Databases & Resources by Subject

A reference tool for professionals, academics, and students for authoritative, regularly updated engineering information. Topics of interest include thermodynamics, acoustics, particle physics, fluid mechanics, and more.

Review articles on a variety of topics, including robotics, nuclear and particle science, and others.

Searches Compendex, thereby indexing journals, conference proceedings, and more in engineering and technical fields around the world. Includes technical standards from SDOs such as ASTM, IEEE, IET, and others. Coverage starts in the 1800s and continues to present day.

The American Mathematical Society's database, indexing mathematical research across fields and disciplines. Coverage starts in the 1800s and continues to present day.

Applied and general science articles covering topics such as global warming, alternative energy sources, robotic engineering, genetically modified food, and more.

Scholarly journals and books from the academic publisher Elsevier. Browse by topic (for example, items tagged physics & astronomy), or use the keyword search. Covers virtually all disciplines, from engineering to the arts.

Indexes tens of thousands of scholarly journals across all disciplines, as well as conference proceedings, monographs, and more. Pulls data from several different databases, but is traditionally strong in the sciences. Coverage (in Science Citation Index Expanded) starts in 1900 and continues to present day. Previously known as Web of Knowledge.