and more.
Offering comprehensive coverage of the full range of scientific disciplines, monograph and series books are now fully integrated with journals, book series, handbooks and reference works on SciVerse ScienceDirect.
Bookboon.com contains free eBooks and textbooks that can be downloaded as a pdf, no registration needed.
InTech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science.
Textbooks in the Open Textbook Library are considered open because they are free to use and distribute, and are licensed to be freely adapted or changed with proper attribution.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
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