A tutorial for engineering students on how to find a published paper on an engineering topic; how to find an ASTM standard; and how to search for patents.
Quick Start
The best place to start your literature search is the Compendex database on the Engineering Village platform.
Search tool for peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in Engineering. Includes many sources which are not available through Library Search.
Compendex is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world. It provides a truly holistic and global view of peer reviewed and indexed publications with over 17 million records from 73 countries across 190 engineering disciplines. Every record is carefully selected and indexed using the Engineering Index Thesaurus to ensure discovery and retrieval of engineering-specific literature that engineering students and professionals can rely on. By using Compendex, engineers can be confident information is relevant, complete, accurate and of high quality.