Best Bets
General Engineering
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AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window"AccessEngineering is an award-winning engineering reference and teaching platform that delivers world-renowned, interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.
- Search the latest editions of renowned engineering handbooks as well as hundreds of other expert references
- Access leading upper-level engineering textbooks
- Better understand material properties with DataVis, the interactive data visualization tool
- Accurately solve complex engineering equations with downloadable Excel spreadsheets
- Watch engineering solutions in action with hundreds of faculty-created videos
- Analyze key data with thousands of interactive graphs and downloadable tables
- Review comprehensive step-by-step explanations—not just answers— of engineering problems using solutions walkthroughs"
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Annual Reviews (1932+) This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews publishes authoritative, analytic reviews in more than 45 focused disciplines in the sciences and social sciences.
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Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate provides STEM students and researchers with the resources they need to succeed. Providing coverage of a wide range of topics including artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, plastics, hydroponics, computer science, chemical engineering, energy resources and robotics, as well as the business and social implications of new technologies, this comprehensive database is essential for STEM programs.
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Engineering Collection (ProQuest) (1966+) This link opens in a new window"The collection contains engineering related full-text articles, granular access to millions of figures and tables within articles, and the entire range of bibliographic records from the Engineering Research Database."
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IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Full text access to quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Includes most IEEE journals, conference proceedings, and standards.
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Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) This link opens in a new window
Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 254 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Civil and Construction Engineering
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Civil Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1966+) This link opens in a new windowThis database provides indexing and abstracts from more than 4,000 current serial and non-serial titles, including content from ASCE and ICE. The database currently includes over 1M records from periodicals, conference papers, trade journals, magazines, books, patents and technical reports, with indexing back to the early 1960s. It covers all civil aspects from architecture, structural design and construction engineering to environmental, seismic engineering and forensics.
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) This link opens in a new window33 technical journals and practice periodicals that span all disciplines of civil engineering. ASCE journal articles demonstrate excellence in the quality of technical information and the clarity of expression.
Transportation Research Board. The TRB Publications Index contains more than 73,000 papers, articles, and reports published by the Transportation Research Board, Highway Research Board, Strategic Highway Research Program, or the Marine Board from 1923 to date.
Construction Engineering Commons. An open-access digital repository collection within the Digital Commons Network. Aggregates scholarly research, peer-reviewed articles, theses, dissertations, and conference papers related to construction engineering and management.
Environmental Engineering
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Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) 1: Biological Sciences & Living Resources (ProQuest) (1971+) This link opens in a new windowThis database provides specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources offering extensive coverage of basic and applied research on aquatic organisms for scientists involved in the cooperative management of the world's living aquatic resources. All aspects of marine, freshwater and brackish water organisms and environments are examined, including information on biology and ecology of aquatic organisms and vectors, exploitation of living resources, and related legal, policy and socioeconomic issues.
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BioOne (2000+) This link opens in a new windowFull-texts of high-impact bioscience research journals, an innovative collaboration between scientific societies, libraries, academe and the private sector.
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Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest) (1982+) This link opens in a new windowCurrent ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction.
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Environmental Engineering Abstracts (ProQuest) (1990+) This link opens in a new windowcovers the world literature pertaining to technological and engineering aspects of air and water quality, environmental safety, and energy production.
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Environmental Impact Statements: Digests (ProQuest) (1985+) This link opens in a new windowProvides detailed abstracts of environmental impact statements. Each entry includes a clear description of the project, sections on positive impact and negative consequences, and legal mandates.
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Florida Environments Online (PALMM) This link opens in a new window"contains both digital full text materials and research bibliographies about the ecology and environment of Florida."
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Oceanic Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) This link opens in a new windowfocuses on marine biology and physical oceanography, fisheries, aquaculture, non-living resources, meteorology and geology, plus environmental, technological, and legislative topics.
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Pollution Abstracts (ProQuest) (1981+) This link opens in a new windowTopics of growing concern are extensively covered from the standpoints of atmosphere, emissions, mathematical models, effects on people and animals, and environmental action in response to global pollution issues.
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TOXLINE (ProQuest) (1999+) This link opens in a new window"This database, produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens."
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Water Resources Abstracts (ProQuest) (1967+) This link opens in a new windowprovides summaries of the world's technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management of water resources.
