To search the technical literature, including journal articles, patents, technical reports, conferences, etc., use an index database. These are the best:
The Web of Science platform currently provides temporary access to several databases that are not part of the Core Collection, including Biosis Citation Index, Data Citation Index, and Zoological Record
Use this link to access Google Scholar, and see our Google Scholar Guide for information on using this resource.
If you encounter a warning about the security certificate when using the FindIt@UT tool in Google Scholar, you can learn more about that using this guide.
To see the publications to which UT-Austin has access, sign in and click in the navigation bar.
In search results, the subscription identifier icon indicates documents where the UT-Austin subscription enables full-text access.
Searching in this database also provides access to articles available through UT-Austin's subscriptions to journals from the MRS, the MRS Bulletin and Journal of Materials Research.
The Materials Research Society focuses on the study of the structure and properties of any material, as well as using this body of knowledge to create new materials and tailoring the properties of a material for specific uses.
Search in the Library Catalog by keyword for classes of materials, concepts, and techniques. Remember that the topics of books are much broader in scope than the topics of individual articles. You'll find both e-books and print books there. Materials science is highly interdisciplinary, so printed books are located across multiple locations in the University Libraries, primarily in the Engineering Library (EER), Chemistry Collection (PCL 6th floor), PMA Library, and various storage facilities.
The Library of Congress Classification System reflects the scattered nature of the subject. These are call number areas where most print books are classified:
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