Reference

On this page are many resources located in the libraries at Carnegie Mellon, as well as electronic sources, that can help you get started on your research. Check subject-specific encyclopedias to get an overview of your topic. Many encyclopedia articles have footnotes that will lead you to additional sources. Use dictionaries specific to engineering and materials science to familiarize yourself with terms used in materials science and engineering literature. Handbooks are often useful for locating data and formulae.

For reference resources in related disciplines, such as mechanics or biomedical information, go to Biomedical Engineering Reference or Mechanical Engineering Reference.

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Handbooks
• Miscellaneous Resources

• Davis, Joseph R., ed. ASM Materials Engineering Dictionary. Metals Park, Ohio: ASM International, 1992.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA402 .A85

• Brown, Colin D. Dictionary of Metallurgy. Chichester; New York: John Wiley, 1998.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TN609 .B76

• Dodd, Arthur Edward. Dictionary of Ceramics. 3rd ed. London: Institute of Materials, 1994.
  ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 666.03 D63D3
  • Available via Knovel.

• Elsevier's Dictionary of Metallurgy in Six Languages: English/American, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and German. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TN609 .E44

• Krar, Stephen F., ed. Illustrated Dictionary of Metalworking and Manufacturing Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TS204 .I36

• McColm, I. J. Dictionary of Ceramic Science and Engineering. 2nd ed. New York: Plenum Press, 1993.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TP788 .M38

• Merriam-Webster Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Includes a dictionary, thesaurus, and related products.

• Oxford English Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms: Access Science

• Ross, Robert B. Metallic Materials Specification Handbook. 4th ed. London; New York: Chapman & Hall, 1992.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA461 .R67

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Encyclopedias

• Bever, Michael B. ed. Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA402 .E53

• Concise Encyclopedia of Magnetic & Superconducting Materials. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2nd ed.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: QC764.52 .C66

• Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• The Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials. Oxford: Pergamon, 1994.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA404.8 .E53

• Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. New York: Wiley, 1991- .
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TP9 .K54
  • Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: Access Science

• McKetta, John J., ed. Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design. New York: M. Dekker, 1976- .
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TP9 .E66

• Salamone, Joseph C., ed. Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia [CD-ROM]. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1996.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK: 668.9 P7836
  Comprehensive encyclopedia on the synthesis, properties, and applications of polymeric materials. Includes 1,150 articles, 2,455 tables, 2,008 structures, 4,992 equations and schemes, and thousands of bibliographical references.

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Handbooks

• ASM Handbook. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International, 1990-
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA459 .M43

• Composite Materials Handbook. Available via Knovel.

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics [Online]. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

  CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1977- (updated annually).
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 540.2 H19
  HUNT LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 540.2 H19
  MELLON INSTITUTE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: QD65 .C4
  Most recent editions are found at the Engineering and Science Library reference desk, in the reference area, or in the Mellon Institute Library.

• CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1994.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 620.11 C912A2

• Electronic Materials Handbook. Metals Park, OH: ASM International, 1989-
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TK7871 .E44

• Engineered Materials Handbook. Metals Park, Ohio: ASM International, 1987-
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA403 .E497

• Handbook of Materials Modeling. edited by Sidney Yip. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA403.6 .H36

• Military Handbook -- The Composite Materials Handbook. Online content available from the database: Knovel.

• Gotoh, Keishi, Hiroaki Masuda, and Ko Higashitani, eds. Powder Technology Handbook. 2nd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1997.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TP156 .P3P64

• Hicks, Tyler G., ed. Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA332 .S73

• Mark, James E., ed. Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook [CD-ROM]. Woodbury, N.Y. : AIP Press, 1996.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK: TA455 .P58P475
  Concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics.

• Nalwa, Hari Singh, ed. Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA418.9 .N35H36 (5 volume set)

• Smithells, Colin J. Smithells Metals Reference Book. 8th ed. London: Butterworth Heinemann, 2004.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TN690.4 .V55

• Totten, George E. and Maurice A.H. Howes, eds. Steel Heat Treatment Handbook. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1997.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: TA490 .A4

• Villars, P. (Pierre). Pearson's Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases. 2nd ed. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1991.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 669.94 V72P2

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Miscellaneous Resources

• Alloy Digest. Upper Montclair, N.J.: Engineering Alloys Digest, Sept. 1952-
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 669 A44
  Each sheet gives manufacturer, composition, properties, recommended treatments and applications of a particular alloy.

