MATSE 425 – Processing of Metals
Library Guide
Materials Science – a group of mat.sci. databases; includes METADEX and others.
COMPENDEX – the “Engineering Index”.
INSPEC – database of electrical and electronics materials.
NTIS – database of technical reports.
Web of Science – database of science journal articles; allows citation tracing.
SciFinder Scholar – a chemistry database that also allows citation tracing.
Patents – a website guide to finding patent information.
Dissertation Abstracts – a database of dissertations and some theses.
CAT –
- Metals Handbook – This set is considered the “bible” of metals information. The publisher, ASM International, also has handbooks for non-metallic materials. Also known as the ASM Handbooks, #15 is devoted to casting, #4 to heat treatment.
- Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys – This is an example of the specialty handbooks from ASM International.
- NIST Chemistry Web book - This site contains chemical & physical property data for thousands of compounds.
- Matweb - This site provides information on engineering materials properties. It is searchable by property or by material category.
- Phase diagrams are generally published in the journal literature but we have purchased several compilations. On the EMS Library’s reference shelves you can find specialty volumes focusing on particular systems (e.g., ternary iron) or use the Handbook of Ternary Alloy Phase Diagrams (TN690.V493). If you don’t find the system you need, search the subject databases listed previously.
- Thomas Register – This free service offers a directory to manufacturers. Sometimes the best way to get price information is to contact a producer directly.
- American Metal Market (AMM) – This daily publication comes primarily via email to the EMS Library. Monday’s edition is in print and is kept on the journal shelves. (Ask us if you need one of the email issues.) Big commodities get reported daily while specialty commodities appear once a week, on different days.
- There are various links to commodity information on the EMS Library’s Mineral Economics page. Try the trade associations or metals exchanges.
- Chemical Market Reporter provides weekly reports on chemical prices. (It is available at the Physical Sciences Library and some fulltext on ProQuest)
- The Library has lots of reference books with historic statistics and magazines with current data. Contact me if you are having trouble finding price data on your material.
Guide prepared by Linda Musser, Lrm4@psu.edu
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