Subject and Research Guides: Engineering: Get Started

Popular Engineering Resources

ACM Digital Library
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.
ASTM Digital Library
American Society for Testing and Materials technical engineering information.
Australian Standards (SAI Global)
Get full text access for all current Australian standards, joint ISO/Australian standards, joint NZ/Australian standards, current Draft Australian standards, & amendments to Australian standards. Search abstracts of international & other country standards.

IEEE Xplore
Access IEEE's (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published and all current IEEE standards.
Coverage: Full text of IEEE content for 1988 +; Selective full-text for 1893 +

IET ebooks
Database of electronic books published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, featuring some 300 books across 12 series, covering all the key areas of engineering and technology.
IET.tv
A definitive collection of engineering and technology video content worldwide and features 24/7 access to more than 6500 videos
Inspec (Web of Science)
Citations and abstracts to scientific and technical literature in electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing and IT.
Knovel
Knovel is an engineering decision-support solution that enables engineering students and researchers to solve engineering problems faster. Knovel provides interactive engineering tools that enable data analysis, and specialized data search and taxonomies that make it easy to discover answers to technical questions. Knovel features unique tables and databases, covering everything from mechanical to chemical properties data, corrosion data and material properties.
SAE Mobilus
Society of Automotive Engineers International technical papers and journals.
ScienceDirect
Full-text access to Elsevier journals, books and reference works. Subject coverage includes engineering, science and medicine.
Scopus
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database. It covers a large number of peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical and social science fields, from an extensive range of international publishers. Also indexed are open access journals, conference proceedings, book series and trade publications, as well as patent records. References go back to 1996, while abstracts go back further. Linking to full-text articles is available.

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Research Librarians - Faculty of Science & Engineering

Fiona Jones (fiona.jones@mq.edu.au) and Abigail Baker (abigail.baker@mq.edu.au)

We are your Research Librarians for the Faculty of Science & Engineering.

Please email us with your query. If you include both of us in the one email the first available librarian will get back to you.

Quick Links for Students

MultiSearch
MultiSearch searches across a number of databases held by the library, as well as the catalogue. A good starting point.
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EndNote/Mendeley
Referencing using LaTeX/BibTeX
LaTeX, usually used in conjunction with BibTeX, is a typesetting system for document preparation. It is suitable for complex mathematical formulas, chemistry, engineering, multilingual typesetting, artwork, diagrams and process or spot colour
HDR Workshops and Courses
The University offers a range of on-campus HDR training workshops and courses including: Research Writing Courses; Writing Retreats; Oral Presentation Training; Research Methods workshops; Grant Writing, Thesis Writing & Publication seminars; and Personal & Professional Development training.
Research Impact
This guide presents the tools that are available to measure the quantitative and qualitative impact of researchers and research.
Research Data Management
Research Librarians
provide consultations for Honours, Postgraduate, HDR students and staff

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