UOW
Excellence - Innovation - Diversity
University of Wollongong
Site Search
Advanced Search  
Library
Skip navigation
Search
Borrow
Help
Information for
Information about
 
 
 

Databases for Engineering

 Databases to try first

fulltext icon = fulltext partial fulltext icon = partial fulltext cr dom = CD ROM new = new resource more information = more information Image = quota free if accessed by this link

Title

Tips

Notes

Aluminium Industry Abstracts Image

Tips

Aluminium, production processes, products, applications, and business developments.

1972 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Annual Reviews Image Image

Tips

Sciences and social sciences

Image

Conditions of use

Annual reviews

ASCE Journals fulltext icon Image

Tips

Civil engineering. International.

1995 - present

more information

Conditions of use

ASCE website

Cambridge Journals Online Image Image

Tips

Sciences, social sciences, and humanities

Image

Conditions of use

Cambridge journals website

Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts Image

Tips

Manufacture, processing, applications, properties and testing of traditional and advanced ceramics. International

1975 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Chem Alert Image Image

Tips

Chemical hazards, safety, toxicology

Current

CHEMnetBASE fulltext icon Image

Tips

Chemistry dictionaries and handbooks International.

Dates vary

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Compendex no quota

Tips

Engineering and technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Engineering Village website

Copper Data Center Database Image

Tips

Copper, copper alloys and copper technology. International

1965 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Corrosion Abstracts Image

Tips

Corrosion science and engineering. International
1980 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

CSIRO Online fulltext icon Image

Tips

Scientific research. Fulltext access to UOW subscriptions only. Australian.

1997 - present

more information

CSIRO website.

Current Contents Connect Image

Tips

Current information in sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, technology and medical science. International.

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Directory of Open access Journals Image Image

Tips

Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Image

DOAJ site

Ecodisc Image

Tips

Ecology and the ecosystem, conservation. International.

1990 - present

more information

Silverplatter Webspirs

Encyclopedia of Materials fulltext icon Image

Tips

Material science. International.

Published 2001 with continual updates

more information

ScienceDirect

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Image Image

Tips

All aspects of nanoscale science and technology dealing.

Published 2004

Image

American Scientific Publishers, accessed on IngentaSelect

ENGINE Image

Tips

All branches of engineering. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Engineered Materials Abstracts Image

Tips

Polymers, ceramics, and composites in structural and other advanced applications. International

1986 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Engineering Village  Tips

Engineering and technology, International

1969 - present

Library has Compendex on this platform

Engineering Village website

ENVIROnetBASE Image Image

Tips

Environmental science and engineering e-books

Image

Conditions of use

CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Georef 1785 -

Georef 2002 - Image

Tips

Geosciences. North American until 1933 then international.

1785 - present

more information

Ovid.

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics fulltext icon Image

Tips

Scientific data for chemistry and physics. International.

83rd ed. 2003

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

HighWirePress partial fulltext icon Image

Tips

Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences. International

Archive site, dates vary, latest issues usually embargoed.

more information

Stanford U. P.

IEEExplore fulltext icon Image

Tips

Electrical and electronic engineering. International.

1988 - present

more information

Conditions of use

IEEExplore website

Informaworld Image Image Tips

Over 1000 journals in many disciplines. Strengths in Social Sciences and Humanities. International.

Image

Conditions of use

Inspec Image

Tips

Physics, electrical engineering, electronics,communications, information technology. International.

1969 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Ovid

Institute of Physics - Journals   Image

 

Physics and its subdisciplines, such as quantum physics, superconductors, semiconductors, nanotechnology and astrophysics and nuclear physics.

First volumes to present

Image

IOP website

Materials Business File Image

Tips

Industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries. International

1985- present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Materials Research Database Image

Tips

Materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. International

1966 - present

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Metadex Image

Tips

Metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. International.

1966 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.

NANOnetBASE Image Image

 

Tips

 

Nanoscience and nanotechnology e-books

Image

Conditions of use

CRCnetBASE

Suggested browser Netscape or Mozilla. The site also suggests IE but problems have been encountered with this browser from campus

Mineralogical Abstracts (Minabs Online) Image

Tips

Mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental mineralogy. International.

1982 - present

Mineralogical Society

Polymers: A Property Database fulltext icon  Image

Tips

Physical properties of polymers, scientific and trade information. International

more information

Conditions of use

Chapman and Hall/CRC

Proquest 5000 partial fulltext icon Image

Tips

Information in most topic areas. Several databases which may be searched either individually or in combinations. International.

