Databases for finding journal articles
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 12 engineering literature and patent databases providing coverage from a wide range of trusted engineering sources.
- Knovel This link opens in a new window
Engineering database featuring interactive tools for tables, charts, equations, plotters and graphs. Also includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations for all engineering disciplines.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and provides both author and journal metrics (performance analytics) of the literature indexed in the database.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Web of Science is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and provides both author and journal metrics (performance analytics) of the literature indexed in the database.
- ACM Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Association for Computing Machinery journals and magazines, as well as conference proceedings. - ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to chemistry-related information and research through peer-reviewed journal and eBooks. - ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
Provides online access to a high-quality collection of civil engineering content. - ASME Conference Proceedings This link opens in a new window
Conference topics encompass the entire spectrum of subject areas of interest to mechanical engineers and associated disciplines. - ASME Journals This link opens in a new window
Journal topics encompass the entire spectrum of subject areas of interest to mechanical engineers and associated disciplines. - ATRI (Australian Transport Index) This link opens in a new window
Covers Road Safety, Transport Administration, Intelligent Transport Systems, Transport and the Environment, Public Transport, Road and Airfield Pavements, Road Design and Engineering, Traffic Engineering and Control, and Vehicle Design and Safety. - ENGINE (Australian Engineering Database) This link opens in a new window
Covers all branches of engineering including Agricultural, Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Coastal, Computer, Earthquake, Education, Electrical, Electronic, Geotechnical, Management, Materials, Mechanical, Military, Ocean, Railway, Structural, Transport, Tunnelling and Water. - Engineering Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full text resources across all engineering disciplines. - ICE Virtual Library Journals This link opens in a new window
ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) database covers every major civil and structural engineering discipline, ICE journals are a comprehensive source of expertise for everyone in civil engineering. - IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to all 120+ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) journals, annual conference proceedings, and technical standards in full text. - OnePetro This link opens in a new window
OnePetro is a unique library of technical documents and journal articles serving the oil and gas exploration and production industry. - ScienceDirect Journals & Books This link opens in a new window
A Web database for scientific research that contains the full text of more than 2,500 scholarly journals including over 250 fully Open Access publications. Covers Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. - SpringerLink Journals and eBooks This link opens in a new window
Provides access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings. - TRID This link opens in a new window
An integrated database that combines the records from TRB's Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database.
- SAI Global - Standards Australia Online
Access to SAI Global has been discontinued as of 31st December 2020.
Access Australian Standards through Techstreet.
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Access International Standards through Engineering Workbench.
[EWB PDF Guide] - IEEE Standards This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 2,500 technical standards and publications, including active, revised, archived, and draft standards dating from 1948.
- ISO Standards
International Organization for Standardization. Use the Standards Australia database to search for ISO standards. Post graduate students can order an ISO standard by following the online prompts. Note, the library holds print copies of some ISO standards. Check the library catalogue under the author, International Organization for Standardization, to see what is held.
Journals
- Journal of Humanitarian Engineering
The field of ‘humanitarian engineering’ describes the application of engineering and technology for the benefit of disadvantaged communities. This field spans thematic areas from water to energy to infrastructure and applications from disability access to poverty alleviation.
This open access journal details similar projects that students have completed in the past. You can use information from these articles and also follow up on references that have been used. Topics covered include cookstoves, sanitation options and water filtration and purification.