The following are selected resources that are available at Fogler Library
or on the Internet. If you have questions about finding information
related to Materials Science, please contact the Science and Engineering
Center: 581-1691 or email Martin Wallace. Or use our
Ask a
Librarian service.
Use these databases to locate citations or full text for journal
articles, conference papers, technical reports and theses. Once you have located relevant articles, search URSUS by journal
or book title to determine if Fogler
Library owns the item. We may own journals in print or online or both
formats. Need to check the record listed as Serials (for print holdings)
and E-Serials (for electronic holdings). Must click on the
"Restricted Access UM" link to see the online holdings. If we do
not own the item you need, consider requesting through Interlibrary
Loan. Remember most of the articles listed in these databases cannot be
located by using a regular web browser such as Google. These databases
provide the means to locating scholarly research articles.
Tips for Searching:
Use truncation to allow for the various spellings of a word. Truncation symbol for most databases is the * (asterisk). For
example: Comput* will retrieve: computer, computing, computers,
computational, etc.
Use double quotes to search for an exact phrase: "fiber
reinforced" will retrieve much more precise results. Searching
without quotes in most databases yields a search for - fiber and
reinforced. Finds the words anywhere in the same record not as a phrase.
Check the length of the article. Would probably
not want to pursue articles under 3 pages unless you are looking for news
items to gather information on companies or research labs making news.
Use synonyms and acronyms to make your search more comprehensive. Link synonyms with 'or' operator. For example: fiber reinforced
plastic* or fibre reinforced plastic* or frp*
Link concepts with the 'and' operator. Use parentheses to group
synonyms together when using one search box. For example: (glued-laminated
beam* or glulam* or wood laminat*) and (bridge* or girder* or
deck panel* )
When you have located some relevant articles, review the abstract and
subject headings of these records. Utilize subject headings for more precise
results. Most databases you can click on a subject heading for a new
search and then refine this new search with additional keywords.
Utilize the bibliography at the end of relevant research papers to expand
your list of resources. Some of these references may have
errors. It has been found that 20% of the references cited will have
an error.
Utilize relevant research papers and use citation searching through the
Web of Science database to locate more recent papers that have cited this
older paper. Can also utilize Google and Scirus to search the
full-text of research articles to find additional references. Great way to
bring your research results more up-to-date and locate new terminology for
searching.
Most relevant databases:
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to
obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes:
author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the
abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference
title). Compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy at Sci Index
TA1.E6, 1884 - 1995.
ASCE Research Library. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. The ASCE Research Library is a
full text database that covers 1995 to the present of ASCE journals and
proceedings. The Civil Engineering Database covers ASCE documents published
1970
to present. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings,
books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. A unique
feature of the database is that it links discussions, closures, and erratas
back to the original records. For coverage prior to 1970, use the
"Cumulative Index to ASCE Publications," 1950 - 1979. Print copy at Sci Index TA1.A53.
Forest
Products Abstracts. Coverage from 1978 to present. Part
of CAB Direct.
Index to all aspects of the forest products literature including wood
properties, timber extraction, conversion, and measurement, damage,
utilization, veneers, composite boards, laminated products, the pulp
industry, and marketing and trade economics. See the Search Tips in
the CAB Direct Help.
Forest Service Database. Reports and research from the U.S. Forest Service. Coverage back to
1904.
Proquest Digital
Dissertations. Indexes
dissertations and theses written by graduates of North American and European
universities. The complete text of dissertations written at the University of
Maine after 1996 is included.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Citation searching provides one method for
bringing your list of references more up- to- date. Take your most
important known papers and use this index to determine if they have been
cited by more recent journal articles. They index over 8,500 journals
but do not include technical reports, conference papers or
theses.
WoodWire. FULL TEXT DATABASE. From Random Lengths Publications, Inc. News resources for the
wood products industry. Also contains price, production, and
trade data and merger and acquisitions news.
