Subject and Research Guides: Engineering: Journal & Resource Collections (Databases)

Engineering Databases

These databases are collections of journal articles, books, conference proceedings and more. Search them to find quality articles in your field. You can use advanced search strategies to focus your search.

Emerald Engineering
Emerald Engineering is a collection of journals covering various engineering communities including: Aerospace Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Industrial Engineering, Design and Manufacturing; Materials Science; and Mechanical Engineering.

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, social, aboriginal, health, family, technical and cultural affairs indexed in over 80 databases and indexes. Also includes the fulltext databases: A+ Education, AGIS Plus Text, APAFT - Australian Public Affairs - Full Text, Families & Society Collection, Health Collection, Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, Indigenous Collection and Literature & Culture Collection.

Austroads Publications
Austroads is the association of the Australian and New Zealand transport agencies. Austroads Guides provide practical advice on the design, management and operation of road transport networks.

Engineering Case Studies Online This link opens in a new window
Video and text material including documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions.
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.

Proquest Technology Collection
Full text journals with indexing of global literature on materials science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, condensed matter physics, computer science and electronic engineering.
TRID - Transport Research International
Combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database.
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
Covers technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. This is mainly a citation and abstracts database, with some linking to full text. Coverage extends from 1990.

GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Produced by EBSCO, GreenFILE is a freely accessible searchable research database focusing on the relationship between human beings & the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles include content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

For more Environment Databases, see the Environmental Sciences guide.

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, plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE standards. In addition, access is available to IEEE journals and conference proceedings.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.

SPIE Digital Library
Contains full-text papers on optics and photonics from SPIE journals and proceedings. Areas covered include: Communication and information technologies; Defense and industrial sensing; Electronic imaging and processing; Micro- and nano- technologies; Optics and electro-optics, astronomical & biomedical optics
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
Full text coverage of research in aeronautics, astronautics, computing, electronics, communications, and space sciences. Includes journal articles, books, conferences, theses, technical reports and more.

Inspec (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to scientific and technical literature in electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing and IT.
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
Produced by RMIT Publishing, Informit is a cross searchable collection of online databases. Includes summaries/abstracts of journal articles on Australian political, economic, legal, social, aboriginal, health, family, technical and cultural affairs indexed in over 80 databases and indexes. Also includes the fulltext databases: A+ Education, AGIS Plus Text, APAFT - Australian Public Affairs - Full Text, Families & Society Collection, Health Collection, Humanities & Social Sciences Collection, Indigenous Collection and Literature & Culture Collection.

Emerald Engineering
Emerald Engineering is a collection of journals covering various engineering communities including: Aerospace Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Industrial Engineering, Design and Manufacturing; Materials Science; and Mechanical Engineering.

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.

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
IMechE journals cover all aspects of mechanical engineering from 1847 to the present day. There are 16 parts (A to P), all called journals.

Inspec (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts to scientific and technical literature in electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing and IT.
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, plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE standards. In addition, access is available to IEEE journals and conference proceedings.
Engineering Case Studies Online This link opens in a new window
Video and text material including documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions.
ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Association for Computing Machinery journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings.
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.

Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
Full text coverage of research in aeronautics, astronautics, computing, electronics, communications, and space sciences. Includes journal articles, books, conferences, theses, technical reports and more.

Key Multidisciplinary Databases

These databases contain resources across many different disciplines and are useful for broadening your search.

Scopus
Indexes a large number of peer-reviewed journals in the scientific, technical, medical and social science fields. Also includes conferences, book series, trade publications, and patents.
Web of Science Core Collection
A large multidisciplinary database providing access to content in the arts, the sciences and social sciences, medicine, and the humanities.

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.

Elsevier ScienceDirect
Full text of Elsevier books, journals and reference works, plus citations and abstracts of other journals. Subject coverage emphasises the life, medical, technical, and physical sciences.

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