Research Guides: Engineering and Technology: Find Articles

Grey Literature

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997.

engrXiv
A new open archive of preprints in engineering, directed by a steering committee of engineers and members of the engineering librarian community.

US Government Reports

National Nanotechnology Initiative
A US Government research and development (R&D) initiative involving 20 departments and independent agencies working together toward the shared vision of "a future in which the ability to understand and control matter at the nanoscale leads to a revolution in technology and industry that benefits society."
NIST Materials Portal
The US Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) portal for materials information.
NRCS Soil Surveys
From the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), soil surveys by state.
OSTI.gov
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) provides access to scientific and technical information through a suite of web-based, searchable discovery tools and through other commonly used search engines, offering ever-expanding sources of R&D information to DOE, the research community, and the science-attentive public.
USGS Water Data for the Nation
From the United States Geological Survey (USGS), these pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.9 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Library Smart Search

Article Databases

Engineering Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains engineering-related full-text articles and a comprehensive index to world literature on technological and engineering innovations going back to 1966. It provides titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, and more.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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This database is a core collection of engineering, computing, and technology publications. It includes IEEE Society-sponsored transactions, journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and published IEEE standards. Full text coverage from 1988 to the present, with select coverage of content published since 1872.
Materials Science & Engineering (SAGE) This link opens in a new window
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This collection provides full-text access to articles from journals in the materials sciences.
Materials Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Offers access to full-text resources with comprehensive discovery through extensive abstracts and indexes structured using controlled vocabulary managed by expert editorial teams. Topics covered include metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials and deal with areas such as corrosion, molding and casting, treatment, recycling, testing, finishing, welding and forming.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This reference database provides detailed yet user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines. All of the content is organized in a powerful, easy-to-use manner so that users can quickly find the information they need.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mobilus This link opens in a new window
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SAE MOBILUS is the source for the most relevant aerospace and automotive engineering resources.

ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Full text of every article ever published by the Association of Computing Machinery and bibliographic citations from major publishers in computing.
Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This collection features over 26 million A&I records and over 2,250 full-text titles that date back to 1962. It is ideal for research into fields such as aeronautics, astronautics, communications, computer and information technology, electronics, lasers, solid-state materials and devices, space sciences, and telecommunications. The collection provides extensive coverage of the literature, offering full-text access with comprehensive discovery through extensive abstracts and indexes structured using controlled vocabulary managed by expert editorial teams.
Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.
Computer Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This collection provides unmatched discipline-specific coverage spanning thousands of publications, many in full text.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
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This database is a core collection of engineering, computing, and technology publications. It includes IEEE Society-sponsored transactions, journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and published IEEE standards. Full text coverage from 1988 to the present, with select coverage of content published since 1872.
Telecommunications Database This link opens in a new window
An essential resource for anyone researching the industry or its technology. Whether you’re looking for the latest news on WAP technology, following market penetration of new technologies, or gathering information about the key players in this field, ProQuest Telecommunications helps you stay one step ahead. The database includes over 140 titles, with more than 115 available in full text. Search more than 600,000 records, dating back to the early 1990's.

AGRICOLA (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
From the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, this source provides access to journal articles, book chapters, theses, and more on agricultural topics.
Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering.
Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
An interdisciplinary resource of quality, includes content from scholarly journals, trade journals, conference proceedings, and other sources.
Environmental Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Provides the most complete collection of resources available to support this multi-disciplinary field. The collection combines specialist topic resources from engineering, biotechnology, bacteriology, atmospheric science, ecology, and biology.
Environment Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
This leading full-text database offers extensive coverage in the areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, and affiliated areas of study. Offering full text and indexing for journals, books and monographs, it is an invaluable resource for students and scholars across all environmental disciplines.
GEOBASE This link opens in a new window
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A multidisciplinary database of indexed research literature on the earth sciences, including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation.
GEOREF This link opens in a new window
The latest information on earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, and environmental sciences.

ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
An intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
A definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly content.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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The premier research platform to find and analyze scholarly research literature on Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. Includes proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.