Polymers and polymer processing
Legend
- McGill users only
- Open access resource
- Free resource
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
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
- Encyclopaedic dictionary of commercial polymer blends
- Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology
- Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
- Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
- Encyclopedia of surface and colloid science QD506 E63 2006
- Modern plastics world encyclopedia TP986 A1 M62
Handbooks (sources of data)
- NMR spectra of polymers and polymer additives QC463 P5 B73 2000
- Perry's chemical engineers' handbook
- Polymer handbook
- Polymer data handbook
- Handbook of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology
Explore other reference sources from Knovel ?
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 - biosystems, process?, detoxification, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. polymer? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words polymer, polymers, polymeric, polymerization, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "polymer processing" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase polymer processing |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. rubber AND (elasticity OR viscosity) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word rubber AND elasticity oils OR viscosity |
You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers
- TP1-1185
- Chemical technology
- TP1080-1185
- Polymers and polymer manufacture
- QD1-999
- Chemistry
- QD139.P6
- Polymers, Technical analysis
- QD196
- Inorganic polymers
- QD380-388
- Organic polymers
3.1 Core databases for Polymers and polymer processing
- Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)
recommended for undergraduates - Compendex
all aspects of engineering - Materials Research Database
- SciFinder
Chemical Abstracts plus substance and reaction information. Intended for grad students faculty and researchers.
3.2 Additional databases for Polymers and polymer processing
- INSPEC
physics, electrical engineering, computers and computing - Medline (McGill only) or PubMed (free resource)
For biomedical or biomaterials engineering topics. This database provides references to more than 5500 international biomedical journals. - PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)
pulp and paper chemistry (click on the logon button - you do not need to enter a Subaccount number) - Scopus
multidisciplinary - Web of Science
multidisciplinary
Additional databases for graduate students and researchers
- IEEEXplore
locate IEEE publications including journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards - ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, as well as over 600,000 full text dissertations and theses
4. Selected Internet sites for Polymers and polymer processing
- American Chemistry Council
plastics resource page - PolymerProcessing.com
"information, education, resources and expertise in the field of polymer processing" - American Chemical Society:
- NIST Polymers Portal
- Polymer-Search
"Free directory and search engine dedicated to the polymer industries."
5. Other resources
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