Library Guides: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: Subject Guide: Find Articles

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In this section, you'll find:

Core databases to search for engineering articles
More databases to search for a broader perspective
A few engineering journals
Online and open access journals and other resources

Great for going deeper

Scholarly articles report on original research (experiments, tests, studies), and review other scholars' original research. They can help you learn about a particular method, design, or material, and are great for inspiration as well as deep dives into particular engineering topics.

Core Databases

Start with these core resources

These are your go-to databases for engineering research.

Engineering Source This link opens in a new window
Designed for engineering professionals and researchers of all types, this collection provides indexing and full-text coverage for engineering journals, magazines and trade publications, monographs, books, and conference papers and proceedings.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
Offers extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines, including full text for almost 1,200 journals and citations to millions of articles from academic journals, leading trade journals, professional and technical society journals, and conference proceedings.
Gale OneFile: Science This link opens in a new window
Provides reference and some full-text materials for general science and engineering intended for the academic researcher. Includes particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, and other areas beginning from 1980. In addition to academic journals, magazines, books, news, and multimedia are indexed.

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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary database - designed to cover many of the academic disciplines offered at colleges and universities. Offers over 4,700 full text journals.

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More Databases

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These databases have a broader or different scopes than the databases above.

Gale OneFile: Computer Science This link opens in a new window
Provides access to leading business and technical publications in the computer, telecommunications, and electronics industries. The database includes computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications, and the application of technology.
Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
Contains one of the largest collections of peer reviewed journals with an extensive coverage of full text articles. Covers subjects from the arts, business, computers, education, humanities, literature, medicine, philosophy, science, social sciences, technology, and other disciplines.
Science.gov This link opens in a new window
Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc.

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Selected Engineering Journals

Journal of Structural Engineering
Full-text Online: 1995-2014 (with selective citation and abstract coverage from 1983-present)
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Full-text Online: 1995-2014 (with selective citation and abstract coverage from 1983-present)
Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science Research
Full-text Online: 2011-Present.
This is an open access journal and is also available freely online.

Open Access & Online

IET Digital Library
Open access journals, conference proceedings, technical papers, magazines, digests, and archived issues from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
IEEE Xplore
Search and browse publications of the IEEE. Make sure the "Open Access Only" radio button is selected in the search filters to limit your results to open publications.

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In This Section

In this section, you'll find:

Great for going deeper

Core Databases

Start with these core resources

More Databases

Try these next

Selected Engineering Journals

Open Access & Online

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