Finding Articles

For instructions on finding articles, check out the How to... guide.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.  (Undergraduate)

ACM Computing Reviews - Provides high quality reviews of books, articles, and conference papers related to computer systems, data, theory of computation, information systems, and computing methologies. 

ACM Portal - (ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature) - provides current access to the ACM journals, magazines, proceedings and newsletters. (Undergraduate, Graduate)

Applied Science Full Text - covers the applied sciences and engineering, including various aspects of mechanical engineering; electrical engineering and other related engineering fields.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open access journals in engineering and technology, including electrical and nuclear engineering; environmental engineering; civil engineering; mechanical engineering; general technology.

Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) - Doctoral dissertations and master´s theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline.

Emerald Insight Full Text - coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management; plus a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles.

Film Index International - includes all areas of film studies - from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters.

Humanities International Index (EBSCO) - covers books and other important reference sources in the humanities. 

Finding Books & Media

Engineering & Technology books are generally found on the fourth floor from call numbers T-TS.

Online Catalogs

IUCAT - Indiana University's online catalog.

Purdue Catalog -Purdue University's online catalog. 

E-Books

ENGnetBASE - provides all fields of engineering with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field.

NetLibrary - provides access to your library's eBook collection. When you enter the site from an affiliated library, you will see the name of your library in the box on the right side of the screen. Once you have accessed your library's affiliated site, you are able to search and view the full text of all the eBooks in your library's eBook collection.

Books24x7 - contains hundreds of "best-of-breed" books from the world's top publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. New books are constantly added.

ebrary - contains over 20,000 full-text books in multiple academic and general interest subject areas, sheet music titles and reports.

Springer E-Books - provides access to over 12,000 titles in the subject areas of science, technolody, mathematics, medicine, and nursing.  NOTE: If book is available to IUPUI users, the box to the right of the title will be in green.

E-Book "Meta" Search -- to simultaneously search University Library's ebook collections. Enter IUCAT. From the home search page, under More IUCAT Searches, select "E-book Search (Beta)".

Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses - Doctoral dissertations and master's theses are a vital fund of scholarship for any discipline.

Reference Materials

ENGnetBASE - provides all fields of engineering with access to essential formulas, updated codes, and late-breaking developments that are shaping the field.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Oxford Reference Online - consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) - searches over 275 reference works from some 57 publishers.

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - offers models, exercises, and advice for many documents encountered in the engineering and science professions. 

Organizations & Associations

FFDI: Foundation for Design Integrity - professional group devoted to protecting the original design rights. Look here for laws regarding original designs.

NAE: National Academy of Engineering - promotes the technological welfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession

Web Resources

Informe Design

Intute Engineering - a collection of engineering websites compiled by experts from British universities.

Programmers Heaven - a collection of over 32,000 programming related files and links.

SciCentral -  aggregates breaking engineering research news from reputable and reliable online sources.

Science.gov -  searches over 40 databases and over 2000 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of U.S. government science information, including research and development results.

Tech Xtra -   a collection of articles, books, websites, industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, theses & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. 

Webopedia - an online dictionary for computer and Internet technology terms.

Women in Engineering Proactive Network - useful for research, best practices, and professional communities dedicated to the advancement of women in engineering but there is also much information regarding women in science, technology and math.

Open Access Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - Open access journals in engineering and technology, including electrical and nuclear engineering; environmental engineering; civil engineering; mechanical engineering; general technology.

DSpace - MIT's digital research materials including conference papers, images, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, preprints, technical reports, theses, working papers, and more.

IEEE Global History Network - fosters the creation of narratives that not only document the history of engineering practice but also explain when, how and why these myriad of technologies developed as they did.

Patent Lens - a worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource.  It serves as the cyberinfrastructure platform for the Initiative for Open Innovation (IOI).

Scientific Commons - A communication medium for scientific knowledge products that are freely accessible to the public.