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Looking for books on metallurgical and materials engineering? Here's where to look in Rodgers Library:
TA 401-492 Materials of engineering and construction, mechanics of materials TN 1-997 Mining engineering, metallurgy TN 165-205 Study and teaching of mining engineering, metallurgy TN 263-271 Mineral deposits, metallic ore deposits, prospecting TN 275-325 Practical mining operations, safety measures TN 331-347 Mine transportation, haulage, and hoisting. Mining machinery TN 400-580 Ore deposits and mining of particular metals TN 600-799 Metallurgy TN 799.5‑948 Nonmetallic minerals TN 950-997 Building and ornamental stones TS 200-770 Metal manufactures, metalworking
Books - You may use the online catalog [http://library.ua.edu] to obtain the location and call number of print books in the UA Libraries. The catalog will also tell you if UA Libraries has a license for an electronic book. You may search by Book title, Book author or editor (last name first), Keyword, Subject heading, and other options.
Journal title - You may also search by the title of the journal to determine whether the library has a subscription to the journal title, electronically or in print; and which years of a journal title are available electronically and which years are available in print.
UA Theses - You may also use the online catalog to locate UA Master's and Ph. D. theses by searching as an Author the following: university of alabama. dept of (name here).
Click below for lists of UA theses:
• Ph. D. theses in metallurgical and materials engineering and related
• Master's theses in metallurgical and materials engineering and related
The above lists include theses in
metallurgical and materials engineering 1998 to present
chemical and metallurgical engineering 1972 to 1988
mineral engineering 1978-1997
civil and mineral engineering 1970 to 1975
chemistry, metallurgy, and ceramics 1930 to 1955
mining engineering 1922 to 1932
Display long/detailed form of each entry to view notes field indicating master's thesis or Ph. D. thesis.Full texts of many University of Alabama dissertations and theses published from 1996 to the present are available in electronic format to UA faculty, staff, and students, in the Dissertations & Theses @ the University of Alabama database. The database Dissertations & Theses includes full text of many universities' dissertations and/or the first 24 pages of the dissertations, most beginning with 1996.
Need journal articles, technical reports or conference papers? Search these databases and print indexes for citations and/or full text.
Some of the databases will contain full text articles and reports. Some will have links to full text articles and reports. For many databases, the Libraries has configured a button labeled Article Linker to help you determine if the Libraries has access to a given article or journal title. You may also search the online catalog by journal title to determine whether the Libraries have the journal volume in which a needed article is located.
ACCESS KEY:
UA- - - - - - - - Available to UA campus computers
Remote- - - - -Available via remote access to current UA faculty, staff, and students
Open access - Available to the public
The following databases are useful for metallurgical and materials engineering topics:
Database: Compendex in Engineering Village 2
Comprehensive index, with abstracts, to engineering literature. 1884-current. Access: UA, RemoteDatabase: SciFinder Scholar
Comprehensive index, with abstracts, to chemical and related literature, including metallurgy, and materials science and engineering.
Description: SciFinder Scholar provides access to: Chemical Abstracts (index and abstracts for articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, patents, and more; 1907-present); the Registry Database (registry numbers and names of chemical substances; 1957-present); and the CASREACT database (reaction searching; 1985-present). Also includes CHEMCATS (commercial sources for purchasing chemicals) and CHEMLIST (regulated chemical information). Click for more information. Access: You can use SciFinder Scholar from most campus locations, but the SciFinder Scholar client (a special piece of software) must be installed on your computer. The SciFinder Scholar Agreement Page has a link to the software for SciFinder Scholar. Note, SciFinder Scholar is already loaded on computer workstations in Rodgers Library, and is available only for UA-affiliated users.
Print: Chemical Abstracts SEL REF QD 1 .A51, 1907-2001
SciFinder Scholar
Access• On computers in Rodgers Library, UA faculty, staff, and students may go directly to the the SciFinder Scholar icon located on the computers' desktops. (Icon is a purple diamond with white graduation cap in center.)
