Tutorials, lectures, theses…

• ΜΙΤ: http://libraries.mit.edu/
• ΜΙΤ OPEN COURSEWARE: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
• An example: Lecture Notes http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-012Fall-2005/LectureNotes/index.htm
• Each class lecture includes structure and bonding content and thermodynamics content.
• Pithos
  H online υπηρεσία αποθήκευσης αρχείων από το Εθνικό Δίκτυο Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας, σε συνεργασία με Ακαδημαϊκά και Ερευνητικά Ιδρύματα.
• University of Cambridge:
  Teaching and Learning Packages http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/index.php· Australian Digital Theses Project
• A national collaborative database of digitized theses produced at Australian Universities. The ADT database provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only.
  · Australian Digital Theses Program at Griffith University
  · Cybertheses
• Access point for French theses.
  · National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
• This website contains information about creating and locating electronic thesis and dissertation programs.
  · PhDData.org
• Provides information of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world.
  · Theses Canada Portal
• Central access point for Canadian theses and information about the Theses Canada program.
  · UNESCO Guide to electronic theses & dissertations
•  A resource for students who are writing theses or dissertations
  · http://adt.caul.edu.au/homesearch/advancedsearch/
  · http://catalog.lib.utexas.edu/search/X
  · http://thumper.vtls.com:6080/visualizer/
  · http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/en/
  · http://etd.ohiolink.edu/search.cgi?q=metal+hydrides
  · http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ETD-db
  · http://www.theses.com/
  · http://www.narcis.info/index
  · www.gigapedia.com (books, notes, proceedings, ….)
  http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?PHPSESSID=a5f66c5f86d194afee61d95c6144dc28&board=21.0
• The Energy Citations Database (1943 – Present) was developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to improve access to Departmental and predecessor agency scientific and technical information (STI).
  · http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/advancedsearch.jsp

Research Databases

A selection of the main databases

• ISI Web of Knowledge – Interdisciplinary, includes the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science including the Science Citation Index Expanded and Journal Citation Reports
• METADEX – Main focus: metals and alloys, to a great extent complements the Web of Knowledge
• EI Compendex Plus – Covers a wide range of subjects, journal articles and conference proceedings from over 190 engineering disciplines – Further information
• ASME – Journal articles, conference proceedings, main focuses: mechanical engineering, materials, nanotechnology, tribology
• esp@cenet – Database of the European Patent Office, access to the full text of international patents from 63 countries – Further information
• Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, http://icsd.ill.eu/icsd/index.php?action=Search&page=2&nb_rows=10&order_by=yearDesc&authors=&years=&journal=&title=&elements=&elementc=&mineral=&formula=&volume=&system=&laue=&center=&spaceg=191&wyckoff=%22g+c+a%22&remarks=&min_dist=&dist_select=&dist_range=&ncoordal Journals

Search for additional databases in the Knowledge Portal

• Reference works
  Selection of the main reference works
  • Springer Materials – Based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, options for searching by substance, property or keyword
  • Encyclopedia of Materials – Introduction to various types of material and their properties, option of subject-based search
  • Comprehensive Composite Materials – Composites made of various materials and their properties, methods of identifying them, subject-based search possible
  • Smithells Metals Reference Book – Description of metals, metal processing and metal properties, and how to identify them
  • Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook – Physical properties of plastics in theory and data, subject-based search possible
  • Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology – Introduction to the basic principles of nanotechnology, subject-based search possible
  • Corrosion Handbook – Describes the effect of corrosive substances on various materials and possible protective measures
  • International Tables for Crystallography – Key aspects and data for crystallography, including space groups, symmetry and the physical characteristics of crystals

  Search for additional reference works in the Knowledge Portal

• Specialist information (changing references)
  • TEMA – Technik and Management – New. Wide range of subjects, including materials, textile and medical technology, mechanical engineering, all types of specialist literature
  • Physical Properties Sources Index (PPSI) – Comprehensive list of databases, reference works and websites for physico-chemical and other material-related properties
  • Teaching and Learning Packages on materials science – E-Learning resources on materials, material characteristics and materials testing with many illustrations, produced by the University of Cambridge
  • Dictionary of Metal Terminology – Freely accessible lexicon dictionary on the main terms relating to metals and metal processing
  • Brevier Technical Ceramics – Detailed documentation on various aspects of technical ceramics with a special focus on possible applications search engines:
    · http://www.sciencedirect.com
    · http://www.scopus.com
    · http://scholar.google.gr/