Resources Recommended for RX

Aerospace & High Technology Database (CSA)

THE aerospace database. If you search nothing else, you must search here! Contains abstracts from aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences, and their supporting fields, 1962 to date. Covers all major aerospace journals, conference proceedings, NASA unclassified reports, and AIAA papers.

American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals

THE resource for chemists, with the full-text of all 36 society journals from 1879 to date, including: Chemical & Engineering News; Chemical Research in Toxicology; Chemistry of Materials; Crystal Growth & Design; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Science & Technology; Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; Inorganic Chemistry; Journal of Organic Chemistry; Journal of Physical Chemistry; the Journal of the American Chemical Society; Langmuir; and Nano Letters.

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journals

AIP promotes the advancement of physics and its application to human welfare. Its database covers physics, astronomy, and related fields. All AIP journals are available. Some are: AIP Conf. Proceedings, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Chemical Physics, Physics of Fluids, and Physics of Plasmas.

American Physical Society (APS)

We have access to all online APS journals, including all Physical Reviews back to 1893 via PROLA.

ASME Journals (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

Includes: Journal of Applied Mechanics; Journal of Biomechanical Engineering; Journal of Electronic Packaging; Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power; Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology; Journal of Fluids Engineering; Journal of Heat Transfer; Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering; Journal of Tribology; Journal of Turbomachinery; and Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. Older issues are in the Library.For ASME standards - See I.H.S. International Standards

Best Manufacturing Practices

Identifies and validates best practices, and encourages industry, government, and academia to share the information. Funded by the Office of Naval Research, but the information covers all services. Includes many online reports.

Chemical Abstracts

Librarians (only) have access via STN in the library - $$
THE main index to all chemical research and related journals and conferences. It covers over 13 million documents, including all related journals, conference papers, patents, etc. Check with the Library for passwords to the Dialog version.

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Knovel interactive Reference books including: Chemical Properties Handbook; *Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry; Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals; *International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology; Lange's Handbook of Chemistry; Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook; and Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds. Also SEE - Environment & Environmental Engineering; Safety, Health & Hygiene

DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) database

https://www.dtic.mil/portal/site/dticol/ - Private DOAC version* THE source for technical reports written by DoD and their contractors. Includes many newer materials as full-text PDFs, including AFRL & AGARD reports, AFIT theses, and many older WADC reports. The library owns about a half million reports on microfiche as “AD” numbered documents. Note that most are NOT listed in our catalog. DTIC’s “Private” version indexes public and limited reports. *DoD and DoD contractors can register.

Engineered Materials Abstracts

In-depth coverage of polymers, ceramics, and composites in a variety of structural and advanced applications. Includes citations on research, manufacturing practices, properties and applications. It contains three sub-files: Ceramics, Composites and Polymers. (part of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Engineering Index (i.e. Compendex)

THE most comprehensive engineering resource. Covers aerospace engineering; electronics and communications engineering; engineering management; mechanical engineering; nuclear technology; computers and data processing; and applied physics.

IEEE Xplore

Provides full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-US) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers-UK) transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE Standards. Some of the most read titles covering electrical, electronics, and computer engineering and science.

INSPEC

THE leading index on physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computing and information technology, as well as manufacturing and production engineering.

Institute of Physics (IOP)

IOP is a leading international society established to promote the advancement and dissemination of physics. It publishes important journals such as: Journal of Physics (A-G); Combustion Theory and Modelling; Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering; Journal of Optics (A&B); Nanotechnology; Semiconductor Science and Technology; and Smart Materials and Structures. We have full-text links to all IOP journals*, including coverage back to 1874!

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry & Technology

This Knovel interactive database is a classic, and was originally published for the National Research Council in 7 volumes. It contains an enormous amount of critical data on inorganic and organic compounds and pure substances. The original (1,000 page) index is hyperlinked to each entry. Also SEE Knovel Critical Tables.

Knovel e-Books

A great tool for Chemists & Engineers! Includes over 400 full-text reference books of up-to-date, comprehensive information. Users can search text and interactive data, including equations, tables and graphs. Some of the best-known titles are the Chemical Properties Handbook, Perry’s Chemical Engineer’s Handbook, and Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry. Also See other Knovel Interactive titles under: Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks; Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering; and Semiconductors & Electronics

Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS)

There are many free databases that provide complete MSDS's or summaries. A good list of them is at . One of the largest is http://www.msds.com/ but requires registration. A good smaller site with many common chemicals is the Cornell site at http://msds.ehs.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp.

Materials Engineering

Knovel interactive Reference books including: Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization - Surfaces, Interfaces, Thin Film; Fundamentals of Metal-Matrix Composites; Handbook of Material Weathering; Military Handbook-MIL-HDBK-17-4A: Composite Materials Handbook; and Nanostructured Materials-Processing, Properties and Potential Applications.

Materials Research Society (MRS) Symposia

An index to over 6,000 MRS papers. The library owns hundreds of their symposiums. You can search our catalog for them by simply entering the volume number.

Metals Abstracts (METADEX)

THE metals database, with comprehensive coverage of metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development.

