Finding Articles

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

To access the Electronic version of a journal, go to the Electronic Journal List.

If you're looking for journal articles in your respected discipline, please check the "Finding Articles" page on the subject guide for that discipline.  The appropriate electronic databases are listed for each Engineering & Technology field of study.

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.

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)- Full text of every article ever published by ACM.

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

ComAbstracts (CIOS) - The ComAbstracts database contains abstracts of articles published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field.

Communication and Mass Media Complete (Ebsco) - Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. This database originated with the acquisition and subsequent merging of two popular databases in the fields of communication and mass media studies -- CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association (NCA)), and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Pennsylvania State University). Communication & Mass Media Complete provides an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in any and all aspects of communication and mass media.

Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) - 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.

Ei Compendex (Engineering Index through Engineering Village 2) (1990-Present) - 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.

Emerald Insight Full Text - A powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald's international management portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Subject 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.

ERIC (CSA) - The ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature. The ERIC database corresponds to two printed journals: Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Both journals provide access to some 14,000 documents and over 20,000 journal articles per year.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale) - From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!

IEEE Xplore - Search or browse the complete IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) of IEEE and IET journals, transactions, society publications, magazines, and conference papers.  AbstractPlus records and full text is provided for content published since 1988, and for select content published since 1913. 

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - Provides full online content (current, plus complete archive) for the society's magazines, transactions, and extensive conference proceedings.

IET Journals page - Describes the IET journals, which can be accessed via IEEE Xplore.

LexisNexis Academic - 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 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.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) - Theoretical and applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, speech therapy.

MLA International Bibliography via InfoTrac (Gale) - Provides citations for articles on language, linguistics, literature, and folklore.

PsycINFO 1872-current (CSA) - PsycINFO provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Practitioners, researchers, and students working in all areas of psychology, the behavioral sciences, and other related disciplines. PsycINFO includes psychological research and its applications; the database is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,400 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) dedicated to creating products that make it easier for researchers to locate psychological literature relevant to their research topics. PsycINFO staff members locate and summarize psychologically relevant documents from a wide range of disciplines, and disseminate these summaries in forms suited to easy access and retrieval.

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.

Sociological Abstracts (CSA) - CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,700 serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Records added after 1974 contain in-depth and nonevaluative abstracts of journal articles.

Web of Science (ISI) - The ISI Web of Science provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index™. It enables users to search current and r etrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles.

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

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.

 The Business Style Handbook: an A-to-Z Guide for Writing on the Job with Tips from Communications Experts at the Fortune 500 by Helen Cunningham Call Number: REF HF5718.3 .C86 2002 This handbook includes and alphabetical listing of commonly used words and phrases that may appear in business writing. The text not only defines the terms, but also gives specific direction on how they may be used and abbreviated. The book also includes pointers on sending professional e-mails.

The Business Writer's Companion by Gerald J. Alred Call Number: REF HF5718.3 .B79 2002

The Business Writer's Companion includes information on all aspects of the writing process including style, word usage, grammar and punctuation. A frequently asked questions section is useful for jumping to specific topic areas. Examples of memos, resumes and other business writing samples are included. The text also covers oral communication, as well as the job application process.

The Skill and Art of Business Writing: an Everyday Guide and Reference by Harold E. Meyer Call Number: REF HF5718.3 .M48 2002

The Skill and Art of Buisness Writing covers a wide range of topics concerning how to construct clear sentences and paragraphs. In a special section, frequently misused words are clarified through definition and examples.

Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses by Carole Slade Call Number: REF LB2369 .C3 2003

This book covers the process of research and writing from selecting a topic to printing a final draft. The "Systems of Documentation" section includes information on the Chicago, MLA and APA formats, along with numerous examples of papers.

Writing the Modern Research Paper by Robert Dees Call Number: REF LB2369 .D44 2003

Writing the Modern Research Paper covers the process of writing a research paper step-by-step. The book includes detailed information on how to use the library for research, and features examples on how to locate journal articles using indexes. A section on evaluating Internet resources is also included. Many examples are given in a section on documentation; styles covered include MLA, APA, and Chicago.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi Call Number: REF Desk PE1478 .M71 2003

The MLA Handbook for Writers fo Research Papers is a comprehensive style guide and manual for conducting research. Included in this book is a detailed section on research and writing that covers various types of sources and how to evaluate them, along with note taking, outlining, and writing drafts. Other sections cover plagiarism, the mechanics of writing, formatting, and citations.

Organizations & Associations

American Society of Business Publication Editors

American Society of Indexers

Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)

Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group for Graphics (SIGGRAPH)

National Writer's Union

Professional Communication Society (IEEE)

Society for Technical Communication

Web Resources

 Researching an Industry - From IUPUI University Library Business Research Guide.

