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| Related Branch Library: | Lichtenberger Engineering Library |
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Academic Search Elite
This multi-disciplinary database offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles. Covering virtually every area of academic study, Academic Search Elite offers full text information dating as far back as 1985. This database is updated on a daily basis.
ASCE Research Library
A comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. The Research Library includes ASCE conference proceedings and all 30 ASCE journal and periodical volumes.
ASME Digital Library
Provides abstracts and some full-text access to regularly published journals and annual publications from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Includes Technical Papers and Symposia/Proceedings.
Compendex
Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature.
EBSCOhost
A collection of databases, including Academic Search Elite, which offers full text for nearly 2,000 scholarly journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles, covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education, and much more.
Ei Engineering Village
Engineering Village is a Web-based information service that offers a wide range of quality resources for information specialists, professionals, and researchers working in the applied science and engineering fields.
Engineering Village features:
COMPENDEX is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature.
INSPEC includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics.
Energy Citations Database
Energy Citations contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates.
Energy Citations includes bibliographic records of literature in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines. It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.
Energy, Science, and Technology Information
Contains similar material to that formerly found in PubScience.
FirstGov for Science
Searches multiple federal government sites.
GreenFILE
A freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.
ICE Virtual Library
The ICE Virtual Library contains every peer-reviewed paper produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers since its first meeting in 1836.
IEEExplore
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards; brings additional search and access features to IEEE/IEE electronic library users.
Inspec
Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics
Inspec Archive 1898-1968
Access to over 70 years of international scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control engineering.
ISI Web of Knowledge
A citation database that includes the Web of Science (Science Citation Index, 1900-present, the Social Science Citation Index, 1956-present, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, 1975-present) and Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
Journal Citation Reports on the Web
A comprehensive resource for journal evaluation, ISI's Journal Citation Reports uses citation data drawn from over 7,600 scholarly and technical journals worldwide and includes all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Data reveals the highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, hottest journals, and largest journals.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
The National Technical Information Service is a federal agency that collects technical, scientific, business, health, and social sciences research materials produced by the U.S. government, foreign governments, and other organizations throughout the world. The NTIS database contains records for 2,500,000 titles that summarize products collected by NTIS from 1964 to the present; some materials date back to the late 1940s. The collection covers more than 375 scientific, technical, engineering, and business related subjects. Information in the collection is available in the forms of reports, videos, software, and data files. Consult Government Publications staff for assistance in determining whether any of the University's libraries hold items that interest you.
OVID
Ovid includes the following databases: Global Health, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and Biological Abstracts.
PubMed
Provides access to bibliographic information in Medline and other sources.
Scirus
A science-specific Internet search engine. Searching can be restricted to specific disciplines and resource types in advanced search. A search will lead to full-text journal articles in e-journals the library subscribes to, as well as free resources on the Web.
SPIE Digital Library
Contains more than 70,000 full-text papers on optics and photonics from SPIE journals and proceedings published since 1998. It also includes citations and abstracts for most SPIE papers published since 1990. Plans are underway to expand the DL back to 1990 by the end of 2004, an archive of nearly 200,000 papers covering a wide scope of optical technologies and applications. Approximately 15,000 new papers will be added each year.
TRIS Online
TRIS Online contains almost 525,000 records of published transportation research.
Littelfuse Fuse Selection and Fuse Cross Reference
National Semiconductor Products Catalog
Panasonic Online USA, Industrial Products
Philips Semiconductor: Products
Sweets Group
Architectural and construction materials.
Toshiba America Electronic Components
Standard Industrial Classification Codes
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Books24x7
Electronic books, chiefly in the field of computer science (Business and Culture, Certification and Compliance, Databases, Desktop and Office Applications, Enterprise Computing, Graphic Design and Multimedia, Hardware, IBM Technologies, Networks and Protocols, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Security, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Web Programming and Development) and Business (Business Skills, Corporate Case Studies and Interviews, Employee Training and Development, Finance and Accounting, Human Resources, International Business, Management and Leadership, Marketing and Sales, Project Management, Quality and Manufacturing Management, Team Skills, Technology in Business). LOGIN FROM THE LIBRARY CATALOG using a Hawk ID to access content.
