(Brauer Math/Physics Library is abbreviated M/P in the library catalog.)


I. ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

A. Select list of Materials Science E-Journals available at UNC-Chapel Hill

B. Article Databases

INSPEC (1898-present)
The core database in this discipline, INSPEC is the world's largest bibliographic database for the fields of physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering, and information technology.

ISI Web of Science (1980-present)
Including Science Citation Index Expanded, the ISI Citation Databases provide cited reference searching of the scholarly literature in many disciplines.

SciFinder Scholar/CAS (1967-present)
SciFinder Scholar provides access to the wealth of scientific information in the Chemical Abstracts Service databases. Its content includes patents, technical reports, journal articles, information about chemical substances, reactions, and suppliers and much more. Since it requires special client software, SciFinder is only available on campus in the Kenan Chemistry Library and the Health Sciences Library.

C. Journal Collections (with full text and search and browse capabilities)

IEEE Xplore (1988-present, select content from 1950 onwards)
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Xplore provides access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, select content from 1950 onwards, and all current IEEE standards.

Kluwer Journals Online
Kluwer Journals Online is the gateway to journals published under the various Kluwer imprints.

LINK Springer Online
LINK is an information service that provides access to Springer journals and book series.

ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect serves as a gateway to selected journals published by Elsevier and its partners.

D. Preprint Sources

APS E-print Server
The predecessor of arXiv.org, this site contains e-prints submitted up to May 31, 2000.

ArXiv.org e-Print archive (Cornell University)
ArXiv.org provides access to scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, non-linear science, and computer science. A link to recent articles in materials science is included under Condensed Matter Physics.

E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers (Department of Energy)
This resource provides access to e-prints and other scientific information on thousands of websites and databases around the world. It permits browsing by scientific discipline in addition to a Deep Web search capability that combines full-text searching of PDF documents on e-print websites with a distributed search across e-print databases.

E. E-Books

The Online Books Page (University of Pennsylvania)
This source provides links to numerous free online books and serials. It offers searching and browsing by title, author and subject, as well as other useful content and features.

F. Reference Sources

AccessScience
AccessScience serves as the online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

STATSnetBASE
STATSnetBASE provides full text access to statistics reference sources published by CRC Press. Its content includes statistics in business, law, medicine, physics, and many other scientific disciplines.

G. Complete list of Science and Technology Databases available at UNC-Chapel Hill


II. PRINT RESOURCES (located in the Brauer Math/Physics Library)

A. Indexes and Abstracts

Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900; Subject Index    MP Z7403.R881 v. 2-3
These volumes provides subject access to nineteenth century scholarly work in physics. No author index is available.

Physics Abstracts (1941-present)
A continuation of Science Abstracts, later volumes of this source are accessible electronically through INSPEC.

Science Abstracts (1898-1940)
This source covers journal articles, conference proceedings, and published reports in physics and related fields. Each issue contains subject and author indexes, with cumulative indexes available in separate volumes. The title is continued by Physics Abstracts.

B. Reference Sources

Comprehensive Composite Materials    MP REF TA418.9.C6 2000
This six-volume set covers key aspects of naturally occurring and synthetic composite materials, including history reinforcements, matrix materials, mechanical and physical properties, theory, structural design and analysis, manufacturing processes, quality assurance, test methods, applications, recycling, and disposal.

Concise Encyclopedia of Measurement and Instrumentation    MP REF TA165.C62 1994
In a broad overview of measurement and instrumentation, this source covers the history and nature of the subject, provides discussion of specific transducer types, and examines current applications in the field.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics    MP REF QD65.H3 2003/2004
An important source for these fields, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics provides quick access to chemical and physical data.

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook    MP REF TA403.4.C74 1994
Organized around the properties of materials, this handbook is a comprehensive source for data on engineering materials.

Materials Science and Technology: a comprehensive treatment    MP REF TA403.M347 1991
This collection of nineteen books provides detailed articles on the properties and processing of many materials.


III. INTERNET RESOURCES

A. Directories

Google Directory of Materials

B. Scholarly Organizations

ASM International: The Materials Information Society

MRS: Materials Research Society

TMS: The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society


This research guide was originally created by Elise Allison, Graduate Assistant in Brauer Library from 2002 to 2004. The descriptions of electronic resources are based on information in vendor websites, and the descriptions of print resources are based on their prefaces and information from publisher websites.