Databases A to Z
Subject: Chemical & Petroleum Engineering databases
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Chemical & Petroleum Engineering research guide
Chemical & Petroleum Engineering titles
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AAPG/Datapages
Database of geology journals including titles from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), and other geological societies. Also provides access to the UDRIL GIS database of geological data in georeferenced formats for use in GIS mapping applications.
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Aluminium Industry Abstracts
Aluminum Industry Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of aluminum production processes, products, applications and business developments. Subject coverage includes: aluminum, aluminum industry, aluminum intermetallics, aluminum applications, extractive metallurgy, melting, casting, foundry metalworking, fabrication, and finishing.
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Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (H.W. Wilson)
Science and engineering indexing database that covers journal articles back to 1983. On the EBSCOhost platform.
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ASM [American Society for Metals] Handbooks Online
Materials science reference database that provides full-text ASM Handbooks. On the ASM Materials Information platform.
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ASTM Standards and Engineering Library (American Society for Testing and Materials)
Engineering reference database that covers ASTM standards, journals, symposia, manuals and eBooks as well as a dictionary of terms. On the ASTM platform.
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Book Citation Index
Index to scholarly books with citation information in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection on the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Cambridge Structural Database
Web interface to database of 3D small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures, providing the ability to perform basic search and visualisation functions. Updated every two weeks.
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Ceramic Abstracts
This database is a comprehensive resource for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books and press releases.
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Compendex
Major engineering indexing database that covers journals, trade magazines, conference papers and technical reports back to 1970, and, with EI Backfile, back to 1884. On the Engineering Village platform.
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Conference Proceedings Citation Index
Index to conference proceedings in the sciences and social sciences. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection on the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Copper Technical Reference Library
The Copper Technical Reference Library provides an online bibliographic database of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology since 1965. The Copper Technical Reference Library covers copper technology from smelting and hydrometallurgy through the performance of copper and copper alloys in their end-use applications and service environments. It references data on the properties and performance of copper and copper alloys and on applications of the copper metals. Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
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Current Chemical Reactions
Index to chemical reaction information reported in over 100 of the world's leading organic chemistry journals. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection on the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Current Contents Connect
Database providing complete tables of contents, abstracts, and bibliographic information from the most recently published issues of leading scholarly journals. On the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Data Citation Index
Index of data studies and data sets in international repositories, covering social sciences, physical sciences, life sciences, and arts & humanities, with citation information. On the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Engineering Village
Engineering database platform that includes Compendex, Inspec and GEOBASE (all listed separately), which can be searched individually or together.
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Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) Interactive Data Platform
UW login not required
Interactive mapping application providing data about the development and production of oil and gas resources in Wyoming. Produced by the University of Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI).
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Essential Science Indicators
Science research analysis database showing publication performance statistics and trends data based on journal article publication counts and citation data from Thomson Reuters databases. On the InCites platform.
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GeoRef
Major geology indexing database that covers maps, journals, books, conference papers, reports and theses. It covers North American geology back to 1669 and world geology back to 1933. On the ProQuest platform.
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GIS-UDRIL [GIS Upstream Digital Reference Information Library]
Database of geological data in georeferenced formats for use in GIS mapping applications. Accessed via AAPG Datapages (click the link in the banner at the top of the home page).
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Index Chemicus
Index to chemical compound information, covering more than 100 of the world's leading organic chemistry journals. Part of the Web of Science Core Collection on the Web of Knowledge platform.
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JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)
Video journal offering demonstrations of experiments in biology, neuroscience, immunology and infection, medicine, bioengineering, engineering, chemistry, environment, and developmental biology.
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Knovel
Engineering indexing/full-text database that covers the publisher's books and reference sources and allows searching for numeric or tabular data. On the Knovel platform. An app for iOS and Android tablets, “My Knovel ToGo”, is available to permit offline reading.
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Materials Science & Engineering Collection
Materials Science and Engineering indexing database that covers journals, conference proceedings, technical reports, books and patents back to 1965. On the ProQuest platform.
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METADEX
METADEX is a source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. Sources covered include over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases. On the ProQuest platform.
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NTIS [National Technical Information Service] National Technical Reports Library
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Technical report database covering reports from research sponsored by the U.S. government back to 1964. Access to full text requires creation of free personal account.
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OnePetro
Petroleum full-text database that provides research reports from a number of energy-related societies. On its own platform.
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Petroleum Abstracts
A comprehensive source of information on the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
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Science Citation Index
Science indexing database covering journal articles and citation information back to 1900. Part of Web of Science on the Web of Knowledge platform.
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ScienceDirect Journals and Ebooks
Multidisciplinary collection of library-licensed journals and ebooks from Elsevier and related publishers.
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SciFinder Scholar
Major chemistry indexing database covering journals, patents, dissertations, books, and websites. Also covers specialized substance and reactions sources. Access requires creation of a personal account.
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SciFinder-n (new interface)
New interface to this major chemistry database covering journals, patents, dissertations, books, and websites, as well as specialized substance and reactions sources. Also includes the MethodsNow database of full synthetic protocols, the PatentPak interactive patent mapping tool, and the Retrosynthesis Computer-Aided Synthetic Design (CASD) module for automated retrosynthesis planning. Access requires creation of a personal account; logins previously created for SciFinder Scholar remain valid for SciFinder-n.
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Scitech Connect (OSTI - includes Energy Citations Database)
UW login not required
Repository of technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, and data funded by the U.S. Department of Energy from the 1940s to today. Consolidates the contents of OSTI's Information Bridge and Energy Citations Database.
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Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering and Computer Science eBook platform that includes "Lectures," short volumes on current topics and authored by experts. On the M&C platform.
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Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Collection of ebooks on a wide variety of topics, including titles in the scientific, technical, and medical fields formerly hosted on the CRC NetBASE platform.
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USGS Energy Resources Program
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Website providing access to a range of U.S. Geological Survey publications and data.
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Web of Science (all databases on platform)
Database platform from that combines citation and traditional indexing databases, covering the sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities.
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Web of Science (core collection)
Multidisciplinary indexing database that combines journal citation index databases in arts & humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as conference proceedings and book citation indexes. The Current Chemical Reactions and Index Chemicus databases are also included in the Core Collection. All component databases can be searched separately as well.
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Wiley Online Library
Multidisciplinary collection of library-licensed journals and ebooks published by Wiley and associated publishers.
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Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
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Petroleum reference database for the state providing multiple searching methods. On its own platform.