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Scopus

  • Coverage: Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and patents. The database is updated daily; Scopus contains over 93 million records with over 87 million records since 1970. Scopus indexes over 26,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 7,000 publishers, including over 6,000 open access journals. Scopus also indexes nearly 200 trade publications, nearly 150,000 conferences, and over 300,000 books. Additionally, the database contains over 48 million patent records from US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and UK Intellectual Property Office.
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Academic Search Ultimate

  • Coverage: 1965 - Current
  • Access: UALC
  • Purchased By: Pioneer
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
EBSCO's Academic Search Ultimate focuses on a range of subjects including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion/theology, and more. Academic Search Ultimate indexes more than 17,000 periodicals and includes full-text articles from more than 10,000 journals, nearly 6,800 more journals than Academic Search Premier. Academic Search Ultimate was acquired primarily for its full-text journal articles in science, engineering, and health sciences.
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AccessEngineering

  • Coverage: Most recent decade
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
AccessEngineering is an engineering teaching and learning platform that provides access to authoritative and regularly updated reference information in all engineering disciplines.
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Aluminum Industry Abstracts

  • Coverage: 1972 - Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Aluminum Industry Abstracts (AIA), formerly World Aluminum Abstracts (WAA), provides coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments. Their database contains over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases. Their major areas of coverage include the aluminum industry, aluminum intermetallics, business information, end uses of aluminum, engineering properties and tests, extractive metallurgy, melting/casting/foundry, metalworking/fabrication/finishing, ores, extraction of alumina and aluminum, patents, physical and mechanical metallurgy, and quality control/testing. The database's coverage (as shown above) is approximately 1972 - current, though the oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1934; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1988 or later. The database is updated once a month, with approximately 10,000 new records are added per year and a total of over 410,000 records so far.

ChemZent

  • Coverage: 1830-1969
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: unlimited
ChemZent provides access to the first and only indexed, English-searchable version of Chemisches Zentralblatt. Chemisches Zentralblatt is the oldest journal of chemistry abstracts. ChemZent allows authorized users to explore, discover and isolate historic chemistry information using familiar SciFinder features. Also, gain additional entry points to ChemZent abstracts through indexing of relevant concepts and substances. Pinpoint the location of the abstract within the original German PDF with abstract markers and make use of the CAS controlled vocabulary for greater discoverability and Print and export original German and English translated abstracts.
CISTI Electronic Journals
- See: NRC Research Press
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Compendex Archive

  • Coverage: 1884-1969
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Effective July 31st, 2013, Compendex is limited to archive-only access and is not updated with new information (see coverage date above for details). Access to current information in Compendex is available through Scopus.

Compendex is a bibliographic database of engineering research which contains over ten million references and abstracts taken from over 6,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, conference proceedings and technical papers. The subjects covered by this database include nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.
Dissertations & Theses Global
- See: Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global
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Engineering Village

  • Coverage: Varies by Database
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This link provides access to the content of two databases from Engineering Village, Compendex Archive(Engineering Index Backfile) and Inspec. Compendex Archive is a bibliographic database of engineering research which contains over 1.7 million references and abstracts taken from over 6,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, conference proceedings and technical papers. The subjects covered by this database include nuclear technology, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields. The Compendex Archive provides a comprehensive, historical view of engineering developments and innovations described in literature from 1884-1969. Access to current information in Compendex is available through Scopus. Inspec is a bibliographic database providing access to scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, manufacturing and production engineering. The database contains over 13 million bibliographic records from scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings. Inspec's online coverage is from 1898 to the present, and records are updated weekly, with approximately 760,000 new records added to the database annually.
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GeoRef

  • Coverage: 1785 - Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
The database contains over 3.8 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. The database continues to grow by more than 100,000 references a year. GeoRef covers North America from 1666 to the present and the rest of world since 1933. The database includes all publications of the USGS (U. S. Geological Survey), Masters' theses and doctoral dissertations from U.S. and Canadian universities are also included.
Global Reference On The Environment/Energy/And Natural Resources
- See: GREENR (see Gale in Context: Environmental Studies)

GREENR (see Gale in Context: Environmental Studies)

  • Coverage: unlimited
  • Access: UALC
  • Purchased By: UALC
  • Maximum Users: unlimited
From global warming, to food safety, to access to health care, to the impact of economic development on international relations, today's important environmental issues are shaping the future and reach far beyond the United States. Additionally, as green collar jobs are poised for growth, municipalities strive to be environmentally friendly, and corporations develop green working environments, this resource becomes invaluable. GREENR focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Both interactive and current, GREENR allows users to navigate issue, organization and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource provides news, background information, video, unique commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas, covering relevant categories including energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development.
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Inspec

