InfoGuides: Mechanical Engineering (ME): Find Articles

General Databases containing Science and Engineering Topics

What is a Database?

A database is an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system. from Oracle The structured information in these databases contains information about articles, books, etc.

Each of these databases contain or have links to many full text articles. If a specific database doesn't cover your topic, try a multidisciplinary one. Multidisciplinary databases can be used to broadly explore topics too.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Contain information of interest to many disciplines.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Mostly undergraduate student level information. Contains peer-reviewed journals and other types of documents.
Compendex This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of engineering and technical topics.
ProQuest Engineering Collection This link opens in a new window
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Contains engineering related articles. Indexes down to figures and tables.
Web of Science: Core Collection This link opens in a new window
Strict guidelines on what publications they include, so publications are quality. However, not all quality publications are in here, so you will find less information. Be sure to use more than one database.

Google Scholar
rawls "more scholarly" websites then Google, but not everything is scholarly. More work to determine if something is scholarly sometimes. Note: Be sure to setup to display library links for George Mason University Libraries to get full text articles.

Core ME Databases

ASME Journals
Provides full text access to mechanical engineering journals from the ASME.

ASME Conference Proceedings (Current) This link opens in a new window
Access conference papers are published from 2002 to the present.

MechanicalEngineeringnetBASE
"From our award-winning handbooks to state-of-the-art references, this collection covers the entire field from fundamental theory to applications such as MEMS, pressure vessels, and pipelines. " from ASME

ProQuest Materials Science Collection This link opens in a new window
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Enables searching of indexed figures, tables, graphs, maps, charts and other illustrations as well as full-text from scholarly journals related to materials science, including metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering applications from 1965 to present.
ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Collection This link opens in a new window
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Contains advanced technology related full-text articles and granular access to figures and tables within articles from 1962 to present. Brings together comprehensive bibliographic coverage of research, emerging technologies, applications and companies in the areas of aeronautics, astronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, communications, solid state devices, and space sciences.
SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive in chemical literature. Contains references, substances, reactions, patents, synthetic protocol content and more. Note: New users must register to use SciFInder-n.

Other Databases

Business & Economics Databases

InterLibrary Loan Requests (ILLiad)
If a journal article or conference paper is not available electronically or a book isn't available through the WRLC, use ILLiad to request the item.

Some ME Journals

NOTE: Many more journals in Mechanical Engineering can be found using the library databases, the library Journal Finder and the catalog.

ASME Journals
Provides full text access to mechanical engineering journals from the ASME.
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
This journal covers practical aspects of the integration of mechanical engineering and computer control in the design and manufacture of industrial products and processes.

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