Chemical Engineering Resource Guide

Databases || Reference Tools || Associations & Societies || Petroleum & Chemical Engineering Journals Chemical Engineering Links || Chem E. Department

Databases

• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• Web of Science (search by subject or cited reference)
• Environment Complete
• CSA Materials Research Database
• Chemical Abstracts
  Searching available for NMT faculty and students. Call 835-6367.
• Business and Industry (via FirstSearch)
• Dissertation Abstracts Online (via FirstSearch)
• PapersFirst [conferences] (via FirstSearch)

General (include full-text articles)

• Academic Search Premier
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Wilson Select Plus

Reference Tools

IUPAC Gold Book - Compendium of Chemical Terminology http://goldbook.iupac.org/

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology - Ref TP155.7.C664 1999

Gardner's Chemical Synonyms and Trade Names - Ref TP9.G286 1999

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering - Ref TP 1087 E46 1985 (17 volumes)

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics - Ref Q175.35.E53 2005 (4 volumes)

Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary - Ref QD5. C5 2002

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Ref TP 9 E685 1992 (27 volumes)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - Ref Q121 .M3 2002 (20 volumes)

Online Chemical Dictionaries http://www.sciencekomm.at/advice/dict.html#chem2

Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia - Ref TP1110 .P65 1996 (12 volumes)

Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry - Ref TP9.U57 2003 (40 volumes)

Aldrich Catalog/Handbook of Fine Chemicals - REF TP 202 .A38
• Also available at: http://www.sigmaaldrich.com

ASM handbook (aka Metals Handbook) - Ref TA459 .M43

Chemical Engineering Buyers Guide - Ref TP 158 C47

Chemical Properties Handbook - Ref TP200.Y35 1999

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - REF QD 65 H3

CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data - Ref QC173.397.L53 1994

International Critical Tables - Ref Q199 .N32

Lange's handbook of chemistry - Ref QD65.L36 1999

Merck Index - Ref RS 51 .M4 1996

Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook - Ref TP 151 P45 1997

Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry - Ref TP 145 R54 1992

Ullmann's Chemical Engineering and Plant Design -TP155.5.U45 2005 (2 volumes)

Associations & Societies

• American Chemical Society (ACS) http://www.acs.org/
• American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) http://www.aiche.org/
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers http://www.aimeny.org
• Electrochemical Society http://www.electrochem.org
• Institution of Chemical Engineers http://www.icheme.org
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) http://www.qmw.ac.uk/~ugca000/iupac/

Chemical Engineering Links

• ChemFinder http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
  Indexes chemical information on the Web in a systematic fashion

• MatWeb http://www.matweb.com/
  Database includes manufacturer-supplied property data on about 24,000 materials. Searchable by material type, trade name, property parameters, manufacturer, etc.

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Chemical Engineering http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemical-Engineering/index.htm
  
Free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners.

• NIST Chemistry WebBook http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
  Web site containing thermophysical and spectral data on several thousand chemical species. Search by name, CAS number, formula, mol. wt., etc.

• Patent Searching http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/patents.html
  Links to patent databases and web tutorials

• Standards http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/standards.html
  Links to standard databases and specific organizations such as ANSI, ASTM, etc.

• ThermoDex (Univ. of Texas) http://thermodex.lib.utexas.edu/
  Use this tool to identify printed handbooks that contain thermodynamic and physical data on all types of substances.
  Caution: the library call numbers indicated are for the UT Library. Double check in LIBROS for call numbers and availability in the Tech Library.

• Vermont SIRI MSDS collection http://hazard.com/msds/index.php
  Online collection of material safety data sheets

• WWW Chemistry Guide (Univ. of Texas) http://www.chemistryguide.org
  Comprehensive and evaluated guide to web sites related to chemistry and the chemical industry