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.

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Other Websites & Writing Labs (Centers)

Purdue On-Line Writing Lab (OWL) - The Purdue On-Line Writing Lab provides detailed information on all aspects of the writing process through various handouts, tutorials, and electronic persentations. Specific topics covered include: Writing Report Abstracts, Research and Documenting Sources, Memo Writing, Proofreading, Editing, and Revising.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center is well-known for having numerous examples that assist individuals in improving their writing ability. The website features sections on topics such as writing in an active voice, varying sentence structure, and effective transitions.

The University of Toronto, Engineering Communication Centre - The Engineering Communication Centre at the University of Toronto provides interactive tutorials for a variety of documents and reports, as well as information on the documentation of sources. Included in the site is an online handbook with examples of memos, reports and proposals.

IUPUI Writing Center - The IUPUI Writing Center offers more than 40 handouts, written by faculty and undergraduate tutors, covering writing-related topics such as: pre-writing, grammar, documentation (MLA and APA), revision, synthesis, and much more. The website also includes links to other web resources that provide general information on writing.

MIT Online Writing Center - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has some outstanding writing tutorials that include tips on writing academic papers, creative papers, technical reports, making oral reports and presentations, as well as points for job applications and cover letters. Some materials may only be accessed by students of MIT.

Citation & Writing Guides

Long Island University - This website is particularly useful for learning how to cite all types of sources, including books, journal articles, newspapers, encyclopedias, websites and more. Citation styles covered are APA, MLA, Turabian and Chicago.

APA Style for Electronic References

Chicago Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources

Citing Sources (Duke University)

Columbia Guide to Online Style

DocsCite (Arizona State University)

The American Heritage Book of English Usage

Common Errors in English

Dr. Grammar

The Elements of Style

The King's English

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Research and Documentation Online by Diana Hacker

Sources: their Use and Acknowledgement (Dartmouth College)

Style Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to Editorial Style for Print and Electronic Media (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Writer's Web (University of Richmond)

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Finding Articles

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

ABI/Inform Dateline (ProQuest) - 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 premiere worldwide business periodicals for information on business topics: advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, and 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.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson) - Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere. The database includes trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

Business & Company Resource Center with Investext Plus (Gale) - The Business & Company Resource Center is a comprehensive research tool that meets core curriculum requirements in undergraduate and graduate case study work as well as the business research needs of the job seeker or casual investor. It offers dynamic, accurate, and up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies.

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

Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) - 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.

Ei Compendex (Engineering Index through Engineering Village 2) (1990-Present) - 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.

Human Resources Abstracts (EBSCO) - Human Resources Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to human resources, including human resource management, employee assistance, organizational behavior, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.

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.

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.

Newsletters ASAP (Gale) - Provides access to information from specialized business, industry and technology newsletters issued by various news services and industry watchers. Newsletters ASAP provides access to information from specialized business, industry and technology newsletters issued by various news services and industry watchers.

PsycINFO 1872-current (CSA) - Provides access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines. Unrivaled in its depth of psychological coverage and respected worldwide for its high quality, the database is enriched with literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. Nearly all records contain nonevaluative summaries, and all records from 1967 to the present are indexed using the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms. Practitioners, researchers, and students working in all areas of psychology, the behavioral sciences, and other related disciplines. PsycINFO includes psychological research and its applications; the database is of prime relevance to many industries and research establishments worldwide. The sources include over 1,400 professional journals, chapters, books, reports, theses and dissertations, published internationally. PsycINFO is a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) dedicated to creating products that make it easier for researchers to locate psychological literature relevant to their research topics. PsycINFO staff members locate and summarize psychologically relevant documents from a wide range of disciplines, and disseminate these summaries in forms suited to easy access and retrieval.

RDS Business Reference Suite (Gale) - Provides 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

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 Training and Development - The mission of this organization is to provide leadership to individuals, organizations, and society to achieve work-related competence, performance, and fulfillment.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) - The mission of OSHA is to save lives, prevent injuries, and protect the health of America's workers.  It establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - This site provides many Internet resources that can aid human resource managers in policy development, decision making, resource allocation, and planning.

Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) - This organization is dedicated to the advancement of the discipline of management across all occupations.

Web Resources

Researching an Industry - From IUPUI University Library Business Research Guide.

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)

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.

Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson) - Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere. The database includes trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - 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.

Emerald Insight Full Text - A powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald's international management portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Subject 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.

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - Provides full online content (current, plus complete archive) for the society's magazines, transactions, and extensive conference proceedings.

IEEE Xplore Portal - Search or browse the complete IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) of IEEE and IET journals, transactions, society publications, magazines, and conference papers.  AbstractPlus records and full text is provided for content published since 1988, and for select content published since 1913. 

