Finding Articles

For instructions on finding articles, check out the How to... guide.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.  (Undergraduate)

ACM Portal - (ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature) - provides current access to the ACM journals, magazines, proceedings and newsletters. (Undergraduate, graduate)

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Ebsco) - CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open access journals in engineering and technology, including electrical and nuclear engineering; environmental engineering; civil engineering; mechanical engineering; general technology.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - Doctoral dissertations and master´s theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline.

DOE Information Bridge - provides free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy research reports from January 1996 - present.

DTIC Technical Reports - Defense Technical Information Center provides access to scientific and technical information.

Emerald Insight Full Text - coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management; plus a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles.

Ei Compendex - (Engineering Index through Engineering Village 2) - Mechanical, civil, environmental, electrical, structural, and process engineering, materials science, solid state physics, superconductivity, bioengineering, energy, chemical, optics, air and water pollution, solid waste management, hazardous waste road transportation, and transportation safety.  (Graduate)

IEEE Xplore Portal  - provides access to quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics.

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - The IEEE Computer Society Digital Library provides online access to 22 society magazines and transactions, and more than 1,700 selected conference proceedings.

IET Journals page - The IET Research Journals (formerly IEE Proceedings) contain both original and review papers relating to all disciplines in electrical, electronics, computing, control, biomedical and communications technologies.

Institute of Physics (IOP) - Search electronic journals from the Institute of Physics.

The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database a product of the International Atomic Energy Agency which promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; includes scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints.

Journal Citation Reports - includes citation data from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals including the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)- current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

SPIE Digital Library - The most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 300,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new technical papers are added annually.  Note: IUPUI subscription does NOT include SPIE eBooks.

Web of Science - covers the journal literature of the sciences. 

Finding Books & Media

Engineering & Technology books are generally found on the fourth floor from call numbers T-TS.

Online Catalogs

IUCAT - Indiana University's online catalog.

Purdue Catalog -Purdue University's online catalog. 

E-Books

ENGnetBASE - provides all fields of engineering with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field.

NetLibrary - provides access to your library's eBook collection. When you enter the site from an affiliated library, you will see the name of your library in the box on the right side of the screen. Once you have accessed your library's affiliated site, you are able to search and view the full text of all the eBooks in your library's eBook collection.

Books24x7 - contains hundreds of "best-of-breed" books from the world's top publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. New books are constantly added.

ebrary - contains over 20,000 full-text books in multiple academic and general interest subject areas, sheet music titles and reports.

Springer E-Books - Access to over 12,000 titles in the subject areas of science, technolody, mathematics, medicine, and nursing.  NOTE: If book is available to IUPUI users, the box to the right of the title will be in green.

E-Book "Meta" Search -- to simultaneously search University Library's ebook collections. Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, under More IUCAT Searches, select "E-book Search (Beta)".

Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses - Doctoral dissertations and master's theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline.

Reference Materials

ENGnetBASE - provides all fields of engineering with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field.

ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE - part of ENGnetBASE: The Engineering Database Online.

TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE - part of ENGnetBASE: The Engineering Database Online.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. University Library´s collection currently contains: African-American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience, 2003 Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2v, 2001 Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd ed., 5v, 2000 Environmental Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 2v, 2003 Gale E-Commerce Sourcebook, 2v, 2003 International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family, 2nd ed., 4v, 2003 New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., 15v, 2003.

Oxford Reference Online - consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) - Searches over 275 reference works from some 57 publishers.

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - offers models, exercises, and advice for many documents encountered in the engineering and science professions. 

Organizations & Associations

ACEC - The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is the voice of America's engineering industry.

ACM - The homepage for the Association for Computing Machinery, an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology.

AITP - The homepage of the Association of Information Technology Professionals, an international organization that delivers technology and leadership education, research and information on current business and technology issues, and forums for networking and collaboration.

IEC - The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical, electronic, and related technologies--collectively known as "electrotechnology."  

IEE - The homepage for the Institute for Electrical Engineering Engineers promotes the advancement of electrical, electronic and manufacturing science and engineering. 

IEEE - The homepage for Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers promotes the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro- and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of the profession and humanity.

NAE: National Academy of Engineering - promotes the technological welfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession

NEMA - The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is a trade association for the electrical manufacturing industry.

SPIE - The homepage for the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, a professional society that seeks to advance research, engineering and applications in optics, photonics, imaging and electronics. 

Web Resources

DARPA - The homepage for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the main research and development organization for the Department of Defense. 

DOE Pulse Newsletter - This newsletter highlights work being done at the Department of Energy's national laboratories and is distributed twice each month.

Datasheet Locator - This free electronic engineering tool allows users to locate product datasheets from hundreds of electronic component manufacturers worldwide.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory - This government resource provides the fundamental basis for all electrical measurements in the United States. 

FCC - the Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. 

Intute Engineering - a collection of engineering websites compiled by experts from British universities.

National Institute of Standards and Technology - government resource that works with industry to "foster innovation, trade, security, and jobs."

SciCentral -  aggregates breaking engineering research news from reputable and reliable online sources.

Science.gov -  searches over 40 databases and over 2000 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) -  provides access to unlimited/unrestricted NASA and NACA reports and journal articles (many available as full-text) and advanced searches include non-NASA information received through automated harvesting.

Tech Xtra -   a collection of articles, books, websites, industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, theses & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. 

Webopedia - an online dictionary for computer and Internet technology terms.

Women in Engineering Proactive Network - useful for research, best practices, and professional communities dedicated to the advancement of women in engineering but there is also much information regarding women in science, technology and math.

Open Access Resources

CiteSeer - a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science.

CoRR: Computing Research Repository - allows users to search, browse and download papers covering all aspects of computer science through its free online repository.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open access journals in engineering and technology, including electrical and nuclear engineering; environmental engineering; civil engineering; mechanical engineering; general technology.

DOE Green Energy - A free respository of thousands of Department of Energ sponosored research and development projects including various forms of green energy including solar, wind, bioenergy, and others.

DOE Information Bridge - The Department of Energy provides reports issued beginning January 1996 to present.

DSpace - MIT's digital research materials including conference papers, images, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, preprints, technical reports, theses, working papers, and more.

IEEE Global History Network - fosters the creation of narratives that not only document the history of engineering practice but also explain when, how and why these myriad of technologies developed as they did.

Patent Lens - a worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource.  It serves as the cyberinfrastructure platform for the Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI).

International Nuclear Information System Database - includes over 850,000 full-text documents including worldwide scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints. 

Scientific Commons - communication medium for scientific knowledge products that are freely accessible to the public.