INSPEC. Coverage is 1969 - Present. Provides worldwide coverage of the
research literature for the fields of physics, electrical engineering,
electronics, computer hardware and software, control engineering and
information technology. It is produced by the Institution of
Electrical Engineers, Great Britain. Literature is reviewed from over
3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings each year. Database is
updated weekly. Searching in combination with Compendex is recommended and
utilize the "Remove Duplicates" feature. INSPEC
User Manual.
Additional useful databases:
ACS
Journal Archives. Full Text of all ACS journals from volume 1 up
until 5 years ago. Includes important titles: Chemistry of
Materials, Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Natural Products, Langmuir, and
Macromolecules. Provides for locating a known citation or
searching by author, keywords or the full text of the articles.
Academic
Search Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Provides full text for over
3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including
social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering,
and mathematics. Good resource for a few basic articles on a topic. This database is designed for undergraduate research. For a more
comprehensive search, search Academic Search Premier, Business Source
Premier and Master File Premier at the same time. Select the Choose
Databases link in the EBSCO interface to select multiple databases.
Building Materials by McGraw-Hill Sweet's. Comprehensive resource for products and services for the construction
industry. Searchable by company name, trade name, product, or by one or more
of 16 subject divisions, access is provided to detailed information about
the product or company with direct links to company websites and product
descriptions on those websites.
Chemical Abstracts. (Sci Index QD7.C44) Online
access now available through
SciFinder Scholar, 1907 to present. Software needs to be loaded on
your computer to utilize SciFinder Scholar. We have a contract for just one user at a time but the
service is available almost 24/7. This is the major
indexing source for the worldwide chemical literature. Published by the American Chemical Society. Approximately 14,000 journals are monitored, plus patents,
conference proceedings, and other types of literature.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Provides access to the full text of over 1100 free scholarly
journals. Some journals are searchable at the article level. Also
provides access by broad subject areas.
Georef. Coverage: 1785+ for North America and 1933+ for the rest of the world. Produced by the American Geological Institute,
it covers geology and related disciplines including: geochemistry, geophysics, hydrology, mineralogy, and paleontology. Indexes over 3,500 journals as well as books, reports, theses and dissertations, maps, and conference proceedings and corresponds to the following print indexes: Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, Bibliography of Theses in Geology, Geophysical Abstracts, Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, and the Bibliography and Index of Geology. Updated monthly.
Print copy located at Sci Index QE1.G2145
Google
Scholar. Beta version, under construction. Indexes
scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books,
preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar
includes articles from a variety of academic publishers, professional
societies, preprint repositories and universities. They rank results
based on their relevance criteria.
IEEE
Xplore. IEEE Xplore is a searchable
database which includes the 130+ journals published by the IEEE and IEE and
also their conference proceedings and the current edition of IEEE standards.
Indexing extends back to 1988 for all journals and conference proceedings
and further back to 1950 for selected publications. Full text of IEEE
journal articles is available for 1998 to present. Full text is not
available through IEEE Xplore for the IEE journals or IEEE and IEE
conference proceedings and standards. Check URSUS to determine our holdings
of these publications. The database allows simple keyword and phrase
searching or complex search queries employing a variety of operators. Tables
of contents are available for browsing and there is also a useful alerting
service. Register to have an email alert sent of the table of contents when
a new issue is published. We have contracted for 5 simultaneous users.
MasterFILE
Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Provides full text for over 1,830 general
reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text
extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is
available for an additional 1,000 journals. Contains full text of Forest
Products Journal and Wood and Wood Products.
MathSciNet. Coverage is 1940 - Present. Searchable database of citations
and abstracts of mathematical journal articles and books. It also
includes full-text reviews of many of the articles. This is the electronic version
of Mathematical Reviews (Sci Index QA 1 M7) and Current Mathematical
Publications (shelved in Sci Periodicals).
MathSciNet Guidebook. andMathSciNet
Search Help.
MInd: The Meetings
Index. Provides a free databases of future national and
international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.
MSDS Search - National
Repository. FULL TEXT DATABASE. This site pulls together in one place a great many
sites containing material safety data sheets. Large list of
manufacturers is included.
NTRS:NASA Technical
Report Server. This database collects, archives,
and disseminates aerospace information produced by NASA and other
relevant worldwide research.
Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
Science.gov. New improved gateway to
U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are
collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked
order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700
web sites.
Science Citation Index. Paper copy at Sci Index
Q1.A1S36. Holdings are 1965 to present. An excellent multidisciplinary science information source which leads you
to papers that cite a paper of interest, thus resulting in records for articles
that you may not find using traditional subject or keyword searching. To learn how
to use it, ask a Science and Engineering Center librarian. Online
access is available through
Web
of Science.Coverage is 1900 to present.
ScienceDirect. FULL TEXT FOR UMAINE SUBSCRIBED JOURNAL TITLES ONLY (1800+). Online access to full text from 1995 for most titles. Sign up for automatic notification when new issues are published.
Scirus. produced by Elsevier. Use for searching instead of ScienceDirect
interface. Use their Advanced search which provides many options for
full text searching across a variety of databases. Excellent resource
if you are not finding enough using Compendex and other abstract only
databases. Allows deeper searching in the full text of the articles.
Scitopia.
Search over 3.5 million science and technology documents, technical reports,
and patents from Esp@cent, Japan Patent Office, and the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
Virtual
Technical Reports Center.Maintained by the University of
Maryland Libraries. Links to institutions worldwide that provide full text
and indexing to their reports, dissertations, reprints and preprints.
MInd: The Meetings
Index. Provides a free databases of future national and
international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.
New York
Times Article Archive. 1851 - present. Full text of articles
can be purchased online or use the microfilm collection in Fogler Library.
News
on the Web - Archive. Provides links to U.S. and international
newspaper archives that are searchable. Also has links to TV and radio
broadcast archives.
ProQuest
Newspapers. Full text of more than 500 U.S.
and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news
sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers
included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and
selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine
Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).
SciCentral. Gateway to the best
scientific and engineering research news sources
URSUS. University of Maine System
catalog. Use the Request function to request items from other
campuses. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
MaineCat. College and
university libraries in Maine. Use the Request function to request
items from other libraries. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
WorldCat. International catalog containing the holdings of over 8,000 libraries.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
& Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
APA Engineered Wood Handbook. McGraw-Hill, 2002. (ORO Stacks
TA666.A63 2002)
ASD: Allowable stress design: Manual for
Engineered Wood Construction. American
Forest and Paper Association. American Wood Council, 1999. (SciRef TH1111.A82 1999 main vol., guide 1- 4 and suppl. 1 - 6.)
Bilbao Crystallographic Server. Supplies crystallogrphic programs and databases using the International
Table for Crystallography.
Composite Materials Handbook. Military Handbook: MIL 17. ASTM International. (SciRef
TA418.9.C6C664 2002 vol.1-5) Compantion CD-ROM in the Media
Resource Center.
Construction Materials Reference Book. Butterworth,
1992. (SciRef TA403.4.C66 1992)
Construction Materials: types, uses and
applications. 2nd ed. Wiley, 1991. (SciRef TA403.H59
1991)
CRC Materials Science and Engineering
Handbook. 3rd ed. CRC Press, 2001. (SciRef TA403.4.C74
2001) Contains thermal conductivity, tensile strength, yield strength,
hardness, modulus of elasticity, corrosion rates, resistivity, etc.
Design of Wood Structures - ASD.5th ed. By D. E. Breyer. McGraw-Hill, 2003. (ORO Stacks TA666.B473 2003)
Engineering Plastics & Composites.
2nd ed. ASM International, 1993. (SciRef TP 1132.E54 1993)
Lists plastic materials by their trade name and provides their chemical
composition, manufacturer, process types and applications and its mechanical
properties.
Handbook of Corrosion Data. ASM
International, 1995. (SciRef TA462.H37 1995)
Handbook of Corrosion Engineering. McGraw-Hill, 2000. (ORO Stacks TA418.74.R63 2000)
Handbook of Wood Chemistry and Wood Composites. CRC Press, 2005. (ORO Stacks TS932.H36 2005)
Hybrid
Wood and Steel Details. Builders Guide. HUD. 2003. Provides builders and framers with the necessary tools to construct hybrid
wood and steel homes economically.
