Library: Nuclear Engineering: General

Nuclear 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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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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Military & Government Collection This link opens in a new window Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers nearly 300 full-text periodicals and academic journals.
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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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DOE PAGES: Public Access Gateway for Energy & Science Access journal articles and accepted manuscripts resulting from DOE research funding.
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EverySpec: Department of Energy Handbooks Free downloadable government and military standards, specifications, handbooks, and documents.
OurEnergyLibrary Publicly available fact sheets, journal articles, reports, studies, and other publications on U.S. energy topics. Updated weekly to include the most recent energy resources from academia, government, industry, non-profits, think tanks, and trade associations.

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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Department of Energy on YouTube The mission of the DOE is to ensure America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
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.
Nuclear Engineering Wall Charts Reactor diagrams from Nuclear Engineering International series of wall charts entitled, The World's Reactors. The original charts are in the collections of the Centennial Science and Engineering Library, University of New Mexico.

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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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

Introduction to the Engineering of Fast Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear Power Plant Safety & Mechanical Integrity

Selected Resources

Applied Radiation & Isotopes A peer reviewed journal on the development and applications of nuclear, radiation and radionuclide techniques in chemistry, physics, biochemistry, biology, medicine, engineering and in the earth, planetary and environmental sciences. (full text from 1995 to present)
Fusion Engineering & Design A peer reviewed journal about experiments (both plasma and technology), theory, models, methods, and designs in areas relating to technology, engineering, and applied science aspects of magnetic and inertial fusion energy. (full text from 1995 to present)
International Journal of Radiation Biology A peer reviewed journal covering the effects of ionizing, UV and visible radiation, accelerated particles, microwaves, ultrasound, heat & related modalities. (full text from 5/1/1997 to 1 year ago)
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.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research: Section A A peer reviewed journal on design, manufacturing and performance of scientific instruments with an emphasis on large-scale facilities.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research: Section B A peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of the interaction of energetic beams with atoms, molecules and aggregate forms of matter.
Progress in Nuclear Energy A peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of nuclear science and engineering.
Radiation Measurements A peer reviewed journal covering developments in the broad field of ionizing radiation detection and measurement. (full text from 1995 to present)
Radiation Physics & Chemistry A peer reviewed journal focusing on ionizing radiation in radiation physics, radiation chemistry and radiation processing. (full text from 1995 to present)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection and enforcement of its requirements.
Department of Energy (DOE) The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
Technical Standards Program (TSP) The TSP promotes the use of voluntary consensus standards, manages and facilitates efforts to develop and maintain necessary technical standards, and communicates information on TSP activities.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The IAEA facilitates cooperation in the nuclear field and seeks to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies.
IAEA Safety Standards IAEA Safety Standards provide the fundamental principles, requirements and recommendations to ensure nuclear safety.
American Nuclear Society (ANS) The ANS is a not-for-profit committed to advancing the development and application of nuclear science, engineering, and technology to benefit society.
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) NEI and its members promote the benefits of nuclear power, advocate for smart policies, and educate lawmakers on industry issues.
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 10 - Energy The CFR annual edition is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation.
Standard Reference Data (SRD) NIST produces the Nation’s Standard Reference Data. The data is assessed by experts and can be used with confidence to make significant decisions. NIST provides 49 free SRD databases and 41 fee-based SRD databases.
National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC) The NNDC collects, evaluates, and disseminates nuclear physics data for basic nuclear research and for applied nuclear technologies.

How to use this guide

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

Background Information

Science Photo Library. (2012). Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspectors [Photograph].

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