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Using World Scientific

Reading

To read online, select ‘Full Book View’ located within the grey box at the top of the page.

Searching

Select the looking glass icon at the top right-hand side of the page. This will bring up the search bar which will allow you to search both within a book and across the whole platform.

Downloading

To download an entire book, select the blue arrow icon while in ‘Full Book View’.

To download individual chapters, select ‘PDF/EPUB’ located next to each chapter title on the eBook homepage. Then select the blue arrow icon that appears once the chapter has been generated.

Individual chapters also be downloaded by selecting a chapter title on the contents page, then choosing ‘PDF download’ located on the right-hand side of the page.

Printing

PDFs of chapters may be printed. Use the Print option in your PDF viewer.

Highlighting and annotating

Once in ‘Full Book View’ drag your cursor over the section that you wish to annotate or highlight. Options to annotate or highlight will then appear.

This can also be done using comments on downloaded PDFs.

World Scientific ebooks at a glance

Read online Yes
Download Yes, as PDF by chapter
Print Yes
Highlight/annotate Yes, on saved PDF
Personal account Yes
DRM free Yes
Simultaneous access Yes
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