The following are selected resources that are available at Fogler Library
or on the Internet. If you have questions about finding information
related to Engineering Technology, please contact the Science and Engineering
Center: 581-1691 or email Martin Wallace. Or use our Ask a
Librarian service.
Use these databases to locate references
to journal articles, books, conference papers and dissertations. Once
you have located articles of interest, the second step is to search URSUS by the journal title
or conference title to determine if
we have the materials you need.
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to
obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes:
author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the
abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference
title).compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy at Sci Index
TA1. E6, 1884 - 1995.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Citation searching provides one method for
bringing your list of references more up-to-date. Take your most
important known papers and use this index to determine if they have been
cited by more recent journal articles. They index over 8,500 journals
but do not include technical reports, conference papers or
theses.
Academic
Search Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Provides full text for over
3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including
social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering,
and mathematics. Good resource for a few basic articles on a topic. This database is designed for undergraduate research. For a more
comprehensive search, search Academic Search Premier, Business Source
Premier and Master File Premier at the same time. Select the Choose
Databases link in the EBSCO interface to select multiple databases.
Business
Source Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Providesfull text for over 3200 business and industry journals. Coverage is
back to the 1950's for some important publications and contains detailed
company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies.
Business and Company Resource Center. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE.comprehensive source of information for conducting
company, industry and market research. Provides access to the contents of
over 4,000 business and economics periodicals (over 3,000 with full-text).
Dissertations and Theses (Proquest). Indexes
dissertations and theses written by graduates of North American and European
universities. The complete text of dissertations written at the University of
Maine after 1996 is included.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Provides access to the full text of over 1100 free scholarly
journals. Some journals are searchable at the article level. Also
provides access by broad subject areas.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Scientific and Technical Information Network. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Access to all unclassified, unlimitedcitations to documents added
into DTIC from late December 1974 to present, many from 1998 to present in
full text.
E-Print Network. Maintained
by the Dept. of Energy. Allows simultaneous searching of a variety of
preprint servers.
Ingenta. Coverage is 1988 - Present. It is a global research
gateway providing free online searching of over 20,000 journals in all
disciplines. Indexing is limited to author, keyword from the title and
abstract (not all records have an abstract), and journal title. Subject
headings are not available. It is updated daily and this would be an
excellent choice to look for articles published in a particular journal or
published very recently.
INSPEC. Coverage is 1969 - Present. Provides worldwide coverage of the
research literature for the fields of physics, electrical engineering,
electronics, computer hardware and software, control engineering and
information technology. It is produced by the Institution of
Electrical Engineers, Great Britain. Literature is reviewed from over
3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings each year. Database is
updated weekly. Searching in combination with Compendex is recommended and
utilize the "Remove Duplicates" feature.
MasterFILE
Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Provides full text for over 1,830 general
reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text
extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is available for
an additional 1,000 journals.
MathSciNet. Coverage is 1940 - Present. Searchable database of citations
and abstracts of mathematical journal articles and books. It also
includes full-text reviews of many of the articles. This is the electronic version
of Mathematical Reviews (Sci Index QA 1 M7) and Current Mathematical
Publications (shelved in Sci Periodicals).
Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
Science.gov. New improved gateway to
U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are
collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked
order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700
web sites.
Science Citation Index. Paper copy at Sci Index
Q1. A1S36. Holdings are 1965 to present. An excellent multidisciplinary science information source which leads you
to papers that cite a paper of interest, thus resulting in records for articles
that you may not find using traditional subject or keyword searching. To learn how
to use it, ask a Science and Engineering Center librarian. Online
access is available through Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present.
ScienceDirect. FULL TEXT FOR UMAINE SUBSCRIBED JOURNAL TITLES ONLY (1800+). Online access to full text from 1995 for most titles. Sign up for automatic notification when new issues are published.
Scirus. produced by Elsevier. Use for searching instead of ScienceDirect
interface. Use this Advanced search which provides many options for
full text searching and across a variety of databases.
