Chemical Engineering

Best Database Choices for Chemical Engineering

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All Chemical Engineering Databases

ACS Publications   1962-present

Full text of articles from journals published by the American Chemical Society.

Compendex   1969-present

Compendex, also know as Large, interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences. Includes book reviews, standards, patents, handbooks and other materials. Part of Engineering Village.

Corrosion Abstracts   1987-present

Corrosion Abstracts provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering. International sources of literature are scanned and abstracted in the areas of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries.

Digital Dissertations    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

EngNetBase   

Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering. Individual titles are listed in the Virgo Library Catalog.

Knovel Library

Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.

National Technical Information Service: NTIS   1964-present

NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

ScienceDirect

Full text of articles from journals published by Elsevier Science.

SciFinder Scholar

Provides access to Chemical Abstracts, including the CAplus database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database. More information and instructions on downloading SciFinder Scholar.

Web of Knowledege / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information.