Chemical Engineering Literature & Reports: Get Articles, Property and Pricing Data

Scopus

Peer-reviewed literature from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Coverage: 1966 - present

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Web of Science

Articles and citations in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Coverage: Varies

Web of Science is comprised of several databases. The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) covers journals in the medical, physical and natural sciences, and engineering fields. The entire database extends back to 1899. The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) covers journals in the social sciences. The entire database extends back to 1898. The Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) covers journals in the arts and humanities. It also selectively covers relevant items from science and technical journals. The entire database extends back to 1975.
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Resources for technologies including biotechnology, computer science, power and energy. It also includes IEEE standards.

IEEE Xplore provides access to journals, annual conference proceedings, and IEEE technical standards.
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SciFinder-n

Provides chemical information including physical and chemical properties, reactions, and patents.
Coverage: 1907 to present

Note: Access is restricted to current faculty, students and staff of the University. Account registration must be done using your Waterloo email address.
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Reaxys
Authoritative information in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Coverage: 1779 - present

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PubMed
Articles in medicine, life sciences, animal sciences, plant sciences, biomedical research, medical devices, nursing, biotechnology, the healthcare system, and the preclinical sciences.
Coverage: 1950 - present

PubMed is comprised of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
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If you don't find the data you want in one database, try another. They are all a bit different from each other.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Property data on chemical compounds and all physical particles that have
been reported in the literature; reviewed by subject experts.
Coverage: 2003-2004 to 2020-2021

Contains important information on data-related subjects such as chemical and
laboratory safety, and nomenclature
Available to students, faculty and staff at the University of Waterloo.
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Depending on your method of access, you may be asked to authenticate as a member of the UWaterloo community.
SciFinder-n

Provides chemical information including physical and chemical properties, reactions, and patents.
Coverage: 1907 to present

Note: Access is restricted to current faculty, students and staff of the University. Account registration must be done using your Waterloo email address.
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Reaxys
Authoritative information in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Coverage: 1779 - present

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SpringerMaterials
Covers multiple material classes, property types, and applications for identifying material properties.
Coverage: Current

The collections included in SpringerMaterials are: Landolt-Bornstein, Inorganic Solid Phases, MSI Eureka, Polymer Thermodynamics, Substance Profile, Thermophysical Properties.
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Polymers: A Property Database
A comprehensive and in-depth collection of properties for a very wide range of polymers, both synthetic and natural.
Coverage: Current

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Knovel
Provides data and technical references.
Coverage: n.a.

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Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)
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It provides completely identified inorganic crystal structures. It contains experimental inorganic structures, experimental metal-organic structures, and theoretical inorganic structures. .
Coverage: 1913 to present

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Merck Index Online
Encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals

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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)
- Coverage: From 2016
CEP (Chemical Engineering Progress)
- Coverage: From 1994
Chemical Engineering
- Coverage: From 1987

Sigma Millipore (formerly Sigma Aldrich)

Reaxys
Authoritative information in organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry.
Coverage: 1779 - present

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SciFinder-n

Provides chemical information including physical and chemical properties, reactions, and patents.
Coverage: 1907 to present

Note: Access is restricted to current faculty, students and staff of the University. Account registration must be done using your Waterloo email address.
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Producer Price Indexes (Canadian)
From Statistics Canada.
- Search for the product or service in the search bar or browse by subject
Producer Price Indexes (U.S.)
From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
- The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services.

Frost & Sullivan
Provides market research and analysis.
Coverage: varies

Note: Users can view, but not download documents online. If you require PDFs, send your request to the Engineering Reference Team
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Global Data Explorer
Information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries. New platform for Marketline Advantage.
Coverage: current

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IBISWorld
Provides market research reports for Canadian and US industries.
Coverage: current

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Mergent Market Atlas
Industry reports covering North America, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe by country and region.
Coverage: current

Mergent Market Atlas provides business and financial information on more than 10,000 public companies in the U.S. Profiles for each company include: business descriptions, EDGAR documents, fundamental data, key financial ratios, earnings estimates, stock information and current headline news. The latest financial information may be presented by business and geographic segments. Mergent Atlas Online also provides the ability to create custom reports for a company, as well as compare reports of multiple companies. Also includes country statistical data and maps.
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Statista
Provides over 1 million statistics, data, and facts from over 600 industries and 50+ countries.
Coverage:Varies

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Factiva
News, business magazines, trade journals, newsletters, and television and radio transcripts.
Coverage: 1970s - present. Varies by publication

Factiva forbids storing or using search results in research applications such as data mining or trend analysis.
Note: If you are at a public workstation you will be asked for your WatIAM (Quest) User ID and Password.
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ABI/INFORM

Articles on business and management from U.S. and international journals and trade magazines, including company histories, competitive intelligence, and product development.
Coverage: 1971 - present

Includes scholarly journals, trade magazines, working papers, market research, and company profiles.
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ScienceDaily
The ScienceDaily news site is best known for showcasing the top science news stories from the world’s leading universities and research organizations.