Virtual
Technical Reports Center. Maintained by the University of
Maryland Libraries. Links to institutions worldwide that provide full text
and indexing to their reports, dissertations, reprints and preprints.
MInd: The Meetings Index. Provides a free databases of future national and international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.
New York Times Article Archive. 1851− present. Full text of articles can be purchased online or use the microfilm collection in Fogler Library.
News
on the Web - Archive. Provides links to U.S. and international
newspaper archives that are searchable. Also has links to TV and radio
broadcast archives.
ProQuest
Newspapers. Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news
sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers
included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and
selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine
Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).
SciCentral. Gateway to the best
scientific and engineering research news sources
URSUS. University of Maine System
catalog. Use the Request function to request items from other
campuses. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
MaineCat. College and
university libraries in Maine. Use the Request function to request
items from other libraries. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
WorldCat. International catalog containing the holdings of over 8,000 libraries.
National Standards Systems Network (NSSN). Searchable bibliographic database of
thousands of industrial standards and specifications and links to many
standards-issuing organizations.
Software Advice
- Construction. A free resource that helps contractors find the
right software for their construction projects; compare products and get
price quotes for project management, scheduling, cost estimating and other
software, preview software demos, and more.
Tech-Savvy.com. Identify
sources for parts and products. Industry standards.
Thomas Register. Lists over 173,000 U.S. and Canadian manufacturers.
Dictionary of Canadian
Biography Online. This first phase presents persons who died
between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls
within these years. Contains many mathematicians and scientists.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography. SciRef Q141. D5
World of Scientific
Biography. Eric Weisstein's interactive encyclopedia listing
over 250 important researchers in mathematics. Links to information
about their contributions.
Web sites that describe the engineering profession, link to college and university web sites, and that provide guidance on choosing a major field of
study.
National Science Digital Library. A digital library of
exemplary resource collections and services, organized in
support of science education at all levels.
World
Lecture Hall. Based at
The University of Texas at Austin, contains links to web sites created
worldwide for university-level academic courses. Some are distance learning
courses.
ASCE Research Library. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. The ASCE Research Library is a
full text database that covers 1995 to the present of ASCE journals and
proceedings. The Civil Engineering Database covers ASCE documents published
1970
to present. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings,
books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. A unique
feature of the database is that it links discussions, closures, and erratas
back to the original records. For coverage prior to 1970, use the
"Cumulative Index to ASCE Publications," 1950 - 1979. Print copy at Sci Index TA1. A53.
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to
obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes:
author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the
abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference
title).compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy at Sci Index
TA1. E6, 1884 - 1995.
Academic
Search Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Provides full text for over
3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including
social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering,
and mathematics. Good resource for a few basic articles on a topic. This database is designed for undergraduate research. For a more
comprehensive search, search Academic Search Premier, Business Source
Premier and Master File Premier at the same time. Select the Choose
Databases link in the EBSCO interface to select multiple databases.
Business
Source Premier. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE.
Provides full text for over 3200 business and industry journals. Coverage is
back to the 1950's for some important publications and contains detailed
company profiles for the world's 5,000 largest companies.
Business
and Company Resource Center. PARTIAL FULL TEXT
DATABASE.comprehensive source of information for conducting
company, industry and market research. Provides access to the contents of
over 4,000 business and economics periodicals (over 3,000 with full-text).
Forest
Products Abstracts. Index to all aspects of the forest products literature including wood
properties, timber extraction, conversion, and measurement, damage,
utilization, veneers, composite boards, laminated products, the pulp
industry, and marketing and trade economics. Coverage is 1978 - present.
HUD User. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, this databaseis
dedicated to housing and community development issues. It contains more than
10,000 full-abstract citations to research reports, articles, books,
monographs, and data sources in housing policy, building technology,
economic development, urban planning, and a host of other relevant fields.
International Architecture Database. Contains information on more than 13,000 buildings mainly from the 20th and
21st centuries. Searchable by architect, type of building, location, etc.
LexisNexis
Academic. Worldwide coverage of newspapers, newsletters, and trade
journals with good coverage of construction and business publications.
On the main search screen choose News in the left column.
