Vernon Leighton
Contact for Assistance: Library Liaison for Chemistry
Scholarly, Citations
- Materials Research Database with METADEX
A suite of databases from Cambridge Scientific relating to materials science and engineering. Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, etc. Strong in metallurgy and composite engineering.
Scholarly, FullText
- AccessEngineering
Formerly Digital Engineering Library or McGraw-Hill Engineering Online. Features content from publications such as Koo’s Polymer Nanocomposites, Handbook of Plastics, Elastomers, and Composites (4th ed.), Modern Plastics Handbook, Veselovsky’s Adhesion of Polymers, and many more..
- Materials Science: SAGE
It includes the full text of 15 journals published by SAGE, some journals going back 10 years. It covers such subjects as high performance polymers.
- ScienceDirect
This database has all scholarly articles, mostly from sciences, though some social sciences. Citations from 1980 to present. Some full text starting in 1993, more full text from 1997 to the present.
- Polymers Database
A rather small database of chemical information from ChemNetBase. There are only about 1,000 entries in the database. Data includes surface properties, electrical properties, optical properties, etc. Instead of data, the entry often refers to the original research articles.
Scholarly, Citations, Free Access Worldwide
- Springerlink
Searching all Springer publications, with citations and abstracts. Full text is not available.
- Wiley Interscience
Note: this database is not licensed by Winona State. You do not have access to the fulltext, unless you as an individual pay. Free access is provided for citations and abstracts, which will assist WSU users in obtaining the fulltext through interlibrary loan. Wiley is a major publisher of scholarly chemistry journals.
Other Databases that may have some items in Engineering
- WSU Technical Report Databases
Here the WSU Library has collected links to a variety of databases that contain references to technical reports, often federally funded technical reports. Some of the databases have full text of the reports, such as the NASA Technical Reports server.
- Academic Search Premier
Broad database with both Academic and general periodicals articles. Many fulltext, though some citation only. Provided by Electronic Library for Minnesota.
- Chimica via Engineering Village
Included in Engineering Village are Chimica, a bibliographic database to scholarly Chemistry journals, and Chemical Business NewsBase:
*Chimica: Covers 600 chemistry journals from 1998 to the present
*Chemical Business NewsBase: Leading chemical business news
- FirstSearch Complete
Over 60 different databases available covering all areas of study. Relevant Databases for Engineering include Dissertation Abstracts International. Need password to enter, check at Reference Desk for help.
- WorldCat
The combined catalog from over 9,000 libraries, including the Library of Congress through FirstSearch.
Internet links by Subject: Engineering
For nonjournal information, try these Web links.
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