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Databases & Journals

When searching for journal articles on your topic, databases are often a better alternative than searching in MultiSearch. These may be subject-specific or cover many different topic areas.

Advantages for using databases include:

better focus of articles within discipline;
many databases have useful features.

Our recommended databases for Engineering topics are listed here:

INSPEC
Inspec provides citation and abstracts access to scientific and technical literature in physical science and astronomy, most areas of Engineering including E&E, marine, nuclear, biomedical, transportation, as well as computing and IT. Data are indexed with Numerical Indexing, Chemical Indexing, Astronomical Object Identifier, International Patent Code, Treatment code etc.

ProQuest SciTech This link opens in a new window
Full text articles on natural sciences, engineering and technology. Includes materials science, aerospace engineering, computer science, environmental science and more.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Is a database that contains the full text of more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals, as well as citations and abstracts of other journals. Over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals are indexed. Subject coverage emphasizes the life, medical, technical, and physical science.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This database from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988,
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science consists of 3 citation databases containing information from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. The databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. The cited references can be used as search terms, allowing a published work to be used to find other, later works that cite it.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.

Materials Science and Engineering Collection
Includes the METADEX and Polymer Library, and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications, and more. The Copper Technical Reference Library is also included.

Knovel This link opens in a new window
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.

Engineering Case Studies Online
A single, comprehensive source for material focusing on engineering failures and successes. Includes quality documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.

When searching for journal articles on your topic, databases are often a better alternative than searching in MultiSearch. These may be subject-specific or cover many different topic areas.

Advantages for using databases include:

better focus of articles within discipline;
many databases have useful features.

Our recommended databases for Electrical Engineering topics are listed here:

IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This database from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science consists of 3 citation databases containing information from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. The databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. The cited references can be used as search terms, allowing a published work to be used to find other, later works that cite it.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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.
arXiv.org This link opens in a new window
A searchable e-print service which presents papers in physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science, statistics and quantitative biology. arXiv.org is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers which functions as a means of communicating ongoing research information in these subject areas.
Informit This link opens in a new window
Australian journals and magazines covering areas including business, engineering, science and health plus humanities and education as well as extensive coverage of Indigenous affairs. Includes Engineering Collection.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Is a database that contains the full text of more than 1,800 Elsevier Science journals, as well as citations and abstracts of other journals. Subject coverage emphasizes the life, medical, technical, and physical sciences.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Critical reviews written by leading scientists. They provide a synthesis of the most significant primary research literature in a field, covering a wide range of scientific disciplines.

When searching for journal articles on your topic, databases are often a better alternative than searching in MultiSearch. These may be subject-specific or cover many different topic areas.

Advantages for using databases include:

better focus of articles within discipline;
many databases have useful features.

Our recommended databases for Software Engineering topics are listed here:

IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This database from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988, and all current IEEE standards. In addition, access is available to IEEE journals and conference proceedings.
ASTM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
American Society for Testing and Materials technical engineering information.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.
Informit This link opens in a new window
Australian journals and magazines covering areas including business, engineering, science. Includes Engineering Collection.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science consists of 3 citation databases containing information from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. The databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. The cited references can be used as search terms, allowing a published work to be used to find other, later works that cite it.

When searching for journal articles on your topic, databases are often a better alternative than searching in MultiSearch. These may be subject-specific or cover many different topic areas.

Advantages for using databases include:

better focus of articles within discipline;
many databases have useful features.

Our recommended databases for Mechanical Engineering topics are listed here:

Knovel This link opens in a new window
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.
ASME Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
American Society of Mechanical Engineering digital collection. Includes the history of mechanical engineering research and the latest cutting-edge discoveries.
SAE Mobilus This link opens in a new window
Society of Automotive Engineers International technical papers and journals.

Engineering Case Studies Online
A single, comprehensive source for material focusing on engineering failures and successes. Includes quality documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.

Informit This link opens in a new window
Produced by RMIT Publishing, Informit is a cross searchable collection of online databases. Includes summaries/abstracts of journal artticles on Australian political, economic, legal and technical articles. Includes Engineering Collection.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science consists of 3 citation databases containing information from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. The databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. The cited references can be used as search terms, allowing a published work to be used to find other, later works that cite it.
American Institute of Physics This link opens in a new window
The American Institute of Physics publishes current advances and foundational research covering the breadth and depth of the physical sciences.

When searching for journal articles on your topic, databases are often a better alternative than searching in MultiSearch. These may be subject-specific or cover many different topic areas.

Advantages for using databases include:

better focus of articles within discipline;
many databases have useful features.

Our recommended databases for Mechatronic Engineering topics are listed here:

ASME Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
American Society of Mechanical Engineering digital collection. Includes the history of mechanical engineering research and the latest cutting-edge discoveries.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
ProQuest SciTech This link opens in a new window
Full text articles on natural sciences, engineering and technology. Includes materials science, aerospace engineering, computer science, environmental science and more.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.
Informit This link opens in a new window
Produced by RMIT Publishing, Informit is a cross searchable collection of online databases. Includes summaries/abstracts of journal articles on Australian political, economic, legal, aboriginal, technical and cultural affairs indexed in over 80 databases and indexes. Includes Engineering Collection.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science consists of 3 citation databases containing information from thousands of scholarly journals in all areas of research. The databases contain the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. The cited references can be used as search terms, allowing a published work to be used to find other, later works that cite it.

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