Then choose General News from the "Step One" pull down box at the top of
screen.
Then choose "Major Papers" or "Magazines and Journals" from
"Step Two" box.
Type in keywords in the Step three boxes.
Change the date range in Step four to all available dates or whatever
date range is appropriate.
To search regional publications, choose
U.S. News or World News in "Step One" and then choose the appropriate
region, country, or state in "Step Two. "
Transportation
Research Information Service(TRIS).
Indexes over 420,000 records covering books, journal
articles, technical reports and other articles. Coverage includes Federal,
state, local and association publications and conference proceedings from
the 1960s to the present. There are links provided when the full text
document is available on the internet. Search the database by author,
title, subject, corporate author/publisher, journal/conference title.
Structurae. Large free internet database covering structural buildings, bridges, dams,
etc. Provides dimensions, type of structure, contractors and architects and
relevant web sites and bibliography. Covers structures from the Egyptian
pyramids to the present.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
Human Factors Design Handbook. (SciRef
TA166. W57 1992)
Interior Graphic and Design Standards. Whitney Library of Design, 1986 (SciRef NA2708. R49 1986) Contains
the dimensions and drawings for items used in interior spaces from kitchen
equipment to door hinges to shelving and flooring.
MatWeb. complete physical property
data on polymers, metals and alloys, and composites.
Metal Building Systems. 2nd ed. By. A. Newman. McGraw-Hill,
2004 (ORO Stacks TA684. N435 2004)
Metric Handbook: Planning and Design Data. 2nd ed. Architectural Press, 1999 (SciRef TH2031. M48 1999) Contains dimensions, drawings and planning designs for all types of
buildings and structures.
Roof Construction Manual: Pitched Roofs. By E. Schunck. Birkhauser, 2003 (ORO Stacks TH2401. R65 2003 FOLIO)
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers. 5th ed. Ed. by Jonathan
Ricketts. McGraw-Hill, 2004 (SciRef
TA151. S8 2004)
Standard Handbook of Structural Details for
Building Construction. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 1993 (ORO
Stacks TH2031. N4 1993)
Structural Performance Database (PEER).
Provides the results of over 400 cyclic, lateral-load tests of
reinforced concrete columns. Maintained by the National Information Service
for Earthquake Engineering.
Successful RPF's in Construction: managing the request for proposal
process. Fria, Richard T. McGraw-Hill, 2005 (ORO Stacks
TH425. F65 2005)
Ten Commandments of Better Contracting. ASCE, 2003 (ORO Stacks
TA210. H28 2003)
Timber Construction Manual. 4th
ed. American Institute of Timber Construction, 1994 (SciRef
TA666. T47 1994)
Time-Saver Standards for Building Types. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2001 (SciRef NA2750. D42 2001)Provides basic data for the architectural planning of a wide variety
buildings, i. e. homes, offices, hotels, libraries, police stations,
airports, etc. .
Wood-frame house construction. By G. Sherwood. Agriculture Handbook,
no. 73 (ORO Gov Docs A 1. 76. 73/989)
Wood
Handbook: Wood as an engineering material. 2nd
ed. Forest Products Laboratory (SciRef TA419. W78 2000) Good
starting point for background information and list of references on a
topic. Contains physical and mechanical properties of woods (Note:
1st edition in ORO Stacks TA419. W66 1999)
Construction Costs Estimating Guides (CMT)
Building Construction Cost Data. 60th Annual Edition. 2002. R. S. Means (SciRef TH435. B84 2002)
Engineer's Cost Handbook. M. Dekker, 1997 (SciRef TA183. E64 1997)
Heavy Construction Cost Data. 16th ed. R. S. Means, 2002 (SciRef
TH435. M429 2002)
Mechanical Cost Data. 22nd ed. R. S. Means, 1999 (SciRef TH435. M435
1999)
National Construction Estimator. Labor, material and equipment costs and geographic adjustments for costs. 50th
ed. Craftsman, 2002 (SciRef TH435. N3) See also the Craftsman
web site.