• UA campus use requires the installation of the SciFinder Scholar client software on your computer. Access is not available from off campus.Special Instructions:
Installation for UA campus
accessThe SciFinder Scholar Agreement Page has a link you to use for installing the software for SciFinder Scholar.
• To install the software, access this page using your Bama Account username and password. (This will be the same as you use to log into myBama). If you can comply with the license agreement and the CAS Information Use Policies, you may download the software to your computer following the online instructions.Database: Inspec
Covers computers and control engineering; electrical engineering, electronics, communications, information technology, and physics. 1896-current. Access: UA, Remote
Database: IEEE Xplore
Index and full text of IEEE and IEE publications: journals, conference proceedings, and standards in electrical engineering. Tutorial and User Guide available. 1913-current for selected titles. 1988-current for all titles. Access: UA, RemoteDatabase: GeoRef
Covers worldwide technical literature on geology and geophysics, including mines, mining, minerals, and mineral processing. 1785-current. Access: UA, Remote
Database: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded)
Interdisciplinary database covers major journals in all areas of science and engineering. This database may be searched by subject, author, or cited author. Abstracts are available for most indexed journal articles. 1985-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Science Citation Index SEL REF Z 7401 .S365, 1961, 1965-2001ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Full text of most journals from 1995-present, from Elsevier and related publishers. UA's subscription includes full text of selected journals for older years. Database includes abstracts only for most additional years of journals. Some titles and abstracts are available as far back as 1822. Access: UA, RemoteDatabase: Nature.com (Nature Journals Online) Access: UA, Remote
UA has access to electronic full text of the following titles:
• Nature (London) available from 1997 to the present on Nature.com
Other titles available to UA on Nature.com from 1998 or 1999 to present include Nature Materials.
Nature [electronic resource] is available also available full text from Jan 4, 1990 to one year ago in Research Library Complete.
Database: Applied Science & Technology Index
Indexes over 700 English language journals in engineering and the applied sciences. Selected journals available full text. 1983-current.
Access: UA, Remote
Print: Applied Science & Technology Index REF Z 7913 .I7, 1959-1994Database: SAE Digital Library
Index of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Technical Papers, SAE ground vehicle and aerospace standards, and SAE aerospace materials specifications. Database indexing coverage is 1906-present. Full text is available online for Technical Papers only from 1998 to present.
Access: UA, RemoteIMM Abstracts. (Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (Great Britain))
SEL REF TN 1 .I5x, 1986-June 2002Metals Abstracts.
Metals Society and American Society for Metals
SEL REF TN 1 .M5153, v. 1 1968 - v. 24 1991Database: NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
Abstracts of U.S. government-sponsored research reports. 1983-current. Access: UA, Remote
Print: Government Reports Announcements & Index SEL REF Call number varies with years, 1971-1996.DOE Information Bridge (U.S. Department of Energy)
Full text of DOE research reports in computing, information science, and other areas. From the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). full text reports from 1995 forward; older documents added as they become available in electronic format. Open access.Database: Dissertations & Theses
Includes citations (and some abstracts) for dissertations from the first U.S. dissertation in 1861 to the present. A preview of the first 24 pages is provided for most titles published since 1996 in PDF digital format. The full text of most U. S. dissertations and master’s theses from 1996 forward is provided including those written at The University of Alabama. Access: UA, RemoteAdditional databases for technical reports, bibliographies, and e-prints are listed in Internet Resources: Bibliographies, Reports, E-prints.
Additional relevant databases may also be found through the UA Libraries database menus for
• Engineering
• All DatabasesSEL.....Science and Engineering Library (Rodgers Library)
REF.....Reference Section, on the first floor
red......Link to electronic bookDICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Concise Encyclopedia of Mineral Resources
SEL REF TA 402 .C66 1989Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering. 2nd ed.