International Encyclopedia of Composites. VCH Publishers, 1990. (SciRef TA418.9.C6E53 1990, vol.1 - 6.)
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th
ed. John Wiley, 1991. (SciRef TP9.E685 1991) Starting to receive the 5th ed. John Wiley,
2004. (SciRef TP0/K54 2004) Excellent resource for
students and researchers of all levels. Covers all areas of chemical
technology and articles are written by experts in the field. General scientific and technical articles are included.
Extensive bibliographies. May need to consult the 2nd and 3rd
editions for some topics in the ORO stacks.
MatWeb. Your Source
for Materials Information. Materials property data.
Modern Plastics Handbook. McGraw-Hill, 2000. (SciRef TA455.P5M62 2000
NIOSH Pocket Guide to
Chemical Hazards. Contains physical and chemical properties and
exposure hazard information for several hundred chemicals that are common in
the work environment.
NIST Chemistry WebBook. Contains spectral, thermochemical, thermophysical and energetics data.
NIST Data Gateway. Covers a broad range of substances and properties from many different
scientific disciplines. U.S. National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. (SciRef TP151.P45) Comprehensive one volume data source for chemical engineers.
PGM Database. Comprehensive collection of physical, chemical and mechanical properties for
the platinum metals group (Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Irridium, Osmium,
and Ruthenium).
Plastics Engineering Handbook of the
Society of Plastics Industry. 5th ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1991. (SciRef TP1130.S58 1991)
Plastics Technology Handbook. 2nd
ed. M. Dekker, 1993. Discussion focuses on characterisitics of
polymer, fabrication and testing procedures and uses and applications for
polymers. (SciRef TA455.P5C46 1993)
Plastics Technology: Processing Handbook
and Buyer's Guide. 2000/2001. (SciRef TP1130.P5)
Polymer Data Handbook. Oxford Univ., 1999. (SciRef TA455.P58P675
1999) See also
online
version.
Wood Engineering and Construction Handbook 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1997. (SciRef TA666.W63 1997)
Wood Engineering Handbook. 2nd
ed. Forest Products Laboratory. (SciRef TA419.W78 2000) Good
starting point for background information and list of references on a
topic. Contains physical and mechanical properties of woods. (Note:
1st edition in ORO Stacks TA419.W66 1999) Online version at: http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr113/fplgtr113.htm
Wood Structural Design Data. 1986 edition with 1992 revisions. American Forest and Paper
Association. (1986 ed. also in ORO Stacks TA666.W64 1986)
Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain (SciRef TA407.2.R6 2001)
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial
Materials. 10th ed. Wiley, 2000. (SciRef T55.3.H3L494
2000, v. 1-3)
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers,5th ed. Ed. by
Jonathan Ricketts. McGraw-Hill, 2004. (SciRef
TA151.S8 2004)
Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations. (SciRef TA332.S73 1995)
Standard Handbook of Environmental
Engineering. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1999. (SciRef TD145.S72
1999)
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science,
Health and Technology. McGraw-Hill, 2000. (SciRef GE123.S73 2000)
SubsTech. A free and open knowledge source on Materials Engineering. It
contains a wide range of illustrated articles on metals, ceramics,
polymers, composites and fluids including their properties, applications
and technologies for their manufacture.
Each article includes a list of useful links related to the article content.
Users can create their own Expert page, edit the site content, add new
articles and contribute to discussions.
Tables of Integrals, Series, and Products (SciRef QA55.G6613 2000)
National Standards Systems Network (NSSN). Searchable bibliographic database of
thousands of industrial standards and specifications and links to many
standards-issuing organizations.
American Society of Testing and
Materials. Annual Book of ASTM Standards. (SciRef TA401.A653 Standards shelves) Have started to receive the 2004 edition. Have 2002 edition complete. 2000 edition and
other older editions in ORO Stacks.
Online index to ASTM Standards.