R. S. Means. Reed Construction Data. Must register first for free access. Then they provide a Quick Cost
Calculator and a Custom Cost Estimator.
Rental rate blue book for construction equipment. CDROM Edition (Media Resource Center - CDROM TH900. R4 2002)
Repair & Remodeling Cost Data. 20th ed. R. S. Means,
1999 (SciRef TH3411. R6 1999)
Site Work & Landscape Cost Data. 23rd ed. R. S. Means,
2004 (SciRef TH435. M4367 2004)
Square Foot Costs. 20th ed. R. S. Means, 1999 (SciRef TH435. W44 1999)
BuilderSpace.com. Architecture
and construction industry directory.
BuildFind.com. Building
industry exchange. Lists many job opportunities in construction,
architecture and engineering.
Buildingindex.com. Provides access to suppliers for the construction industry. Also
provides access to professional and industry societies.
Building Materials by McGraw-Hill Sweet's. Searchable
database of commercially-available construction equipment and
materials, including product specifications and descriptions.
Design Linc.
Design
resource information for products and services for the physically
challenged.
Directory of the Wood Products Industry (Buyers and Sellers Directory of the Forest Products Industry). Random Lengths, 2001 (SciRef HD9753. D57 2001) Directory
of sawmills, board manufacturers, exporters, etc.
Construction Equipment. Cahners
Business, 2001 (SciRef HD9715. U52C57 2001) Directory of
manufacturers and products, dealers and distributors.
Emporis. News about
construction and the real estate market and data on buildings. Especially
helpful about skyscrapers.
American Concrete Institute (ACI).
ACI Manual of Concrete Practice. SciRef Standards Collection TA439. A61 2000. This is a 5
part compilation of current ACI standards and committee reports.
American
Forest and Paper Association. American
Wood Council. Their web site contains technical information, codes
and standards. At Fogler we own: National Design Specification for Wood
Construction. SciRef Standards Collection TA666. N37
1998-1999. This defines the methods to be followed in structural
design using wood products.
Publication updates and errata are available from the Council web site.
American Society of Civil Engineers. ASCE Standard. Minimum
Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. SEI/ASCE 7-02. ASCE, 2003 (SciRef TH851. M56 2003)
Building Codes Illustrated. A Guide to Understanding the 2006
International
Building Code. (SciRef TH420. C49 2007).
BOCA National Building Code. SciRef
Standards Collection TH223. B8 14th edition, 1999. Contains building
construction minimum standards to insure public safety, health and welfare. The codes address measured performance and do not make restrictions to
specific materials.
Uniform Building Code. 75th ed. 1997 ed. SciRef Standards Collection KF5701. U55 1997 vol. 1 -
3. This publication is dedicated to the development of better
building construction and greater safety for the public by uniformity in
building laws.
Blue Book of Building and
Construction. Lists and indexes over 1 million companies and
contractors. Also includes BB-Bid which is The Blue Book’s online
bid management and procurement system that enables two-way communication
with product and service vendors. Free registration is available. Also has
useful internet directory and online trade magazines.
BuildFind.com. Building
industry exchange. Lists many job opportunities in construction,
architecture and engineering. Meant to be a business to business service for
building products and services.
Buildingindex.com. Provides access to suppliers for the construction industry. Also
provides access to professional and industry societies.
Software Advice
- Construction. A free resource that helps contractors find the
right software for their construction projects; compare products and get
price quotes for project management, scheduling, cost estimating and other
software, preview software demos, and more.
Construction WebLinks. Industry directory includes state and federal agencies and courts,
building codes, jobs and career training, meetings, insurance, and
much more.
Buildings
Technology Center. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dept. of Energy. They work to identify, develop and deploy sustainable and energy efficient
building system technologies.
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best multidisciplinary
engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering journals,
conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to obtain more
precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes: author,
author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the abstract and
title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference title).compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also provides
specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards database, and a
link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy in Sci Index TA1. E6, 1884 -
1995.
IEEE Xplore & IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL). Complete full-text
access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL). Includes over 160 journals
published by the IEEE and IET, transactions, conference proceedings and
active IEEE standards. Indexing extends back to 1988 for all journals and
conference proceedings and further back to 1913 for selected publications.
