Chemical and Process Engineering

Information sources

Databases

Find articles relevant to your subject by searching databases.

Look at the guides to get the most from each database.

These databases are available for use by Leeds staff and students both on and off-site within the terms of the license agreements. Off-site users will need to login using their Leeds username and password.

Key databases


Africa Portal Africa Portal is a research repository on African affairs. It is dedicated to publishing and promoting research and analysis from the African continent.
Africabib An open access database covering African studies publications on a wide range of topics. It consists of the following seven databases: Africana Periodical Literature; African Women; Women Travellers to Africa; Islam in Africa; Kenya Coast; Water and Africa; Education in Africa.
AfricArXiv AfricArXiv is a community-led multidisciplinary digital archive for African research. It is working towards building an African-owned open scholarly repository and a knowledge commons of African scholarly works to catalyse the African Renaissance.
British Standards Online The full text of British Standards, covering: specifications for products, dimensions, and performance; methods; codes of practice; guides and glossaries. Also find BS equivalents to ISO and EN standards. Updated daily. Guide to using British Standards Online
CAS SciFinder Widely considered to be the best database for any chemical research, CAS SciFinder also includes the major medical database Medline. It includes journal references, patent information and chemical substance and reaction data. The full CAS Registry file, containing the chemical structures and dictionary information for the 24 million substances identified by the CAS Registry System, is also included. You must register for access. Register for SciFinder Guide to using CAS SciFinder CAS SciFinder support pages
Chemical Hazards in Industry Information taken from scientific and trade literature on safety and health hazards surrounding chemicals encountered in the chemical and related industries. Coverage includes: health and safety, chemical and biological hazards, disposal, storage and transportation, industrial hazards, waste management, plant safety and best practice, legislation, emergency planning, and protective equipment. Each monthly issue contains over 250 items selected from worldwide primary literature. Each issue also contains a combined subject and chemical index. The fully searchable online database contains information from 1981 to date. Guide to using Chemical Hazards in Industry
Dimensions Dimensions is the world’s largest linked-research database, covering articles, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, policy documents and technical reports. It also provides research metrics. There is a free version open to all, or a subscription version. You must register for an account with your Leeds email address to get full access, from a computer within the University’s IP range or through the virtual desktop. Once you are registered, you can access the database from off-campus. If you are a student, you can put “student” in the job title field. Guide to using Dimensions
ESDU Data Online Search for validated engineering design data, methods and software, source code, equations and examples. The ESDU design guides are organised into 23 series, each covering a specific subject area in six engineering industries: Aerospace, Aerostructure, Construction, Marine, Power generation, and Rail transport. The database is updated four times a year with coverage starting from 2006.
J-Stage J-STAGE is an electronic journal platform for STEM information in Japan, developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). J-STAGE supports Japanese societies and research organisations, and has published more than 3,000 journals, conference proceedings and other academic publications.
MathSciNet This database allows you to search for journal articles and conference proceedings in mathematics. It is the extended online equivalent of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. It is updated daily and coverage starts from 1940. Guide to using MathSciNet
OnePetro OnePetro is a database of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) uses its resources along with contributions from 20 other publishing partners which provide access to over 180,000 items. Basic and advanced search options available to find and browse the content you need. Guide to using OnePetro
Reaxys This provides access to the Crossfire collection of databases. The collection allows you to search for comprehensive information on millions of chemical reactions, substances, structures and properties. Includes Beilstein (organic chemistry), Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic chemistry) and EcoPharm (pharmacology). Coverage is from 1771 onwards and is updated monthly. Chemistry patents are also included in Reaxys. Chemical and physical data is available for each substance - eg melting point, refractive index, etc. Reaxys is available online to unlimited simultaneous users. Guide to using Reaxys
SciELO SciElo is a database that provides access to scientific research from Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aim is to promote and increase the visibility of research from Latin America.
Scopus Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature from more than 18,500 journals and quality web sources, with smart tools to track, analyse and visualize research. Coverage starts from 1823. Guide to using Scopus
SPIE Digital Library This is the free search facility on the SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering - US) website, which allows you to search for SPIE papers, books and proceedings. We do not have a full text subscription, so you may need to search the Library Catalogue for any books or papers you require, to see if we have them in print. Guide to using SPIE Digital Library
The Lens The Lens aggregates and provides access to over 225 million scholarly works, patent records and patent sequences from across the world. Its goal is to enable more people to make better decisions, informed by evidence.
Transport Database The main database for transport studies, including a combination of three databases: Transportation research information series (research information on all surface transportation modes, air transport, and highway safety); International road research documentation (abstracts on highway research provided by OECD member countries); and TRANSDOC (abstracts of transportation economics literature as well as bibliographic records provided by the International Union of Railways). Coverage starts from 1988. Guide to using Transport Database
Web of Science Search for journal articles using three databases; Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. A current awareness service provides citation alerts for newly added journal articles. Each database is updated weekly. Guide to using Web of Science
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is the World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. It contains thousands of research outputs on a wide range of topics and from all regions of the world.