ASD: Allowable stress design: Manual for
Engineered Wood Construction. American
Forest and Paper Association. American Wood Council, 1999. (SciRef TH1111.A82 1999 main vol., guide 1- 4 and suppl. 1 - 6.)
International Building Code. 2006 edition. International Code Council. (SciRef TH420 .I58 2006).
Standard for load resistance factor design (LRFD) for engineered
wood construction. ASCE, 1996. (ORO Stacks TA666.A52
1996)
Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater. 20th ed. American Public Health Asoc,
American Water Works Assoc. and Water Environment Federation. (SciRef
QD142.A5 20th ed. 1998 Standards Shelves)
Standard Specifications for Highway
Bridges.. (SciRef TG310.A6 1996 Standards shelves) A nationally recognized
set of standards published by the American Association of Highway and
Transportation Officials (AASHTO).
Standard Specifications, Highways and
Bridges.. (SciRef TE5062.M2M2 Standards shelves) The official guidelines from the State of Maine Department of
Transportation. A second copy of this state document is housed in the
Special Collections department (St. Docs. T 76.5:St2/995).
Standard Specifications for
Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing. (SciRef TE200.A615 Standards shelves)
Uniform Building Code. International
Conference of Building Officials, 1997. (SciRef KF5701.U55 1997 vol.1
- 3 Standards Shelves) 1997 is latest edition.
U.S. Patent Database. Full page image of patents from 1790 to the present. Searching by
title and abstracts words, full text of patent, inventor or assignee is
only available for 1976 to the present. Comprehensive searching requires
the use of the Patent
Classification System. See the tutorial
for assistance in utilizing all the capabilities of this database. Fee schedule for 2005.
European Patent Office. esp@cenet.
Search EP, PCT, Japanese, and other worldwide patents.
ChemAlliance. Regulatory
information for the chemical industries.
ChemBiofinder. Allows free search of chemical structures. Displays physical
properties and hyperlinks to other web sites for your compound.
Corrosion
Source. Provides introductory materials and technical data on various
aspects of corrosion in a variety of materials.
E-Composites.com. Provides
marketing, commercialization, recruiting services and information.
Information library contains CompositesWeek Newletter and Materials
database, Suppliers Directory and Calendar of Events.
Materials
Science Resources on the web. Iowa State University. Categories include ceramics, composites, metals, polymers, property data,
semiconductors, and surfaces and corrosion.
National Science Digital Library. A digital library of
exemplary resource collections and services, organized in
support of science education at all levels.
Wood Links. Compiled by the Wood Design and Building Magazine. Contains products,
services, associations, standards and design and construction sites.
Society of Women
Engineers (SWE). A not-for-profit educational and service
organization that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career
aspiration for women.
Forest Products = Produits
forestiers = Productos forestales. FAO Yearbook, 2001. (SciRef HD9750.4.Y4 2000) Compilation of statistical
data on basic forest products in all countries including roundwood, wood
chips, lumber, wood-based panels, pulp and paper.
Global Pulp & Paper Fact & Price Book 2006. RISI. (SciRef HD9824.1.P85
2006). Provides market data, key statistics and grade overviews for all
major grades of pulp and paper.
WoodWire. From Random Lengths Publications, Inc. News resources for the
wood products industry. Also contains price, production, and
trade data and merger and acquisitions news.
CHEMINFO.
chemical information sources. Produced by Indiana University.
Directory of the Wood Products Industry.
(Buyers and Sellers Directory of the Forest Products Industry). Random Lengths, 2004. (SciRef HD9753.D57 2004) Directory
of sawmills, board manufacturers, exporters, etc.
JEC
Composites.com. Lists over 3000 companies. Also provides
news and technology updates.
Lumber & panel company profiles
: performance and strategy analysis of the largest North American
companies. Miller Freeman, 1998. (SciRef
HD9754.L8 1998)
Wood and Wood Products. Red Book. Comprehensive guide to equipment, supplies and services. Reference charts provides details on machines and supplies. Available online
and in print. Print copy located with the journal Wood and Wood Products.
Woodweb. Contains product
directories, discussion forums, and newstand.
