Indexes and databases for all aspects of Electrical &
Electronic Engineering
Published indexes and abstracting services enable you
to discover what has been written on your topic in individual articles
from a wide range of journals, in papers given at conferences, and in books,
patents and theses.
An indexing service provides bibliographical details, title of
the article, author's name, the title of the journal, volume number, date,
and page numbers. An abstracting service includes a summary of the
paper.
The major indexes and abstracting services are available in electronic
form, giving the flexibility of searching by keyword, the option of downloading
or transferring records by email, links to the full text in some cases
and access from outside the Library. Large journal publishers such
as Wiley, Academic Press, Elsevier and technical societies offer electronic
indexes to their own publications.
The Library retains a few specialised indexes and abstracting services
in print form in the Reference Collection. These services are
arranged usually by broad subject categories, and have indexes to authors
and subjects.
The major database for all aspects of electrical and electronic
engineering is -
INSPEC. 1969-
The international index covering all aspects of physics, electrical
engineering, electronics, computing and control, from journal articles,
conference papers, research reports, patents, books.
For earlier material see -
Physics abstracts. 1898-1999.
Reference collection
530.5 S4
Electrical and electronic abstracts. 1903-1999
Reference collection
621.305 S4
Computer and control abstracts. 1966-1999
Reference collection
629.805 S416
also
Cumulative index to proceedings of the IEEE. 1951-1971.
Reference collection
621.305 I59t
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Index to IEEE publications. 1971-
Reference collection
621.305 I59
Also useful is
Ei CompendexWeb. 1970-
The international index for all aspects of engineering. While there
is considerable overlap with INSPEC, Compendex may include useful
references to sources not covered by INSPEC.
Compendex is available through Engineering Village 2 which gives
access to Compendex, Compendex: Last 2 weeks, Website Abstracts.
EV2 has two search modes, Quick
Search (the default screen) and Expert
Search.
Use Expert
Search in most cases, this allows you to control the search,
and is more suitable for a literature search.
For earlier material see -
Engineering index. 1884-1988.
Reference collection
620.005 E5 [ealier years on Microfilm]
Arranged alphabetically by broad subject headings, with author and
subject indexes.
It is important to read the cross-references, under subject headings,
to other headings and sub-headings where material may be found. If
you can't find what you need please check with the Engineering
Librarian before giving up!
There are a number of specialist indexes include aspects of electrical
and electronic engineering, some of these may be useful for your topic
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ACM digital library 1985-
Indexes the journal articles and conference papers of the Association
for Computing Machinery. Provides links to the full text.
for earler material see -
Computing reviews 1960-2000
Reference collection
004.05 C73836
Abstracts of science and technology in Japan: electronics and communications.
1988-
Reference collection 621.3805 A1671
Provides English language abstracts for Japanese research papers.
The Japan Information Center of Science and Technology (JICST) offers a
document translation service.
Available also as -
JICST-E. 1985-
On-line database
The costs are US$45.00 per connect hour and US$1.15 per record displayed.
See the Engineering Librarian if
you want a search done on JICST-E.
Applied science & technology index 1958-1996
Reference collection
605 A65
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ApplSciTechIndex
1983-
Covers English language journals in applied science and technology.
Many of the journals can be found in libraries in Adelaide. ApplSciTechIndex
is available through the FirstSearch database service, use the same search
techniques as for Article1st.
CompuMath Citation index 1976-2000
Reference collection
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Web of Science citation database
1980-
ENGINE 1980-
On the ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE service, ENGINE indexes
journal articles and conference papers from the Institution of Engineers,
Australia, and its state branches. Use the same basic search techniques
as for INSPEC.
The Library has a set of the IEAust National Conference Publications.
for earlier material see -
Institution of Engineers, Australia. Author and subject index
of publications. 1920-1968, 1975-1981.
BSL Reference collection 620.6 I59a
Lists the journal articles and conference papers published by the IEAust
and its state Divisions. Continued by ENGINE.
EnergyFiles
From the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Scientific and Technical
Information (OSTI), "the virtual library collections of energy science
and technology". EnergyFiles aims to provide "information,
tools and technologies to facilitate the use of scientific resources and
capabilities in planning and conducting energy related research".
Full text is available for many reports.
Click on EnergyPortal Search to search across the energy-related
collections available from this site.
