LibGuides: Mechanical Engineering: Articles

Mechanical Engineering Databases

Link to UI Engineering Database List
Provides a list of all Engineering databases available from the University of Idaho.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service)
NTIS serves as the largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today. NTIS gives access to approximately 3 million publications covering over 350 subject areas.
IEEE Xplore
Provides access to full text IEEE and IET journals, magazines, transactions, IEEE and IET conference proceedings, active IEEE standards.
Coverage: 1988 present, with select content published since 1893
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library
Online access to more than 500 titles in "numerous content areas, including Bioengineering, Power & Energy, and Communication Technologies, among other growing areas of research".
Coverage: 1974-2012

Choose the search scope by selecting either UI + Summit + Articles (all materials); UI + Summit (items owned by UI and member libraries); or UI Library Only (items owned only by the UI Library).
Limiting your search: Start with a basic search and once you find a book that seems to be about your topic, you can use the format and/or other options located on the left to further narrow your search.
On the Advanced Search page, the year, language, and location (to name a few options) of items can be limited.
Subject headings can be a great way to narrow in on your topic.

Some databases only provide citations, not the fulltext of the article. Look for this icon:

Click it to see options for viewing the fulltext.

You may be redirected to a different database, to the library's print holdings, or to interlibrary loan.