INFORMATION SOURCES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

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INFORMATION SOURCES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING

• BRUCE SLUTSKY
• ROBERT VAN HOUTEN LIBRARY
• BRUCE.SLUTSKY_at_NJIT.EDU
• 642-4950

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BRUCE SLUTSKYSLUTSKY_at_ADM.NJIT.EDUEXT 4950

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering and Science
• Hazardous Materials Research Center
• University Administration

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RESEARCH

• RETROSPECTIVE
• OR
• CURRENT AWARENESS

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NEW IN THE VAN HOUTEN LIBRARY

• REARRANGEMENT OF REFERENCE BOOKS
• CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS MOVED TO SECOND FLOOR WITH
  PERIODICALS
• MORE COMPUTERS
• MORE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
• LESS PRINT JOURNALS
• UNCOVER CHANGED TO INGENTA
• NEW ONLINE CATALOG

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FORMATS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURE

• JOURNAL - A PUBLICATION ISSUED PERIODICALLY THAT
  REPORTS ORIGINAL RESEARCH. AIMED AT A VERY
  SPECIALIZED AUDIENCE OF RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD.
• CONFERENCE PROCEEDING - A PUBLICATION THAT
  REPORTS RESEARCH PRESENTED AT A PROFESSIONAL
  MEETING
• MAGAZINE - A PUBLICATION ISSUED PERIODICALLY THAT
  DOES NOT REPORT ORIGINAL RESEARCH, BUT TRANSLATES
  IT INTO LANGUAGE SUITED TO A MORE GENERAL
  AUDIENCE.

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• REVIEW JOURNAL - PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY. A
  CONDENSED
• VERSION OF A RESEARCH LEVEL JOURNAL. DETAILED
• EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES ARE USUALLY OMITTED
• RESEARCH LEVEL BOOKS (MONOGRAPH) - REPORTS
  RESEARCH
• DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO A MORE GENERAL
  AUDIENCE
• ENCYCLOPEDIAS - INTRODUCES THE READER TO A
  SPECIALIZED
• FIELD OF STUDY. EXAMPLES ARE THE KIRK-OTHMER
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND ULLMANS
• ENCYCLOPEDIA. MODERN PLASTICS ENCYCLOPEDIA
• TEXTBOOK - VERY BASIC INFORMATION FOR
  INSTRUCTIONAL
• PURPOSES
• DATA COMPILATION - EXTRACTS SELECTED PIECES OF
• INFORMATION FROM THE ORIGINAL LITERATURE

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TEXTBOOKS

• The science and engineering of materials /
  Donald R. Askeland.
• Engineering materials an introduction to their
  properties and applications / by Michael F. Ashby
  and David R.H. Jones
• The principles of engineering materials by
  Craig R. Barrett, William D. Nix and Alan S.
  Tetelman
• Materials science and engineering an
  introduction / William D. Callister, Jr. -- 3rd
  ed.

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HANDBOOKS

• HANDBOOK OF ADVANCED MATERIALS TESTING
• NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING HANDBOOK
• METALS HANDBOOK
• HANDBOOK OF PLASTIC AND RUBBER ADDITIVES

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ENCYCLOPEDIAS

• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• MODERN PLASTICS ENCYCLOPEDIA
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND
  COMPONENTS
• ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• KIRK-OTHMER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

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MONOGRAPHS

• Fatigue design life expectancy of machine parts
  / Eliahu Zahavi with Vladimir Torbilo
• Magneto-optical recording materials / edited by
  Richard J. Gambino, Takao Suzuki
• Viscoelastic solids / Roderic S. Lakes
• Nonlinear optics of random media fractal
  composites and metal-dielectric films

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DATA COMPILATIONS

• PERRYS CHEMICAL ENGINEERS HANDBOOK
• POLYMER HANDBOOK
• SMITHELLS METALS REFERENCE BOOK
• MATWEB (http//www.matweb.com)
• CORROSIONSOURCE (http//www.corrosionsource.com)

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MAGAZINES

• CERAMIC INDUSTRY
• CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING NEWS
• CHEMICAL WEEK
• DESIGN NEWS
• ELECTRONIC NEWS
• MACHINE DESIGN
• SEMICONDUCTOR INTERNATIONAL

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JOURNALS

• MATERIALS EVALUATION
• MATERIALS PERFORMANCE
• MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION
• ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS
• COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
• CORROSION REVIEWS
• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE
• JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MATERIALS

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• Arab International Conference on Materials
  Science 1992 Alexandria, Egypt)
• ASM Materials Science Seminar (1988 Chicago,
  Ill.)
• Fractography and materials science a symposium
  / sponsored by ASTM Committee E-24
• ICMC '90 Topical-Conference on Materials Aspects
  of High-Temperature Superconductors (1990
  Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
• International SAMPE Metals and Metals Processing
  Conference 1987 Cherry Hill, N.J.)