Select databases to search from DOE Information Bridge, DOE OpenNet
database, DOE Reports Bibliographic Database, DOE R&D Accomplishments,
DOE R&D Project Summaries, DTIC Technical Reports Database, IBM Patents
Database, NASA CASI Technical Reports, PubSCIENCE, plus a series of subject
specific databases for Environmental sciences, Fossil fuels, Renewable
energy, Biology & Medicine.
EPRI Energysearch.
From the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a link to thousands
of web sites related to all aspects of electric power.
Cumulative index to proceedings of the IEEE. 1951-1971.
BSL Reference collection 621.305 I59t
continued in
Index to IEEE publications. 1971-
BSL Reference collection 621.305 I59
An annual list by subject and author to the entire range of IEEE technical
literature including journal articles, conference papers and standards.
Also handy if you need to trace an incomplete reference to an IEEE publication.
Included in INSPEC 1969-
MathSciNet.
1940-
From the American Mathematical Society, MathSciNet is the major
index for pure and applied mathematics, and includes Computer science,
Artificial intelligence, Systems theory, Control, Information & communication,
Circuits.
PASCAL. 1984-
On-line database
An international index but particularly useful for French, Russian
and German literature on science and technology. See the Engineering
Research Librarian for access and costs.
RAM
(Recent Advances in Manufacturing). 1990-
Indexes material on manufacturing and related areas from some 500 journals
as well as providing details of relevant books, videos and conference proceedings.
STAR: scientific and technical aerospace reports. 1963-
Reference collection 629.1305 S416
Indexes research reports, theses, translations, and NASA-owned patents.
Engineering aspects include Communication and radar; Electronics; Computer
operations and hardware; Instrumentation; Lasers and masers.
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AEROSPACE DATABASE. 1963-
The costs are US$45.00 per connect hour, US$1.45 per record displayed.
See the Engineering Librarian if you need a search done on AEROSPACE.
Web of Science citation database
1980-
This index is based on the premise that the references to previously
published material which an author cites in an article, indicate a subject
relationship between that article and the cited articles. If you
have a useful reference for your topic, you may be able to trace other
articles which cite the same paper.
For earlier material see -
Science citation index. 1970-1993
Reference collection 505 S41045
Science citation index consists of three separate indexes, the
Citation Index listing the cited articles (by author), the Source Index
a listing by author of the articles from which the citations are collected,
and the Permuterm (subject) Index based on significant words in the titles
of source articles.
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Science citation index: compact disk edition. 1989-1995
Electronic database
Available only in the Barr Smith Library, on workstation 3??, behind
the Information Desk.
If you need help with either of these versions, see the Engineering
Librarian, Kay Leverett.
There are a number of multidisciplinary indexes include aspects
of electrical and electronic engineering, among these are -
ArticleFirst
1990-
On the FirstSearch database service, ArticleFirst indexes some
12,500 journals in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, business,
the humanities and popular culture.
DISS:
Dissertation abstracts 1861-
Covers higher degree theses primarily from North American universities.
Although not kept by the Library, copies of these dissertations can be
purchased under the UMI Dissertation Express Service, taking less than
a month. Use the same search strategies as for ArticleFirst.
Expanded
academic index 1980-
Indexes over 1500 English-language journals in the humanities, social
sciences and science, with full text provided for about 500 journals.
Ingenta
1988-
Professional Practice
The following sources are useful for business, law or management in
engineering.
Business
Source Elite through EBSCO
An international coverage of journals in business and management.
Full text is available for many of the journals covered.
ABIX:
Australasian business intelligence. 1992-1997
A useful index to business issues from Australian newspapers,
finance and business journals. Available in the Barr Smith Library only in print and electronic form.
AGIS:
Attorney-General's information service. 1975-
Indexes Australian legal publications. AGIS is on the
AUSTROM database service. Use the same search techniques as for INSPEC.
APA FT:
Australian public affairs full text
Indexes and sometimes has full text for a wide range of Australian journal and newspaper articles and conference proceedings.
EiCompendex
1970-
ENGINE:
Australian engineering database.
Use the same search techniques as for INSPEC.
Expanded
academic index.
Ingenta
1988-
Operations research / management science.
Reference collection 658.05 O615
Includes Organization & management; Optimal allocation;
Decisions, predictions and strategies; Mathematical programming;
Computing and information systems.
If you are not getting the results you expect, please contact
the Engineering Librarian, Kay Leverett.
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