Materials Science Research Guide

Subject Librarian: Beth Blanton-Kent

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General Sources of Materials Science Information

online sources CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics CRCnetBASE    CRC Press Handbook and Reference Collection in addition to ENGnetBASE ENGnetBASE    CRC Press Engineering Handbook and Reference Collection Knovel Library    Engineering and Science Handbook and Reference Collection Referex    Large collection of engineering e-books and references Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols and Abbreviations Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

print sources Annual Book of ASTM Standards     Brown Library Reference TA401 .A653 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics     Astronomy Library Reference QD65 .H3     Bio/Psych Library Reference QD 65 .H3     Brown Library Reference QD65 .H3     Chemistry Library Reference QD65 .H3     Physics Library Reference QD65 .H3 Mineral Powder Diffraction File     Brown Library Reference QE369 .X2M58 1993 Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry     Brown Library Reference TP9 .U57 1985

 

Databases / Indexes

Book Indexes

Search these databases for books.

• VIRGO
  Information on over 4 million books, journals, and other items held in the University of Virginia's libraries, including business, health sciences, and law.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Catalogue
  Search for books, technical reports, journals and conference proceedings in all areas of science, engineering, health sciences and agriculture.
• Center for Research Libraries Online Catalog
  The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities, and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources to users everywhere. These resources include many hard-to-find and scarce items often not readily available elsewhere. UVA faculty and students may request books from CRL's collections via Interlibrary Services.
• Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
  The Linda Hall Library, a private institution funded by endowment, serves the scientific research community as a resource for engineering and technical materials, including over 600,000 volumes, 1.1 million microforms, U.S. Patents since 1946, and subscriptions to 16,500 journals.
• WorldCat (FirstSearch)
  Contains records from thousands of North American libraries.

 

 

Journal Indexes

- Search these indexes for citations to journal articles.
- To get more information about a database, click the information icon ( ).
- Additional materials science databases are available on the SEL Databases page.

• ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies & Engineering 1981+ (CSA)
  Includes new technologies in all areas of engineering, science and allied subject areas.
• Compendex 1969+ (Engineering Village)
  Good database for graduate research. The world's premiere interdisciplinary engineering database.
• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
  Best databases for graduate research. You can select these specific databases to search:

  Aluminum Industry Abstracts Ceramic Abstracts Copper Data Center Database Corrosion Abstracts

  Engineered Materials Abstracts Materials Business File METADEX WELDASEARCH

• ScienceDirect
  Premier research site. Full text of articles from journals published by Elsevier Science.
• Web of Science
  Good database for key articles in many areas of science and technology. Offers citation searching for tracing subjects backward and forward in time.

 

 

Web Resources

Comprehensive Subject Lists

• MatWeb: Material Property Data
• MEMS and Nanotechnology Clearinghouse: Material Index
• Nanotechweb
• NIST Ceramics WebBook
• NIST Chemistry WebBook

 

 

Crystallographic Data

• American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
• Crystal Lattice Structures
• Crystallography Open Database
• Database of Zeolite Structures
• Mineralogy Database

 

 

Organizations

• CIRS.net (Scientific Organization Portal)
• American Ceramic Society
• American Chemical Society
• American Welding Society
• ASM International
• Edison Welding Institute
• International Union of Materials Research Societies
• Materials Research Society
• Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Polyurethane Foam Association
• Welding Institute

 

 

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