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Ted Baldwin

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CEAS Library Resources in Chemical Engineering

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Books

BOOKS dealing with Chemical Engineering in the UC libraries can be located through the UC Library Catalog. You can search the UC Library Catalog by author, title, keyword or subject. General Subject headings that may be used include:

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICAL PROCESS CONTROL; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMISTRY, TECHNICAL; COLLOIDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; and SEPARATION (TECHNOLOGY)

CHEMINFO Detailed profiles of more than 1¸300 important workplace chemicals¸ including health¸ fire and reactivity hazards and safe work practices. (Will connect to: CCOHS¸ which provides combined access to seven international bibliographic databases: NIOSHTIC - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.); HSELINE - Health and Safety Executive (U.K.); MSDS - Materials safety data sheet; FTSS - Fiches techniques sur la securite des substances; RTECS - Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances; CHEMINDEX - guide to 20 CCINFO databases; CHEMINFO - Occupational safety and health information on chemicals.
CHEMnetBASE A collection of cutting edge, interactive chemistry databases that provide instant access to a wealth of chemical information.

Knovel Knovel is an extensive, searchable online library of full-text content, including reference handbooks, conference proceedings and databases. Provides interactive tools such as tables, graphs and an extensive unit conversion tool that allow users to manipulate, analyze, and export data.

Knovel Optical and Filter Glass Database
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
Material Safety Data Sheets
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) CCOHS MSDSs give information on chemical products and companies, first aid, toxicity, chemical properties, exposures and protection, as well as instructions on handling and storage, and additional information such as regulations and transportation.
Matheson Gas Data Book
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (AccessScience)
Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook: Electromagnetic, Optical, Radiation, Chemical, and Biomedical Measurement
Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook: Spatial, Mechanical, Thermal, and Radiation Measurement
Merck Index
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) (Free) A collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.
NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Official methods of analysis of AOAC International
OSHA (Free)
Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Petroleum Engineering Handbook: Sustainable Operations
Petroleum Fuels Manufacturing Handbook
Polymer Data Handbook
Polymer Handbook
Polymers A Property Database
Polymer Science : A Comprehensive Reference
Polymer science dictionary
Polypropylene : The Definitive User's Guide and Databook
Poucher's Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps
Rheology Modifiers Handbook : Practical Use and Application
Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers : A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Process Engineering Problems
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
SciGlass
Sigma Browsable Online Catalog (Biochemicals, Organic compounds, Diagnostic Products and Techware)
Solvent Recovery Handbook
Springer Protocols Handbooks
Supelco Browsable Online Catalog (Chromatography Products Search)
Thermochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of Organometallic Compounds
ThermoDex : An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks
Thermophysical Properties of Fluid Systems
Tribology Data Handbook
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
WebElements
WWW Chemistry Guide
Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers
Yaws Handbook of Physical Properties for Hydrocarbons and Chemicals
Yaws Handbook of Thermodynamic and Physical Properties of Chemical Compounds

Databases

BIOSIS Previews (access through Web of Science) An expansive index to life sciences and biomedical research from journals, meetings, books, and patents. The database covers pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.
Compendex An engineering-focused database that includes journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, standards, books, and preprints. Content is sourced from publishers from around the world, including major engineering societies such as IEEE, ASME, SAE and ACM.

Database of Zeolite Structures

MathSciNet Mathematical Reviews MathSciNet is the authoritative gateway to scholarly mathematics literature from the American Mathematical Society. It includes expert reviews, author profiles, and citation information on articles, books, journals, and authors.
MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) MEDLINE with full text (EBSCO) is a comprehensive source of full text for medical journals¸ providing full text for more than 1¸370 journals indexed in MEDLINE. Of those¸ more than 1¸340 have cover-to-cover indexing in MEDLINE. This wide-ranging file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the MEDLINE index - with no embargo. MEDLINE with Full Text is the definitive research tool for medical literature. Coverage: Full Text:1965-present/ Citations:1800s-present

Polymers: a property database

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content. Coverage: 1861 - present
Reaxys Quickly access relevant patent, substance and bioactivity insights, and a retrosynthesis tool. Find information on organic, inorganic and organometallic substances; chemical reactions; published experimental facts, including substance property, spectral and reaction data; and Chemical patents.
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) Providing students with critical toxicological information with citations from more than 2¸500 international journals¸ textbooks¸ technical reports¸ scientific proceedings and compendia. Provides combined access to seven international bibliographic databases: NIOSHTIC - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U.S.); HSELINE - Health and Safety Executive (U.K.); MSDS - Materials safety data sheet; FTSS - Fiches techniques sur la sécurité des substances; RTECS - Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances; CHEMINDEX - guide to 20 CCINFO databases; CHEMINFO - Occupational safety and health information on chemicals
SciFinder: Account Registration (First Time Users) First-time users sign up and register for a SciFinder-N account using your UC email address. Registered SciFinder-N account users can access this extensive database for chemistry-related literature and patents, chemical substance and reaction databases, and chemical supplier catalogs. The database searches journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference papers, technical reports, chemical property data. 
Scopus (Elsevier) A comprehensive, multidisciplinary abstract and citation database that includes literature from the social sciences, physical sciences, health sciences and life sciences. Search and filter relevant information, monitor research trends, track newly published research and identify subject experts. Use the analytics tools to visualize, compare and export the data. 
SPIE Digital Library The SPIE Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to technical publications from SPIE Journals, Conference Proceedings and Presentations, and eBooks. 
Web of Science Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network.

Journals

Patents

Patents Guide

USPTO Patent Full-Text Database Two free patent databases are provided by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The first USPTO Web Patent Database provides the capability to search and display the text of the granted US patents from 1976 to the present. Full images of these patents are available. In addition¸ granted patents from 1790 to 1975 are searchable by patent number or current US patent classification number. These patents may also be displayed. The second database allows the searching and displaying of patent applications issued after 14 March 2001. In both databases¸ the full image is available for viewing by using the special G-4 TIFF plug in.

Freepatentsonline

Espacenet : Europe's Network of Patent Databases Publicly Available. International patent search.

Standards

Standards

ASTM Compass
NOTE: If accessing from off-campus, use the Chrome browser for best results. Full access to ASTM Standards, ASTM Journals, and Selected Technical Papers. Also contains standards training materials and tools to add notes, images and attachments.

IP Standard Methods for Analysis and Testing of Petroleum Related Products

Professional Societies

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