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Materials engineeringKey resourcesCompendex (connect | more information)Compendex is a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database. It provides access to citations and abstracts from over 5,000 engineering journal titles, conference proceedings and technical reports dating from 1884. It is updated weekly and features include saved searches and email alerts. Apart from major engineering fields, subject areas covered include bioengineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, nuclear technology, aerospace and automotive engineering and transportation. Indexing started in 1884.
Other resourcesAmerican elements (connect | more information)This company site includes detailed descriptions of a wide range of advanced and engineered materials including properties, safety information, applications and manufacture, particularly for academic research and laboratories. A periodic table diagram can be clicked on to find elements or they can be browsed alphabetically. There is also detailed information on fuel cells, nanotechnology, crystal growth, coatings and solar energy. Details of services offered by the company are provided. ASM materials information : ASM handbooks online (connect | more information)ASM Handbooks Online features the complete content of twenty ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions. Australian Standards. See: Standards on-line premium (connect | more information)
Characterization of materials (connect | more information)This reference provides comprehensive coverage of materials characterization. It covers techniques including computational and theoretical methods, as well as crystallography, mechanical testing, thermal analysis, optical imaging and spectroscopy, and more. Corrosion handbook (connect | more information)"The DECHEMA Corrosion Handbook ... covers corrosion data and the chemical resistance of all technically important metallic, non-metallic, inorganic and organic materials in contact with aggressive media. Furthermore, it describes methods of corrosion protection and prevention. This makes it the prime information source worldwide for the selection of materials for equipment in which corrosive media are handled or processed."--Home page. Current contents connect (connect | more information)A current awareness research database that provides access to the tables of contents and bibliographic citations from current issues of the world's leading scholarly research journals covering all disciplines including the sciences, social sciences, technology, the arts and the humanities. Selected abstracts and records for more than 3,600 web sites that have been selected by editors at ISI for their relevance and quality are also included. A facility is available to save searches and set up a personal email alerting service. Dekker Encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology (connect | more information)
Digital encyclopedia of applied physics (connect | more information)The Encyclopedia of Applied Physics provides the basic prinicples and in-depth coverage of all technically pertinent areas of modern day physics, coupled with technological applications from real life as well as the neighbouring fields of engineering and material sciences. The encyclopedia comprehensively covers such specific topics as: optics, laser physics, solid state and semiconductor physics, atom and nuclear physics and biophysics. Digital Engineering Library (connect | more information)Digital Engineering Library offers a selection of more than 4,000 engineering articles. It features content from 150+ McGraw-Hill publications. It is structured around 12 major areas of engineering and more than 200 topics, allowing users to quickly narrow their search down to their specialized information needs. Searching is available by topic, dictionary and advanced options. Titles are listed in alphabetical order or by topic. Encyclopedia of materials : science and technology (connect | more information)Covers all classes of materials and the phenomena related to them, ranging from optical and dendritic phenomena to characterization of materials and crystalline polymers. Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology (connect | more information)The Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology comprises of more than 300 articles on all aspects of the field. Coverage includes nanotechnology, new imaging and analytical techniques, new methods of controlled polymer architecture, biomimetics, plastics, fibers, biomaterials, elastomers, polymerization processes and more. Engineering village (connect | more information)This online service provides access to bibliographic databases within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines to which Monash University Library subscribes. These databases include: Compendex, EI Backfile, Inspec, NTIS, Referex Engineering, Patents, GEOBASE and CRC ENGnetBASE. Source documents comprise journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, dissertations, patents and books published from around the world. ENGnetBASE (connect | more information)ENGnetBASE is a database containing the full-text of all engineering handbooks published by CRC Press in electronic format. The titles cover a wide range of engineering disciplines, as well as some computer science and physical science areas. INDUSTRIALnetBASE (connect | more information)Searchable database providing information on the principles and processes involved with taking an idea from a theoretical plan to a functional product. For those seeking to get in line with regulations and streamline operations, this library offers practical advice, as well as a grounding in the theoretical principles guiding today's climate of manufacturing in an international market. Categories include manufacturing and industrial engineering, quality and standards, and