SEL REF TP 788 .M38 1993Dictionary of Metallurgy
SEL REF TN609 .B76 1998Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms. American Geological Institute in cooperation with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
SEL REF TN 9 .D564 1997Dictionary of Physical Metallurgy in Five Languages : English, German, French, Russian, and Spanish
SEL REF TN 689.4 .S4713 1987Encyclopedia of Corrosion Technology
SEL REF TA 418.74 .S383 2004 • Also available as and electronic book in Knovel.Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization: Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Films • Available as an electronic book in Knovel.
Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering
SEL REF TA 402 .E53 1986, 8 vols., suppl.Encyclopedia of Minerals
SEL REF QE 355 .R6Encyclopedia of Smart Materials
• Available as a electronic book in Knovel.Glossary of Metalworking Terms
SEL REF TS 204 .P64 2003International Encyclopedia of Composites
SEL REF TA 418.9 .C6 E53 1990, 6 vols.Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (Kirk-Othmer)
4th ed., 2001-
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (Kirk-Othmer)
SEL REF TP 9 .E685 1992, 25 vols., suppls.McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy
SEL REF QE 5 .M3654 1997Metals & Alloys in the Unified Numbering System. 9th ed.
A joint publication of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society for Testing and Materials.
SEL REF TA 461 .M48 2001Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia
SEL REF TP 1110 .P65 1996, 12 vols.More online dictionaries and encyclopedias in
Internet Resources: ReferenceHANDBOOKS AND ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Below is listed a selection of handbooks useful for metallurgical and materials engineering. Rodgers Library has many more handbooks, both in print and electronic. Use the online catalog, Knovel, CHEMnetBASE, or ENGnetBASE, to locate more titles.
The handbooks below are listed in the following categories:
• collections of handbooks
• metals, alloys, metallurgy
• metalcasting
• mining
• materials
• polymers, elastomers, resins
• ceramics and heat resistant materials
• composites
• corrosion, wear, stressDatabase: Knovel
This database allows simultaneous searching of books and handbooks which contain engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts. It also contains databases with engineering data. One may access handbooks in subject categories, such as metals and metallurgy, or ceramics and ceramic engineering. One may also access individual handbooks, such as Metals Reference Book. 7th ed. or databases, such as Corrosion Survey Database (COR·SUR). 1990-current. Access: UA, Remote
Database: ENGnetBASE (CRC engineering handbooks online)
This electronic database of over 200 CRC books and handbooks allows simultaneous searching of titles which contain engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts. One may access handbooks in subject categories, such as nanoscience/nanotechnology. Using Advanced Search, you may choose to limit your search to particular titles. You may also access individual handbooks directly, such as the CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook. 1999-current. Access: UA, Remote.Database: CHEMnetBASE (CRC Chemical Databases Online)
This electronic database includes the following titles:
• The CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics 85th Ed.
• Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD)
• Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds (included in CCD)
• Dictionary of Drugs (Formerly Pharmasource;included in CCD)
• Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (included in CCD)
• Dictionary of Natural Products (also included in CCD)
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds (included in CCD)
• Polymers: A Property Database
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds (included in CCD)
• Properties of Organic Compounds Updated
• CRC Press Periodic Table Online
Click here for product tutorials/"tours".
Print: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
SEL REF QD 65 .H3 Latest edition shelved behind reference desk, older years in second floor book stacks
Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds. 1st. ed.
SEL REF QD 148 .D53 1992, 5 vols. + suppls.
Dictionary of Organic Compounds. 5th ed. SEL REF QD 246 .D5 1982, 7 vols + suppls.Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
4th ed., 2001-NetLibrary
UA purchases selected electronic titles from netLibrary, including some metallurgical and materials engineering books, such as Handbook of Thermoplastics. The netLibrary titles to which UA has access are listed in the library online catalog, with links. For off campus access to UA e-book titles from netLibrary, create a personal netLibrary account while on campus, or while logged into your myBama account.National Academies Press (NAP) Digital Library
Reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council. NAP publishes over 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health.Alloy Digest
SEL REF TA 483 .A4ASM Handbook. 10th ed. American Society for Metals.
