Library: Electrical Engineering: General

Electrical Engineering Research Databases

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Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "Includes the renowned Aerospace Database and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications."
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Career & Technical Education Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "ProQuest Career & Technical Education is the definitive source for vocational information. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic."
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Computer Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "A premium resource for those who need access to comprehensive coverage of computer topics. The database includes numerous titles, most of them in full text, allowing users to search records dating back to the early 1990's."
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Engineering Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers subjects such as Aircraft design and engineering, Arctic and tropical engineering, Automotive design and engineering, Bridges and tunnels, Buildings, towers and tanks, Civil engineering for air and space transportation, Coastal and offshore structures, Construction materials, Design and properties of substructures, Electric and hybrid vehicles, Engineering for electric power generation, Engineering for industrial and manufacturing processes, Industrial robots and automation, Nuclear power plants, Pollution, waste and water engineering, Thermoelectric energy, and much more!
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Materials Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Covers subjects such as engineering, chemistry, construction, energy, mathematics, mechanics, nuclear engineering, recycling, robots and automation, sustainability, waste management and much more!
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Science & Technology Databases (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Searches 15 science and technology databases simultaneously: Advanced Technologies & Aerospace, Agriculture Science, Biological Science, Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database: Science & Technology, Career & Technical Education Database: Science & Technology, Computer Science, Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, India Database: Science & Technology, Materials Science, Military, Research Library: Science & Technology, Science, and Telecommunications.
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ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.
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Telecommunications Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window "Whether you’re looking for the latest news on WAP technology, following market penetration of new technologies, or gathering information about the key players in this field, ProQuest Telecommunications helps you stay one step ahead."
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eBooks on subjects in business and technology:

Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Films On Demand (Engineering) Contains over 650 videos on many areas of engineering such as environmental, electrical, mechanical, materials science, and much more.
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Films On Demand (Technology & Society) The Technology & Society collection of the Films On Demand database includes over 900 full-length streaming videos in the field of technology.
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Afrotechmods: Fun with Electronics (YouTube) Straight to the point electronics tutorial videos with practical examples.
Applied Science (YouTube) Interesting applications of science and technology. Topics usually include electromechanical systems, chemistry, and electronics.
Khan Academy (Electrical Engineering)
PhET Interactive Simulations PhET provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations; a project by the University of Colorado.

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Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Using Google Scholar: Finding Peer Reviewed Resources (Transcript)

Featured eBooks

Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technology, and Practice

Power Electronics & Energy Conversion Systems

Selected Resources

Journals
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Automatica A peer reviewed journal publishing original theoretical and experimental research and development in the control of systems, involving all facets of automatic control theory and its applications.
Computer Vision and Image Understanding A peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of image analysis from the low-level, iconic processes of early vision to the high-level, symbolic processes of recognition and interpretation.
Electronic Design Provides articles, special reports, interviews, design applications, product innovations, technology advances, product reviews and news of note for engineers and engineering managers worldwide. (full text from 9/15/1997 to present)
Electronics Business Journal Weekly news publication covering the electronic business industry, including mergers and acquisitions, quarterly financials and marketing trends. (full text from 2008 to present)
Expert Systems With Applications A peer reviewed journal focusing on expert and intelligent systems applied in industry, government, and universities worldwide.
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems A peer reviewed journal covering theoretical developments in electrical power and energy systems and their applications.
Microelectronic Engineering A peer reviewed journal about engineering methods for micro- and nanofabrication of electronic devices, circuits and systems for electronics, electromechanics, and bioelectronics.
Pattern Recognition A peer reviewed journal covering pattern recognition in biometrics, target recognition, biological taxonomy, meteorology, space science, classification methods, character recognition, image processing, industrial applications, and neural computing.
Progress in Quantum Electronics A peer reviewed journal devoted to the dissemination of new, specialized topics at the forefront of quantum electronics and its applications.
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical A peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of research and development of solid-state devices for transducing physical signals.

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Electronics resources available to you. The Electronics Research Databases box lists recommended databases in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

Background Information

Raymond, C. (n.d.). Circuit board [Photograph].

Electrical Engineering
Electronics Industry Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
Microelectronics Topic pages contain background information in many formats. It also pulls in resources from other Excelsior Library databases, making it a one-stop place to brush up on your topic!
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