Top Databases
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ScopusScopus provides multidisciplinary indexing of research literature in the sciences, engineering, and social sciences. It is Elsevier's counterpart to ISI's Web of Science, providing the same core functionality but indexing a larger number of journals and proceedings.
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Compendex BackfileCitations with abstracts for engineering and technical literature worldwide.
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NASA Technical Reports ServerFull archive of full-text technical reports from NASA.
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ASTM Standards and Digital LibraryFull text access to all 12,000+ ASTM standards, as well as all of ASTM's manuals, monographs, STPs, and journal articles.
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TRIDCombined records from TRB and the OECD's databases, providing access to over 940,000 records of transportation research worldwide.
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Technology CollectionGeneral overview of the technology literature.
Other Useful Databases
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Advanced Technologies & AerospaceThe Aerospace Database provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences.
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AIAA Meeting PapersThe AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Meeting Papers database provides full-text access to papers from AIAA conferences from 1996-present. Please note that some smaller conferences co-hosted by the AIAA may not be available. Also included are some papers from non-AIAA conferences, which are also not available in full text.
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ASME Digital CollectionContains all ASME Transactions journals from 2000-present and all ASME conference proceedings from 2008-present.
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Knovel Digital LibraryKnovel is a science, engineering, and technology database comprised of ebooks and other types of technical information. It has interactive tables, graphs, and charts to assist users with analysis of materials and properties..
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SAE MOBILUSIncludes the full text of all technical papers published by SAE from 1998 to present
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Transportation Research RecordFull text of the Transportation Research Record, the journal of the Transportation Research Board
Temporarily Available Resources
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Summon searches the library's catalog as well as the full text of most of our library resources.
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Video Resources
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JoVE Journal--EngineeringJoVE Engineering is a peer-reviewed video methods journal that includes research methods and protocols for mechanical, electrical, materials, and chemical engineering applications.