SEL REF TA 459 .M43 1990, 21 vols.ASM Metals Reference Book, 2nd ed.
SEL REF TA 459 .A78 1983ASM Ready Reference: Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Metals
SEL REF TA 459 .A79 2000ASM Ready Reference: Thermal Properties of Metals
SEL REF TA 460 .A223 2002Atlas of Time-Temperature Diagrams for Irons and Steels
SEL REF TN 693 .I7 A88 1991Aluminum Alloy Database • available in Knovel.
Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams
SEL REF TN 690 .B528 1986, 2 vols.CASTI Handbook of Stainless Steels & Nickel Alloys. 2nd ed.
SEL REF TA 479. S7 C37 2002CASTI Metals Red Book, Nonferrous Metals. 3rd ed.
SEL REF TN 693 .N6 B75 2000Compilation and Index of Trade Names, Specifications, and Producers of Stainless Alloys and Superalloys. American Society for Testing and Materials
SEL REF TA 401 .A18 DS45A (1972)Copper and Copper Alloys
SEL REF TA 480. C7 C714 2001Handbook of Thin-film Deposition Processes and Techniques: Principles, Methods, Equipment and Applications
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Handbook of Metallurgical Process and Design
SEL REF TA 459 .H36 2004Landolt-Bornstein, Group IV Physical Chemistry - Phase Equilibria, Crystallographic and Thermodynamic Data of Binary Alloys, Volume 5
SEL REF QC 61 .L332 • Also available as an electronic book in KnovelMetallic Materials Properties Development and Standardization.
The 2003 MMPDS Handbook is the replacement document for MILHDBK- 5.
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Metals Handbook. Desk ed., 2nd ed.
SEL REF TA 459 .M288 1998, 1 vol.Smithells Metals Reference Book. 8th ed.
SEL REF TN 671 .S55 2004 • 7th ed. available in Knovel.Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases
SEL REF TN 690.4 .P43 1985 3 vols.Physical Metallurgy Handbook
SEL TN 690.4 .S57 2003Thermal Conductivity : Metallic Elements and Alloys
SEL QC 173.397 .P87 1970ax pt. 1-2Woldman's Engineering Alloys. 9th ed.
SEL REF TA483 .W64 2000Worldwide Guide to Equivalent Irons and Steels
SEL REF TA 466 .W67 2000Worldwide Guide to Equivalent Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
SEL REF TA479.3 .W67 2001Mold & Core Test Handbook
SEL REF TS 243.5 .M65 2001Foseco Ferrous Foundryman’s Handbook
SEL REF TS235 .F35 2000
Foseco Non-ferrous Foundryman's Handbook
SEL REF TS235 .F585 1999
SME Mining Reference Handbook
SEL REF TN 151 .S64 2002SME Mining Engineering Handbook. Society of Mining Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
SEL REF TN 151 .S18 2 vols.Underground Mining Methods Handbook. Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
SEL REF TN 151 .U5xAmerican Mines Handbook
SEL REF HD 9506.U6 A74 1996Applied Materials Science Applications of Engineering Materials in Structural, Electronics, Thermal, and Other Industries • Available as an electronic book in ENGnetBASE.
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook
SEL REF TA 403.4 .C74 2001 • Also available as an electronic book in ENGnetBASE.CRC Handbook of Materials Science
SEL REF TA403.4 .L94 4 vols.Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering
SEL REF TA 402 .E53 1986, 8 vols.Engineered Materials Handbook. ASM International.
SEL REF TA 403 .E497 1987, 2 vols.Handbook of Advanced Materials : Enabling New Designs
SEL TA 403.4 .W48 2004Handbook of Materials for Product Design
SEL TA 403.4 .H365 2001 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Handbook of Materials Selection
SEL REF TA 403.4 .H368 2002 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Materials Handbook : An Encyclopedia for Managers, Technical Professionals, Purchasing and Production Managers, Technicians, and Supervisors
SEL TA 402 .B73 2002Thermophysical Properties of Matter book series
Each volume, shelved in SEL Reference, has a distinct call number. Click on the linked series title to obtain a list of individual volumes and call numbers.Chemical Resistance of Plastics and Elastomers
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Effect of Creep and Other Time Related Factors on Plastics
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Fatigue and Tribological Properties of Plastics and Elastomers
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Handbook of Plastic Compounds, Elastomers, and Resins : an International Guide by Category, Tradename, Composition, and Supplier
SEL REF TP 1130 .A84 1992
Handbook of Plastics Joining: A Practical Guide
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Plastics Applications Database • Available in Knovel.
