Science & Technology Resources
Indexes, Patents, Standards, Unitage

INDEXES and ABSTRACTS

Selected major indexes are listed below. Other indexes in the collection can be identified by using the Advanced Search in PantherCat, the online catalog, for a specific subject heading combined with a standard subject subheading such as "indexes" or "abstracts."

TITLECoverageCall No./Online
Academic search1984+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)Dates varyFind Articles: Resources A-Z
ACS Publications (American Chemical Society)Dates varyFind Articles: Resources A-Z
Animal behavior abstracts1973+
Current Year		QL 750 .B3x
Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Annual reviews index1984+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
for UWM Libraries' holdings of individual titles, check PantherCat or the Electronic Journals/Citation Linker list
Applied mechanics reviews1948-2003TA 1 .A63953
Applied science and technology abstracts
Applied science and technology index
1983+
1913-1995		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
(compact shelving) Z 7913 .I7
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) CE database1970+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Beilstein [Beilsteins]1928-1987QD 251 .B4
see MDL Crossfire
Bibliography and index of geologysee GeoRef
Biological abstracts1990+
1926-1989		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
QH 301 .B37
Biological and agricultural index1983+
1927-1994/95		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
(compact shelving) Z 5073 .A46
BioOne2000+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Chemical abstractssee SciFinder Scholar
CINAHL
[Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature]
1982+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Cold regions bibliography (CRREL)1950s+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Computer & control abstracts1966-2007Z 6654. C17 C65x
Computer and information systems abstractsCurrent Year
1965+		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
QA 76 .I46
Engineering Village 2
Engineering index
1970+
1928-1995		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Z 5851 .E62
Environment abstracts annual1971+(REF) GE 1 .E58x
General science full text
[General science index]
1984+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Geobase1980+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
GeoRef (includes USGS publications)1785+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Gmelin1924-1987QD 151 .G52
see MDL Crossfire
"Government Documents" [GPO Monthly Catalog]1895-1984
1976+		(REF) Z 1223 .A18
Find Articles: Resources A-Z
"Government reports and index" [SEE NTIS]1946-1996Z 7916 .B4*x
HighWire Press1948+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
IEEE Xplore1988+
some earlier		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Information Bridge [DOE]1995+http://www.osti.gov/bridge/
Ingenta   (tables of contents of 28,000+ periodicals
-- all subjects)
Dates varyFind Articles: Resources A-Z
Institute of Physics JournalsDates varyFind Articles: Resources A-Z
Internet & personal computing abstracts: IPCA1986-2001QA 76 .5 .M5217x
MathSciNet     Mathematical reviews1940+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
MDL Crossfire Commander
[Beilstein & Gmelin]
1779+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
MEDLINE/PubMed
Cumulated index medicus
1950+
1960-2000		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Z 6660 .I422
Mineralogical abstracts1926-2003QE 351 .M35
NTIS     [National Technical Information Service]1995+http://www.ntis.gov/search/
Petroleum abstracts1961-2000TN 860 .P398
Physics abstracts1898-2007QC 1 .P654x
Pollution abstractsCurrent Year
1970+		Find Articles: Resources A-Z
(REF) TD 180 .P6x
PsycINFO    [Psychological abstracts]1887+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Science citation index    [SEE Web of Science]1961-1999(compact shelving) Z 7401 .S365
SciFinder Scholar     [Chemical Abstracts]1907+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
Software and CD-ROM reviews on file1985-2003QA 75 .5 .S63x
Thermodex [index of sources of thermodynamic properties]http://www.lib.utexas.edu/thermodex/
TRIS [National Transportation Library]1960+http://trisonline.bts.gov/search.cfm
Web of Knowledge/Science1987+Find Articles: Resources A-Z
[includes: Arts & Humanities, Science, and Social Science Citation Indexes]
Zoological record1864+Z 7991. Z87
For additional indexes for broader research, see the RIS Library Guide "Periodical Indexes and Abstracts"
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SPECIALIZED RESOURCES
Indexes for Conferences
Directory of published proceedings.
Series SEMT (sci/eng/med/tech)
(1966+)(REF) Z 7409 .D56
Index of conference proceedings. Annual cumulation (BLDSC)(1974+)(REF) Z 7403 .I48x
Index of conference proceedings received 1964-1981
(ILL) Z 7402 .B8 1982

Patents, trademarks and brandnames

Milwaukee Public Library has a comprehensive collection of U.S. patents and index, as well as information for international patents.
Indexes to patents:
U.S. [front page text (1976+) updated monthly]http://www.uspto.gov/
U.S. & international citations (Intellectual Property Network)http://www.delphion.com/
LexisNexis Academic: Legal: PatentFind Articles: Resources A-Z
Index to the U.S. patent classification
Classification main menu
 http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS69299
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS47620

Brands and their companiesT 223 .V4 A25 (1991)
Companies and their brandsT 223 .V4 A253 (1991)
High tech trademarks(REF) T 324 .M46 1985

Trademarks/patents/copyrights [legal aspects] -- see KF 2980 .B37 1990; KF 3180 Z9 N53 1993, etc.

Standards
Annual book of ASTM standardsTA 401 .A653 (2000)
ASHRAE handbook: [specs. for heating, ventilating, refrigeration. etc., SI edition]
Fundamentals
(REF) TH 7201 .A835x
Refrigeration
(REF) TH 7201 .A837x
Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems and
    equipment
(REF) TH 7015 .A83
Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning applications
(REF) TH 7005 .A823
Catalog of American national standards(index by number or subject)
Ansi Online {ordering information}
http://www.ansi.org/
HVAC: equations, data, and rules of thumbTH 7225 .B45 2000
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=585
McGraw Hill's national electrical safety code (NESC) handbookhttp://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=693
National electrical safety code(REF) TK 152 .A5x (1997)
National fire codes(REF) TH 9111 .N375A (2003)
NIST reference constants, units, and uncertaintyhttp://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
SAE handbook (latest)(REF-CD) TL 151 .S62
Standards: a resource guide for identification, selection,
and acquisition
T 59 .R53x 1992
Standards and recommended practices for instrumentation
and control
(REF) TA 165 .I5967 1991
Union list of standards held in Wisconsin collectionsT 59 .U55x 1993

Unitage, conversion factors, formulas, and tables
Complete metric system with the international
system of units (SI)
(Remote) QC 91 .L44 1973
Conversion factorsQC 94 .C67 1991
CRC standard mathematical tables and formulae(REF) QA 47 .M315 (1996)
Dictionary of scientific unitsQC 82 .J4 1980
Engineering unit conversions(REF) TA 332 .L56 1993
Formulas, facts and constants (1982)QC 61 .F58
Handbook of civil engineering calculations(REF) TA 332 .H36 2000
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=724
International critical tables(Remote) Q 199 .N32
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=735
Knovel critical tableshttp://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=761
Physicist's desk referenceQC 61 .P49 1989
Quantification in scienceQC 61 .M34 1991
Smithsonian physical tables
(published within Smithsonian miscellaneous collections, Q 11 .S7)
http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=736

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