Engineering Databases

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Database Name
ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library

A collection of standards and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: ebooks, encyclopedia
IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Fulltext collection of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) conference proceedings, journals and standards. Some fulltext available from 1950 to the present.

Dates of coverage: 1988 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles

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Database Name
Academic Search Complete

Multidisciplinary database that indexes journals from a wide range of subject areas, including literature, history, ethnic studies, computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, and medical sciences. Includes many fulltext articles. 

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: scholarly articles
ASM Handbooks Online

Collection of twenty-eight ASM Handbook volumes, several ASM Handbook supplements, and two ASM Desk Editions.

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: encyclopedia
Science Direct

Index to hundreds of journals from a wide range of subject areas, including science, computer science, medicine, education, business and social science.

Dates of coverage: 1993 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles
Wiley Online Library

Access to over 1,600 journals, 200 reference works and 21,000 online books. Subjects include: Business, Finance & Management; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth Science; Education; Engineering; Law; Life and Medical Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physics; Psychology

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: ebooks, reference source, scholarly articles