Rubber Technology Handbook
SEL REF TS 1890 .H69313 1989Handbook of Advanced Ceramics
SEL REF TP 807 .H34 2003 v.1-2 • Table of contentsHandbook of Ceramic Grinding and Polishing
• Available as an electronic book in Knovel.Handbook of Ceramics, Glasses, and Diamonds
SEL TA 455.C43 H34 2001 • Table of contents
Handbook of Industrial Refractories Technology: Principles, Types, Properties and Applications
SEL REF TP 838 .C27 1992 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Thermophysical Properties of High Temperature Solid Materials
(Purdue University Thermophysical Properties Research Center)
SEL REF TA 418.26 .P8 6 vols.Handbook of Composites
SEL REF TA 418.9 .C6 H33 1982 • 2nd ed. 1998 available as an electronic book in Knovel.Handbook of Thin-film Deposition Processes and Techniques : Principles, Methods, Equipment and Applications
SEL TK 7872 .T55 H36 2002 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Composite Materials Handbook, Volume 4 - Metal Matrix Composites. MIL-HDBK-17-4A. 2002. • Available as an electronic book available in Knovel.
Corrosion and Chemical Resistant Masonry Materials Handbook
SEL REF TA 418.74 .C5926 1986 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Corrosion Atlas : A Collection of Illustrated Case Histories
SEL REF TA 467 .D87 1988Corrosion Inhibitors: An Industrial Guide
SEL REF TA 462 .F58 1987 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.Corrosion Resistance Tables : Metals, Nonmetals, Coatings, Mortars, Plastics, Elastomers and Linings, and Fabrics
SEL REF TA 418.74 .S38 2004, 4 vols. A-DCorrosion Survey Database (COR SUR) from NACE. Available in Knovel.
Handbook of Material Weathering. 3rd. ed.
SEL TA 418.74 .W96 2003 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.NACE Corrosion Engineer's Reference Book (National Association of Corrosion Engineers)
SEL REF TA 418.74 .T7 2002Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain
SEL REF TA 407.2 .R6 1989 • 7th ed. 2002 available as an electronic book in Knovel.Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook. 2nd ed.
SEL TA 462 .U4 2000 • Also available as an electronic book in Knovel.LITERATURE GUIDES
Information Sources in Metallic Materials
SEL REF Z6678 .I48 1989Guide to Metallurgical Information. 2nd ed.
SEL REF Z6678 .S65 1965Guide to Information Sources in Engineering
SEL REF T 10.7 .L67 2000Information Sources in Engineering. 4th ed. 2005.
SEL REF T 10.5 .I49 2005
STYLE MANUALS, PUBLISHING, MEETINGS
ACS Style Guide : A Manual for Authors and Editors. 2nd ed.
SEL REF QD 8.5 .A25 1997 (Ref Desk) (On order-The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. 2006 3rd ed.) • ACS Reference style guidelines • A Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide, 3rd. ed. (Penn State)MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
SEL REF Q223 .P33 2002 • Also available as an electronic book in netLibrary.Chicago Manual of Style. 15th. ed.
