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E-Books in Materials Science

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There are many collections of E-Books that reflect subject strength in this subject area. Many of these E-Book platforms can be searched at the chapter level and are available by the chapter or entire book. Most of the titles are also included in ANTPAC by author/editor and title of the volume.

ASM Handbooks*
Major reference tool for metals and materials technology.
Knovel*
Online Interactive Books and Databases containing a large number of online science and engineering handbooks, in subject areas of chemistry, materials science, and engineering.
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Landolt-Börnstein Handbook
Landolt-Bornstein, Group IV Physical Chemistry - Phase Equilibria, Crystallographic and Thermodynamic Data of Binary Alloys, Volume 5. Additional resources from Landolt-Bornstein via SpringerMaterials can be found using directions at http://www.cdlib.org/services/info_services/instruct/SpringerMaterials_May_2014.pdf
Lange's handbook of chemistry*
Call number: SCI Reference QD65 .L36 2005
National Academies Press
This is the publisher of the National Academy of Sciences and this list of E-Books is freely available.
OHE (O'Reilly for HIgher Education)
A collection of 48,000 titles of technical eBooks, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths and audio books from O’Reilly and selective titles from 200+ global publishers covering subject ranges from Business, Desktop & Web Applications, Data Science & Management, Digital Media, Engineering, Information Technology & Software Development & Architecture, Math & Sciences, and Personal & Professional Development going back to 2007. This database also contains 30,000 hours of video including presentations from O’Reilly for Higher Education.
Online Books in Materials Science
Directory of freely readable eBooks in a range of subject areas from the University of Pennsylvania’s Digital Library arranged by call number range. Check out related subject areas.
SIAM eBooks*
From the Society of Industrial & Applied Mathematics this collection will exceed 400 titles of backfile through current imprints reflecting output from the world’s applied mathematics and computational science communities. Individual title access will also be available in Library Search & Melvyl. Covers a wide range of subjects in science & engineering.
SPIE Books
Collection of eBooks(authoritative reference works, handbooks, textbooks, monographs) in optics & photonics and related topics. Base collection of 120 volumes that will grow. Part of the SPIE Digital Library, so can be searched along with journals and proceedings.
ThermoDex
Database indexing properties for over 150 printed handbooks and compilations of thermodynamic and thermophysical data for chemical compounds. Enter both a type of compound and a property name, and retrieve a list of books that might contain this data.
UC eScholarship
A repository for scholarly works co-operatively managed by the California Digital Library. This site offers access to both refereed journal articles and content from academic departments and research centers.

CRC Press

CRCnetBASE
These books are those only published by the CRC Press, now part of Taylor & Francis Publishing Group.

eBook collection of titles from CRC Press.

CHEMnetBASE
Combined Chemical Dictionary
eBook collection of titles from CRC Press.
CHEMLIBnetBASE
ENGnetBASE
eBook collection of titles from CRC Press.
MATERIALSnetBASE*
POLYMERSnetBASE*