sales, marketing, and service. Informit e-library : engineering collection (connect | more information)Informit e-Library - Engineering Collectio provides access to full content from a range of journal articles, conference papers, working papers and other grey literature sourced from the Engineers Australia library collection and is produced in collaboration with Engineers Australia. It covers all broad engineering fields, including Civil engineering, Engineering of railroads & roads, Mining & related operations, and Sanitary & municipal engineering as well as specialist engineering areas. INSPEC (connect | more information)Database providing access to bibliographic citations and abstracts of the scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing and information technology. Material covered includes journal articles, conference proceedings, reports, dissertations, patents and books published around the world. Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology (connect | more information)This encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work on chemical technology. Subject areas include chemical reactions, combinatorial synthesis and technology, environmental protection, industrial safety, pharmaceuticals, processes and process engineering and much more. Users can search by key words, author, Chemical Abstract Registry Numbers, etc. Its major articles are well-illustrated with charts and figures and extensive bibliographies. Knovel library (connect | more information)Knovel's Library provides access to over 800 reference works, handbooks and databases. The content covers subject areas in the fields of Chemistry and the Life Sciences; Materials; and Engineering. The collection is continually expanding. Sourced from major Sci-tech publishers including John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill and Elsevier, the data is enhanced with time-saving analytical tools to help analyze and manipulate the data. List of full text titles available Material ConneXion (connect | more information)Materials ConneXion is the largest global resource of new materials. Its library houses over 3,500 new and innovative materials representing the eight categories of polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives. Complete Library information is accessible via the Internet, using the Material ConneXion's database. MATERIALSnetBASE (connect | more information)From ceramics and textiles to industrial engineering and manufacturing, machine design, lasers and optical engineering, manufacturing processes, nanoscience/nanotechnology, packaging and systems engineering, this dynamic library of over 170 handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and treatises, explains the theory, data, and processes shaping diverse material applications. MatWeb : materials property data (connect | more information)MatWeb is a searchable database of material data sheets, including property information on thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers and other engineering materials. MSDS Australia (connect | more information)Online collection of over 25,000 Australian material safety data sheets. The aim is to provide NOHSC compliant MSDS's to the Australian public to foster the safe use of chemicals and other products. MSDS database (connect | more information)MSDS is a comprehensive database of more than 310,000 Material Safety Data Sheets, obtained directly from 2,000 North American manufacturers and suppliers. Each sheet, representing a common industrial or commercial chemical, provides detailed chemical and physical properties, health, fire and reactivity hazards, as well as recommendations on storage and handling, spill and disposal procedures, accidental release, personal protection and first aid. Part of CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) Web Information Service. On average, over 60,000 records are added or replaced each quarter. Nanotechnologies for the life sciences (connect | more information)Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences is the first comprehensive source on the interface where materials science and life sciences meet on the nanoscale. Offers an in-depth overview of all nanoscale technologies and fabrication methods in materials engineering towards life sciences. Covers the complete range of synthetic methods, tools and techniques being developed towards medical, biological, and cybernetic applications, [and] describes all the important facets of nanofabrication. -- Home page. Polymer handbook (connect | more information)
Polymers : a property database (connect | more information)Provides scientific and commercial information on polymers in a single source. Guides the user through the primary literature via reference citations and though supplier details by providing trade names and commercial product information. Searches by polymer, properties, trade name, application, and more. Provides comprehensive browsable indexes covering the range of property information available. Provides tabulated displays of search results and polymer data as well as monomer data cross-referenced from the relevant polymers. The database contains hotlinks to text files and ... to interactive tables of data. These interactive tables allow you to choose which data to view and how you would like to select, sort, filter and view the data. ProQuest dissertations & theses (connect | more information)
Includes citations for dissertations ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Dissertations published from 1980 forward include 350- word abstracts. Master's theses published from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Titles available as native or image PDF formats include free twenty-four page previews. UMI offers over 1.8 million titles for purchase in microform, paper or electronic formats. One subset is included in the database, Dissertations & theses: A&I.
