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Library resources for the field of Materials Science
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The most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records. Coverage: 1884 – present.
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SciFinder is the most comprehensive bibliographic database for scholarly research in the field of chemistry. It contains over 29 million citations and indexes over 10,000 journals, covering all aspects of chemistry, including chemical aspects of: biology and life sciences, engineering and materials science, food science, geology, medicine, physics, and polymer science. SciFinder also allows searching of chemical substances, chemical reactions, and includes some property data and spectra. It is the online version of Chemical Abstracts. Coverage: 1907 – present (with selected pre-1907 material). Cited Reference Searching: 1996 – present.
Use Web of Science to find scholarly articles in all disciplines, including chemical engineering and materials science. This database can also be used to identify articles that cite an author or article that you specify. Coverage: 1900 – present. Cited Reference Searching: 1900 – present.
Scopus indexes, selectively abstracts and provides citation analysis for approximately 20,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 5,000 international publishers, as well as 2,600 open access journals, published sets of conference proceedings, trade publications, books, patents (from the USPTO, European Patent Office, Japan Patent office, World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Intellectual Property Office) and millions of selected web pages. Coverage extends across disciplines in the life and health sciences, the physical sciences, the social sciences and the arts and humanities.
Electrochemical Society Digital Library
Searchable online access to the various journals, books, and other collections published by The Electrochemical Society. Includes full-text from the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, and the ECS Transactions. Coverage: varies, some full-text back to 1955.
Citations from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, information technology and materials science. Coverage: 1898 – present.
MRS Online Proceedings Library
Features over 50,000 peer-reviewed papers presented at MRS Meetings. Coverage: 1980-present.
SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) Technical Resources
Search the 5 SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) technical journals, ANTEC Proceedings, and TOPCON Proceedings.
Articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals for the humanities, social sciences, physical and biological sciences, engineering, business and interdisciplinary fields, with over 5,500 full-text periodicals. Also includes indexing for some newspapers, books and primary sources. Coverage: 1887 – present.
The Library Catalog tells you what the UC Davis library owns, what the call number is, where it is located, and whether or not it is checked out. If there is an electronic version that we subscribe to, the link will be in the catalog.
Use the catalog to locate books, journals, government documents, dissertations, maps, music scores & recordings, movies, and any other materials the library owns.
The MELVYL catalog tells you what all UC campus libraries own, and also searches other institutions. As with the UCD Library Catalog, MELVYL gives records for books, journals, government documents, dissertations, maps, music scores & recordings, movies, and other materials.
MELVYL does index some articles but is not a good option for searching for articles in the sciences. (Click on the ARTICLES link in this guide to access article databases.)
The REQUEST button: 
allows you to request items from other institutions (UC and non-UC).
Library catalogs only search catalog entries (author, title, subject indexing, etc) not the full text of the book
Google Books searches full-text of books (only titles that Google has scanned), but you cannot access most of them (because they are still under copyright)
But you can use Google Books to identify titles you might be interested in.
–Use Google Books to search for phrases or topics you are intereted in (works well for technical terms).
–Then search for the title of the book(s) in the UCD Library Catalog or Melvyl
The ChemWiki is a collaborative approach toward chemistry education where an Open Access textbook environment is constantly being written and re-written by students and faculty members resulting in a free Chemistry textbook to supplant conventional paper-based books. The development of the ChemWiki is currently directed by UC Davis Professor Delmar Larsen.
The UC Davis STEMWiki Hyperlibrary consists of seven pseudo-independently operating and interconnected “STEMWikis” that focus on augmenting post-secondary education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
OCLC catalog: millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide. Coverage: 1000 A.D. to the present.
UC Davis has the ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium books online from 1974 on. Volumes published in 2010 and earlier are also available in print.
To locate a print volume: search the Library Catalog for “ACS Symposium” then add either the volume number or title you want.
Founded in 1949, Advances in Chemistry series was the predecessor to the ACS Symposium Series.
