Finding Articles

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

ABI Inform - ABI/INFORM Suite includes three distinct databases: ABI/INFORM Dateline - Local and regional coverage of company, industry and business news, excellent source of information about private and small public companies not typically found in the national business press. ABI/INFORM Global - Search 1000 premier worldwide business periodicals for information on business topics: advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, management; also company and industry information.  ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry - Contains more than 700 trade publications covering every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and health.

Academic OneFile (Gale)- Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world´s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly.

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. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 titles. Academic Search Premier is updated on a daily basis.

ACM Portal (ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature) - The Digital Library site provides current access to the ACM journals, magazines, proceedings and newsletters. This page allows searches of all ACM materials, including technology applications (see the "Magazines" browse and search) as well as scholarly/advanced materials.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text - coverage includes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings.  This database covers over 300 English-language titles in the applied sciences and engineering, including various aspects of mechanical engineering; electrical engineering and other related engineering fields.

Business Source Premier (EBSCO) - a full text business database, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business.

General Science Abstracts (Wilson) - Indexing and abstracting of material of at least one column in length in key popular science magazines and professional journals, including The New York Times Science Times section; useful for both the nonspecialist and the expert.  Subjects covered include:  Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Physics.

IEEE Xplore Portal  - IEEE Xplore is an online delivery system providing full text access to the world's highest 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.

LexisNexis Academic - provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.  The 5,900 sources include:  national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, and non-English language sources.  Also includes U.S. federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information, Shepard's Citations for all U.S. Supreme Court cases back to 1789, business news journals, company financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.

Pollution Abstracts (CSA) - 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.  Topics of growing concern are extensively from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects of people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues.  To ensure comprehensive coverage, material from conference proceedings and hard-to-find documents has been summarized along with information from primary journals in the field.

RDS Business Reference Suite - Business Reference Suite, a Web-based subscription service, gives you balanced and highly focused full-text coverage of company and industry news, management practices, and market research information. By combining the complementary strengths of Business & Industry, Business & Management Practices and TableBase, Business Reference Suite delivers a comprehensive business research package.

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.

IUPUI WorldCat - IUPUI WorldCat allows you to search Indiana University Libraries' holdings and worldwide holdings simultaneously. You can request items through Request Delivery and Interlibrary Loan in IUPUI WorldCat.

Purdue Catalog -Purdue University's online catalog. 

E-Books

Safari Books Online - The e-reference library for programmers and IT professionals.  (Safari Tutorial)

NetLibrary - This site 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 - Books24x7.com 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 - Discover over 20,000 full-text books in multiple academic and general interest subject areas, sheet music titles and reports.

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. The massive body of work available through ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) represents the most comprehensive source of academic research in the world.

Reference Materials

Columbia Encyclopedia (Online)

Encyclopaedia Brittanica (Online)

Encyclopedia of Energy - Call number to find in library is TJ163.E53 2004 v. 1-6 (Reference, 2nd Floor)

Encyclopedia of the Global Economy:  A Guide for Students and Researchers - Call number to find in library is HF1359.O28 2006 v.1-2 (Reference, 2nd Floor)

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy (Online)

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Gale Virtual Reference Library is a 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 - 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.

Organizations & Associations

American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) - a nonprofit organization of individuals and institutions committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology.

Tau Beta Pi - the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession.

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.

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - the ASCE represents more than 146,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) - provides information on programs and activities in mechanical engineering, along with information on conferences and expositions.  Also included on the site are mechanical engineering history and preservation projects and details of publications, codes, and standards.

Institute of Industrial Engineers - an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial engineering.

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) - aims for advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of manufacturing.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

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

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) - a nonprofit association dedicated to the academic and professional success of African-American engineering and technical students and professionals.

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) - a useful resource for technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) - a nonprofit educational and service organize that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders.

Web Resources

The Energy Citation Database - provides free access to over 2.3 million science research citations with continued growth through regular updates.  There are over 197,000 electronic documents, primarily from 1943 forward, available via the database.  Citations and documents are made publicly available by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

How Things Work by L. Bloomfield (electronic resource)

Women in Engineering Proactive Network - an online knowledge center with over 600 information resources dedicated to the advancement of women in engineering, technology, science, and math.

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Government Resources

Advanced Fuels Properties Database From the Energy Department's Office of Transportation Technology, this database offers technical data on chemical, physical, and environmental properties of advanced petroleum-based fuels.

Biomass Document Database - This database indexes research produced through the Biofuels Technology Program since 1980, as well as more recent documents dealing with the entire Biomass Program. Public domain items are available in PDF format; however, copyrighted material is given by citation only.

DOE Information Bridge - This database holds full-text reports generated by U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored research.

Energy Information Administration - From the U.S. Department of Energy, this database contains statistical and narrative information on energy production and consumption in the U.S. and internationally. 

Fossil Energy Technical Reports Database - The U.S. Department of Energy's "Fossil Energy" site includes a database of technical reports on fossil fuels and links to statistics and analysis of policy issues and regulatory information.

International Nuclear Safety Center - Information on nuclear plants, materials, risk analysis and other safety-related topics from the Argonne National Lab. 

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Publications - From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, this database includes technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, patents, presentations, books, fact sheets and brochures written by National Renewable Energy Laboratory staff and subcontractors.  Many of the publications are available as full-text PDFs.

Science Accelerator - From the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, this database includes several sub-databases of DOE reports, including conference proceedings, summaries, energy citations, and more.  Not all of the publications are available for free, but the citations are useful for finding the publications at our library and through interlibrary loan.

TranStats: the Intermodal Transportation Database - From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, this database searches several differnet databases of transportation statistics.  Users can search by subject, agency, or transportation mode.

WorldWideScience - a global science portal from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science & Technical Information that enables users to search both national and international databases in one search.