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Comparison of key databases indexing literature
in materials science
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| Database |
Years |
Materials indexed |
Full-text ? |
Special features |
ProQuest Technology Research
Database with Materials, METADEX
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1975- |
journals, some books, dissertations, reports, trade literature |
Yes for some |
Searches multiple databases covering materials science,
metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application |
| Cambridge Structural
Database |
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journals, chemical data |
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Bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for organic
molecules and metal-organic compounds |
| Primo |
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journals, conferences, books, reports and more |
Yes for many |
Searches hundreds of millions of records, from publishers, databases and the library catalog |
Comparison of key databases for finding materials properties
| Database |
Special features |
| Cambridge Structural
Database |
Bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for
organic molecules and metal-organic compounds |
| Knovel• |
Searches across contents of over 1600 reference books; includes
productivity tools such as interactive tables; Advanced Search allows searching
by many different chemical properties |
| MatWeb: the online
materials information resource |
Material property data on polymers, metals, ceramics, semiconductors,
fibers, and other engineering materials. Some features only available with registration
or subscription. |
NIST Material Properties
databases•
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Evaluated data on phase equilibria, structure and characterization,
and performance properties |
| Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database |
Thermophysical properties of over 5,000 materials of various types with approximately 50,000 data curves. From CINDAS. |
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