ScienceDirect is a platform from Elsevier that contains Books, Book Series, Handbooks, Reference Works and Journals. ScienceDirect is an open platform which means that you can preview foreword, table of contents, abstracts etc for all titles, but fulltext is only available for owned titles. Lund University has also purchased 188 ebooks within Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Materials and Engineering, and Textile from Woodhead Publishing that where migrated to ScienceDirect when Woodhead was acquired by Elsevier.
Too see content LU have access to refine by 'Access type' and check the box for 'Subscribed and complimentary' before you search for a book title. Please also note that there are no longer any red or green access icons on titles on ScienceDirect.
If it says 
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we have access.
| Name | Elsevier ScienceDirect |
| Publisher/Provider | Elsevier |
| Subjects included | STM |
| Type of resource | Platform with journals, book series, handbooks, books, and reference works. |
| Fulltext format | |
| Accessibility | Via IP address |
| Login authentication required | No, not on LU-campus. If you are off-campus you will be prompted to login via LU's Central Authentication Service (CAS) with a Student Account or LUCAT-ID. |
| Number of concurrent users | Multiple concurrent access (multiple people reading at the same time). |
| Download required | No |
| Must be borrowed | No |
| Number of days for download | - - |
| Download and read offline | Yes |
| Download to a portable device | Yes, if the device supports PDF format. There is no longer a ScienceDirect app, but the new web interface is mobile friendly and suitable for tablets, phablets and phones. |
| Copying | You may electronically download and save a single copy of an individual chapter, an article or other single item of an ebook or journal volume, for personal use for scholarly purposes and research. You are not allowed to download and save a whole ebook or journal volume. |
| Printing | You may print a single copy of an individual chapter, an article or other single item of an ebook for personal use for scholarly purposes and research. You are not allowed to print out a whole ebook or journal volume. |
| Text to speech | Yes, the PDF-files are compatible with text-to-speech software |
| Export references | Yes |
| Export formats | RIS format (for Reference Manager, ProCite, EndNote), RefWorks Direct Export, Plain text format, BibTeX format. |
| How do I suggest a purchase | Students and staff: Please contact your faculty library. Librarians: Se Förvärv av elektroniska resurser för mer info. |
| Restrictions | Walk-in users: Users not affiliated with Lund University may be permitted access to Elsevier ScienceDirect, but only within the physical premises of Lund University Libraries.
Course packs: You are not allowed to use licensed material from Elsevier to create course packs in print or electronically. You may however incorporate links to subscribed material in other electronic coursepacks, in course management systems and on instructor websites, provided that they are accompanied by copyright notices and full information about the source. |
| Interlibrary loan / Fjärrlån | Yes, Elsevier allows for ILL requests but only in print format. Librarians may supply another non-commercial library in Sweden (but not outside) with a single copy of a document for interlibrary loan. By ‘document’ is meant an individual chapter, an article or other single item, but not a complete journal volume or a complete ebook. |
| Text and Data Mining (TDM) Policy | |
| Miscelllaneous | Please note that as of January 1, 2016, ScienceDirect no longer supports Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). In order to continue using ScienceDirect, you must move to the latest versions of the following browsers: FireFox, Chrome, or IE version 9 or higher. |