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Key database - Compendex

Compendex and Inspec are bibliographic only databases but include the most authoritative engineering resources.

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Some key databases for Engineering

Databases help you to find publications (e.g. journal and newspaper articles, conference papers, book chapters etc.) by a particular author, from a specific publication or on a topic

ASCE : American Society of Civil Engineers library
The ASCE Library provides a comprehensive online tool for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering.
Compendex
Bibliographic records of thousands of engineering journals, conferences and technical reports covering engineering and applied science research
ENGINE Australian engineering database
Bibliographic database that indexes published and unpublished material on Australian engineering.
Subject coverage includes all branches of engineering including civil engineering.
IEEEXplore
Standards issued by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc) are available in full text. This database also provides full text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings
INSPEC
International bibliographic database for electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering.
ProQuest advanced technologies & aerospace
A database which indexes literature on technology and applied science. Coverage includes: materials science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, condensed matter physics, computer science and electronic engineering. Contains some full text.

Try a multidisciplinary database

Multidisciplinary databases have content from a broad range of disciplines, not exclusive to the fields of ITEE. These databases can provide either the full text of articles or abstract only.

Informit
Collection of online bibliographic databases, includes summaries/abstracts of journal articles on Australian political, economic, legal, social, Aboriginal, health, family, technical and cultural affairs indexed in over 80 databases including APAIS, APAFT etc.
ProQuest Central
Provides access to more than 11,000 publications. More than 8,000 of the publications are available in full text. Covers current and international content in over 160 subject areas.
ScienceDirect
Contains the full text of more than 1,000 Elsevier Science journals. Subject coverage includes the life, medical, technical, social and physical sciences