Research Guides: Regulatory and Quality Sciences Department: Manufacturing/Engineering

Databases

SciFinder
Articles, patents, and white papers describing chemicals. Includes information on structures, reactions, compounds, drug development, and manufacturing. Requires separate login. Go to USC's create an account page to register.
Engineering Village 2
Simultaneously search across 3 large engineering databases, or select a single database to search. Includes articles, patents, conference proceedings, in all areas of engineering and applied sciences.
Biosis Citation Index
Life sciences and biomedical research database covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more.

Techstreet Standards
Techstreet provides access to standards and technical information from major publishers. Subscribed documents are available in PDF format and can be downloaded to your personal computer. Currently, USC subscribes to selected documents from ASCE, ASME, ISEA, SAE and ISO. To request additional documents, please contact the Science and Engineering Librarians at lib-selibs@dots.usc.edu with the agency and document number(s) you are looking for. Downloaded documents can only be read using Adobe Acrobat with the FileOpen add-on. Both are available on the Techstreet website.

Patent applications can be a rich source of novel manufacturing processes.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
This office reviews and approves United States patent and trademark applications. Find the full text of patents from 1790-present and trademarks from 1940-present. Find information how to apply for a patent or trademark, and regulations.
Google Patents
Search US Patent Office applications, European Union patent applications, and Japanese patent applications using Google's search structures. Search US Patent office data using Google search techniques. Includes searchable full-text of US patents from 1790.