本文介绍英、美、日、法、西德等国116个材料数据库概况。并就金属材料机械与化学性能数据库;电子材料和高分子材料数据库;材料综合数据库;晶体构造、热力学性质、核反应堆设计等数据库的运行状况作了说明。文中指出了开发材料数据库的步骤、数据库系统的形成与提高数据的可靠性问题。最后还概要介绍了国外数据库的发展动向。 This article describes the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France, West Germany and other 116 material database profiles. The operation status of the database of mechanical and chemical properties of metal materials, electronic materials and polymer materials database, material comprehensive database, crystal structure, thermodynamic properties and nuclear reactor design are also described. The paper points out the steps of developing the material database, the formation of the database system and the reliability of the data. Finally, it also summarizes the development trend of foreign databases.