Referex engineering (connect | more information)Referex Engineering is a searchable database providing access to the full text of over 300 engineering books, including handbooks, reference books, academic or scholarly books, how-to-guides and titles focussed on technique and practice, as well as specialised professional information. Searching is available by keyword, author, title, publisher and subject. Browsing by subject and collection is also provided. The engineering collections to which Monash University Library currently subscribes are: materials and mechanical; electronics and electrical; and, chemical, petrochemical and process. Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials (connect | more information)
Scientific.Net : materials science and engineering. (connect | more information)Provides access to publications in the area of materials science and engineering, including journals, proceedings, as well as research papers, letters and pre-publication notices, some of which are published only electronically. SciFinder Scholar (connect | more information)
SciFinder Scholar is a bibliographic database for chemistry, chemical engineering, and many other scientific areas. It allows searching by author name, research topic, company (or institution) and chemical substance or reaction and by chemical structure. It provides access to journals, books, conferences, patents, dissertations and technical reports. The information is retrieved from several Chemical Abstracts Service databases, including CAPLUS (1907 to present), CASREACT (1974 to present), and CAS Registry (1957 to present), and also from MEDLINE (1958 to present).
Scitation (connect | more information)Provides full text access to journals published and distributed by the American Institute of Physics and its member societies as well as American Society of Civil Engineers journals. Subject coverage includes physics, astronomy, electronics, engineering, and materials science. Spectral Database for Organic Compounds : SDBS (connect | more information)SDBS is an integrated spectral database system for organic compounds, which includes 6 different types of spectra under a directory of the compounds. The six spectra are as follows, an electron impact Mass spectrum (EI-MS), a Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR), a 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum, a 13C NMR spectrum, a laser Raman spectrum, and an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrum. Standards : on-line premium (connect | more information)Allows searching of the complete databases of Australian Standards (over 7,700 standards) as well as ISO (International Organization for Standardization); IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission); ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute); and English language DIN (Deutsches Institut fu¿¿r Normung) and JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards Committee) standards (over 34,000); excluding ISO and IEC draft standards. The full text of most Australian Standards may be viewed (exceptions being some handbooks, documents where the copyright is shared or drafts which are "clones" of other non-Australian standards), saved to file or printed. Monash students and staff only Licence restrictions: 3 simultaneous users only. Additional users may be allowed guest access to search but will not be able to print standards. Please try again later if that occurs. It is very important that you "Logout" after a session. If the screen says that you have logged out when you begin, choose a search option from the menu on the left - you should be able to get access anyway. Please note: - The Online Subscription Service does not include fulltext online access to all ISO Standards, IEC Standards, ETSI Standards, JIS Standards (as they are not part of the subscription) and some Australian Standards and Handbooks (where Standards Australia does not own the copyright). - Standards downloaded to your PC will expire after 48 hours. However, they may still be accessed on-line. Web of science (connect | more information)Web of Science provides access to journal citations, selected abstracts and cited references contained in three separate ISI citation databases: Science citation index expanded (SCI-Expanded); Social sciences citation index (SSCI); and, Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI). Citation databases are used to follow a line of research from a known older key piece of work (book, journal article, unpublished work, etc) to more recent research by searching the reference lists of recent journal articles. Although not its primary strength, Web of Science could be useful for cross disciplinary searching. Wiley InterScience (connect | more information)A searchable database providing full text access to journals, books, reference works, databases and current protocols published by Wiley. Searching across multiple publications and browsing within specific publications is possible. Subject areas which can be browsed include: business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, law, life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology and, social sciences. Note: The Library has not bought access to all of the electronic books listed here. If you are denied access to the full text of any book here and want the Library to subscribe, please complete a Purchase suggestion form and we will consider your request.
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