MSU Libraries' subscription includes: ASTM Technical standards (found in the Book of Standards), and Digital Adjuncts, and the ASTM Digital Library which includes ASTM Journal articles, Selected Technical Papers, Data Series, Research Reports, Manuals/Monographs, Technical Reports and some Market Intelligence Reports. Also now includes AASHTO Standards, and UNE EN, ISO and IEC content.
The European Standardization Organisation (CENELEC) has developed harmonised standards for essential requirements of packaging. Product packaging manufactured in accordance with one of these standards is presumed to comply with the relevant Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive essential requirements.
Useful for topics related to environmental/sustainable aspects of packaging. Indexes scientific, technical & popular journal articles on energy resources, wastes, recycling, pollution, health hazards, conservation, wildlife management, social/ethical issues, & policy.
Market research reports focused on the packaging industry, with state-of-the-art assessments and analyses/forecasts by region, technology and/or end-use sector.
"Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts is produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts in conjunction with CERAM Research Ltd. This is a comprehensive database for the ceramics industry, providing international coverage on the manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. Source materials include over 300 journals, conference proceedings, books, patents, standards and company product literature. All abstracts are in English."
Material ConneXion maintains the world’s largest subscription-based materials library with thousands of innovative materials and processes across all disciplines of design — an indispensable asset to a wide audience of users.
Materials are selected through a strict review process — 40+ new materials are independently juried into the library every month.