Engineering Databases

Connect to ACM Digital Library on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching ACM Digital Library is available Access to the citations and the full text of all of the articles published by the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) in journals, newsletters and conference proceedings.
Connect to Applied Science Index on the Web Indexes science and technology periodicals in chemistry, computer technology, energy-related disciplines, engineering, mathematics and physics. March 1993-present. Updated monthly.
Connect to Civil Engineering Database on the Web The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) provides an electronic information retrieval service to all of its publications published since 1970. The CEDB provides access to over 100,000 bibliographic and abstracted records.
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Connect to Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses : Current Research on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by Santa Clara University, and other participating institutions. Allows a 24-page preview of all dissertations published after 1996. SCU users may download the full-text of any SCU dissertation published after 1996.
Connect to Earthquake Engineering Abstracts on the Web Provides coverage of earthquake engineering and earthquake hazard mitigation. Currently has over 102,000 records in the index from 1971-present, plus several hundred earlier classic papers and reports. Both journal articles and conference proceedings are included.
Connect to EI Compendex on the Web
Also known as Compendex
Compendex, the online version of Engineering Index, is a comprehensive database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. 1884-present. The default search covers 1969-present. Use the pull-down menu to change the years of search coverage. The EI Compendex backfile added records from 1884-1968.
Connect to EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements on the Web EIS extracts the key issues from complex government-released environmental impact statements, converting massive documents into concise, readable abstracts. 1985-present. Updated bi-monthly.
Connect to Engineering Village2 on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Provides access to over 6.7 million abstracts from EI Compendex (1884-present), the full text of U.S. patents (1976-present), and the full text of 110+ CRC engineering handbooks. Also includes links to more than 10,000 websites, selected, reviewed, and evaluated by experts.
Connect to ENGnetBASE on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases.
Also known as CRC Press ENGnetBase
Includes the full text of 100+ CRC Press engineering handbooks. Searchable by keyword only. This database can also be accessed through Engineering Village 2. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0+ or a compatible .pdf viewer to access these files.
Connect to Environmental Engineering Abstracts on the Web Covers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production. 1990-present.
Connect to Health and Safety Science Abstracts on the Web Published in association with the University of Southern California's Institute of Safety and Systems Management, this database provides a comprehensive, timely survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene. 1981-present. Updated monthly.
Connect to IEEE Xplore on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. A mini-guide on searching IEEE Xplore is available The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) is IEEE's complete full-text product on its Xplore platform. It is an online collection of IEEE and IEE journals and conferences--plus the IEEE standards. These publications provide 30% of the world's electrical engineering and computer science literature in a single source. There is a full-text backfile for each title to 1988, with selected titles back to 1950.
Connect to InfoTechTrends on the Web Provides market information on computers, peripherals, software, storage, Internet, and communications equipment. Details include sales and shipment forecasts, market share, installed base, planned purchases, and more. Updated biweekly.
Connect to INSPEC on the Web Covers the fields of physics, electronics, computing, control engineering and information technology with more than seven million records taken from 3,500 technical and scientific journals and 1,500 conference proceedings. 1969-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web JCR is a resource tool for journal evaluation in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences. JCR can show you the: highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, hottest journals and largest journals. To access JCR, you go first through the ISI WEB of Knowledge database. Just click on Additional Resources and select Journal Citation Reports.
Connect to PapersFirst on the Web
PapersFirst    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
An index of papers presented at conferences. 1993-present.
Connect to Pollution Abstracts on the Web This database provides fast access to the environmental information necessary to resolve day-to-day problems, ensure ongoing compliance, and handle emergency situations more effectively. Pollution Abstracts combines information on scientific research and government policies in a single resource. 1981-present.
Connect to Proceedings First on the Web
Proceedings First    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Citations and table of contents for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received at The British Library. 1993-present.
Connect to Science Citation Index Expanded on the Web A mini-guide on searching Science Citation Index Expanded is available Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. 1993-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to ScienceDirect - SCELC Comprehensive Core on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. From publisher Elsevier, the ScienceDirect-SCELC online journal collection contains 400+ journals in science, technology, medicine, and business, including high impact-factor journals such as the Trends and Current Opinion series. Most are full-text. Dates covered: 1995-present. SCU is among the 90+ private institutions that make up SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium).
Connect to TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services) on the Web Bibliographic database produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board at the National Academies of Sciences. TRIS contains abstracts of articles, books, technical reports, and conference papers, as well as summaries of ongoing research, relevant to the planning, development, operation or performance of transportation systems or their components in all modes and from all disciplines. Coverage is from 1968, with some bits from prior years.
Connect to Water Resources Abstracts on the Web Provides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources. 1967- present. Updated monthly.
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