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESSLIBRARY OF CONGRESSSCHEME
FOR BOOKS AND PERIODICALSIN THE
TRADITIONALLIBRARY
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Q -GENERAL SCIENCE

• QA - MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS
• QB - ASTRONOMY
• QC - PHYSICS
• QD - CHEMISTRY
• QE - EARTH SCIENCE
• QK - BOTANY
• QL - ZOOLOGY
• QM - HUMAN ANATOMY

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T - GENERAL TECHNOLOGY

• TA - ENGINEERING (GENERAL)
• TC - HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
• TD - ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
• TE - HIGHWAY ENGINEERING (ROADS)
• TF - RAILROAD ENGINEERING
• TG - BRIDGE ENGINEERING
• TJ - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
• TK - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (ELECTRONICS)
• TP - CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

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TYPES OF DATABASES(Indexes to books, journals,
magazines and conferences)

• BIBLIOGRAPHIC
• FULL TEXT
• NUMERIC - DATA COMPILATION

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DATABASE FORMATS

• PRINT
• ONLINE
• CD-ROM
• WORLD WIDE WEB
• INTERNET - Client-Server

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LIMITATIONS OF DATABASES

• SUBJECT COVERAGE - this is important since
  materials science and engineering encompasses
  many disciplines
• DATES OF PUBLICATION
• TYPES OF PUBLICATION
• NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS

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LIBRARY HOME PAGEhttp//www.library.njit.edu

• Catalog New Integrated Library System
• Databases
• Inter Library Loan/Document Delivery order form
• Internet Links
• Architecture Library homepage
• Library information
• Library Services

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On-Line Catalog

• Catalog of librarys holdings
• Books
• Journals
• Technical reports
• Conference proceedings
• Theses and Dissertations
• Subject, author, title and keyword

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APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDEX

• Covers about 450 periodicals from 1983 to the
  present
• Covers magazines and journals
• Subject coverage includes aeronautics, chemical
  engineering, computer science, electrical
  engineering, environmental science, industrial
  engineering, mathematics, mechanical
  engineering, physics and transportation

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COMPENDEX WEB

• COMPENDEX WEB is the web version of Engineering
  Index.
• Covers all engineering disciplines
• Includes journals and conference articles
• Searchable by author, subject and keyword
• Includes citations and abstracts from 1970 to
  present
• Document delivery available

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SCIFINDER SCHOLAR

• Electronic Version of Chemical Abstracts 1907 -
  Present
• All aspects of chemistry and chemical engineering
• Not exhaustive in materials sciences
• Many links to full-text articles
• Search by chemical substance, reaction or
  research topic
• Special Software is needed. - not on WWW

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SCIFINDER SCHOLAR

• Computer Icon - links to full-text IF
• NJIT has an electronic subscription to the
  journal
• Journal is published by a Chemport participant
  Document is a patent in the public domain

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PROQUEST DIRECT

• Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1824
  business and management periodicals from 1970 to
  present
• Includes trade magazines
• Covers Chemical Industry
• Includes full text of articles from over 855
  journals from 1986 to present
• Searchable by company name, subject, author,
  journal or keyword

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FULL-TEXT JOURNALSPUBLISHER SPECIFIC

• AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
• AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
• IEEE/IEL ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
• INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
• SCIENCE DIRECT - ELSEVIER
• IDEAL - 174 ACADEMIC PRESS JOURNALS

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INGENTA

• INGENTA is a table of contents database which is
  available via the NJIT Library Homepage
• Covers approximately 16,000 multidisciplinary
  journals for the most recent 5 years
• Journal articles not held by NJIT library may be
  ordered from INGENTA
• Articles are faxed to the library and are
  received in approximately 72 hours
• May be searched by author, subject or journal
  title and is also web accessible

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Developing a Search Strategy

• Choose the proper database(s)
• Use Boolean Logic (AND, OR, NOT)
• Do you need to be comprehensive or precise? There
  is a tradeoff!
• Use all relevant search terms
• Cut down if too many hits
• Expand strategy if too few
• Go to a printed resource?
• Ask for help

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BEST DATABASES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

• SCIFINDER SCHOLAR
• COMPENDEXWEB
• APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDEX
• SCIENCE DIRECT
• AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS DATABASE
• IEEE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY

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LOCATING AN ARTICLE

• PRINT VERSION CHECK LIBRARY CATALOG
• ELECTRONIC VERSION CLICK ON ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
  FROM MENU ON LIBRARY HOME PAGE

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RETRIEVING DOCUMENTS

• FULL-TEXT ON THE INTERNET
• if you are lucky )
• PRINT VERSION IN THE LIBRARY
• make a photocopy
• INGENTA
• INTERLIBRARY LOAN/DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES

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