Tribology Resources

Acoustical Society of America (ASA) journals

Aging Systems Knowledge Center

Provides a centralized resource for the information, technological tools, and technical expertise regarding aging systems concerns. Now part of Itute Science.

Compendex (Engineering Index)

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.

Corrosion Abstracts

Provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering. Includes general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance. (part of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

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.

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.

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.

Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center (SAVIAC)

Collects and makes available information concerned with structural dynamics design, analysis, and testing; and shock physics and weapons effects. Focuses on the engineering tools and techniques needed for the design, analysis and testing of systems subjected to dynamic conditions and loading, including water shock, vibration, blast, impact, crash, and mechanical/climatic environments. *IACs are DoD sponsored but charge for some services.

Surface Data (NIST) databases

Here NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology) highlights databases that allow surface scientists, tribologists, and analytical chemists to analyze surfaces of materials.

Tribology Index (TRIBO)

Librarians access (only) via STN - $$
Covers worldwide literature on tribology, the science of friction, lubrication, and wear. Covers both the fundamentals and applications of tribology, including measurement techniques, testing, maintenance, economics and environmental protection of tribological systems. Also SEE Fluids