ENGR500 

Welcome to the ENGR 500 page covering library resources that help you find information in the engineering literature.  Besides the content on this page, notice the tabs at the top of this page will take you to additional content.  Links to key Library resources are listed in the box below this.

Library Quick Links:

Albertsons Library Home Page

Books, e-Books, Media (Library Catalog)

Find Articles, Databases

Find Journal Titles

To access additional article databases, or to access these through the Library's main article databases page:

• Go to the Library's home page, http://library.boisestate.edu,
• Click the "Find...Articles, Databases" link located in the top, left grouping,
• Click on the first letter of the article database name (B for BIOSIS) in the grouping under "Databases by Name",
• Click on the article database name.

Remote access (off-campus) is available to most of these article databases.  Be sure to go through a Library page to the resource, and then use your BroncoWeb username and password to access the resource.

Some of the resources the Library has available are useful for all engineering disciplines, while others are more specific to one or another of the subdisciplines.  To see the recommended articles databases for a specific engineering specialty, please select from one of the guides below.  The "Articles" tab will list the recommended article databases for that discipline.

Civil Engineering Subject Guide

Computer Science Subject Guide

Electrical and Computer Engineering Subject Guide

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Subject Guide

Materials Science and Engineering Subject Guide

Additional information that might be relevant to the literature review process are available through the tabs above.

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers
Article databases are specialized resources for locating journal articles.  They allow you to search the published literature for articles by keywords, subjects, authors and other parameters.  Some databases include other types of materials besides journal articles, such as papers from conference proceedings (meetings) or dissertations.  There are many different article databases; each has a different scope and therefore will contain descriptions to articles in different journals.  Full-text articles are sometimes available, but often finding the full-text will require additional steps.  Other terms for article databases include indexes and abstracts.

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers: Repositories
The following are repositories that contain the full-text of articles from a publisher:

ScienceDirect  (1997-current)
Contains articles from over 1700 journals published by Elsevier.  Although the content is multi-disciplinary, the primary focus is science, engineering and medicine.  Table of contents information is available for publication years before 1997.

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers: Indexes
The following are indexes or abstracts that cover conference papers and/or periodical articles in engineering and science publications.  The full-text is not in these databases, but links connect you to the resources that are available to you. Besides new developments and current research, you will also find product reviews, descriptions of methodology, or information on innovations in or applications of particular processes, systems and devices.  

Applied Science and Technology Index, (1983-current w/abstracts since 1994),
Best source for finding product reviews and news related (engineering) information.  Indexes articles in 620 periodicals.  The print version, Applied Science and Technology Index, is available from 1958-2000 at TA 1 .I5, with an earlier title, Industrial Arts Index, available 1913-1957, with some missing issues.

Compendex and INSPEC (1898-current)
Compendex covers periodical articles and conference papers for all engineering disciplines, from 1969-current.  Over 5000 serials are included, this is a good source for current and past research.  Print version is ENGINEERING INDEX, (1959-2000) located at TA1 .E5. Terminology used by Ei indexers can be found in EI THESAURUS, 2nd ed., ref TA158.5 .E5 2nd 1995.
INSPEC primarily covers periodical articles and conference papers (1898-current) but also includes some books, dissertations and reports.  Over 4000 serials covering topics in electrical engineering, physics, computers and control are included.  

Compendex and INSPEC are searched jointly on the Engineering Village Platform.  To search only one of the databases, on the advanced search page, remove the check in the box to the left of the database you do not wish to search by clicking on the box.  The check mark will be removed and that database will not be searched.

SciFinder Scholar (1907-current)
The premier chemistry database, this index is especially useful if you are searching for specific substances.   To access: Click on SciFinder Scholar in the list, then enter your Broncoweb username and password.  First time users will need to register; once registered use the click "here" link to get to the login screen.  Access is available for one user at a time.  There is also access through client-based web access, which is available on the Library computers.  Only accessible on campus at this time. 

Web of Science (1900-current)
This index includes article information from approximately 8,500 journals in sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts and humanities.  The main purpose of this index is the cited reference search, which searches for the articles that have cited a particular author’s work, or a specific article.