Critical reviews covering primary research literature in the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Can provide a good overview topics you are not familiar with. Chemical fields covered include: analytical chemistry; biochemistry; physical chemistry; pharmacology and toxicology; and chemical and biomolecular engineering.
Online: 1996 – present.
Tables of Contents only: 1984 – 1995. Use the library catalog to find these in print.
Theo Hahn; U. Shmueli; A. J. C. Wilson (editors). 1984-2012. Dordrecht, Holland; Boston, U.S.A. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, most current volumes availale through Wiley.
Use the link above or this alternate link to access the volumes below.
Volume A1 Symmetry Relations Between Space Groups Volume B Reciprocal space Volume C Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Tables Volume D Physical Properties of Crystals Volume E Subperiodic Groups Volume F Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules Volume G Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data
Norman F.M. Henry & Kathleen Lonsdale (Editors), International Union of Crystallography, Kynoch Press 1969. Freely available via Internet Archive.
Volume 1: Symmetry Groups (also in print: PSE Library QD945 .I55) Volume 2: Mathematical Tables (also in print: PSE Library QD945 .I55) Volume 3: Physical & Chemical Tables (also in print: PSE Library QD945 .I55) Volume 4: Revised and supplementary tables to volumes 2 and 3 (print only: PSE Library QD945 .I55)
The RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) ebooks package, includes over 1000 books published since 1968, including the Specialist Periodical Reports series and Tutorial Chemistry Texts.
Springer ebooks package includes over 28,000 scholarly books, covering all scientific disciplines. Books are published in English and German. Book series in chemistry include:
Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology Advances in Polymer Science Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science Structure & Bonding Topics in Current Chemistry Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry Topics in Organometallic Chemistry
Over 1300 ebooks focused on chemistry, physical sciences, biosciences & engineering. The UC’s purchased all 2011 and 2012 ebooks, including IEEE ebooks (older years on IEEE Xplore platform).
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Use the UCD Library Catalog or MELVYL catalog to find which journals we subscribe to, either online or in print.
Online subscriptions: the catalog will give the link. NOTE: we sometimes get online content for different years from different sources, R-E-A-D the fine print.
Print subscriptions: the catalog will give you the call number, location, and indicate whether or not it is checked out.
Print and online journals that UC Davis has an online subscription to.
You can use Google Scholar to search for journals (or articles). Google has no way of telling you which online journals UC Davis subscribes to, unless you set your Google Scholar preferences to show UC-eLinks (see below).
On-Campus: You should be able to access any online journal that UC Davis subscribes to.
Off-Campus: You must install the VPN client first, to access online journals UC Davis subscribes to.
No UCD Online Subscription?: We may have a print subscription. Check the library catalog . If we do not have a print or online subscription, you can request articles through Interlibrary Loan.
Enabling the 2 features below will make your Google searches easier and more productive.
1. Add UC-eLinks: this will make it easier to access the journal articles we subscribe to
2. Add “Import into Endnote” this will make it easier to import citations to the Endnote citation management software.
You can make these changes (detailed instructions below) from either:
Now when you search in Google Scholar: you should see the ‘UC-eLinks link on the right side of your search results.
Now when you search in Google Scholar: you should see the ‘Import into EndNote’ link below each of your search results.
CRCNetBase: Engineering Handbooks
A large collection of online engineering handbooks, full-text and searchable. Extremely useful for:
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
An online encyclopedia focused on chemical engineering, a very good resource for topics involving manufactured items, materials, or processes used in manufacturing.
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
Another online encyclopedia focused on chemical engineering, Ullmann’s is also a very good resource for topics involving manufactured items, materials, or processes used in manufacturing.
