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First Stop Resources:

Engineering Village (includes Compendex, Engineering Index backfiles, and INSPEC) Research a broad range of topics within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. Can be searched at the same time as INSPEC. Coverage: 1884-Present

IEEE Xplore search IEEE transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards, 1950-present
(access full-text documents of many IEEE publications, 1998-present)

INSPEC physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing and production engineering. Can be searched at the same time as Engineering Index, 1969-present

SciFinder Scholar - Web Version

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CAplus contains article references from 9500 major scientific journals, as well as conference proceedings, patents, books, dissertations, and more. Coverage: 1907-Present (plus some pre-1907 journal records);

Medline indexes articles from approximately 3,900 biomedical journals. Coverage: 1950-Present

Note: SciFinder is still available in a desktop-client version that you can download here (desktop-client version is NOT available off campus).

(Web and desktop-client versions are each limited to 2 simultaneous users )


Web of Science (includes Science Citation Index) Indexes approximately 8,700 multidisciplinary research journals and provides cited reference searching. Coverage: 1965-Present



Other Engineering-Related Indexes:

ACM Digital Library full-text access to many ACM publications
(limited to 3 simultaneous users)

Aquatic Sciences Databases oceanography, limnology, ocean engineering, contamination of bodies of waters, and marine biology, 2005-present

ASTM Digital Library Electronic access to nearly every book and paper published by ASTM International. Browse by title, topic, or year.

BIOSIS biology, medicine, agriculture, and related fields, 1969-present

Computer Science Index Indexes more than 500 computer science publications. Coverage dates vary by publication

Computer Source Latest information and current trends in computer technology from scholarly journals and popular magazines. Coverage dates vary by publication

Conference Papers Index
citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in life sciences, environmental sciences and aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science, 1982-present

Construction Database (ICONDA) construction sciences, 1976-present
(limited to 4 simultaneous users)
(You may need to turn off pop-up blocking software to access this database.)

Current Contents

Indexes journal content in many subject areas, including the Life Sciences, Physical, Chemical, & Earth Sciences, Agricultural, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Clinical Medicine, and Engineering, Computing & Technology (defaults to all subject areas). Coverage: 1998-Present
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)

Earth and Environmental Sciences Databases environmental sciences and pollution databases (1981-present), aquatic sciences, ecology, industrial and applied microbiology, and toxicology databases (2000-present) from Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; Conference Papers Index, 1982-present; TOXLINE, 1996-present

GeoRef geology, geological engineering, geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, meteorology, oceanography, etc., 1785-present
(limited to 1 user at a time)

Materials Science Collection (includes Mechanical Engineering Abstracts, 1981-2002)
Metals, ceramics, polymers, and composities, 1966-present

Medline medicine (human and veterinary) and health care, mid-1960s-present Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!

MinAbs Indexes major journals and many less accessible journals in mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, and environmental mineralogy. Coverage: Abstracts 1982-Present

Pira Database

packaging, pulp and paper, printing, publishing, imaging, and nonwovens, 1975-present

Journal abbreviations used in the Pira Database:

Packaging Journals
Paper, Board and Nonwovens Journals
Printing & Publishing Journals

Polymer Library
plastics, rubber, adhesives and polymeric composites, 1972-present

SAE Digital Library
search technical papers, journal articles, books, transactions, and standards on all aspects of mobility engineering, including automobile, aerospace, heavy duty, and motor sports, 1906-present
(access full-text SAE technical papers, 1998-present)

Scitation/SPIN physics, astronomy, and engineering ,
1957-present

Scitopia.org Searches the electronic libraries (journal content, government documents, patents, conference proceedings) of leading science and technology societies, including the American Institute of Physics (AIP), the Electrochemical Society (ECS), and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Coverage: 1874-Present

Textile Technology Index
Covers the scientific and technological aspects of textile production and processing. Includes sources such as books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature. Coverage: Early 20th century-Present

TRIS Online
transportation research


General-Subject Indexes

Academic Search Premier

Covers nearly every area of academic study. Can limit search results to academic journals, magazines, or newspapers Access to this PASCAL database is in danger! Please Help!

General OneFile all subject areas (includes many IEEE publications), 1980-present Discus

Ingenta Library Gateway

all subject areas, 1988-present
(formerly CARL Uncover)

LexisNexis

Full-text access to articles from newspapers, journals, newsletters, broadcast transcripts, and more




Engineering Librarian

Jan Comfort
303 Cooper Library
comforj@clemson.edu
(864) 656-5168