Databases for Engineering

 Databases to try first
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Advanced Polymers Abstracts Image Tips

Technical information about the uses, manufacturing, and properties of thermoset and thermoplastic resins.

a subset of Engineered Materials Abstracts database


1986- present

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Aluminium Industry Abstracts Image Tips

Aluminium, production processes, products, applications, and business developments.

1972 - present

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CSA

Annual Reviews Image Image Tips

Sciences and social sciences

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Annual reviews

ASCE Journals fulltext icon Image Tips

Civil engineering. International.

1995 - present

more information

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ASCE website

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image Tips

Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

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Cambridge journals website

Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts Image Tips

Manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. International

1975 - present

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CSA

Chem Alert Image Image Tips

Chemical hazards, safety, toxicology

Current

CHEMnetBASE fulltext icon Image Tips

Chemistry dictionaries and handbooks International.

Dates vary

more information

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Chapman and Hall/CRC

Compendex no quota Tips

Engineering and technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Engineering Village website

Composites Industry Abstracts Tips

Polymers and ceramics reinforced with fibers, honeycombs, whiskers and laminates

a subset of Engineered Materials Abstracts database

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CSA

Conference Proceedings Citation Index noquota Tips Conference papers and citations. Choose Science or Social Science and Humanities
1991- present
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Thomson Reuters
Copper Technical Reference Library
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Copper, copper alloys and copper technology. International

1965 - present

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CSA

Corrosion Abstracts Image Tips

Corrosion science and engineering. International
1980 - present

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CSA

CSIRO Online fulltext icon Image Tips

Scientific research. Fulltext access to UOW subscriptions only. Australian.

1997 - present

more information

CSIRO website.

Current Contents Connect Image Tips

Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

more information

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Directory of Open access Journals Image Image Tips

Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

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DOAJ site

Encyclopedia of Materials fulltext icon Image Tips

Material science. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

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ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Image Image Tips

All aspects of nanoscale science and technology dealing.

Published 2004

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American Scientific Publishers, accessed on IngentaSelect

ENGINE Image Tips

All branches of engineering. Australian.

1980 - present

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Informit

Engineered Materials Abstracts Image Tips

Polymers, ceramics, and composites in structural and other advanced applications. International

1986 - present

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CSA

Engineering Village  Tips

Engineering and technology, International

1969 - present

Library has Compendex on this platform

Engineering Village website

ENVIROnetBASE Image Image Tips

Environmental science and engineering e-books

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CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Georef 1785 -

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Geosciences. North American until 1933 then international.

1785 - present

more information

Ovid.

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics fulltext icon Image Tips

Scientific data for chemistry and physics. International.

83rd ed. 2003

more information

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Chapman and Hall/CRC

HighWirePress partial fulltext icon Image Tips

Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International

Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed.

more information

Stanford U. P.

IEEExplore fulltext icon Image Tips

Electrical and electronic engineering. International.

1988 - present

more information

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IEEExplore website

Informaworld Image Image Tips

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

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Inspec Image Tips

Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

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Ovid

Institute of Physics - Journals   Image  

Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics.

First volumes to present

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IOP website

Materials Business File Image Tips

Industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. International

1985- present

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CSA

Materials Research Database Image Tips

Materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. International

1966 - present

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CSA

Metadex Image Tips

Metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. International.

1966 - present

more information

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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

Mineralogical Abstracts (Minabs Online) Image Tips

Mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy. International.

1982 - present

Mineralogical Society

Polymers: A Property Database fulltext icon  Image Tips

Physical properties of polymers, scientific and trade information. International

more information

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Chapman and Hall/CRC

Proquest Central partial fulltext icon quota free Tips

Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

more information

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Proquest.

 

SAI Global fulltext icon quota free Tips

Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian.

Current and draft standards.

International standards may be unlocked and made available.

Preferred browser Internet Explorer

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SAI global website.

ScienceDirect Image Image Tips

Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

more information

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ScienceDirect website

SciFinder Scholar / Chemical Abstracts

Web version access (once you have registered) 

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Chemistry and many other science and technology applications.

International.

1907 - present

Now available, Scifinder Scholar Web version. 

Please email ngrant@uow.edu.au for registration details. The link previously here has been removed temporarily. Please accept our apologies

Note: Web version uses secure http. This can cause security certificate warnings when using IE because the University's generic security certificate can appear as a mismatch with the EZproxy server. It is OK to use the link that states "Continue to this website (not recommended)." 

Users who are using an IE browser will be able to get ready access if they uncheck the option to "Warn about certificate address mismatch". This warning is designed to alert users that the security certificate presented by this website was issued for a different website’s address. In this instance, it is because the University uses generic security certificates so they do not exactly match the servers the traffic is coming from and so cause the error message.  Go into: Tools->Internet Options->Advanced->”Warn about certificate address mismatch” uncheck the box and restart your browser. You might like to revert to having the warning once you have finished using Scifinder Scholar.

When using reaction or substance search problems will be encountered if you do not have the Java 6 installed.  More information about browsers and Java requirements

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CAS Website

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater      

All aspects of water and wastewater analysis techniques.

Latest edition

Standard Methods website

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Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.

Dates vary

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Springerlink

Web of Knowledge Image Tips

Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science Image Tips

Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

more information

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ISI Web of Knowledge

Weldasearch Image Tips

Welding and allied processes

1967 - present

International

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CSA

Wiley Interscience fulltext icon Image Tips

Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.

Dates vary according to title

more information

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Wiley

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 Other relevant databases
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Australian Architecture Database (ARCH) Image Tips

Architects, architecture, building, interior design and landscape architecture. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

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Informit

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI) Image Tips

Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian.

1970 - present

more information

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Informit

Australian Transport Index (ATRI) Image Tips

Road safety, transport economics, transport administration, i public transport, road and airfield pavements, road design and engineering, traffic engineering and control, vehicle design and safety. Australian.

1976 - present

more information

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Informit

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image Tips

General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

more information

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Gale InfoTrac

Factiva Image Image Tips

Newspaper and company information

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Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

The site uses secure http. The certificate on the Library's EZproxy server can cause an error. If you are warned about a security error and recommended not to proceed it is OK to do so in this instance. It is possible with IE browsers to turn off the warning about certificate mismatches but it can be a valid warning, so take this option with care.

SCANfile Image Tips

Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

more information

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Informit

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Last reviewed: 13 November, 2009

       

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