Last revised: July 2007

Materials Science

This guide was created to help students and faculty find information in the field of materials science. Email the subject area specialist Bob Kackley at rkackley(@umd.edu) or call 301-405-9155 for more information.

Finding Books

At UM Libraries

To locate books on a specific topic, search the online catalog. To start with, try a subject beginning with ... search using phrases such as Materials Fatigue, Materials science, or Materials Testing. This search will return books classified under those subject headings. For example, a subject search for Materials handling, would return the following:

To narrow your results down to a particular focus, use the catalog's advanced search and limit your search by publication year, location, or by adding additional keywords.

A word/s anywhere search will locate terms and phrases that appear in the title, subject headings, or notes of a catalog record. Examples of some common terms and phrases used to locate books on materials science include:

Books dealing with similar subjects are likely to be grouped together on the shelves. Thus, another way to locate books on a particular topic is to shelf-browse. The following are some call number ranges where you can find books about or related to materials science:

At Other Libraries

The best tool for locating books and journals beyond holdings of the University of Maryland and its consortium libraries is WorldCat. WorldCat contains records for materials found in research libraries worldwide. However, in order to obtain materials found outside the university system you will need to request an interlibrary loan.

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Reference Works

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Novikov, Vladimir. Concise dictionary of materials science: structure and characterization of polycrystalline materials. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, c2003.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA418.9.C7 N67 2003
• Concise polymeric materials encyclopedia. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c1999.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TP1110 .C66 1999
• Bray, Charles. Dictionary of glass: materials and techniques. London: A & C Black; Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TP788 .B73 2001
• Keller, Harald. Dictionary of engineering materials. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2004.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA402 .K43 2004
• Dictionary of material science and high energy physics. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, c2001. LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: QC772 .D57 2001


• Brown, Colin D. Dictionary of metallurgy. Chichester; New York: John Wiley,c1998.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TN609.B76 1998
• Schwartz, Mel M. Encyclopedia of materials, parts, and finishes. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c2002.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA418.9.S62 S39 2002
• McGraw-Hill dictionary of materials science. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2003.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TA402 .M347 2003.
• Harper, Charles A. Plastics materials and processes: a concise encyclopedia. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, c2003.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TP1110 .H42 2003

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Handbooks and Manuals

• Construction materials manual. Basel: Birkhäuser; Munich: Edition Detail, 2006.
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TA402.5.G3 C66 2006
• CRC materials science and engineering handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press,c2001.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA403.4.C74 2001
• Handbook of ceramic composites. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers,c2005.
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TA418.9.C6C316 2005
• Handbook of ceramic grinding and polishing. Park Ridge, N.J.: Noyes Publications; Norwich, N.Y.: William Andrew Pub.,c2000.
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TJ1280.H36 2000
• Handbook of metallurgical process design. New York :Marcel Dekker; [London: Momenta, distributor],c2004.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TS205.H25 2004
• Brady, George S. Materials handbook: an encyclopedia for managers, technical professionals, purchasing and production managers, technicians, and supervisors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA403 .B73 2002
• Sinha, Anil Kumar. Physical metallurgy handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill,c2003.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TN690.4.S55 2003

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Directories

• SME resourceguide. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration,c1996.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TN1.S637
• University/Industry Materials Research Exchange. (1996: Birmingham, England). London: Institute of Materials,c1996.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA404.2.U54 1996

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Finding Articles

Core Databases

Includes abstracts on a variety of topics including Steel, Microstructure, Strength, Refining, Casting, Coatings, Heat Treatment, Metal Matrix Composites, Nonferrous metals, Corrosion, Extracting and Smelting, Blast Furnaces, Machining, Welding, Testing and Analysis, Environmental and Safety Issues.

Covers the topics of Biomedical materials, Ceramics, Composites, Compounding and Blinding, Corrosion, Design, Joining, Machining, Mechanical properties, Microstructure, Molding and forming, Physical properties, Polymers, Preparation and Synthesis, Quality Control, and Testing.

Engineering Village 2 is a Web-based information service that offers a wide range of quality resources for information specialists, professionals, and researchers working in the applied science and engineering fields. It is a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database with engineering journals, conference materials, Physics Abstracts, Electrical & Electronics Abstracts and Computer & Control Abstracts.

