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E-Books for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: CRCnetBase

A guide to e-books at PPPL with links to core reference works available electronically.

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Princeton University Libraries have a subscription to two of the e-book collections provided by CRC Press on the CRCNetBase: EngNetBase and PhysicsNetBase. The PhysicsNetBase includes a sub-collection of 21 titles in plasma physics and fusion. Links to the collections are provided below.

Features and Functionality

Searching: Perform a basic keyword search or advanced keyword, title, and/or author search. A keyword search searches the full text of an ebook. You can also select which collection to search in using the Advanced Search.

Reading: CRCnetBase books are in PDF format and are usually separated out into sections or chapters. Click on the link for a title to view the title information and table of contents. Links to Hi-Res PDFs or PDFs with hyperlinks are available under each chapter title. If you can not access a title, please check that it is in either th ENGnetBase or PhysicNetBase subscription.

Downloading: Downloading and saving of PDFs is allowed, but can only be done one chapter or section at a time.

Printing: Printing is also on a one chapter at a time basis.

Additional Functionality: Sign up for a personal account to create a bookshelf and save searches. http://www.crcnetbase.com/personalize/addFavoriteArticle