  • Coverage: 1898 - Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Inspec is a bibliographic database providing access to scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering. The database contains over 13 million bibliographic records from scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings. Inspec's online coverage is from 1898 to the present, and records are updated weekly, with approximately 760,000 new records added to the database annually.
Institutional Repository (U of U)
- See: USpace
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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

  • Coverage: Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This encyclopedia covers the properties, manufacturing, and uses of chemicals, as well as materials, processes, and engineering principles. Current research, emerging technologies, economic aspects, environmental impacts and health concerns are also addressed. The database contains over 1,000 articles, which are updated regularly, as well as archival content.
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Materials Science and Engineering Collection

  • Coverage: Varies by Database
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This link provides access to a selection of engineering and materials science databases from ProQuest and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, including Engineering Index, METADEX, Aluminium Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts, copper and polymer databases, Corrosion Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, and Materials Business File.
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METADEX

  • Coverage: ~1966 - Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This database covers metals and alloys, including details on their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. The collection contains almost 1.5 million references and is the database equivalent of Metals Abstracts, Metals Abstracts Index, and Alloys Index. Major areas of coverage include steel, strength, refining, casting, coatings, heat treatment, metal matrix composites, nonferrous metals, corrosion, extracting, smelting, blast furnaces, machining, welding, testing, analysis, environmental issues, and safety issues. The database is updated once a month, with approximately 45,000 new records added per year. There are nearly 8 million records in the collection in total, drawn from over 3,000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade journal/newsletter items, patents, books, and press releases.
NACA Reports
- See: TRAIL
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NRC Research Press

  • Coverage: Varies by Title
  • Access: UALC
  • Purchased By: UALC
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This listing provides access to a collection of journals in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and medicine, provided by the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI). Note that this is an archival collection only, and no new issues of journals are added.
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Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global

  • Coverage: current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: 11 - 15
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.

SciFinder-n

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  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: unlimited
NOTE: You must register for a user account to use this database - note that for registration you must use your University of Utah email. This database is licensed for use only by U of U faculty, students and staff conducting scholarly research. It is not to be used for commercial research. SciFinder n is a research discovery application that provides integrated access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. Available in Scifinder-N, ChemZent provides access to the first and only indexed, English-searchable version of Chemisches Zentralblatt. Chemisches Zentralblatt is the oldest journal of chemistry abstracts.ChemZent allows authorized users to explore, discover and isolate historic chemistry information using familiar SciFinder features. Also, gain additional entry points to ChemZent abstracts through indexing of relevant concepts and substances. Pinpoint the location of the abstract within the original German PDF with abstract markers and make use of the CAS controlled vocabulary for greater discoverability and Print and export original German and English translated abstracts.
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Scopus

  • Coverage: Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of research literature and patents. The database is updated daily; Scopus contains over 93 million records with over 87 million records since 1970. Scopus indexes over 26,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 7,000 publishers, including over 6,000 open access journals. Scopus also indexes nearly 200 trade publications, nearly 150,000 conferences, and over 300,000 books. Additionally, the database contains over 48 million patent records from US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and UK Intellectual Property Office.
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TOXLINE

  • Coverage: 1992 - Current
  • Access: Freely Available
  • Purchased By: Eccles Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
This database provides access to an index of world literature on toxicology, covering subjects such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, pollutants, and more. Citations to journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and theses are included in the collection. Some of the material indexed in this database is owned by the University of Utah, primarily through the Eccles Library.
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TRAIL

  • Coverage: Varies
  • Access: Freely Available
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
TRAIL is a collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975. The TRAIL project was initiated in 2005 by engineering and government document librarians (including the University of Utah). The project has since expanded and is now a nationwide workflow among over 30 institutional partners. As of April 2011 more than 30,000 documents have been scanned, cataloged and added to the repository. U.S. federal agencies included in the collection so far are the Bureau of Mines, National Bureau of Standards, Atomic Energy Commission, Saline Waters, and NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). The collection is constantly expanding to include additional agencies.

USpace

  • Coverage: Varies
  • Access: Freely Available
  • Purchased By: Free
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
USpace (the University of Utah's Institutional Repository Initiative) is a collaborative project between the libraries at the University of Utah and the University community which collects and archives the intellectual capital of the institution and make these scholarly materials freely available on the Internet.
Web of Knowledge
- See: Web of Science Core Collection
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Web of Science Core Collection

  • Coverage: 1900 - Current
  • Access: University of Utah
  • Purchased By: Marriott Library
  • Maximum Users: Unlimited
Search the world's leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the science, social sciences, and arts and humanities and navigate the full citation network. Science Citation Index Expanded (1900 - present) Social Sciences Citation Index (1900 - present) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975 - present) Emerging Sources Citation Index (2019 - present)

For published authors of monographs, please submit your request to be added to Web of Science.