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Lexis Advance This link opens in a new window
Provides access to materials on administrative law, corporations, intellectual property, forms and precedents, decisions from Australian courts, and general legal research tools.

Materials Science & Engineering Database
Provides access to specialist content on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers and composites. Also includes primary journals, trade literature, patents, conference proceedings, books and reports.

SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Provides access to several chemical abstracts service databases. Millions of chemical substances may be searched by name, structure, registry number or formula.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Provides access to an indexing and abstracting database that covers subject areas including chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering, life and health sciences, social science, psychology and economics, biological, agricultural and environmental sciences, and general sciences.

Help in searching Scopus
To access patents from 5 major patent offices, follow the instructions below:

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Provides access to multiple databases that supply reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents in various academic disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Help in searching Web of Science
Find journal articles which have cited a particular patent by following the steps below:

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