Mechanical Engineering

Best Choices for Mechanical Engineering

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All Mechanical Engineering Databases

Aerospace & High Technology Database    1962-present

Find journal articles and technical reports in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. Both basic and applied research are covered along with technological developments in supporting research fields.

Aluminum Industry Abstracts    Approximately 1972-present

Find journal articles and technical reports in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. Both basic and applied research are covered along with technological developments in supporting research fields. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1934; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1988 or later.

Compendex   1964-present

Compendex, now part of Engineering Village, is a large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences, and adds over 220,000 new abstracts each year. Includes book reviews.

Digital Dissertations    1861-present

Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some Canadian, British, and other European universities. Abstracts included after July, 1980.

EEVL's Ejournal Search Engines   

Broad range of information on all aspects of Engineering.

Engineered Materials Abstracts   1986-present

Lists articles, dissertations, technical reports, etc. on all aspects of polymers, ceramics, and composites. The oldest record in the database has a publication date of 1953; about 50% of its records have publication dates of 1993 or later.

Engineered Materials Abstracts - Ceramics   1986-present

ENGnetBASE

InfoTrac OneFile    1980-present

Large general database of articles from popular magazines and scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images. Updated daily.

Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts

Search for publications of all kinds on mechanical and transportation engineering and related fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, and theoretical mechanics and dynamics.

National Technical Information Service: NTIS   1964-present

NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.

SAE International

Index to publications of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Web of Knowledge / Web of Science   1981-present

Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index which can be searched together or separately. Lists articles from over 5,700 science and engineering journals, 1,700 social sciences journals, and 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Frequent updates make it a good source for very recent information. Journal Citation Reports (JCR) a tool for journal evaluation (Used to find impact factors for journals), using citation data taken from over 8,000 journals in the areas of science and technology is one of the components of this database.