Offers an alerting service, saved searches, and other valuable Web 2.0
capabilities for users who register for free personal accounts.
INSPEC. Coverage is 1969 - Present. Provides worldwide coverage of the
research literature for the fields of physics, electrical engineering,
electronics, computer hardware and software, control engineering and
information technology. It is produced by the Institution of
Electrical Engineers, Great Britain. Literature is reviewed from over
3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings each year. Database is
updated weekly. Searching in combination with Compendex is recommended and
utilize the "Remove Duplicates" feature.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Citation searching provides one method for
bringing your list of references more up-to-date. Take your most
important known papers and use this index to determine if they have been
cited by more recent journal articles. They index over 8,500 journals
but do not include technical reports, conference papers or
theses.
Citeseer.com. Scientific Literature Digital Library. NEC Corp. Indexes Postscript and PDF research articles on the Web. Has citation searching component.
Citidel. Computing and
Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library. Guide to
internet tools and research resources developed by a university consortium.
CogPrints. CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in many areas of Computer
Science (e. g. , artificial intelligence, robotics, vision,
learning, speech, neural networks). Access is provided by browsing a subject
category or searching by keyword. Full text of the cited references is
available.
Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies. A collection of bibliographies on
subjects such as artificial intelligence, neural networks, computer graphics, etc. maintained by researchers worldwide. Journal articles, conference papers, and
technical reports are listed. Some links to the online fulltext.
Computing Research
Repository (CoRR). This service is sponsored by the ACM,
arXiv.org, NCSTRL and AAAI. This is a database of preprints in
computer science. Mechanisms for searching, downloading and submitting
preprints are provided. These preprints are not referreed.
DOE Information Bridge. FULL TEXT DATABASE. Full-text reports for 1995 to present
contracted by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Energy
Citations Database. Coverage is 1948 - Present. Contains
bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical
reports and papers sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its
predecessor agencies. It provides coverage of traditional and alternative
forms of energy production and conservation. Many aspects of
electrical engineering and applied physics are covered including fission and
fusion.
Lecture
Notes in Computer Science. WWW Database. Freely available on
the web and allows searching and provides abstracts for volume 500 of the
series to the present. Also we have a subscription to Springer-Verlag
Link searching service. Allows access to full text papers from
Lecture Notes in Computer Science and searching by author, title, abstract
keywords, conference title, etc. First time login requires User-ID: roj575uj
Password: qvh706ye
National Standards
Systems Network (NSSN). Searchable bibliographic database of thousands of
industrial standards and specifications and links to many standards-issuing
organizations.
Virtual
Technical Reports Center. Maintained by the University of
Maryland Libraries. Links to institutions worldwide that provide full text
and indexing to their reports, dissertations, reprints and preprints.
Browse the shelves near these books to find many other related works.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
Communications Standard Dictionary. SciRef TK5102. W437
1996
Industrial Power Engineering and
Applications Handbook. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001 (SciRef
TK4035. F3A37 2001)
International Electrotechnical Commission.
International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) online database. Over 20 000 terms in English, French, German and Spanish some with
definitions in English and French.
Means Electrical Cost Data. SciRef TK435. M42
New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical &
Electronics Terms. SciRef TK9. I478
Energy Tutorial. Provides introduction to over 25 energy production technologies.
Industry
Week. Online electronic journal and directories of top
manufacturing companies.
Mathtools.net. Collection of tutorials, books, and web sites on programming languages
including MATLAB, C, C++, JAVA, Visual Basic, etc. Full text tutorials
are extensive.
NIST Data Gateway. Covers a broad range of substances and properties from many different
scientific disciplines. U.S. National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
SourceForge.net. Large resource
for open source software and applications. Provides mechanisms to browse or
search their database.
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to
obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes:
author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the
abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference
title).compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy at Sci Index
TA1. E6, 1884 - 1995.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Citation searching provides one method for
bringing your list of references more up-to-date. Take your most
important known papers and use this index to determine if they have been
cited by more recent journal articles. They index over 8,500 journals
but do not include technical reports, conference papers or
theses.
