Engineering Humanitarian Design Challenge 2025: Online Resources

Knovel is a large inter-disciplinary engineering database platform covering topics including chemical, civil, mechanical or materials engineering. Also includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations for all engineering disciplines.

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 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 offers a repository of resources which specifically aim to support community engagement on computing research and practice. Curated by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) it provides access to journals, books and conference proceedings they publish as well as exclusive computer subject specific search terms and collections.

ACS Publications is the publishing arm of the American Chemical Society. This includes over 70 journal titles covering all branches of chemistry from Biochemistry, to Organic, Physical, Pharmacology, Materials, to Nanoscience. They also publish a number of eBooks and reference materials.

ASCE Library Press is the publishing arm of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This collection includes books, journals and magazines covering construction, geotechnical and structural engineer with a special focus on transportation and urban development; utilities, pipelines and surveying; and environment and water resource engineering. Search the whole collection or browse by ‘Topics’.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers publishes content from 25 to 30 conferences per year, representing the latest thinking and research on a range of topics relating to the discipline. Subject categories include Biomedical and Biotechnology, Design, Materials and Manufacturing, Microtechnology and Nanotechnology, Power and Energy and Pressure and Transport Technology.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal search platform covers on a range of topics including Biomedical and Biotechnology, Design, Materials and Manufacturing, Microtechnology and Nanotechnology, Power and Energy and Pressure and Transport Technology, with a curatorial focus on ASME and ASTM journals.

The Australian Transport Index (ATRI) is an abstract only database that aims to provide an entry point to research into transport and road related matters. Produced by the Australian Road Research Board Library it offers links to a wide range of transport research dedicated to content from and about Australasia.
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.

Australian Engineering Database (ENGINE), produced by the Institution of Engineers Australia is a bibliographic database that provides abstracts only related to Australasian engineering information. Indexes all branches of engineering from abrasives to zirconium with a strong focus on agricultural, aerospace, chemical, civil, coastal, electrical, hydrology, mechanical, military, oceanography and more (1980-onwards).

Informit’s Engineering Collection provides extensive coverage of current and historical information focused on content from Australia and New Zealand - including an extensive range of conference proceedings, reports and technical information sources. It covers all aspects of engineering including chemical., civil, electrical, marine and mechanical.

IEEE Xplore is the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) broader collection of books, journals, magazines, courses and conferences related to technology use and development. Browse by format and by topic area with curated topic collections provided in search results including some IEEE standards.

OnePetro is a unique library of technical documents and journal articles serving the oil and gas exploration and production industry.

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.

Provides access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.

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.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) provides one of the most comprehensive international collections of technical industry standards from over 175 countries and includes more than 2,500 technical standards and publications dating from 1948.