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Best Bet Databases in Engineering

Engineering Village

Comprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.

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Compendex

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Scitation

The journals of six key physics and engineering societies, 1893-present.
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Web of Science

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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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Science.gov

A site that organizes access to agriculture, computer, health, energy and other scientific information from U.S. government agencies. Current.
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DOE Information Bridge

Open access reports and documents from US Dept. of Energy research and development in science, energy and technology, 1995-present.
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Additional Databases in Engineering

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Analytical WebBase
The online version of the Royal Society of Chemists (UK)’s Analytical Abstracts. Indexes scholarly journals in the field of analytical chemistry, 1978-present.
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Online version of the 88th edition of this indispensable reference for chemical and physical data. Current.
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Dissertations and Theses
Most North American, and a few European and Asian dissertations and theses. Citations from 1861-; full text of first 24 pages 1997-; and UMass Amherst's in full text 1997-present.

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Proquest Dissertations and Theses

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Dissertations and Theses @ UMass Amherst
Fulltext of UMass Amherst dissertations 1997-present.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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General Engineering & Engineering Management E-Book Collection

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Reference sources for engineering, manufacture & processing, materials and energy efficiency.

Also known as:	General Engineering and Engineering Management E-Book Collection
	Knovel General Engineering & Engineering Management E-Book Collection

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ISI Proceedings
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Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.
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Journal Citation Reports
A tool that measures the comparative impact of scholarly journals, 2003-present.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs
Brief biographies of American scientists written by their peers, since 1877.
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National Technical Information Service: NTIS
Citations to government-sponsored technical research from agencies, academia, and industry. For access to full text, ask Gov Docs staff (545-6895) to check Library’s large uncataloged collection of NTIS reports on microfiche.
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NIST/TRC Web Thermo Tables Professional
Thermodynamic properties of organic compounds from National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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Springer Extra Materials
Video and data files and other material supplementing some books published by Springer. Search by ISBN.
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SpringerLink
Full text books, 2005-present, and current journals from science publisher Springer, mainly in English.
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Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Current, in-depth, peer-reviewed reports of important research or development topics by leading experts in engineering and computer science.
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Virtual Technical Reports Center
Selected technical reports, preprints, reprints, and research reports listed by issuing institution. Sponsored by University of Maryland Libraries.
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