Advanced
Technology Vehicles. Document Database. Provides indexing and
access to the full text of technical reports on fuel cells, hybrid vehicles,
alternative fuels, etc. Produced by the Dept. of Energy, Clean
Cities Program.
DOE Information Bridge. FULL TEXT DATABASE. Full-text reports for 1995 to present
contracted by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). Scientific and Technical Information Network. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Access to all unclassified, unlimitedcitations to documents added
into DTIC from late December 1974 to present, many from 1998 to present in
full text.
Energy
Citations Database. Coverage is 1948 - Present. Contains
bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical
reports and papers sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its
predecessor agencies. It provides coverage of traditional and alternative
forms of energy production and conservation. Many aspects of
electrical engineering and applied physics are covered including fission and
fusion.
Energy Portal
Search. Provides access to government and research society databases
and evaluated web sites.
Environmental
Engineering Abstracts. Coverage is 1990 -
Present. Produced by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. The focus
of this database is engineering aspects of air and water quality,
environmental safety, and energy production. More than 700 primary journals
are covered and over 2,500 additional sources, including monographs and
conference proceedings.
Environmental
Sciences and Pollution Management. Provides access to the
electronic versions of several standard indexes: Agricultural &
environmental biotechnology abstracts (1993-present); AFSA Aquatic pollution
& environmental quality (1990-present); Ecology abstracts
(1982-present); EIS Digests of environmental impact statements
(1985-present); Environmental engineering abstracts (1990-present); Health
& safety sciences abstracts (1981-present); Industrial & applied
microbiology abstracts (Microbiology A) (1982-present); Bacteriology
abstracts (Microbiology B) (1982-present); Pollution abstracts
(1981-present); Risk abstracts (1990-present); Toxicology abstracts
(1981-present); Water resources abstracts (1967-present). Helpful to
search all the files at once.
Military
and Government Collection. PARTIAL FULL TEXT DATABASE. Search over 600 military titles, government periodicals,
trade publications and newsweeklies for topics concerning all branches of
the military. Full text is available for more than a third of the
periodicals indexed. Over 240 pamphlets are also included
NTRS: NASA
Technical Report Server. This database collects,
archives, and disseminates aerospace information produced by NASA and other
relevant worldwide research.
Pollution
Abstracts. 1981 - present. Presented by Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts this resources covers air, water, land and noise pollution. Industry pollution problems and solutions are covered. Updated
monthly.
Transportation
Research Information Service (TRIS). Indexes over 420,000 records covering books, journal
articles, technical reports and other articles. Coverage includes Federal,
state, local and association publications and conference proceedings from
the 1960s to the present. There are links provided when the full text
document is available on the internet. Search the database by author,
title, subject, corporate author/publisher, journal/conference title.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
Compendex (Engineering Index). Coverage is 1970 - Present. The best
multidisciplinary engineering database that indexes over 5000 engineering
journals, conferences and technical reports. Use their subject headings to
obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes:
author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the
abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference
title).compendex is part of the Engineering Village. This service also
provides specialized indexing of the Internet, a technical standards
database, and a link to the U.S. Patent Database. Print copy at Sci Index
TA1. E6, 1884 - 1995.
ASCE Civil
Engineering Database. The database covers ASCE documents published 1973
to present. It provides access to all the journals, conference proceedings,
books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newsletters. A unique
feature of the database is that it links discussions, closures, and erratas
back to the original records. The full page image of all journal articles is
available from 1999 to present. For coverage prior to 1973, use the
"Cumulative Index to ASCE Publications,"1950 - 1979. Print copy at Sci Index TA1. A53.
Web
of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present. Online version
of Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index. Citation searching provides one method for
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cited by more recent journal articles. They index over 8,500 journals
but do not include technical reports, conference papers or
theses.
Academic
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3,200 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including
social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering,
and mathematics. Good resource for a few basic articles on a topic. This database is designed for undergraduate research.
Access
Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
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