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Databases

  • EI Compendex

    EI Compendex is one of the most comprehensive engineering literature databases.

    It contains over ten million references and abstracts taken from over 6,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, conference proceedings and technical reports. Online coverage is from 1884 to the present. Approximately 650,000 new records are added to the database annually from over 190 disciplines and major specialties within engineering. It is updated weekly.

    You can create your Personal Account in Compendex to save searches, save records, or create Email Alerts. If you use RefWorks to manage citations, please refer to the instruction for importing references from Compendex into RefWorks.

  • SciFinder Scholar Web

    SciFinder is a key database for chemistry, chemical and biochemical engineering, environmental sciences, materials science, and geochemistry. Its coverage includes journal articles, conference papers and patents from many patent issuing organizations. You can search by research topic, chemical substance, structure and substructure.

     

    Individual users must register for an account. Registration is a two-part process and must be completed from within the University's IP range. We recommend that you don't use your Western Identity username and password when registering for a SciFinder web account. Register Now for your own SciFinder Web account - Restricted to UWO faculty, staff, and students. Please be aware that your SciFinder account is for your own use only, must not be shared with anyone, and must not be used for any commercial research.


    Features
    - Web version system requirements
    - Stay up to date with literature in your area using 'Keep Me Posted' alerting feature
    - Off-campus access using EZ-Proxy
    - Export selected references to RefWorks, refer to the instruction for importing references from SciFinder into RefWorks.

    Important Message:
    The client version of SciFinder Scholar has been discontinued by CAS since June 30, 2011. You need to use the Web Version.

  • Reaxys

    Reaxys is a workflow solution for accessing the combined wealth of trustworthy, experimental substance and reaction data and bibliographical data housed in Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry Databases.

    Some highlights:
    - selected core chemistry journals (1771 - )
    - selected organic chemistry patent publications (1869 - )
    - web-based application
    - no user limits on access
    - export selected references to RefWorks (see the instruction for  importing references from Reaxys into RefWorks)

    Important Message: The Crossfire access of Beilstein/Gmelin has been retired. Reaxys is the new interface for access.

  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Provides subject, title, and author access to almost all American and some Canadian (including University of Western Ontario) dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Masters theses have been selectively indexed since 1962.
  • ProQuest - ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry
    Proquest Trade & Industry covers major trade and industry news. With ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, users can study and compare specific trades and industries, including petroleum, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Tips for searching: Search using classification codes to limit results to specific industries (eg. 8640 Chemical industry) or by geographic area codes to limit results to certain locales (eg. 9172 Canada).
  • CCOHS Academic Support Program
    The CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety) Academic Support Program provides tools to educate students about environmental and occupational health and safety. This program includes MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) as well as various databases to find articles on chemical safety.
  • Dissertations & Theses
    Multiple databases from ProQuest provide subject, title, and author access to dissertations accepted at an accredited institution since 1861. Masters theses have been selectively indexed since 1962. You can access full-text documents for many  dissertations and theses.  
  • BIOSIS Previews
    BIOSIS Previews is a comprehensive index of life sciences and biomedical research worldwide including: journals, meetings, patents, and books. Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (reports, reviews & meetings) comprise BIOSIS Previews.
  • OnePetro

    OnePetro.org is a multi-society library that provides a simple way to search for and access a broad range of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. From one place, you can search documents from many different professional societies, or similar organizations, that serve the oil and gas industry. Launched in March 2007, OnePetro currently contains more than 130,000 documents, with more being added frequently. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is operating OnePetro on behalf of the participating organizations. Current organizations with technical documents in OnePetro: API, ARMA, ASSE, IPTC, ISRM, OTC, NACE, NETL, PETSOC, PSIG, SEG, SPE, SPEE, SPWLA, SUT, WPC.

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Encyclopedias

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Handbooks

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Patents

  • Finding Patents

    Information on how to get started searching for patents, and once you have found one how to read it.

  • SciFinder
    SciFinder covers more than 50 patent issuing countries, with patent records from the key patent offices available online within two days of the patent's issuance. You can limit your search to patents in SciFinder Scholar by refining or filtering by document type.SciFinder Scholar's patent coverage is described here.
  • esp@cenet

    This database provide global coverage of patents. The database is organized by patent family or equivalents and full text is available for most patents. A detailed description of the database is given here.The European Patent Office has published an online Inventor's Handbook.  Interactive online tutorials for effective esp@cenet searching are available here.

  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) Patent Database
    This database provides you with access to over 75 years of Canadian patent descriptions and images.CIPO's Guide to Patents  and FAQs provide an overview of the patent application process.
  • U.S. Patent Office
    USPTO provides access to full text patents since 1976 as well as full page images since 1790, along with applications published since March 15, 2001. Full text files are in TIFF format and require a special plug-in for viewing.
  • LexisNexis-Patents
    This database contains U.S. patents from 1971 forward, searchable by keyword, patent number, classification number, lawyer, assignee, inventor or summary.
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Standards

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