IET Journals page - Describes the IET journals, which can be accessed via IEEE Xplore.

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.

SPORTDiscus (EBSCO) - SPORTDiscus with Full Text offers comprehensive, bibliographic and full text coverage of sport, fitness and related disciplines. This database contains over 230 full text titles. In addition, SPORTDiscus with Full Text also contains over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 20,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.

Web of Science (ISI) - The ISI Web of Science provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. It enables users to search current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles.

Wiley Interscience Journal Search (Wiley) - More than 300 online publications for researchers and professionals.

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

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

SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) - The organization's website provides access to SAE meeting papers and standards. 

Web Resources

Researching an Industry - From IUPUI University Library Business Research Guide.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway -Official site of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

IndyCar.com - The IndyCar Series' official website.

International Motor Sports Association

NASCAR - National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing

Speed TV - Covers auto racing and motorcycle news.

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.

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.

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.

Annual Reviews - IUPUI has access to current content for select Annual Review titles on topics such as the Annual Review of Materials Research as well as the entire Annual Review Archive (1932 - Current Year Minus Five).

Applied Science and Technology Full Text - Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere. The database includes trade and industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text - CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This version offers basic keyword searching, multi-term keyword searching, visual searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - 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.

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

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

ASHRAE - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers is an international organization with 50,000 members.  The organization's purpose is the advancing of the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration for the public's benefit.

ASME - The American Society of Mechnical Engineers site 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.

ASME Gas Turbine Papers Archive and Index - The International Gas Turbine Institute of ASME maintains an archive of gas turbine papers published by ASME from 1947 to present. 

IMechE - The Installation of Mechanical Engineers members work in research, design, development, manufacturing, installation, commissioning, contracting, consulting, and teaching.  Based in the U.K., the site includes links to the various divisions and departments. 

SAE - The Society of Automotive Engineers is 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.

SEM - The Society for Experimental Mechanics seeks to further the knowledge of stress and strain analysis and related technologies. This site gives information about the society, its activities, and publications. A search facility is available for abstracts of papers loaded on the server.

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

SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engineering) - SAMPE provides information on new materials and processing technology either via technical forums, journal publications, or books in which professionals in this field can exchange ideas and air their views.

Web Resources

Researching an Industry - From IUPUI University Library Business Research Guide.

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Design Engineering Online - Published by Centaur Publishing, this site helps design engineers working in mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineering industries by providing the information they might need in one place.  Key features of the site include a searchable archive of past issues, a virtual exhibition site, a product finder facility, a discussion forum, and links to sites of related interest.

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

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

JPL Robotics - Jet Propulsion Laboratory Robotics researchers perform development, integration, and demonstration of innovative robotics and automation technologies, supporting NASA missions and addressing other problems of national importance. Researchers work toward enabling more efficient, lower cost missions dedicated to planetary surface and solar system exploration, Earth observations from space, astrophysical experiments in space and on the Moon, and the extension of human capabilities in space.

Key to Metals - This site features a knowledge base of carefully selected engineering, industry and scientific articles that save your time whenever you need a quick reference from the theory and practice of nonferrous metals technology and application.  Several articles are available for free.

Key to Steel - This site is a global database of steel materials and has a powerful search engine and presentation facilities. It provides information relevant for identifying, selecting, processing and using steel materials from the whole world. Several articles are available for free.

Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory - The Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology serves as a central research laboratory for manufacturing infrastructure technology, measurements, and standards. They provide industry-needed manufacturing engineering tools, interface standards, manufacturing systems architectures and traceability.

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)

The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database (free access) - a product of the International Atomic Energy Agency which promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  Includes a unique collection of over 850,000 full-text documents including scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints.

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.

NASA Image eXchange (NIX) - This database contains more than 450,000 images of NASA activities and space objects.  There are also links to millions of images elsewhere on the web.

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.

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.

Finding Articles

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

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 (Wilson) - 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.

CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Ebsco) - CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. This version offers basic keyword searching, multi-term keyword searching, visual searching, citation searching, and index term browsing.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - 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.

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 - A powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald's international management portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Subject 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) (1990-Present) - 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.

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.

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

The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database (free access) - a product of the International Atomic Energy Agency which promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  Includes a unique collection of over 850,000 full-text documents including scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints.

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)- Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.

IEEE Xplore - Search or browse the complete IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL) of IEEE and IET journals, transactions, society publications, magazines, and conference papers.  AbstractPlus records and full text is provided for content published since 1988, and for select content published since 1913. 

IEEE Computer Society Digital Library - Provides full online content (current, plus complete archive) for the society's magazines, transactions, and extensive conference proceedings.

