The University of Adelaide Library

MechEng databases

Mechanical Engineering information resources

Databases for Mechanical Engineering

These commercial lists of articles from journals, papers given at conferences, research reports and chapters in book are available to staff and students, through links from the Library's Catalogue, where the Library pays a subscription to the publisher.
You will be asked to authenticate your status as a member of the University with your account name and password.

To find journal articles on a topic use one or more of the databases listed below.

Remember - these indexes are international in coverage; the Barr Smith Library does not have access to all of the articles listed. If you need an item that we don't have, use our Document Delivery service.

Searching
Use the same search strategy as for the Library Catalogue when you search by Keyword (use and, or, not, " ") You can develop your search strategy in the Library Catalogue [Searching by: Keyword (use and, or, not, " ") and copy and paste into the search bar of each of the databases.

For most aspects of Mechanical Engineering use -

Ei Compendex 1884-

INSPEC 1898-

Ei Compendex 1884-
The international index for all aspects of engineering from journal articles, conference papers and research reports, any language; any country.
Select Expert Search from the search option buttons, then paste in a search strategy by Keyword (use and. or, not, " ") from the Library catalogue or create your keyword search in the Expert Search box.

INSPEC 1898-
The major international index covering physics, electrical engineering, electronics, computing and control, manufacturing, materials, robotics, from journal articles, conference papers, research reports, patents, books.

In addition, see databases from other disciplines which cover aspects of Mechanical Engineering -

Technology and Science

CEDB: Civil Engineering DataBase 1973-
From the American Society of Civil Engineers, includes aerospace, composites, energy, engineering mechanics, structural engineering, management and professional issues. Full text available fo rthe journal articles.

ENGINE: Australian Engineering Database 1980-

NTIS Database 1964-

Web of Science 1900-


Aerospace

NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
Provides a search acoss the databases of a number of NASA research centres. Includes NACA reports.


Fuel and Energy

Fuel and energy abstracts 1995-

EnergyFiles 1948-
From the US DOE, a collection of databases including Energy Citations database and links to websites

OnePetro 1932-


Business and Management

Business Source Complete 1965-

Emerald 1994-


Medical technology

PubMed
The major database for all aspects of medicine and related subjects.


Environmental Issues

Water Resources Abstracts 1967-

Streamline: Australia's Natural Resources Database 1982-2004

Geobase 1980-


Higher Degree Theses

Proquest: Dissertations and Theses 1861-
Higher degree theses, primarily from North America.

Some of the multi-disciplinary databases may be useful -

These databases cover a from a range of journals across the Arts, Humanities, Social and Physical Sciences, Medicine and Law and include some technical journals.

Web of science 1900
In addition to a topic search, WoS can be used to trace articles which include in their citations to a specific reference.


Academic Search Premier 1985
In addition to academic journals, includes magazines and newspapers.

Academic OneFile 1980-
Peer-reviewed full-text articles from some 8000 journals across the physical sciences, medicine, social sciences, arts & humanities. Has a small amount of engineering material.

Expanded academic index (EAI) 1980-
Interdisciplinary coverage of scholarly journals as well as magazines for many areas of popular culture. Full text of articles available for many of the journals covered.

IngentaConnect
Provides access to the journals from the leading academic publishers

Australia/New Zealand reference centre
International coverage with an Australasian emphasis

eLibrary Australasia
Useful coverage of Australasian newspapers and magazines.

Lexis Nexis
Covers law,newspapers and a range of academic journals across the social sciences.

There are a number of interdisciplinary indexes which include mechanical engineering, some of these may be useful for your topic -
Academic search premier 1985-

Australia/New Zealand reference centre.
     Covers the text of Australian newspapers as well as a range of other journals.
Business source complete (EBSCO) 1984-   [date varies with individual publications]

DISS: Dissertation abstracts 1861-
     An index to higher degree theses, primarily from North American universities.
Electric Library Australasia 1995-

Expanded academic index 1980-

Ingenta 1988-
Lexis Nexis 1980-

If you are not getting the results you expect, please contact the Engineering Librarian, Kay Leverett.