Characterization of Materials
Print Location: PSE Reference TA404.2 .C48 2012
Concise encyclopedia of materials for energy systems
Print Location: PSE Reference TK1005 .C665 2009
Concise encyclopedia of materials processing
Print Location: PSE Reference TA402 .M37 2009
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Print Location: PSE Reference TP1110 .E53 2003
Properties tab, Chemistry Subject Guide
Handbooks/Properties tab, Chemical Engineering Subject Guide
A very large collection of engineering handbooks. Provides a broad focus on engineering.
McGraw Hill’s Access Engineering (via CDL hosted site)
A large collection of engineering handbooks.
Alloy Phase Diagram Center Online
The ASM Alloy Phase Diagrams Center allows users to explore, search and view more than 11,000 binary and ternary phase diagrams and associated phase data for more than 2400 systems.
Applied Materials Science:
Applications of Engineering Materials in Structural, Electronics, Thermal, and Other Industries
Location: PSE TA403 .C47 2001
Features the complete content of ASM (Metals) Handbooks volumes 1-23, and 2 desk editions (Engineered Materials Desk Edition and Metals Handbook Desk Edition).
Also in print at PSE Reference TA459 M43 1990
Composite Materials Handbook, MIL-HDBK-17 (See “MIL-HDBKs & MMPDS” section below)
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 3rd edition
PSE Reference TA403.4 .C74 2001
Engineered Materials Handbook, Desk Edition
Also in print: PSE Reference TA459 M288 1998
Use toolbar on right, Engineered Materials Desk Edition, is listed under ASM Desk Editions and General Reference.
Engineered Materials Handbook, 4 volume set
PSE Reference TA403 E497 1987
Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology
PSE Reference TA418.9 N35 H36 2000
MatWeb: the Online Materials Information Resource
Metals Handbook
The Metals Handbook is an earlier edition of the ASM (Metals) Handbook Consult the online edition for the most recent information.
PSE Reference TA459 A5 1978 (17 volume set)
Use toolbar on right, Metals Handbook Desk Edition, is listed under ASM Desk Editions and General Reference.
Also in print: PSE Reference TA459 M288 1998
MIL-HDBK-17: Composite Materials Handbook, MIL-HDBK-17 June 2002
MIL-HDBK 5 (rev. J): Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures
January 2003
MMPDS-01: Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization
January 2003
Available though the NTRL database, logon via VPN for off-campus access (UCD students, faculty & staff only)
MMPDS-04: Metallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization (plus change notice 1)
April 2009
Available on CD-ROM, ask for it at PSE Library Circulation Desk: TL698 .M48 2009 CD-ROM
Modeling and Simulation for Material Selection and Mechanical Design, 2004
Location: PSE TN698 .M63 2004
NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables
PSE Reference QD511 N57 1998
Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material
USDA, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190, April 2010
Overview of Standards resources available at UC Davis ___________________________________ ...
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an independent, non-profit, community-driven organization that provides unique, persistent identifiers (ORCID iDs) for researchers in all fields.
ORCID iDs:
Go to ORCID and click “register now” to obtain an ORCID iD.
Recommended:
All aspects of your ORCID record are entirely under your control.
If you have publications indexed in Google Scholar, you can create a profile that will show up when people search on your name. It will display your publications, any information you provide, and a set of metrics including h-index.
Go to Google Scholar Citations and sign in with your Google account. You will then be asked for your name, affiliation, etc. Next, Google Scholar will automatically suggest publications to add to your profile. Select the ones that are yours to add to your profile. Add your research interests as keywords, which can then be used to search on by people looking for other researchers in a field.
A Google Scholar profile will show up at the top of results when people search for your publications in Google Scholar. It increases visibility of your work by providing a bibliography, indicates which publications are yours if you share a common name. It also shows a citation count to your work, provides an H-index measure.
See Google’s FAQ for answers to how to add missing publications or correct other errors.
