In This Guide
Use the tabs above to navigate through the following pages of the guide: 
- Find Articles - search for articles online and in print
- Find Books - find print and eBooks
- Find Web Sites - find professional organizations, scholarly societies and quality web resources
- Find Other Resources -find conferences, preprints, standards and technical reports
- Evaluating Sources - find information on finding authoritative sources
- Citing Sources - find information on citation formats, citation management tools and more
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Core Electronic Resources
These are likely to be the best online sources in which to start your research.
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Advanced Technologies and Aerospace Database
The Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database provides full-text coverage for aeronautics, astronautics, communications, computer and information technology, electronics, lasers, solid-state materials and devices, space sciences, and telecommunications.
Coverage: 1962-current -
AccessEngineering
Includes over 200 engineering reference sources, with the latest editions of Marks Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain, and many more ebooks. -
Applied Science and Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Applied Science & Technology Full Text contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983. Full text of articles is available from more than 220 periodicals dating back to 1997. Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more.
Coverage: 1983-current -
Knovel
Knovel provides general reference and best practice insights, process and design applications, material and substance properties data, and equations for specific engineering disciplines. Provides interactive content including equations, graphs and tables. It has technical reference resources from over 4,000 ebooks and over 150 publishers including AIChE/CCPS, NACE and more. It links to over 65 million data points including material and chemical property data. -
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.
Coverage: 1884-current
