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Compendex (Engineering Index) [UCSD Only]
Find abstracts to journal articles, conference proceedings, and selected trade magazines in aerospace, civil, structural, and mechanical engineering research. 1884-present. [Full Description]
Knovel [UCSD Only]
Search/browse 1,400+ science and engineering encyclopedias, handbooks, texts, and databases. Advanced features include numerical range searching and interactive graphs and tables. Excellent resource for chemical & physical property data. [Full Description]
CRC Handbooks - ENGnetBASE [UCSD Only]
The complete text of over 149 engineering handbooks from CRC Press, in the fields of biomedical, environmental, electrical, communications, mechanical, structural, and ocean engineering. Each chapter is a pdf file and is full-text searchable. [Full Description]
MatWeb: Material Property Data
Need a dielectric constant, or the modulus of elasticity for a polymer or metal? Try this free searchable database of engineering materials properties. Search by material name, or by your property requirements. [Full Description]
INSPEC [UCSD Only]
1969-present. Indexes articles in computers, electronics, biomedical, control, electrical & ocean engineering, physics, geophysics, astronomy, acoustics. Also good for conference proceedings, IEEE stds, e-journal links. Use INSPEC multisearch for 1898-. [Full Description]
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