Metals & Metallurgy

Knovel interactive Reference books including: Diamond Films and Coatings; Machinery's Handbook, Materials Selection Desk book; Mechanical Alloying for Fabrication of Advanced Engineering Materials, Military Handbook-MIL-HDBK-5H: Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structures and NDT Data Fusion.

NASA Reports

Public reports only.* Indexes reports from various NASA centers. Many reports are full-text. We own thousands of these in microfiche and in paper, many of which are not in our catalog. We also can order many as PDF files or in paper. NTIS and Aerospace databases also index most of these reports. *See a Librarian for other NASA information.

National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) databases

Provides access to over 80 NIST scientific and technical databases with a major emphasis on measurement methodology and the basic technology underlying standardization. Here are links to some of the main NIST database topics: Analytical Chemistry ~ Atomic and Molecular Physics ~ Biometrics ~ Biotechnology ~ Chemical and Crystal Structure ~ Chemical Kinetics ~ Chemistry ~ Environmental Data ~ Fluids ~ Materials Properties ~ Mathematical Databases, Software and Tools ~ Physics ~ Surface Data ~ Thermophysical & Thermochemical Each of these database sets is also described elsewhere on this page.

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

The public source of U.S. scientific, technical, ASC, Engineering, and business-related public information gathered from hundreds of government agencies and other organizations. Some links to full-text are available. There is a more complete Dialog version - $$

OpticsInfoBase - Optical Society of America

OSA promotes the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics worldwide. We have full-text access to OSA journals, 1995 to date, and the rest in paper.

Physical Review Journals

Search all APS issues. Access to all Physical Review journals, with all title variations, 1893 to date.

Physics (NIST) databases

NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) produces the most comprehensive set of reliable physical reference data available anywhere. Includes the Chemistry WebBook with electronic and vibrational spectra for over 4000 compounds. There are also several important compilations of molecular data.

Plastics & Rubbers

Knovel interactive Reference books including: Advanced Polymer Processing Operations, Carbon Fiber Composites; Effect of Creep and Other Time Related Factors on Plastics and Elastomers; Fatigue and Tribological Properties of Plastics and Elastomers; Handbook of Composites; Handbook of Polymer Coatings for Electronics; Injection Molding Handbook; Modern Plastics Handbook; and *Polymers-A Property Database.

RAPRA (Rubber and Plastics)

THE polymers database with coverage of polymeric composites, rubbers, plastics, and adhesives. Check with the Library for passwords.

Recent Advances in Manufacturing

A database of 40,000 citations to manufacturing and related areas. It covers: manufacturing industry, management, and systems and processes; environmental and quality management, product development; applied technologies; and maintenance, monitoring and inspection. It is produced by the Library Department at Nottingham Trent University and the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library. Also SEE Inspec

Royal Society of Chemistry

The Society is the leading organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. They publish several journals online including Chemical Communications, Chemical Society Reviews, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP).

Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index Expanded (part of the "Web of Science"). Provides access to current and retrospective cited references from the world's leading science and technical journals. AFRL coverage 1990 to present. Prepaid version available on AFIT computers in library - 1988 to present.

Science Direct

It is one of "the world's largest collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information," and the library connects you to millions of scholarly articles available from 1995+. Includes all journals published by Elsevier, Academic Press, Pergamon, North-Holland and others.

SCIRUS

Searches across 167 million science-specific Web pages including full-text journal sources like: BioMed Central, MEDLINE, Science Direct (Elsevier, Academic Press, etc.), Scitation (AIP, APS, ASME, SPIE, etc.), and the Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics, as well as NASA reports, and various e-print and patent databases. Connects to millions of full-text subscription and free files.

Scitation

We have access to most of the journals published by the American Institute of Physics; American Physical Society; Acoustical Society of America; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Vacuum Society; International Centre for Diffraction Data; Laser Institute of America; and MAIK (the Russian Academy of Sciences). Many older issues are in the Library.

SPIE Digital Library (International Society for Optical Engineering)

SPIE covers nearly everything associated with optics and photonics technologies. The site contains the full-text of the Proceedings of the SPIE from 1998 to date, and all four SPIE journals covering biomedical optics, electronic imaging, microlithography, microfabrication, and microsystems, and optical engineering. For AFRL/SN there are over 12,000 papers on sensors, MEMs or target recognition; for AFRL/HE, over 6,700 on humans or displays; and for ML, over 17,300 on materials or composites.

SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices)

Can search over 80 physics journals, including Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Materials Research, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Journal of Vacuum Science, Physical Review, Physics of Fluids, Proceedings of SPIE, Semiconductors, Technical Physics, etc. Select “Search SPIN database.” We have links to many journals.

TEMS (Total Electronic Migration System)

Includes thousands of full-text reports from DoD sponsored Information Analysis Centers such as CBIAC (Chemical Warfare/Chemical & Biological Defense IAC), WSTIAC (Weapon System Technology Analysis Center) and AMPTIAC (Advanced Materials & Processes Technology IAC). Requires a DTIC Private DOAC username and password. For more info on IAC's.

World Surface Coatings Abstracts

Librarians access (only) via Dialog - $$
Provides comprehensive coverage of paints, coatings, pigments, inks, and adhesives. This includes polymer coatings, paint application and removal, optical coatings, etc., as well as information on their hazards and pollution.