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Materials Science and Engineering

Finding Literature

Identifying Research Papers

For identifying journal and conference papers, these are the top indexing products:

Full Text Sources

Membership organizations and other publishers in STEM fields often provide valuable full-text databases of their publications.  Some of those include the products below.  Go to Find Research Databases for the full list (sortable by type, subject, and publisher).

Finding Books

Go to the library catalog for UT holdings:

For help in identifying books, this is big help:

If UT doesn't own a book you need, make a request:

"Find it at UT"

When you see Find it at UT (or a similar offer), usually you will want to click on it.  Linking software works to find the text of a journal article or information about electronic holdings of a journal.

Keeping Track

Use a reference manager tool to collect citations and documents, to help with being an organized researcher, and to assist in writing.

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