Library: Engineering: General

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."
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."
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."
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!
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!
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.
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.
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."

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.

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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.
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.
Practical Engineering (YouTube) Practical Engineering is all about infrastructure and the human-made world around us. It is hosted, written, and produced by civil engineer, Grady Hillhouse.
PhET Interactive Simulations PhET provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations; a project by the University of Colorado.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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Science and Engineering Ethics Explores ethical issues of direct concern to scientists & engineers in the areas of professional education, research, practice & the effects of innovations on society.
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)
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.
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.
Computer-Aided Civil & Infrastructure Engineering Acts as a bridge between advances being made in microcomputer technology and civil engineering and aims to encourage the incorporation of microcomputers into civil engineering practice and instruction.
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (PECS) publishes review articles on all aspects of energy and combustion science, providing a comprehensive in-depth overview of a particular topic.
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (MSSP) is an interdisciplinary journal in Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering with the purpose of reporting scientific advancements of the highest quality arising from new techniques in sensing, instrumentation, signal processing, modelling and control of dynamic systems.
Engineering With Computers Engineering with Computers is an international journal for simulation-based engineering. It publishes original papers and authoritative state-of-the-art reviews on the technologies supporting simulation-based engineering.
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences The International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (IJMS) is an international forum for the publication and dissemination of original work which contributes to greater scientific understanding of the main disciplines underpinning the mechanical, civil and material engineering sciences.
Automation in Construction The journal publishes refereed material on all aspects pertaining to the use of Information Technologies in Design, Engineering, Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and Management of Constructed Facilities
Construction and Building Materials An international journal dedicated to the investigation and innovative use of materials in construction and repair.
Journal of Nuclear Materials A peer reviewed journal about materials research for nuclear applications, primarily fission and fusion reactors, and similar environments including radiation areas of charged particle accelerators.
Nuclear Engineering & Design A peer reviewed journal covering the wide range of disciplines involved in the engineering, design, safety and construction of nuclear fission reactors.

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

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Engineering Research Databases

eBooks on subjects in business and technology:

Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

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Featured eBooks

Global Engineering Ethics

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The Engineering Management Handbook, 2nd Edition

Mechanical Engineering Education Handbook

Becoming Leaders: A Practical Handbook for Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology

Handbook of Environmental Engineering

Engineering Ethics

Electrical Engineering

Selected Resources

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