Indexes and abstracts 4,000 scientific/technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering, computing, and information technology. Core coverage of computing, electronics, and physics, with related coverage of materials science, oceanography, nuclear engineering, geophysics, and biomedical engineering.

Focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. Citations for this database are pulled from 2,000 journals, plus patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books indexed by expert editors from Materials Information.

Continuing online Ceramic Abstracts & World Ceramic Abstracts, indexes technical literature for the ceramics industry including manufacture, processing, applications, & properties contained in over 200 journals, proceedings, books, patents, standards & company product literature.

Abstracts of international literature on corrosion testing and prevention.

Abstracts of international technical literature on aluminum production, applications, industry, metallurgy, ores, and testing.

Abstracts of journal articles, technical reports, patents and more on all aspects of copper, copper alloys, and copper technology Includes abstracts of 5582 documents published between 1863 and 1964.

Abstracts of articles, research reports, books, standards, patents, theses and special publications. Covers about 50 journals, but is international. Covers all areas of welding, joining metals, plastics and ceramics, metal and ceramic spraying, thermal cutting, brazing, soldering and related topics.

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Multidisciplinary Databases

Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.

Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Records include complete ordering information to obtain preprints, abstracts, proceedings and other publications derived from the conference, together with title and author information needed to track the specific papers.

This database is the authoritative source for information about and full text of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 graduate schools and universities.

A collection of E-texts covering topics specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Some titles available through netLibrary that are relevant to Materials Science include Future Materials Science Research on the International Space Station and Materials Science and Engineering: Forging Stronger Links to Users.

Covers U.S. government-sponsored research and reports from federal agencies. NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from federal sources. Indexes and abstracts technical research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio-visual products.Information is also available from some foreign governments. Additionally, NTIS includes some technical reports from international agencies such as NATO and AGARD.

A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. The best database for finding what papers have cited other papers. Cited references can be traced forward in time.

Catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.

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Periodicals

To find journals conduct a Journal Search in the UM catalog or browse E-Journals in Research Port. The following is a select list of materials science e-journals:

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Web Resources

General

AMMTIAC has a bibliographic database, a lengthy list of related links, and much more.

The Biomaterials Network has links to "top sites," organizations, jobs, events, and much more.

"The NSDL MatDL Pathway aims to provide stewardship for content and services needed across the MS community and in particular for its targeted audience of materials undergraduate and graduate students, educators, and researchers by offering: 1. Tools, like the Repository and Soft Matter Wiki, to describe, manage, exchange, archive, and disseminate data among national and international government-funded materials teams and centers. 2. MatForge for open access development of modeling and simulation tools. 3. Teaching Archive for collaborative development of core undergraduate MS teaching materials. 4. Services and content for virtual labs in large undergraduate introductory science courses."

"The Photonics Dictionary contains more than 6000 industry-related terms, along with acronyms, abbreviations and illustrations."

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Web Databases

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Online Journals

• Bulletin of Materials Science
  http://www.ias.ac.in/matersci/
• Chalcogenide Letters
  http://www.chalcogen.infim.ro/letters.html
• e-Preservation Science
  http://www.morana-rtd.com/e-preservationscience/
• Journal of Nanomaterials
  http://www.hindawi.com/journals/JNM/
• Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan
  http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jcersj
• Materials and Technology
  http://ctklj.ctk.uni-lj.si/kovine/mit/
• Materials Research
  http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1516-1439&lng=en&nrm=iso
• Revista Materia
  http://www.materia.coppe.ufrj.br/

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Professional Associations

• American Ceramic Society
  http://www.acers.org/
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
  http://www.aimeny.org/
• American Welding Society
  http://www.aws.org/
• Association of Iron and Steel Engineers
  http://www.aise.org/
• Federation of Materials Societies
  http://www.materialsocieties.org/
• International Union of Materials Research Societies
  http://www.iumrs.org/
• Materials Research Society
  http://www.mrs.org/
• Minerals Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
  http://www.tms.org/
• Society for Biomaterials
  http://www.biomaterials.org/
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
  http://www.sampe.org/

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