Africa Portal

Africa Portal is a research repository on African affairs. It is dedicated to publishing and promoting research and analysis from the African continent.

Africabib

An open access database covering African studies publications on a wide range of topics. It consists of the following seven databases: Africana Periodical Literature; African Women; Women Travellers to Africa; Islam in Africa; Kenya Coast; Water and Africa; Education in Africa.

AfricArXiv

AfricArXiv is a community-led multidisciplinary digital archive for African research. It is working towards building an African-owned open scholarly repository and a knowledge commons of African scholarly works to catalyse the African Renaissance.

British Standards Online

The full text of British Standards, covering: specifications for products, dimensions, and performance; methods; codes of practice; guides and glossaries. Also find BS equivalents to ISO and EN standards. Updated daily.

Guide to using British Standards Online

CAS SciFinder

Widely considered to be the best database for any chemical research, CAS SciFinder also includes the major medical database Medline. It includes journal references, patent information and chemical substance and reaction data. The full CAS Registry file, containing the chemical structures and dictionary information for the 24 million substances identified by the CAS Registry System, is also included. You must register for access.

Guide to using CAS SciFinder

CAS SciFinder support pages

Chemical Hazards in Industry

Information taken from scientific and trade literature on safety and health hazards surrounding chemicals encountered in the chemical and related industries. Coverage includes: health and safety, chemical and biological hazards, disposal, storage and transportation, industrial hazards, waste management, plant safety and best practice, legislation, emergency planning, and protective equipment. Each monthly issue contains over 250 items selected from worldwide primary literature. Each issue also contains a combined subject and chemical index. The fully searchable online database contains information from 1981 to date.

Guide to using Chemical Hazards in Industry

Dimensions

Dimensions is the world’s largest linked-research database, covering articles, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, policy documents and technical reports. It also provides research metrics. There is a free version open to all, or a subscription version.

You must register for an account with your Leeds email address to get full access, from a computer within the University’s IP range or through the virtual desktop. Once you are registered, you can access the database from off-campus. If you are a student, you can put “student” in the job title field.

Guide to using Dimensions

ESDU Data Online

Search for validated engineering design data, methods and software, source code, equations and examples. The ESDU design guides are organised into 23 series, each covering a specific subject area in six engineering industries: Aerospace, Aerostructure, Construction, Marine, Power generation, and Rail transport. The database is updated four times a year with coverage starting from 2006.

J-Stage

J-STAGE is an electronic journal platform for STEM information in Japan, developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). J-STAGE supports Japanese societies and research organisations, and has published more than 3,000 journals, conference proceedings and other academic publications.

MathSciNet

This database allows you to search for journal articles and conference proceedings in mathematics. It is the extended online equivalent of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications. It is updated daily and coverage starts from 1940.

Guide to using MathSciNet

OnePetro

OnePetro is a database of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) uses its resources along with contributions from 20 other publishing partners which provide access to over 180,000 items. Basic and advanced search options available to find and browse the content you need.

Guide to using OnePetro

Reaxys

This provides access to the Crossfire collection of databases. The collection allows you to search for comprehensive information on millions of chemical reactions, substances, structures and properties. Includes Beilstein (organic chemistry), Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic chemistry) and EcoPharm (pharmacology). Coverage is from 1771 onwards and is updated monthly. Chemistry patents are also included in Reaxys. Chemical and physical data is available for each substance - eg melting point, refractive index, etc. Reaxys is available online to unlimited simultaneous users.

Guide to using Reaxys

SciELO

SciElo is a database that provides access to scientific research from Latin America and the Caribbean. Its aim is to promote and increase the visibility of research from Latin America.

Scopus

Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature from more than 18,500 journals and quality web sources, with smart tools to track, analyse and visualize research. Coverage starts from 1823.

Guide to using Scopus

SPIE Digital Library

This is the free search facility on the SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering - US) website, which allows you to search for SPIE papers, books and proceedings. We do not have a full text subscription, so you may need to search the Library Catalogue for any books or papers you require, to see if we have them in print.

Guide to using SPIE Digital Library

The Lens

The Lens aggregates and provides access to over 225 million scholarly works, patent records and patent sequences from across the world. Its goal is to enable more people to make better decisions, informed by evidence.

Transport Database

The main database for transport studies, including a combination of three databases: Transportation research information series (research information on all surface transportation modes, air transport, and highway safety); International road research documentation (abstracts on highway research provided by OECD member countries); and TRANSDOC (abstracts of transportation economics literature as well as bibliographic records provided by the International Union of Railways). Coverage starts from 1988.

Guide to using Transport Database

Web of Science

Search for journal articles using three databases; Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. A current awareness service provides citation alerts for newly added journal articles. Each database is updated weekly.

Guide to using Web of Science

World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is the World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. It contains thousands of research outputs on a wide range of topics and from all regions of the world.