Research Experience for Undergraduates UO Libraries

Research Experience for Undergraduates

Summer 2008

Selected Library Resources in Materials Science

Getting Started

Library Web Sites

Finding Facts

Handbooks, Tables, Encyclopedias, etc.

Composite

index for CRC handbooks, 3rd ed

 SCI

REF

QD65

.C74 1991

  • Tables come and go with each edition

    of the CRC Handbook. This index will point you to the edition that

    has the table you need, and to specialized CRC handbooks you didn't

    even know existed.

Dictionary

of pure and applied physics

 SCI

REF

QC5

.D485 2001
  • More

    applied than pure.
Encyclopedia

of materials: science and technology

 SCI

REF

TA402

.E53 2001
  • 11 volumes

    of information, from quantum dots to sporting materials.

  
 Encyclopedia

of physical science and technology

, 3rd ed.		 SCI

REF

Q123 .E497 2002
  • This

    18-volume work covers physics, chemistry, engineering and materials

    science.

  
Encyclopedia

of polymer science and technology

, 3rd ed. (8 vols.)		 SCI

REF

TP1110 .E53 2003

Fundamental

Physical Constants

 Web site
  • CODATA Internationally recommended values of the Fundamental Physical

    Constants
Handbook

of conducting polymers

, 2nd ed.		 SCI

REF

QD382

.C66 H36 1998
Handbook of nanophase and nanostructured materials TA418.9.N35

H358 2003

Handbook

of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology

 TA418.9.N35

H36 2000
Handbook

of optical materials

 SCI

REF

QC374

.W43 2003
  • Compilation

    of physical properties.

Handbook

of organic conductive molecules and polymers

 (4 vols.)		 SCI

REF

QD382

.C66 H38
Handbook

of vibrational spectroscopy

 		SCI

REF

QD96.V53

H36 2002
  • 5 vols;

    includes applications to materials science.

  
Index

to Physical, Chemical and Other Property Data

 Web site
  • From Arizona

    State-some of the online resources are for ASU only, but many

    of the books can also be found in the UO Science Library.

[Kirk-Othmer]

Encyclopedia of chemical technology

, 4th ed 		SCI

REF

TP9

.E685 1991
  • The

    "classic" reference work on applied chemistry (27 vols.)

Materials

handbook : a concise desktop reference

 Materials

handbook : a concise desktop reference
  • Physical

    and chemical properties of "all classes of materials."

  
NIST Chemistry

WebBook

 Web site
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology thermochemical, thermophysical

    and spectral data for thousands of compounds and reactions.

  
NMRShiftDB Web site
  • An open access NMR database for compound identification and support

    for computer-assisted structure elucidation. Contains about 10,000 structures

    and assigned spectra, with new datasets constantly added.
Optics encyclopedia: basic foundations and practical applications SCI REF QC351.2 .O62 2004
  • Want an explanation of interferometry and all the different types of interferometers? This is the place.
 Photonics

rules of thumb: Optics, electro-optics, fiber optics, and lasers, 2nd

ed.

 SCI

REF

TA1520

.M55 2004
Polymer

handbook

 SCI

REF

QD388 .P65 1999
  • Tables

    of properties, etc

Properties

of optical and laser-related materials : a handbook

 SCI REF

QC374

.N55 1997
Springer Handbook of atomic, molecular, and optical physics

SCI REF QC173 .S5985 2006
Springer

handbook of condensed matter and materials data

 SCI REF QC173.454 .S67 2005
  • Properties and other information on many classes of materials.
  

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Finding Journal Articles

Except for SciFinder

Scholar, all of the following can be accessed from the UO Libraries home page,

on the left, under articles, where you may specify a database. Or, you

can use the OneSearch option under the "articles" tab in the header of

any page.

Most of these databases

offer the FindText service. Look for the button: Click on the FindText button

to see if UO has the article in electronic full-text. If not, you can check

if the UO Libraries own a print copy of the journal containing an article

you want, or request it from another library.

ArticleFirst

  • An interdisciplinary article citation database, heavy on science and technology,

    covering over 13,000 journals, 1990 to present. It is most useful for citation

    verification and making interlibrary loan requests directly from the database.

ArXiv

  • The physics and math e-print archive. See particularly Condensed Matter

    and Quantum Physics.

Google Scholar

  • A mixed bag, but can be helpful as it searches the full text of

    pdfs. A good source for "grey" literature such as government reports,

    etc. Be sure to connect from the library's web site so as to get the

    FindText connection and access to our online journals.

INSPEC

  • The most comprehensive index available for the physics literature, covering

    from 1969 to the present.

SciFinder

Scholar

  • SciFinder Scholar is a desktop research tool for information on chemical

    and chemistry-related topics. Available on the Science Library computers. Access is limited to UO faculty, students and staff, and to two users

    at a time.

Web

of Science

  • Web version of the Science Citation Index from 1975 to the present. This

    interdisciplinary database allows you to find out who has cited a known

    reference, as well as search for current research articles by author, topic,

    etc.

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