Top 5 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Resources

The links below represent the top five research sources in your discipline, as selected by the UCSD Library. Need help with your research? Ask a librarian!

Compendex
1884-present. Engineering Index is best for locatingarticles in aerospace, civil, structural, mechanical engineering. Also coversbiomedical, ocean, coastal, chemical, electrical, computer engineering, andnanotechnology.

INSPEC
1898-present. Indexes articles in physics, geophysics,astronomy, computers, information technology, electronics, biomedical, control,electrical & ocean engineering, acoustics. Also good for conference proceedings& IEEE standards.

Web of Science
1900-present. Indexes 6,000 key science journals--anexcellent place to start looking for articles. Search by author, keywords,organization and cited reference. Create citation alerts to get weekly noticeswhen new, relevant citations are added.

ENGnetBASE: EngineeringElectronic Library
Search and read full text of over 1800 engineering handbooksin all branches of engineering.

Knovel
Search/browse 1,400+ science and engineering encyclopedias,handbooks, texts, and databases. Advanced features include numerical rangesearching and interactive graphs and tables. Excellent resource for chemical& physical property data.

Other Resources

• All e-Resources in Aerospace Engineering
• All e-Resources in Materials Science Engineering
• All e-Resources in Mechanical Engineering
• Top Chemical Engineering Resources
• Contact the MAE librarian