Article Indexes & Databases

Core Research Databases

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Compendex

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Publication coverage: 1884 - present (updated weekly)

Primary database for engineering. Journals, conference proceedings, trade publications and technical reports

IMMAGE Online  Access limit

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Publication coverage: 1979 - present (updated frequently)
Access restricted to the Queen's community (10 user limit)

Citations, with abstracts, to scientific and engineering literature for the international minerals industry.

METADEX

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Publication coverage: 1966 to present (updated monthly)
Print holdings: Metals Abstracts: Vol. 1 (1966) - Vol. 31 (1998) in the Engineering and Science Library; call number: TN1 .M473.

Comprehensive indexing of all aspects of materials science, including such topics as: ferrous and non-ferrous metals, polymers, ceramics, plastics and composite materials.

GEOBASE

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Publication coverage: 1980 - present

A comprehensive, international and interdisciplinary database covering physical and human geography, geology, ecology, and Third World studies. The database includes over 600,000 abstracts of more than 2,000 journals, monographs, books, conference proceedings, reports, and theses.

Related Research Databases

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GeoRef

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Publication coverage: Geology of North America: 1693 - present ; Geology worldwide: 1933 - present

Access to over 1.8 million references to articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses

Science Citation Index Expanded

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Publication coverage: 1900 - present

Online version of Science Citation Index
Database indexes 8,500 leading scholarly research journals

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

To find dictionaries and encyclopedias in QCAT (the library catalogue), add the term 'dictionary' or 'encyclopedia' to a keyword search. Alternatively, some Library of Congress call numbers that you could browse are:

• Mining engineering dictionaries - TN9
• Earth Sciences Dictionaries - QE5

Reference books are shelved on the first floor and the collection includes:

EngNetBase
Full text engineering handbooks from CRC Press

Knovel
Full text. Complete collection of Knovel Science and Engineering books and databases. Over 500 titles and 20 million data records

Rock blasting terms and symbols : a dictionary of symbols and terminology in rock blasting and related areas like drilling, mining and rock mechanics
Ref TN279 .R624 1998t

Dictionary of mining, mineral, and related terms / compiled by the American Geological Institute
Ref TN9 .D564 1997

Dictionary of metallurgy
Ref TN609 .B76 1998

World mining glossary of mining, processing, and geological terms : English, Svenska, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol
Ref TN10 .W67 1975

Encyclopedia of materials science and engineering
Ref TA402 .E53 1986

Concise Oxford dictionary of earth sciences
Ref QE5 .C66 1990t

Alphabetical Listing of Mineral Species

Browse the Shelves

Books provide detailed subject information. In Mining Exploration they will provide the theories, concepts and practices that are the foundation of the subject area.

To find books search QCAT by keyword (use quotation marks around phrases). Possible phrases are:

Books are shelved on the bottom floor (4s) of the Engineering and Science Library

Selected Websites

Alphabetical Listing of Mineral Species

British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum

Infomine

Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Mining Association of Canada

Mining Technology Website

Ontario Mining Association