Overview of materials science and engineering
Use this guide to perform background research to refine a research topic, confirm terminology, find handbooks that cover processes and materials, and get a general understanding before finding books and articles to support a research project.
Getting started with academic research | Overview of materials science and engineering | Recommended databases | Properties of materials
CRC Engineering Handbooks Online - CRCnetBASE
CRC Engineering Handbooks Online - CRCnetBASE
Search or browse across the full text of over 1800 CRC engineering handbooks. Each chapter is available as a downloadable PDF. Our subscription does not include every ebook available through CRCnetBASE; be sure to limit to "Full access content only" when searching.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Searchable and browsable ebook version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Interactive tables allow live sorting, filtering, and exporting of the data. 92nd Edition, 2011-2012.
ASM Handbooks Online
ASM Handbooks Online
ASM Handbooks Online features the complete content of twenty-four ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions (the Engineered Materials Handbook and the Metals Handbook). All content is HTML.
Knovel Online Interactive Library
Knovel Online Interactive Library
Knovel provides a large collection of ebooks on engineering and related subjects. Each chapter is presented as a separate PDF. The entire collection is full-text searchable, and many results include interactive tables. Includes tables of properties for over 13,000 chemical compounds. Limited to simultaneous users.
Chemistry: Foundations and Applications from Gale Virtual Reference Library
Chemistry: Foundations and Applications from Gale Virtual Reference Library
Chemistry: Foundations and Applications provides full-text reference articles in HTML and PDF on all aspects of chemistry, including biographies of prominent chemists.
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Patents and trademarks
This list of resources will enable you to retrieve most U.S. patents or trademarks, if you have a specific citation. However, if you have a product idea and want to determine if a similar item has been patented, searching these resources to determine patentability may be difficult.
