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Friday, August 26, 2005

Databases on Trial - NTIS and Premium Knovel content

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NTIS

The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) database from the U.S. Department of Commerce is the premier source for accessing unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies. The database contains access to over two million critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense. More information is available from NTIS Information

To access: Click on NTIS

or go to Engineering databases - scroll down, click on NTIS

Knovel Premium Content

Knovel Library combines essential and authoritative reference books and databases from more than 30 Sci-Tech publishers and professional societies including, McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Industrial Press, American institute of Chemical engineers and American society of Mechanical Engineers.

It covers 16 industrially important Subject Areas in the fields of Chemistry and the Life Sciences; Materials; and Engineering.

To access, go to Engineering databases - scroll down, click on Knovel

Premium content titles include

AICHE/CCPS - Center for Chemical Process Safety AICHE/CCPS - Center for Chemical Process Safety
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 2002-2004
HNMR Spectra of Physiologically Active Compounds
Physical Chemistry - Phase Mass Spectra of Physiologically Active Compounds
Patty's Toxicology
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
Spectra Special Package

Monday, August 22, 2005

Business&Industry Database

Business & Industry is a broad-based business information database that focuses on facts, figures, events and market information about companies, industries, products and markets. It covers all industries and is international in scope. B&I draws content from over 1000 trade and industry publications, regional, national and international newspapers, business dailies and newsletters. One can limit by a particular industry to find articles relevent to the industry selected.

For example, using 'Drug Delivery' as a keyword and limiting to 'Medical Devices & Diagonostics' as Industry type, articles such as 'Kaleida Implements New Medication Delivery System' are retreived.

To access, Business & Industry database, click on Business & industry information or click on Business Databases
and then click on 'Business & Industry'