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Book Chapter J.D.B. Miller, Hedley Bull, 19321985 in J.D.B. Miller and R.J. Vincent, eds., Order
and Violence. Hedley Bull and International Relations (Oxford, 1990), p. 5.
Deciphering References and Citations«
J ournal ArticleMian MAR, Kang ST, Beil SE, Hammond RB (2008b) Genetic linkage mapping of thesoybean aphid resistance gene in PI 243540. Theor Appl Genet 117:955962
J ournal ArticleC. Lutz and B. Meyer, "Economic Impacts of Higher Oil and Gas Prices the Role of International Trade for Germany," E nergy E conomics 31, no. 6 (2009)
Book Simon Barton, A History of Spain, 2nd ed., Palgrave Essential Histories (Basingstoke ;New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
N ote: Source title abbreviation for Theoretical and applied
genetics Issue number not mentioned .8
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Boolean operators
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Fluoride Water
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40 + 10 + 45 = 95
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Order of Operations
4 + 5 xX10 ==54)(
Reduction AND Poor OR Poverty)(
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scholar
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Web of Science
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DatabaseScopus Web of Science
Coverage 1996 - 1898 -
Journal
coverage
13,690Journals*
8,901 Journals*
Geographiccoverage
Stronger inAsia
Mostly westernfocus
Subject
coverage
Multi-disciplinary
Multi-disciplinary
*Gavel, Y., & Iselid, L. (2008). Web of Science and Scopus: a journal title overlap study. Online Information Review, 32(1),
8-21.
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NewspaperSg
1) ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Covers North-American Masters and Phd theses
2) NUS Theses
Print copies
Electronic Thesis Database (ScholarBank)
3) Other Theses
Edinburgh Research Archive : Medicine and Veterinary MedicineE-thesis- Electronic Publications at the University of Helsinki : Faculty of MedicineNetworked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
North Carolina State University : SearchA
vailable ET
DsOhioLINK ETD Center Pennsylvania State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations ArchivesVanderbilt University : Electronic Theses and DissertationsYale Medicine Thesis Digital Library Project
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* Economics graduate students Year 2009 (Slide 78-85)
Statistics II
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Standards I 1a) Singapore standards
C all no. T59.212 SS (mostly in CL Reference 10)
1b) Singapore standard[s] : [code of practice]
C all no. T59.212 SS
C (CL Reference
10
Pref ix:
SS (for Singapore Standard)
CP (for Code of Practice)
We DO HAVE COMPLETE set of Hard copy, NOT electronic copy
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Standards II 2) British Standards Online (Web)
Pref ix: BS
We DO NOT have every of them
3) IHS Standards expert. IEC (Web)Pref ix: IEC, and ISO
We DO NOT have everyone of them
Sometimes called IEC StandardsIEC stands for International Electrotechnical Commission
CEI in French (Commission Électrotechnique Internationale)
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Pref ix: IEEE
Some ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standardsOne National Electrical Saf ety Code 2007 edition
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Users might refer above standard as E1131-08 instead of ASTM
E1131-08
For more information about standards , please approach Karen Yap
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Patents1) Patsnap(Web)
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