Materials

1. Sources for background information

If you are not sure what your topic is all about, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Start with:

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Dictionary of ceramics
• Encyclopedia of materials characterization
• Encyclopedia of smart materials, Volumes 1-2

Handbooks

• Handbook of advanced materials: enabling new designs
• Handbook of environmental degradation of materials
• Handbook of magnetism and advanced magnetic materials
• Handbook of materials modeling
• Handbook of materials selection
• Internal friction in metallic materials: a handbook
• Materials handbook a concise desktop reference
• Smithells metals reference book
• Springer handbook of condensed matter and materials data
• Springer handbook of materials measurement methods

Other reference material

• Annual book of ASTM standards TA401 A653
• Minerals yearbook
• Phase transformations in materials

2. Searching the library catalogue

Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - metallurgy, metallurg?, alloys, etc.

Search tips for the library catalogue

Get more catalogue search tips.

You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers

• TN1-997

  Mining Engineering. Metallurgy

  • TN263-271

    Mineral deposits. Metallic ore deposits. Prospecting

  • TN275-325

    Practical mining operations. Safety measures

  • TN331-347

    Mine transportation, haulage and hoisting. Mining machinery

  • TN400-580

    Ore deposits and mining of particular metals

  • TN600-799

    Metallurgy

  • TN799.5-948

    Nonmetallic minerals

  • TN950-997

    Building and ornamental stones

• TS1-2301

  Manufactures

  • TS200-770

    Metal manufactures. Metalworking

3.1 Core databases for Materials

• Materials Research Database
  Or search subfiles separately:
  • Aluminium Industry Abstracts / Ceramic Abstracts / Copper Technical Reference Library
  • Engineered Materials Abstracts
  • METADEX (metals and alloys)
• Compendex
  A comprehensive, interdisciplinary engineering database

3.2 Additional databases for Materials

Databases for related subjects

• Aerospace Database
• Applied Science and Technology Full Text
  Intended for undergraduate students
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
• Inspec
  covers physics, computer and control, electrical engineering and electronics
• Medline (McGill only) or PubMed (free resource)
  For biomaterials engineering topics. This database provides references to more than 5500 international biomedical journals.
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  A database of doctoral dissertations and master's theses from the United States, Canada and selected international institutions
• SciFinder
  Intended for graduate students, faculty and researchers
• Scopus
  Multidisciplinary. Offers citation searching
• Web of Science
  Access to Science Citation Index. Offers searching for articles, including cited author and cited work

You can also search the full text of core journals:

• ScienceDirect
  Full text database of the journals published by Elsevier, also allows citation searching
• Annual Reviews: Materials Research

4. Selected Internet sites for Materials

• CompoundSemi News Center
  complete news resource dedicated to the Compound Semiconductor Industry
• Globalspec
  Products & Suppliers; Services & Consultants
• IBM Research: Materials Science
  understanding what happens on surfaces when materials interact is fundamental to any progress in science
• Martindale's Materials Science Center
• Materials Algorithms Project (MAP)
  serves as a centre for validation and distribution of algorithms for use in the modelling of materials, in the context of materials science and metallurgy.
• Materials Research Society: The Materials Gateway
• MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource
• Physical Reference Data
  From the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physics Laboratory. Physical constants, atomic and molecular spectroscopic data, ionization data, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray data, nuclear and condensed matter physics data, etc.
• Scirus
• TRAIL: Technical Reports and Image Archive Library
  EPrints, Preprints, and Technical Reports on the Web

5. Other resources

• Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Physics