Databases for Mechanical Engineering
- Web of Science (WoS) This link opens in a new window
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A collection of databases that can be searched individually or in various combinations. WoS indexs the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, & humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, & workshops across the globe.
- Scopus This link opens in a new window
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A citation & abstracting database covering thousands of active titles, primarily peer-reviewed journals. Also includes eBooks, major reference works & graduate level textbooks. Emphasis on social sciences, arts & humanities, but also includes science, technology & medicine. Includes thousands of Open Access journals, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series, and patents. (Coverage: Primarily 1970-present. Some pre-1970 records going back to 1788)
- Materials Science and Engineering Database This link opens in a new window
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Includes METADEX, Copper & Polymer Library databases & provides full-text titles from around the world.
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Millions of full-text documents in electrical engineering, electronics, & computer science from IEEE & its publishing partners. Includes access to IEEE journals, magazines, conferences, & standards, as well as IET journals, magazines, & conferences. (Coverage: 1998- present | select content 1872- present)
Database Video Tutorials
- Web of Science/Web of KnowledgeStrategies for combining search fields (2 mins 30 secs)
- ScopusHow to conduct a basic search in Scopus (3 mins)
- Materials Science & Engineering DatabaseHow to complete a literature search in the Materials Science & Engineering Database. (5 mins)
- IEEE XploreHow to do an advanced search in IEEE Xplore (4 mins 30 secs).
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a search engine specifically for scholarly journal articles. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities.
You can access the full text of articles from open-access journals and preprint repositories, as well as preprints on the Web. Use 
on the Google Scholar search results page to access the full text of articles from subscription journals if you or the University of Delaware has a subscription to the content.
Google Scholar is only one of many ways to identify and access scholarly publications. Consult the Electronic Journals page to search a specific engineering journals.
Library video tutorials:
Google Scholar tutorial (4 mins)
Get It! (2 mins)