University Library offers access to SpringerMaterials

8:36 a.m., May 18, 2015--The University of Delaware Library has announced the availability of SpringerMaterials, a research platform dedicated to information on materials, their properties and uses. 

SpringerMaterials provides access to all volumes of Landolt-Börnstein New Series, the largest and most respected compilation of data in physics and chemistry founded in 1883, along with a number of unique and specialized databases.

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SpringerMaterials is available from the library databases page or directly from the SpringerMaterials More Information page. 

SpringerMaterials includes the following content:

• The Landolt-Börnstein Database: 400 volumes, 250,000 substances and 1,200,000 citations.
• The complete Linus Pauling Files: A comprehensive database about the properties of inorganic solid phases, consisting of 255,000 documents.
• A subset of the Dortmund Database of Software and Separation Technology. Covering the Thermophysical Properties of pure liquids and binary mixtures, with 425,000 data points.
• An Adsorption database covering over 1,000 reversible, equilibrium isotherms.
• A Polymer Thermodyamics database that contains 140,000 datapoints about 150 polymers.
• 44,000 Chemical Safety Documents.
• REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, GHS Globally Harmonized System RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substances, WEEE Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

The newly updated SpringerMaterials platform provides access to a nimble and user-friendly interface with enhanced functionality. Enhancements to the interface include interactive tables, 3D views on crystal structures, and a “facet” tool with filters to restrict results to properties, materials discipline or data source.

For more information about SpringerMaterials, a brief video introduction is available.

SpringerMaterials complements other Springer online resources the library has made available, including Springer eJournals, Springer eBooks and Springer Protocols.

Additional related University of Delaware Library resources may be found on the Materials Science and Engineering Research Guide, the Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Guide and the Physics and Astronomy Research Guide.