Welcome! This site is a guide to materials science information sources available through the Texas A&M Libraries. Please contact the Subject Specialist Librarian for individual or group instruction, library purchase recommendations, and suggestions for these subject guide pages.

Core Reference Databases

• ASM Materials - ASM handbooks, phase diagrams, more
  
• CINDAS -  Thermophysical  properties , more
  
• Discovery Gate - Beilstein organic, Gmelin inorganic, more
  
• CRC ChemNetBase
  
• CRC EngNetBase - ~ 900 engineering handbooks
  
• Knovel  -  Engineering handbooks, interactive data tables
  
• More Reference Texts:
• Referex in Ei Village
  
• Science Direct
• SpringerLink Books
  
• Wiley Interscience
• SAI Global Standards - ASTM standards, more
  
• Annotated List of Chemistry  &  Materials Science Reference Databases
  

E-Book Databases

Most, but not all, e-book titles are listed in the library catalog LibCat, searchable by title, author, and subject headings, but use the e-book databases to "search inside the book".

• eBrary (multidisciplinary)
  
• EngNetBase (~900 CRC engineering handbooks)
• Knovel (~800 engineering handbooks)
• netLibrary (multidisciplinary, >51,000 titles)
• Referex (reference titles & texts)
  
• Safari Tech Books (computing applications & languages)
• Science Direct (reference titles & texts)
• Springer Online (science, technical, and medical; >9000 titles)
  
• Wiley Interscience (reference titles & texts)

Find Articles

Search article indexes/databases; use the Find Text@TAMU link for text retrieval options.

• Compendex (engineering, all types)

• CSA Materials Research
  
• IEEE Xplore (electronics, EE, computing)
  
• INSPEC (physics, electronics, EE, and computer science)
• SciFinder chemistry (use in library and OAL)
  
• SciFinder chemistry (for installation your computer)
  
• Scitopia (publications of 21 professional societies)
  
• Scopus (multidisciplinary science)
  
• Web of Science (multidisciplinary science)
  
• more
  

Journal Quick Links

 Info Sources about Journals:

• Abbreviations: UBC | CASSI (print reference)
• Publishing Information: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
• Rankings: Journal Citation Reports

Browse LibCat (TAMU holdings)for journals in the following subjects:

• Biomedical materials periodicals
• Materials science periodicals
• Chemistry of materials periodicals
• Metallurgy or metals periodicals
• Nanostructured materials periodicals
• Soft condensed matter periodicals
• Solid state chemistry periodicals
• Solid state physics periodicals
  

Top 20 Materials Science Journals by JCR Impact Factor

Progress in materials science
0079-6425
Nature materials
1476-1122
Nature nanotechnology
1748-3387
Materials science & engineering. a review journal
0927-796X
Nano letters
1530-6984
Advanced materials
0935-9648
Advanced functional materials
1616-301X
Small
1613-6810
Biomaterials
0142-9612
MRS Bulletin
0883-7694
Chemistry of materials
0897-4756
Annual review of materials research
1531-7331
Soft matter
1744-683X
International journal of plasticity
0749-6419
Journal of materials chemistry
0959-9428
Carbon
0008-6223
Critical reviews in solid state and materials sciences
1040-8436
Crystal growth & design
1528-7483
Organic electronics
1566-1199
Acta materialia
1359-6454