Search Google for: “Verified email at ucdavis.edu” chemistry -label [replace “chemistry” with subject/topic of interest]
Or click: Verified email at ucdavis.edu” chemistry -label
Altmetrics: is a term coined in 2010 to refer to metrics that offer alternative (or additional options) to widely accepted metrics such as journal impact factor, number of citations to a given article, h-index, etc. Altmetrics provides a social media profile for an article, including: blogs, tweets, Facebook, Google+, CiteULike, Wikipedia, Mendeley, Connotea, Reddit, and news outlets that have referenced the article. Includes links to postings and metrics.
Altmetrics Bookmarklet: is available free.
Go to: Altmetrics Bookmarklet
Grab and drag the ALTMETRICS Bookmarklet to your toolbar.
Altmetrics sells access to three products: Explorer, Embeddable badges, Altmetric API.
Add the Altmetrics Bookmarklet to your tool bar, visit any paper available online, click the bookmarklet to get article level metrics for that paper. Track the impact of your articles, or articles of interest to you, in social media.
Researcher ID is a unique identifier scheme developed by Thompson Reuters and used in Web of Science as well as being compatible with other ID schemes.
Go to ResearcherID and click “join now”, and enter your information. You will be sent an email; click on the link in the email and finish entering your information (such as your
institution name) to create the ResearcherID. You will then be able to link the ID to ORCID.
ResearcherID, like ORCID and SCOPUS author ID, is used to tell authors with similar names apart and produce profiles of author work. If you use Endnote or Web of Science, ResearcherID ties into these systems seamlessly. Use your ResearcherID on your CV, grants, and other profiles.
Once you have gotten the ResearcherID, you can add to your publications list by clicking “add publications” and then searching Web of Science, adding a RIS file from Endnote or RefManager, or connecting directly to Endnote. You can also connect to ORCID, and import the publications from your ORCID profile (or vice-versa).
SCOPUS is a database of literature from all fields, produced by Elsevier. The database automatically assigns unique ID numbers to authors. These IDs help SCOPUS distinguish between similarly-named authors as well as helping to group all the documents by an author together.
If you have publications indexed by SCOPUS, you have automatically been assigned a SCOPUS author ID number. You can check this by going to SCOPUS and entering your information.
In addition to being the tool SCOPUS uses to identify authors, some grant agencies will ask you for SCOPUS ID numbers.
How to improve your profile and correct errors.
If there are errors in your profile, you can fill out the author feedback form: in SCOPUS, run an author search, click on the author’s name, then on the link that says “request author detail corrections.”
You can add your SCOPUS ID to your ORCID profile by clicking “add to ORCID” from your author page in SCOPUS; directions are here. Once you do this, you will be asked to log into ORCID, to verify that you authorize SCOPUS to access your ORCID account, and then you will walk through adding the appropriate SCOPUS profile and publications to your ORCID profile.
Endnote is citation management software that allows you to store, manage, and format bibliographic citations, and easily change formatting of citations in Word documents. Available free to UC Davis students, faculty & staff (campus has a site license).
Two versions are available:
(Covers both versions):
Citation Guides:
Commonly used citation styles including: APA, CSE, Chicago, MLA and others.
ACS Style Guide, Chapter 14:
American Chemical Society (ACS) guidelines for citations of all types. See Table 14-2 (pgs 292-293) for common types of references with examples.
ACS Style Guide: An important reference for all chemists. In addition to providing citation guidelines, the ACS Style Guide includes chapters on:
Print: PSE Library Reference: QD8.5 A25 [YEAR]
CASSI Journal Abbreviations:
Use to look up journal abbreviations used in chemistry.
Engineering: IEEE Citation Style Guide 3 page PDF
Short & efficient guide to IEEE/engineering citation format.
Engineering: IEEE Editorial Style Manual for Authors 23 page PDF
General writing guidelines for IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters
Engineering: IEEE Reference Guide 40 page PDF
Citation formats and editorial guidelines for IEEE Transactions, Journals, and Letters.
Mendeley is citation management software.
Creating an account will give you access to both the web version and the desktop version.
Covers:
