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Library Remote Access Resources for Members
Free full text e-journals and e-books from ScienceDirect through the RSC Library
Members can access full text of 304 e-books, 15 current and 108 archive e-journals from top Elsevier chemical sciences content in ScienceDirect via the RSC Library
Springer full text e-journals and e-books
Free full text of 500 e-books and 127 e-journals from Springer
Free full text Wiley and Elsevier content for members
Access to Wiley full text journal articles, book and encyclopaedia chapters and Elsevier full text journal articles via prepaid downloads.
For access to 313 electronic books and databanks in the chemical sciences and other related subject areas.
Referex Chem full text e-books
Over 228 full text chemistry and chemical engineering e-books from Elsevier
Access to thousands of abstracts from business, environmental and general science databases. Selected full-text access and now a daily updated database of table of contents.
Member-only access to Chemical Business NewsBase and Chimica.
Access to 100 full text e-books in chemistry and related subjects plus over 3,000 general interest e-books from NetLibrary.
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Report on the remuneration of professionally qualified chemical scientists who live and work in the UK. Free to RSC members; Non-members can purchase a copy for £100
Details of the CPD support for members, including the CPD framework
Support for professional chemists including employment law, ethics and the Guide to Consultancy
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