The Goddard Library (NASA)
The Goddard Library Extranet is a web resource developed specifically for the Public. Here, Goddard Librarians provide a collection of the best freely available resources for scientific and technical research.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
National Center for Computational Sciences
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
North American Industrial Classification System
The new North American Industry Classification System, an all-numeric system of revised SIC codes.
U.S. Department of Energy - Environment
U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Science
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Elsevier ScienceDirect
Full text collection of over 1,000,000 articles from 1995 to present covers a variety of subject areas and disciplines, including biochemistry, biological sciences, business, chemistry, earth sciences, economics, engineering, mathematics and computer science, neurosciences, physics and social sciences.
IEEExplore
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards; brings additional search and access features to IEEE/IEE electronic library users.
SpringerLink
Electronic versions of the Springer journals in chemical sciences, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, life sciences, mathematics, medicine, and physics. Includes former Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
This database contains full-text of patents issued since 1976 and full page images of patents issued since 1790.
STO's Internet Patent Search System
Legal resources and tools for surviving the patenting frenzy of the Internet, bioinformatics, and electronic commerce.
American National Standards Institute
American Society for Testing and Materials
International Organization for Standardization
National Resource for Global Standards
SAI Global (Formally ILI Standards)
The ILI standards database is the leading bibliographic standards database. It covers 350,000 worldwide standards. Coverage extends across the industrialised world. Information given includes the Number, Title, Version, Summary, International Equivalents, Table of Contents and more. Included are the relevant EU Directives listing the standards required to attain the CE Mark. Over 250 Standards issuing authorities are covered including all the major ones around the world.
Society of Automotive Engineers - SAE Standards Development
ASTM Standards
Technical standards from the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). These are included in the larger IHS Engineering Resource Center - Specs and Standards database. ASTM standards are available as part of the library's subscription. Specs and standards for other groups in the database are available for purchase.
ASM Alloy Center
The ASM Alloy Center enables you to search in one easy step across ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for specific metals and alloys. Contains five content areas: Data Sheets & Diagrams, ALLOY finder, Materials Property Data, Coatings Data, and Corrosion Data.
ASM Handbooks Online
v. 1. Properties and selection--irons, steels, and high-performance alloys -- v. 2. Properties and selection--nonferrous alloys and special-purpose materials -- v. 3. Alloy phase diagrams -- v. 4. Heat treating -- v. 5. Surface engineering -- v. 6. Welding, brazing, and soldering -- v. 7. Powder metal technologies and applications -- v. 8. Mechanical testing -- v. 9 Metallography and microstructures -- v. 10 Materials characterization -- v. 11 Failure analysis and prevention -- v. 12 Fractography -- v. 13 Corrosion -- v. 14 Forming and forging -- v. 15 Casting -- v. 16 Machining -- v. 17 Nondestructive evaluation and quality control -- v. 18 Friction, lubrication, and wear technology -- v. 19. Fatigue and fracture -- v. 20. Materials selection and design. -- v.21 Composites
ASM Materials Information
The Alloy Center enables searching in one easy step across ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for specific metals and alloys. The Alloy finder features alloy designations and trade names from around the world and includes information on composition, producer, tensile properties and similar alloys. The ASM property data features mechanical properties, physical properties and processing characteristics for most industrial alloys. Coatings data features information on commercial coating processing. Corrosion data features information on corrosion of specific alloys in specific environments. Data sheets & diagrams feature material data sheets from Alloy digest, Heat treater’s guides, and other publications. Data for time-temperature curves, creep curves and fatigue curves from ASM atlas publications is also included.
EPA Science Inventory (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency projects)
Journal Citation Reports on the Web
A comprehensive resource for journal evaluation, ISI's Journal Citation Reports uses citation data drawn from over 7,600 scholarly and technical journals worldwide and includes all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. Data reveals the highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, hottest journals, and largest journals.
MRS Electronic Library: Online Proceedings from MRS Symposia.
OVID
Ovid includes the following databases: Global Health, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, and Biological Abstracts.