First Stop Resources:
| Engineering Village (includes Compendex, Engineering Index backfiles, and INSPEC) |
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Research a broad range of topics within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. Can be searched at the same time as INSPEC. Coverage: 1884-Present |
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| IEEE Xplore |
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search IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards, 1950-present
(access full-text documents of many IEEE publications, 1998-present) |
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| INSPEC |
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physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing and production engineering. Can be searched at the same time as Engineering Index, 1969-present |
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SciFinder Scholar - Web Version
First-time users must click here to create an account.
STOP! If you are off campus, you must first set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) before the web version of SciFinder Scholar will work for you. Click here for info. |
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CAplus contains article references from 9500 major scientific journals, as well as conference proceedings, patents, books, dissertations, and more. Coverage: 1907-Present (plus some pre-1907 journal records);
Medline indexes articles from approximately 3,900 biomedical journals. Coverage: 1950-Present
Note: SciFinder is still available in a desktop-client version that you can download here (desktop-client version is NOT available off campus).
(Web and desktop-client versions are each limited to 2 simultaneous users ) |
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| Web of Science (includes Science Citation Index) |
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Indexes approximately 8,700 multidisciplinary research journals and provides cited reference searching. Coverage: 1965-Present |
Other Engineering-Related Indexes:
| ACM Digital Library |
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full-text access to many ACM publications
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| Applied Science and Technology Abstracts |
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Contains citations for more than 700 core scientific and technical publications. Topics include chemistry, engineering, computers, metallurgy, physics, plastics, and more. Coverage: 1983-Present |
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| Aquatic Sciences Databases |
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oceanography, limnology, ocean engineering, contamination of bodies of waters, and marine biology, 2005-present |
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| ASCE Research Library |
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A comprehensive collection of articles from all 31 journals and periodicals published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) beginning with 1995. Also includes ASCE conference proceedings beginning with 1998. |
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| ASME Digital Library |
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A repository of articles from transaction journals of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) beginning with 1990. In addition, conference proceedings beginning with 2002 are included, as are selected ASME press e-books from 1999 to present. |
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| ASTM Digital Library |
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Electronic access to nearly every book and paper published by ASTM International. Browse by title, topic, or year. |
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| BIOSIS |
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biology, medicine, agriculture, and related fields, 1969-present |
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| Computer Science Index |
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Indexes more than 500 computer science publications. Coverage dates vary by publication |
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| Computer Source |
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Latest information and current trends in computer technology from scholarly journals and popular magazines. Coverage dates vary by publication |
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Conference Papers Index
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citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in life sciences, environmental sciences and aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science, 1982-present |
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| Construction Database (ICONDA) |
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construction sciences, 1976-present
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Current Contents
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Indexes journal content in many subject areas, including the Life Sciences, Physical, Chemical, & Earth Sciences, Agricultural, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Engineering, Computing & Technology (defaults to all subject areas). Coverage: 1998-Present
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| Earth and Environmental Sciences Databases |
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environmental sciences and pollution databases (1981-present), aquatic sciences, ecology, industrial and applied microbiology, and toxicology databases (2000-present) from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Conference Papers Index, 1982-present; TOXLINE, 1996-present |
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| GeoRef |
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geology, geological engineering, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, meteorology, oceanography, etc., 1785-present
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| Materials Science Collection |
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(includes Mechanical Engineering Abstracts, 1981-2002)
Metals, ceramics, polymers, and composities, 1966-present |
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| Medline |
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medicine (human and veterinary) and health care, mid-1960s-present  |
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| MicroPatent Materials Patents |
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monthly updates of US, European (EP) and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) patents, 1996-present |
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| MinAbs |
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Indexes major journals and many less accessible journals in mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, and environmental mineralogy. Coverage: Abstracts 1982-Present |
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| Pira Database |
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packaging, pulp and paper, printing, publishing, imaging, and nonwovens, 1975-present
Journal abbreviations used in the Pira Database:
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Polymer Library
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plastics, rubber, adhesives and polymeric composites, 1972-present |
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SAE Digital Library
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search technical papers, journal articles, books, transactions, and standards on all aspects of mobility engineering, including automobile, aerospace, heavy duty, and motor sports, 1906-present
(access full-text SAE technical papers, 1998-present) |
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| Scitation/SPIN |
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physics, astronomy, and engineering ,
1957-present |
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| Scitopia.org |
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Searches the electronic libraries (journal content, government documents, patents, conference proceedings) of leading science and technology societies, including the American Institute of Physics (AIP), the Electrochemical Society (ECS), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Coverage: 1874-Present |
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Textile Technology Index
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Covers the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. Includes sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature. Coverage: Early 20th century-Present |
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TRIS Online
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transportation research |
General-Subject Indexes
Academic Search Premier |
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Covers nearly every area of academic study. Can limit search results to academic journals, magazines, or newspapers |
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| General OneFile |
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all subject areas (includes many IEEE publications), 1980-present  |
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Ingenta Library Gateway
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all subject areas, 1988-present
(formerly CARL Uncover) |
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| LexisNexis |
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Full-text access to articles from newspapers, journals, newsletters, broadcast transcripts, and more |
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