Some databases, like IEEE/IEE Library, contain full-text articles. However, many of the databases you can use to find journal articles are called Abstracting and Indexing databases because they contain citation information, such as author, journal, publication date, the abstract of the article, etc.

This citation information can be used to help locate the full-text in the following ways:

• Link to the full-text of the article in another database by clicking on a button that says find it @ SU.
• If you don't see the find it @ SU button, search SearchWorks, the Stanford Libraries Catalog, by Periodical Title to determine if the journal is available to you through the Stanford Libraries.
• If the journal is not in the SearchWorks, you can request it from another library via Interlibrary Borrowing.

Databases and Online Resources:

• Aerospace & high technology database (1962-present) Provides bibliographic coverage of basic and applied research in aeronautics, astronautics, and space sciences. The database also covers technology development and applications in complementary and supporting fields such as chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics. In addition to periodic literature, the database also includes coverage of reports issued by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, international institutions, universities, and private firms.


• Compendex (Engineering Village)(1884+) Available through Engineering Village. Compendex contains over seven million references and abstracts taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Online coverage is from 1969 to the present and includes nuclear technology, bioengineering, transportation, chemical and process engineering, light and optical technology, agricultural engineering and food technology, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, control, civil, mechanical, materials, petroleum, aerospace and automotive engineering as well as narrower subtopics within all these and other major engineering fields.


• Efunda Efunda is an information resource for engineering professionals that provides a variety of information to aid in the solution of complex design problems. Topics include materials, processes, formulas, vendors and products, units, mathematics, and designs


• IEEE Xplore IEEE Xplore is a digital library providing full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. IEEE Xplore contains full text documents from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, letters, conference proceedings, standards, and IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) publications.


• INSPEC Contains citations and abstracts to the literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, telecommunications, computers, control technology, and information technology. Covers journal articles, conference papers, significant books, technical reports, dissertations, and patents. INSPEC is the premier database for physics & related disciplines but also covers areas like systems management and operations research.


• SAE Digital Library Content includes SAE Technical Papers since 1906 and access to the SAE Global Mobility Database (GMD) which includes summaries of more than 177,000 documents—technical papers, standards, regulations, journals, and reports.


• Scopus
  The world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Contains 41 million records, 70% with abstracts including 18,000 titles from 5,000 publishers worldwide and over 3 million conference papers. Particularly strong international coverage of science and technology. Also includes sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Linking between ScienceDirect and Scopus for the fulltext of the article and related research.


• Web of Science (Science Citation Index, 1945-present) Provides for forward or backward cited searching. With a recent article, you typically use the bibliography to go back in time. In a way, the citation index lets you do the reverse. You can take an older article and see who has cited that article since it was published.

The library collection includes thousands of titles for reference and research. To find print books in the library, search our library catalog, SearchWorks. You can also find many e-books in the catalog or you may want to browse our collection of E-Book Resources.

• Machinery's Handbook
  Machinery’s Handbook is a comprehensive reference for mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists.
• Encyclopedia of Smart Materials
  Examines commercial applications and sophisticated units designed to operate in space, underwater, underground, and within the human body. Also covers specialized properties and coatings that are required for the use of smart materials in extreme conditions.
• Mechanical Engineers' Handbook
  Covers a broad spectrum of critical engineering topics in four volumes including hardenability curves, effect of carbon on tensile properties of ferrite-pearlite steels, binary phase-diagrams, and mechanical properties of aluminum alloys.
  • v. 1. Materials and mechanical design
  • v. 2. Instrumentation, systems, controls, and MEMS
  • v. 3. Manufacturing and management
  • v. 4. Energy and power

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources Mechanical Engineering sites from the BUBL Information Services

eFluids Resources on flow engineering, fluid mechanics research, education and directly related topics

Intute Intute: Science and Engineering covers the physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science

MEMS and nanotechnology clearinghouse An information resource for MEMS and Nanotechnology development

Materials ConneXion
A constantly growing database of materials and processes. The information, includes high-quality photographs and company/vendor contact information. Search all of the materials by keyword, material type, manufacturer name, etc. Seek a creative or competitive edge through strategic material selections. Subscription limited to Stanford only