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Finding materials property data
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Tutorial: How to Find Chemical and Physical Property InformationFinding chemical and physical property data is not always easy because there is no one place where all types of data for all substances is located, and it is not always clear where to look or whether you have looked in the right places. This tutorial will show you how and where to search.
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ASM Handbooks OnlineFind data on metals properties and performance.
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ASM Materials Platform for Data ScienceASM Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS) is the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of inorganic materials data comprised of phase diagrams, crystal structures, and physical properties. The ASM Materials Platform for Data Science is the digital continuation of the Pauling File.
REPLACES: ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Center Online
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KnovelOnline access to books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables.
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SpringerMaterialsSpringerMaterials provides curated data and advanced functionalities to support research in materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering, and other related fields. An alternate, older search interface can be found here: http://lb.chemie.uni-hamburg.de/
Off-campus access to library journals and databases
In addition to going through links on the library website, we have 2 other ways to access resources from off-campus.
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Proxy Bookmarklet for off-campus accessAdd this button to your browser toolbar and click on it to reload a page and authenticate as a U of M user.
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Virtual Private Network (VPN)Download and log in to VPN before accessing resources
Last Updated: Aug 6, 2025 11:02 AM
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