Databases & E-Reference Materials

A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government, and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Full text is available.

The Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering covers topics relating to the photovoltaic (PV) industry. Subjects covered include device structures, processing, manufacturing options for the three major thin film PV technologies, new types of organic polymer and dye-sensitized solar cells, and architectural applications of building-integrated PV.

Covers the history of science, technology, and medicine and their influence on culture. Materials indexed include journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations. Integrates four bibliographies: the Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, the Current Bibliography in the History of Technology (technology and culture), the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza, and the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine.

Full text access to IEEE/IEE journals, proceedings, and standards.

A major reference source used by those involved in chemistry, physics, and engineering. This resource offers data on physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties.

This database is a digitized archive of the backfiles of selected scholarly journals. Provides access to materials in African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. Full text is available.

The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology provides a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.

Features tables of properties for commonly used chemical compounds in the physical properties tables. Tables in KCT include Basic Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds, Basic Physical Properties of Organic Compounds, Critical Properties and Acentric Factor, Enthalpy of Formation, Enthalpy of Vaporization, Entropy of Formation, Entropy of Gas, Gibbs Energy of Formation, Heat Capacity of Gas, Helmholtz Energy of Formation, Internal Energy of Formation, Basic Physical Properties of Common Solvents, and Safety Properties of Common Solvents.

Provides reference books, data sets, and information in the fields of chemistry, the life sciences, and materials science and engineering. Full text is available.

Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics including criminal justice, ethics, federal law, international law, labor and human resource law, medical law, organized crime and the environment; some full text is available.