SEL REF Z 253 .U69 2003 (Ref Desk) • Chicago-Style Citation Quick GuideChicago Guide to Communicating Science
SEL REF T 10.5 .M65 2003Chicago Guide to Writing About Numbers
SEL REF T 11 .M485 2004Database: Journal Citation Reports Science edition
The JCR Science edition database gives the following annual information for each journal which is a source journal for Science Citation Index: impact factor, immediacy index, number of articles published, cited half-life, and citing half-life. 2006 to current. Access: UA, Remote
Print and microfiche: SCI-JCR: Journal Citation Reports
SEF REF Z7401 .S366x (Ref Desk) 1989-2006Online! : A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources
SEL REF TK 5105.888 .H37 2001 • Also available as an electronic book on the Web.MInd: The Meetings Index (InterDok)
[http://www.interdok.com/mind/index.cfm]Standards are documents which describe how materials and products should be designed, manufactured, defined, measured, or tested. Standards are used in engineering to establish product quality and safety requirements, and to allow compatibility of parts or products from different sources. The sources below provide information on standards for metallurgical and materials engineering.
For discussions of engineering standards, see the following Web sites:
• Standards from standards.gov
• The What, Why, and How of Standards (Techstreet)
• United States Standards StrategyILI Standards Infobase
Covers 250 Standards issuing authorities, including ASTM, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, DIN, ISO, BSI, etc. Includes 400,000 worldwide standards. Full text standards, not already available in the Science and Engineering Library or its electronic databases, can be ordered for UA Science, Engineering, and Nursing faculty, staff, and students. Access in Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering. Contact Rodgers Library staff for more information.Database: ASTM International Standards Worldwide (American Society for Testing and Materials)
Covers active & with-drawn standards. Abstracts may be available online.
Print: Annual book of ASTM Standards
SEL REF TA 401 .A653
Holdings: 1964, 1966, 1969 1970-1974,1997; and parts of 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998; and all sections of 2007.
Compilation of ASTM Standard Definitions
SEL REF TA 402 .C65 1982xCompilation and Index of Trade Names, Specifications, and Producers of Stainless Alloys and Superalloys. American Society for Testing and Materials
SEL REF TA 401 .A18 DS45A (1972)Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards. 2nd ed.
SEL REF TA472 .H25 2002Materials Metrology and Standards for Structural Performance
SEL TA 410 .M128 1995xMetals & Alloys in the Unified Numbering System. 9th ed.
SAE HS-1086 Oct01; ASTM DS-56H. A joint publication of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society for Testing and Materials.
SEL REF TA 461 .M48 2001S.A.E. Handbook (Society of Automotive Engineers)
Includes S.A.E. standards.
SEL REF TL 151 .S62, 1995-2000, 2004SAE Digital Library
The Standards portion of the SAE Digital Library includes indexing (no full text) for SAE standards. SAE publishes many new, revised, and reaffirmed standards each year in three categories: Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS). More information, click here. Access: UA, RemoteWorldwide Guide to Equivalent Irons and Steels
SEL REF TA 466 .W67 2000Worldwide Guide to Equivalent Nonferrous Metals and Alloys
SEL REF TA479.3 .W67 2001Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Standards Information on the Internet• ANSI Electronic Standards Store (American National Standards Institute)
Indexes current standards. Abstracts may be available online. Open access.
• ANSI Standards for Steel Doors
• Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Standards Program
• Metal Codes (from Virtual Machine Shop)
• NIST Standard Reference Materials
• NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
Current standards. Covers 902 Standards issuing authorities, including ASTM, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, DIN, ISO, etc. Abstracts (called scopes) may be available online. Open access.
• Standard Steel Specifications and Comparable Bofors and Uddeholm (UHB) Steels (Encyclopedia of Metallurgy)
• Standards.gov
• Standards Engineering Society
• WSSN World Standards Services Network
A network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world.ORGANIZATIONS
Directories
• Scholarly Societies in Material, Metal & Mineral Sciences
• Supercrawler/Science/Technology/Metallurgy/Organizations
• Metals Trade Associations
• American Association of Engineering Societies
• World Federation of Engineering Organisations Established with the support of UNESCO in 1968. It is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO)
• UA College of Engineering Student OrganizationsIndividual Associations
• Alpha Sigma Mu: the International Professional Honor Society for Materials Science and Engineering
• Aluminum Association
• American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
• American Crystallographic Association
• American Foundry Society (AFS)
• Birmingham Chapter of AFS
• American Metal Casting Consortium
• American Society for Engineering Education
• American Society of Materials International (ASM)
• American Welding Society
• ASM International: the Materials Information Society (formerly American Society for Metals)
• Cast Metals Coalition
• Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (Birmingham, AL)
• Edison Materials Technology Center
• European Powder Metallurgy Association
"The world's most comprehensive Web site on powder metallurgy."
• Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF)
• International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS)
• International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
• International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP)
• The Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3) (UK)
• The Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia
• Materials Research Society/
• Metal Powder Industries Federation
The MPIF is an international trade association for the North American powder metallurgy industry.
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
• The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)
• MPRC, WRC, and PVRC Web site (Materials Properties Research Council, Welding Research Council, and Pressure Vessel Research Council)
• National Society of Black Engineers
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Automotive Engineers at UA
• Society of Plastics Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers at UA
• Tau Beta Pi: The Engineering Honor Society
• UA Chapter of Tau Beta Pi
• Steel Founders Society of AmericaDIRECTORIES AND SEARCH ENGINES
• BUBL LINK: Metallurgy
• Supercrawler/Science/Technology/Metallurgy
• Supercrawler/Science/Technology/Materials/
• Open Directory Project: Metallurgy• About Metals
• American Metals Market
• Career Resource Center for Materials Science and Engineering
• Cook's Tour of Commercial, Academic and Governmental Material's Links (San Jose State University)
• Copper.org (Copper Development Association)
• EEVL : Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing: MaterialS Engineering
• EEVL : Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing: Metals, Metallurgy and Corrosion
• EEVL: Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing: Mining and Minerals Processing
• EEVL: Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing: Nanotechnology
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resources: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math
• ISI Highly Cited - A search tool to identify individuals, departments, and laboratories that have recently made major contributions to current science and technology.
• Materials Science Gateway from PSIgate
PSIgate (Physical Sciences Information Gateway) is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN.)
• Materials Science Sources on the Internet
• Minerals Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Mineralogy Database
• Mining Technology
• National Nanotechnology Initiative (U.S.)
• SCIRUS: For Scientific InformationALERT SERVICES AND CURRENT AWARENESS
Inspec OR Compendex on Engineering Village 2
To register or log in, Click on Alerts at the top right of main page. Click on Create Alert from the Search Results page.IEEE Xplore
Click on Alerts at the top right of main page.ScienceDirect
Register or log in at the top right of the main page. Search for a journal and choose Alert Me when new Journal Issues are available. You can also create a Favorite Journals list. Or perform a search and click on Save as Search Alert.Web of Science
• Register first time and log in at the top right of ISI Web of Knowledge Home page.
• Click on Open Saved Searches or Citation Alerts from the top right of the ISI Web of Knowledge Home page, from the beginning Web of Science page, or from the Web of Science Advanced Search page.
• Citation Alerts: Receive an email when an article of interest is cited in WoS. In the full record of the article of interest, click on Create Citation Alert.Wiley InterScience
• Register or log in at the top right of main page.
• Search for a journal and click on Set E-Mail Alert.
• Perform a search and click on Save Search. Activate alert.EEVL Engineering Current Awareness Services
(from EEVL: The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing)BIBLIOGRAPHIES, REPORTS, AND E-PRINTS
• Materials (from Science.gov)
• Nanotechnology (from Science.gov)
• NIST Metallurgy Division Publications (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• Virtual Technical Reports Center
FUNDING SOURCES FOR RESEARCH
• Community of Science (COS) Available to UA faculty and research staff to search for funding opportunities. Access: log into COS Workbench with individual user names and passwords received from the UA Office of Sponsored Programs (348-5152).
• Grants.gov
• NSF Active Funding Opportunities
• Federal R&D Research Project Summaries
REFERENCE
• Casting Source Directory
Registration is required for access to the Casting Source Directory listing of North American metalcasting facilities on the web.
