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Engineering Librarian
Highlighted Databases for Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
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Use Engineering Village to search Compendex, Inspec, and Geobase.
The databases on the platform cover peer-reviewed engineering journals (many also supplying articles in press), conference proceedings, dissertations*, trade publications, patents and government reports across hundreds of engineering disciplines. *Note that certain content types, such as dissertations, are not accessible in every database. [Elsevier recommends using Firefox or Internet Explorer on Windows for the best search experience.] - ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers This link opens in a new window
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The ASME Digital Collection, previously known as The ASME Digital Library, is the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' repository of current and archival literature. - Scopus This link opens in a new window
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Scopus offers access to more that 14,000 scholarly titles including approximately 750 conference proceedings, all journals in Medline, 400 trade publications and also approximately 500 Open Access Journals. In development for more than two years with the collaborative efforts of 300 librarians and researchers, Scopus covers the content of over 4,000 international scientific, technical, medical and social science publishers.
For information on Scopus APIs, go Elsevier website - Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Web of Science is the online version of the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Users can search 8,500 international research journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The Web of Science also provides cited reference searching
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Use the Browse option to review a list of books by subject, or just use the search by keywords to look up data, properties and other information. When searching for data, use the interactive graphs and equations to get exactly the values you need.
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Access to select ASHRAE and CSA Standards. Use the platform to search for standards outside of our collection and make request for purchase with your subject librarian.
To access the pdfs on Techstreet: - ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials (COMPASS) Standards This link opens in a new window
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The ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Digital Library provides you instant access to the digital edition of nearly every ASTM International book and paper spanning 140+ industries and 100+ years. - IEEEXplore This link opens in a new window
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IEEE Xplore Digital Library offers access to the abstracts and full-text material published since 1988, plus select content back to 1950, of journals, transactions, and magazines, conference proceedings, IEEE journals, IEEE conference proceedings and current IEEE standards.
New Content available - IEEE Xplore SAE eBooks 2022 - CSA Standards This link opens in a new window
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The Canadian Standards Association is a not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government and consumers in Canada and the global marketplace. A subset of CSA Standards are available electronically. (Please note you will need to download plugins from the website). If you are interested in any CSA Standards, please contact your subject librarian to request a purchase.
Search Everything
Search Everything lets you search across the majority of the Library's articles, books, videos, etc. If you would like to search more specialized resources, try our A-Z list and filter by subject.