Not all databases we have access to contain the full text of an article. Some contain the bibliographic data and an abstract or summary of the contents. If you want to do wider searches and literature reviews which draw on the width of the literature, you'll need to do a little more work and include results from these indexing databases in your research. Indexing databases may link through to full text where we have it, if not try an Interlibrary Loan.
AccessEngineering is a collection of critical, regularly updated engineering reference information. It includes instructional videos, interactive tables and charts, as well as personalization tools.
Engineering Village consists of three bibliographic databases, GEOBASE, GeoRef and Compendex. GEOBASE is a multidisciplinary database of bibliographic information and abstracts that indexes journal literature across the earth sciences including geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography and geomechanics from 1980-present. GeoRef covers geological literature from North America (1785-present), plus geological literature from the rest of the world (1933-present).
Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering and computing research available. This may be of use to GIS students.
There's a quick search video tutorial and a Refining Results video tutorial
There's not a video for the Expert Search, but there are help pages here, which are very useful.
Indexes to journal articles and conference proceedings for a wide range of topics including mathematics not simply engineering. This includes the Compendex and INSPEC databases as well as a couple of geographical ones.
Further help can be found in this Elsevier LibGuide.
Engineering Workbench hosts a collection of industry standards, codes and specifications.
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Additional access instructions:
If you are accessing Engineering Workbench for the first time, you will need to register for an account using your University email. For off campus click here
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
GreenFILE covers research information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. This is a multidisciplinary resource and topics include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
ISURV provides RICS guidance and official documents in relation to the built environment. This resource provides insight from industry practitioners and legal experts to assist in the application of theory to practice.
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fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery
Includes references to journal articles, audio-visual materials, books and law reports from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
TechRxiv (pronounced "tech archive") is an open, moderated preprint server for unpublished research in the areas of engineering, computer science, and related technology.
Some of the subject areas include:
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Transportation
Additional access instructions:
If you can't click through to the full text of this database, consider an interlibrary loan.
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