• Ceramic Glossary Database
• Corrosion Glossary
• Dictionary of Metal Terminology
• eFunda: Engineering Fundamentals
Source for formulas and constants with information pertaining to materials properties, processes and design. Design content includes calculations for beams, stress transforms, and principle stress.
• Glossary of Terms (mining) from Northern Miner
• Glossary of Terms for Phase Equilibria Diagrams
• Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)
• IUPAC e-resources (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Includes databases with scientific data, and nomenclature recommendations.
• Metals Glossary
• Martindale's The "Virtual" Materials Science Center
• Foundry Terminology (Southwest Steel Casting)
• Minerals by Name
• PGM Database Created by Johnson Matthey, this database provided detailed properties of platinum group metals and their alloys including phase diagrams.
• Steelynx Links to steelmaking and steel-related technologies
• Steels
• Practical Data for Metallurgists (Timken Company)
• USGS Minerals InformationDATA
• Ceramics WebBook (NIST)
• Chemical Compatibility Database
• Database for Solder Properties with Emphasis on New Lead-free Solders
(National Institute of Standards & Technology and Colorado School of Mines)
• Data and Property Calculation Web sites
• Index to Physical, Chemical and Other Property Data (Arizona State University)
• Materials Property Locator Database (University of Buffalo)
• MatWeb A database with over 24,000 materials: metals, plastics, ceramics and composites.
• Metallurgical Thermodynamics Data & Software to download (National Physical Laboratory (NPL) UK)
• MSEL Data on the Web (NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory)
• NIST Data Gateway (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Lots of property data is published by the US government and is available on the web. Use this site to search all NIST databases. Includes numerous databases.
• NIST Standard Reference Data (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
• ThermoDex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic and Physical Property Resources (University of Texas at Austin)
• Thermodynamics Data & Property Calculations Web site (U I Chicago)PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
• Codes of Ethics and Conduct (Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science)
• Codes of Ethics Online: Engineers (Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions)
• NSPE Ethics Reference Guide (National Society of Professional Engineers)
• Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions (IU Bloomington)
• WFEO Model Code Of Ethics (World Federation of Engineering Organisations)• JMR Policy of Publication Ethics and Responsibilities (Journal of Materials Research)
• Statement of Ethics and Responsibilities of Authors Submitting to AIP Journals (American Institute of Physics)
• AusIMM Code of Ethics (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy)
• CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology - interest group for nanotechnology issues
• Ethics of Nanotechnology (www.nanotech-now.com, Nanotechnology Now)
• Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology ( from ethicsweb.ca/)
• National Nanotechnology Initiative (U.S.) "Ethical, Legal and Other Societal Issues
• Nanoethics.org: the issues
HISTORY
• Arch-Metals Archaeo-Metallurgical Bibliography (Chris Salter)
• Historical Metallurgy Society Datasheets
• History of Aluminum
• Selected Metals: History and Engineering Data (from Virtual Machine Shop)
• A Short History of Metals (Alan Cramb, Carnegie Mellon University)
• Sixty Centuries of Copper
• Timeline of Materials Technology (Wikipedia)COURSES AND TUTORIALS
• MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning: Materials Science and Engineering
• MIT OpenCourseWare - Materials Science and Engineering
• NEEDS: A Digital Library for Engineering Education
• SciFinder Scholar: Chemical Engineering Information (Interactive tutorial)
• EngineeringINFO Tutorial (UA College of Engineering and Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering)
• Bama Undergraduate Information Literacy Tutorial (BUILT) for Sciences (Rodgers Library for Science and Engineering)University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students may use UA Libraries Interlibrary Loan to borrow materials not owned or licensed by the University of Alabama Libraries. See the Interlibrary Loan Department web page, “Frequently Asked Questions about Interlibrary Loan” for more information. Requests are made electronically at [http://illserver.lib.ua.edu/illiad/logon.html].
Requested journal articles are sent to your email address. Books are picked up at the Service Desk at Gorgas Library, Floor 2.
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