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'''ScienceDirect''' is a website which provides subscription-based access to a large database of scientific and medical research. It hosts over 12 million pieces of content from 3,500 [[academic journal]]s and 34,000 [[e-books]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sciencedirect.com/| title= ScienceDirect |accessdate=17 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.relxgroup.com/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf |title =2014 RELX Annual Reports and Financial Statements|date last= Reller|accessdate first=Tom|date= 17 February 2016|website = RELX Group|publisher = [[RELX Group]]|last url-status= Rellerdead|firstarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319005511if_/http://www.relxgroup.com:80/investorcentre/reports%202007/Documents/2014/relxgroup_ar_2014.pdf|archive-date=March 19, 2015|accessdate=17 TomFebruary 2016}}</ref> The journals are grouped into four main sections: ''Physical Sciences and Engineering'', ''Life Sciences'', ''Health Sciences'', and ''Social Sciences and Humanities''. Article abstracts are freely available, but access to their full texts (in [[PDF]] and, for newer publications, also [[HTML]]) generally requires a subscription or [[pay-per-view]] purchase.