Core Resources
- ASME Digital Library This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to 32 different journals from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, typically from 2000 onward. Truncation: No symbol needed; stemming is automatic. Wildcard: *, Search Tips: Use quotation marks to phrase search. Allows Boolean AND, OR and NOT searching. May limit by date or publication name.
Avoid any buttons saying "$ Buy This." Articles from 2000 or later are available from the PDF and HTML links, and other articles can be acquired through Interlibrary Loan. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new windowIncludes all the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, plus conference proceedings and IEEE standards. Coverage areas are
- Aerospace
- Bioengineering
- Communication, Networking & Broadcasting
- Components, Circuits, Devices & SystemsComputing & Processing (Hardware/Software)
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics & Plasmas
- Engineering Profession
- Fields, Waves & Electromagnetics
- General Topics for Engineers (Math, Science & Engineering)
- Geoscience
- Nuclear Engineering
- Photonics & Electro-Optics
- Power, Energy, & Industry Applications
- Robotics & Control Systems
- Signal Processing & Analysis
- Transportation
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowBroad science coverage, emphasizing life sciences, health sciences, engineering, earth sciences, agriculture, and pharmacology. Full text from over 3800 journals and chapters from over 5300 books. Also includes business, management and accounting; economics, econometrics and finance, and social science.
- SpringerLink This link opens in a new windowPrimarily scientific journals, with particular emphasis on mathematics, physics and engineering. Publisher is European, so some journals are not in English. Contains about 1,200 peer-reviewed journals.
Standards
- ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window12,000+ standards from ASTM (the American Society for Testing and Materials), along with 1,500+ books and 47,000+ articles and papers. Valuable for a broad range of engineering disciplines.
**EVERY INDIVIDUAL USER MUST CLICK THROUGH ON A LICENSE AGREEMENT THE FIRST TIME.** - IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new windowIncludes all the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, plus conference proceedings and IEEE standards. Coverage areas are
- Aerospace
- Bioengineering
- Communication, Networking & Broadcasting
- Components, Circuits, Devices & SystemsComputing & Processing (Hardware/Software)
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics & Plasmas
- Engineering Profession
- Fields, Waves & Electromagnetics
- General Topics for Engineers (Math, Science & Engineering)
- Geoscience
- Nuclear Engineering
- Photonics & Electro-Optics
- Power, Energy, & Industry Applications
- Robotics & Control Systems
- Signal Processing & Analysis
- Transportation
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- Conserve: conservation, preservation, protection
- Giant Panda: panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca (scientific name).
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