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Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Use this guide to find research and standards related to mechanical engineering.

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.

Core ME Databases


For additional engineering related databases and complete database descriptions, go to Engineering Databases.


Business Databases

More databases can be found on the Business Library Subject Guide.

Some ME Journals

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