• Bibliographic Data Search (AMPTIAC)
  Search for documents which reside in AMPTIAC's physical library, as well as documents from two other IITRI-operated IAC's; The Reliability Analysis Center (RAC) and the Manufacturing Technology Information Analysis Center (MTIAC).

• Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams [CD-ROM]. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International, 1996.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY PUBLIC COMPUTER: BB252

• Binary Alloy Phase Diagrams. Massalski, T.B., editor-in-chief. 2nd ed. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International, 1990.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 669.94 B6122A2

• Bringas, John E. and Michael L. Wayman. The Metals Black Book - Ferrous Metals. [CD-ROM]. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: CASTI Publ., 1998.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY PUBLIC COMPUTER: BB252
  Contains data from American and Canadian standards. Includes chemical compositions, mechanical properties, physical properties, and machining data.

• Bringas, John E. and Michael L. Wayman. The Metals Red Book - Nonferrous Metals. [CD-ROM]. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: CASTI Publ., 1998.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY PUBLIC COMPUTER: BB253
  Contains data from American and European standards. Includes aluminum, copper, nickel, titanium, zinc, tin (solders), precious metals, zirconium and cobalt alloys.

• ChemFinder (Cambridge Soft Corporation)
  Search for chemical compounds on the web.

• Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. (CASSI). Columbus, Ohio: Chemical Abstracts Service.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 540.5 C511
  MELLON INSTITUTE LIBRARY REFERENCE OFFICE: Z5523 .A52C51
  Lists publications indexed by Chemical Abstracts and their abbreviations. From 1907- 1994, plus supplements.

• Crystal Lattice Structures (Naval Research Laboratory)

• Daams, J. L. C., P. Villars, and J.H.N. van Vucht. Atlas of Crystal Structure Types for Intermetallic Phases. Newbury, OH: ASM International, 1991-
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 669.9 D11A

• Directory of Published Proceedings. Series SEMT: Science/Engineering/Medicine/Technology. Harrison, N.Y.: InterDok, 1965 - (updated monthly)
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 016.5 D59

• efunda: Engineering Fundamentals

• Electronic Giecks' Engineering Formulas [CD-ROM]. McGraw-Hill : MathSoft, Inc., [1995?]
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK:620.002 G45EL
  Gieck, Kurt. Engineering Formulas. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 620.002 G45E7
  

• Favorite Mathematical Constants
  Compiled by Steven Finch, Research and Development Team, MathSoft, Inc.

• GE Plastics
  Thermoplastics and other plastics datasheets and information.

• Materials Properties Locator Database (SUNY Buffalo Science and Engineering Library)
  Use this database to locate handbooks or other reference tools that may contain the property data you need. Then search Cameo to see if Carnegie Mellon libraries own the item.

• MatPro: Materials and Processes Database (AMPTIAC)

• MatWeb: the Online Materials Information Resource
  Searchable database of materials datasheets and specs, giving physical and thermodynamic properties of materials.

• MEMS Material Database

• Multiphase Polymeric Materials (University of Southern Mississippi)
  
  
• NIST Ceramics WebBook
  
  
• High-Temperature Superconducting Materials Database
  

• NIST Chemistry WebBook
  

• Organometallic Hyper TextBook (Rob Toreki, Interactive Learning Paradigms, Inc.)

• Testing Buyer's Guide (ASM)

• Villars, Pierre. Handbook of Ternary Alloy Phase Diagrams. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1995.
  ENGINEERING & SCIENCE LIBRARY REFERENCE COLLECTION: 669.94 V72H

• WebElements (Mark Winter, University of Sheffield)
  A periodic table of the elements linking to physical properties and other information.

• WebMolecules
  Over 200,000 molecular models online. Download free software to view molecules.

• Where To Find Materials Safety Data Sheets on the Web (Rob Toreki, University of Kentucky)

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