Research Guides: Engineering: Get Started

Key Resources

If you are new to conducting research:
Consider reviewing the Starting Your Research tutorial to learn the phases and processes of doing research.

To find books or articles we own, or to see what we have on a particular topic, use Library Search on the Library's website:

To search by title, add ti: to the beginning of your search
- ti:The Design of Everyday Things
To search by topic, enter the topic in the search
- examples: chemical transport
Use the filters on the left-side of the results page to narrow down what you're looking for

Start your research with these key engineering-focused resources:

Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Journal articles in a variety of fields. Includes the ability to search for articles by citations.
Easily explore an article bibliography, as well as sources that have cited the article since its publication, via the Citation Network feature. Create a free personal account to keep a comprehensive search history, create search alerts and citation alerts. Additional features related to author and journal profiles are available.
Language: English, Russian, French, German, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, etc.
Text Mining: Allowed; only through Clarivate APIs
Keywords: Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Arts and Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index Emerging Sources Citation Index WoS Knowledge
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Why search here? Access scientific and technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and partner publishers.
Content type: Scholarly articles, conference proceedings, technical standards, eBooks, magazine articles
Language: English
Keywords: Explore
Derwent Innovations Index This link opens in a new window
Patent citations and abstracts for chemical, electrical/electronic and mechanical engineering.
Features for understanding a patent’s influence and relationship to other patents are included, such as links to cited and citing patents, Derwent Class Codes, and tools for analyzing trends.
Language: English
Keywords: Web of Science WoS

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Technological support and information from the US Department of Commerce.

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