IET Journals page - Describes the IET journals, which can be accessed via IEEE Xplore.

Web of Science (ISI) - The ISI Web of Science provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, and Arts & Humanities Citation Indexâ„¢. It enables users to search current and r etrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. ISI Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles.

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

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

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.

IEE - The homepage for the Institute for Electrical Engineering Engineers promotes the advancement of electrical, electronic and manufacturing science and engineering.  Based in the United Kingdom, the organization's mission is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas pertaining to these different sciences of 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.

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.  The site contains employment vacancies, details of forthcoming meetings, and publications and current selected articles from the SPIE's monthly publication, OE Reports.

Web Resources

Researching an Industry - From IUPUI University Library Business Research Guide.

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DARPA - The homepage for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the main research and development organization for the Department of Defense.  The agency manages and directs basic and applied research and development projects and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high.

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.  Measurements include semiconductor, magnetic, radio frequency, microwave, optical, optoelectronic, and superconducting equipment; flat-panel displays; electronic instrumentation; and electrical power apparatus and systems.

FCC - With a jurisdiction covering the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions, the Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable. 

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

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) -  This government resource 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.

Technology Administration - The mission of this government agency is "to maximize technology's contribution to economic growth, high-wage job creation, and the social well being of the United States."

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)

The International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database (free access) - a product of the International Atomic Energy Agency which promotes the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.  Includes a unique collection of over 850,000 full-text documents including scientific and technical reports, conference proceedings, patents, theses, and preprints.

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.

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.

Ei Compendex (Engineering Index through Engineering Village 2) (1990-Present) - 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.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - 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.

GreenFILE (EBSCO) - GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.

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.

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.

Thomas Register - This database includes over 156,000 American and Canadian companies, as well as 135,415 brand names.  Products and companies are classified under product headings.

Web of Science - "The Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index, with searchable author abstracts, coverng the journal literature of the sciences.  It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,100 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts, with all cited references captured."

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

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

ABC - Associated Builders and Contractors is a national trade organization devoted to the merit shop philosophy.

AGC - Associated General Contractors of America's general contractor membership is represented by four occupational divisions.  Members can choose to be affiliated with one or more of the following divisions:  Building; Highway; Heavy-Industrial; and Municipal Utilities.

ASC - The Associated Schools of Construction promotes the development and advancement of construction education.  There are approximately 100 universities and colleges who provide construction education programs.

ASCE - The American Society of Civil Engineers' site gives information about the Society, its membership, departments, and services.  The site also includes information about ASCE publications, including the full text of some journals and job listings.

NECA - National Electrical Contractors Association works for the betterment of its members, electrical contractors in general and the construction industry as a whole.  NECA services are designed for contractors who are involved in Standard Industrial Code 1731 (electrical work - specialty contractors) and some of those involved in SIC 1623 (utility work, also referred to as "outside" or "line" work).

Ultimate Civil Engineering Directory - This massive directory includes CE institutions, organizations, suppliers, events, and other related sitse from around the world.

Web Resources

Building and Fire Research Laboratory - BFRL is a national laboratory dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of industry and public safety performance prediction methods, measurement technologies and technical advances needed to assure the life cycle quality and economy of constructed facilities.  This site provides information about the laboratory and its research projects.

CERL  - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory conducts research and development in infrastructure and environment sustainment.  Research is directed toward increasing the Army's ability to more efficiently construct, operate, and maintain its installations and ensure environmental quality and safety at a reduced life-cycle cost.

Construction WebLinks - This site is an easy-to-use and comprehensive guide to the Internet for architects, engineers, and contractors.  Links are organized into categories of interest to construction industry professionals, such as: job opportunities, better ways to perform projects, specifications and technical information, product information, building codes, and science and technology.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network - This site provides links to energy efficiency information from the government, educational, commercial and organizational sources.

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.

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.

Finding Articles

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

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 Computing Reviews - Provides high quality reviews of computing-related books, articles, and conference papers. Supports searching and browsing via a well-organized browse-by-topics page, including computer systems, data, theory of computation, information systems, and computing methologies. 

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.

Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) - 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.

Emerald Insight Full Text - A powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald's international management portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Subject 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.

Film Index International - Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters - Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.

Humanities International Index (EBSCO) - Humanities International Index is a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities. It provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,900 titles and contains more than 1.6 million records. Formerly the American Humanities Index, this database contains bibliographic records from a multitude of U.S. and international journals, books and reference works. Humanities International Index provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations.

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.

Wiley Interscience Journal Search (Wiley) - More than 300 online publications for researchers and professionals.

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

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

FFDI: Foundation for Design Integrity - A professional group devoted to protecting the original design rights. Look here for laws regarding original designs.

Web Resources

Informe Design

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)