| Need to
understand a
topic but
don't need the in-depth presentation of a textbook?
Try a specialised handbook or
encyclopaedia.
These sources are intended for the professional engineer who needs a
quick,
reliable answer, but does not have a library of textbooks at
hand.
Most include a substantial list of references to articles and papers on
the topic.
Need some journals articles, reports
or conference papers?
Use an appropriate
index to find out what articles and papers have been written on your
topic.
Most topics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering are
covered
in two international indexes, INSPEC
and Compendex.
Try these first,
then try
a more specialised index, such as EnergyFiles;
ENGINE;
EPRI includes links to
its journal
of research and to the Energy Technology Assessment Center
For earlier information from the EPRI journal click here.
Specialised databases from related subject areas may be
useful, including ACM
Digital Library; BIOSIS
Previews; MathSciNet;
PubMed;
SciFinder
Scholar.
Comment on current issues is often found in the broad
multidisciplinary indexes such as Academic Search Premier; Australia/New
Zealand Reference Centre; elibrary;
Expanded
Academic ASAP
For business and management issues try Business
Source Complete and Emerald Fulltext.
For an international newspaper coverage try Factiva.
To find out who else has cited or refered to an article that
interests you use Web
of Science.
Please
alert me to errors!
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