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Wiley Online Books

Set your learners up for success with over 24,000 titles on Wiley Online Library curated by award-winning authors, editors, and prominent scientific and professional societies.

Wiley Online Reference Works

Choose from nearly 250 reference works, encyclopedias, and multi-volume handbooks to suit your institution’s needs.

Online books

Identify books that support your library collections objectives, priority subjects/topics, or strategic areas of research

Discover premier titles authored by celebrated scientists, award-winning authors, renowned researchers, and prestigious societies. Want to ensure your library’s collection includes our most-accessed titles? Look to our diverse collection of over 24,000 DRM-free titles in high-demand topics like artificial intelligence, climate change, blockchain technologies, COVID-19, mental health, and more

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Experience enhanced digital access with our prestigious and trusted collection of online books. Unlock advantages including:

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Key society partnerships

Support patrons’ full career journey across students, researchers, professors and professionals with high quality content standards via a rigorous commissioning process
Set standards of excellence in research, writing, and education
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in science

Some of our key society partners for Online Books include the American Geophysical Union, American Society for Microbiology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Institute of Food Technologists, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Association of Geographers, and many more.

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9 main subject areas with many more specialized collections such as Brexit and AI
Frontlist collection/frontlist by subject collection
Backlist collection/backlist by subject collection
Usage-based collection management
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Award-winning online reference works include:

The Handbook of Asian Englishes

1st Ed |Sep 2020 Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, Andy Kirkpatrick

Print, E-Book, O-Book Starting at $47.00

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Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries

1st Ed |Nov 2018 Alcides N. Sial, Claudio Gaucher, Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar, Valderez Pinto Ferreira

Print, E-Book, O-Book Starting at $173.00

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Online reference works

Save patrons time by providing definitive guides to fields and expert collation of research results, practice, and data

Our online reference works are used by over 2,000 organizations worldwide, including the Top 20 of the world’s universities (Based on QS World University Rankings, 2025)

Advantages

The most accessed titles, trusted by a global community of knowledge seekers. Discover nearly 250 Wiley Online References across industry and academia, authored by leading scientists and Nobel Prize winners. Ensure your library includes our most accessed titles, plus unlimited 24/7 access, MARC records, dynamic linking, and robust customer support.

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Most accessed references

Tap into to the knowledge institutions rely on daily. With our online references, you can stay in the know with access to foundational resources and essential information shaping understanding across disciplines.

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Note: Annual subscriptions and standing orders for updates are exclusively available for updating Online References.

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