Engineering Research Guide

Major Engineering Resources

Compendex from Engineering Village is the most comprehensive engineering database, covering all disciplines.  Use the checkboxes to simultaenously search Compendex and Inspec.
Use the Find It button to check for full text.

Inspec from Engineering Village is a multi-disciplinary database that is particularly strong in electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering.  Use the checkboxes to simultaenously search Inspec and Compendex.
Use the Find It button to check for full text.

IEEE Xploreis a digital library of all IEEE and IET literature for electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

SciFinder Scholaris the most comprehensive index of chemical literature.  The software must be installed on your computer.  Email me.

 

Science Citation Index allows you to find out who cited your articles.


Single Publisher Journal Collections

If you are searching for information on a specific topic, then I recommend using Compendex or another multipublisher index.  The Find It button will take you from Compendex to the specific articles you want from the journal collections below.

ACM Digital Library

ASCE Civil Engineering Database

ASME Digital Library

PROLA contains all journals published by the American Physical Society.

ScienceDirect contains journals published by Elsevier.

SpringerLink contains journals published by Springer.

WileyInterScience contains journals published by Wiley.


Electronic Book Collections

CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE contains over 250 books published by CRC Press, including Civil Engineering Handbook, Environmental Engineers HandbookThe Engineer's Cost Handbook, and Engineering Catastrophes: Causes and Effects of Major Accidents.

ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE contains over 400 books published by CRC Press, including Electrical Engineering HandbookPhotonic Signal Processing, RF and Microwave Applications and Systems, and Distributed Antenna Systems.

MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE contains over 230 books published by CRC Press, including

CHEMLIBnetBASE contains over 500 books published by CRC Press, on chemistry and chemical engineering topics.

WATERnetBASE contains over 130 books published by CRC Press, including Advanced Onsite Wasterwater Systems Technologies, Munincipal Stormwater Management, and Water and Wastewater Finance and Pricing.


Patent Information

US Patent and Trademark Office

European Patent Office


Codes

ICC eCodes International Building Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International Mechanical Code, International Plumbing Code as well as Code of Federal Regulations from the International Code Council.

 


 

Other Useful Databases

Science Citation Index

Dissertation and Theses Full Text


Last Modified: Friday, September 11th, 2009

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