Various dates

more information

Conditions of use

Proquest.

SAI Global fulltext icon quota free

Tips

Standards of Standards Australia plus index to standards of other bodies. Australian.

Current and draft standards.

International standards may be unlocked and made available.

Preferred browser Internet Explorer

more information

Conditions of use

SAI global website.

Science & Technology Proceedings on ISI Proceedings Image

Tips

Index to significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions in a range of science and technology disciplines.

Subset of ISI Proceedings, select when logged on

International

2002- present

Image

Conditions of use

Thomson Scientific (ISI)

ScienceDirect Image Image

Tips

Life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. International.

1995 - present, some earlier

more information

Conditions of use

ScienceDirect website

SciFinder Scholar / Chemical Abstracts

Tips

Chemistry and many other science and technology applications. Requires SciFinder Scholar 2006 client software:

Existing users: replace older versions by installing in the existing directory. The install wizard should do this for you.
First time users: The SciFinder Scholar client will not run without a specific file. If installing the client for the first time, please contact Neil Grant (02-4221 3547) to obtain the required file.

Access from on campus only. Requires border authentication

International.

1907 - present

more information

Details on website

Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater      

All aspects of water and wastewater analysis techniques.

Latest edition

Standard Methods website

Springerlink Image Image

Tips

Journal of the publisher Springer-Verlag. International with strengths in Behavioral Sciences, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Material Science, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences & Law, Mathematics, Medicine, and Physics & Astronomy.

Dates vary

Image

Conditions of use

Springerlink

SpringerLink Reference Works Image Image

Tips

Reference titles with fulltext

International

Dates Vary

Image

Conditions of use

SpringerLink

Web of Knowledge Image

Tips

Portal for Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, JCR Web

Dates vary for each database

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Web of Science Image

Tips

Citation indexes, which allow searching by cited references. Science Citation Index, Social Science citation Index 1965 - present, Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1975 - present

more information

Conditions of use

ISI Web of Knowledge

Weldasearch Image

Tips

Welding and allied processes

1967 - present

International

Image

Conditions of use

CSA

Wiley Interscience fulltext icon Image

Tips

Journals published by Wiley, including sciences, life sciences, technology, business and finance and behavioural sciences. International.

Dates vary according to title

more information

Conditions of use

Wiley

top of page

 Other relevant databases

fulltext icon  = fulltext partial fulltext icon = partial fulltext cr dom = CD ROM new = new resource more information = more information Image = quota free if accessed by this link

Title

Tips

Notes

Australian Architecture Database (ARCH) Image

Tips

Architects, architecture, building, interior design and landscape architecture. Australian.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Building Construction & Engineering Database (BUILD) Image

Tips

Building, construction and engineering; building research; structural engineering; building regulations. Australian.

1989 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI) Image

Tips

Nuclear science research and development, with special emphasis on its peaceful applications. Australian.

1970 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Australian Transport Index (ATRI) Image

Tips

Road safety, transport economics, transport administration, i public transport, road and airfield pavements, road design and engineering, traffic engineering and control, vehicle design and safety. Australian.

1976 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

EDGE Image

Tips

Management, environmental, packaging and building. Australian.

1985 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Elixir Image

Tips

Agriculture, mineral resources, conservation and land management. Australian

1990 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

Expanded Academic ASAP partial fulltext icon Image

Tips

General Database with information in arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology. International.

1980 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Gale InfoTrac

Factiva Image Image

Tips

Newspaper and company information

Image

Factiva

Preferred browser Internet Explorer v. 5.5+, Firefox (Windows) and Safari (Macintosh).

SCANfile Image

Tips

Science and technology policy, R&D management, social and economic issues of R&D. Australian focus.

1973 - present

more information

Conditions of use

Informit

top of page

 Print indexes

Title

Library has (call number)

Applied Mechanics Review

C 016.620106/1 1957 - 2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts

C 016.523005/1 1969 - 1999

Ceramic Abstracts

C 016.66606/2 1962 - 1998

Engineering Index

C 016.6205/1 1950-1967

Index to Scientific Proceedings

R 016.5/10 1978+

 

top of page

 

 
   

Last reviewed: 8 April, 2008 

 
   
 
University of Wollongong
Library Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
Telephone +61 2 4221 3548
  CRICOS Provider No: 00102E
Privacy, Disclaimer and Copyright Info
Feedback