This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Engineering (Mechanical & Design).
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Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This page lists key sources for Engineering:
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Full-text articles and conference papers published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Useful for topics such as computer games, artificial intelligence, entertainment technology.
Full text of every article published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Some conference proceedings are available full text as well.
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Full text of technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.
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Archive of the Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers including over 200,000 pages of unique material.
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OnePetro is an online library of technical literature for the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. Content includes journal articles and conference proceedings.
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ScienceDirect's extensive and unique full text database covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, published by Elsevier. More than 2,500 journals and more than nine million full-text articles are available in ScienceDirect providing access to the physical sciences and engineering life sciences. This resource is also available through the Discovery service. A Science Direct Advanced Search guide video is available.
This is a large collection of maths, science, technology and medicine related full-text and bibliographic information.
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.