This guide brings together recommended resources for finding and doing research within the Engineering program.
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Canadian Federation of Engineering Students
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Engineering Institute of Canada
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers
Online Resources and Associations
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Wiley Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dictionary
Handbooks
Handbook of Mechanics of Materials
Springer Handbook of Materials Measurement Methods
Springer Handbook of Engineering Statistics
Patents
Quick Access to E-Resources for Engineering
Engineering Recommended Databases
Free bibliographic database offering over 200,000 records of all publications by American Society of Civil Engineers. It is updated at the end of each month. The update includes the journal content for the following month and all other content published in the previous month.
Compendex is an engineering literature database with over 17 million records from 73 countries across 190 engineering disciplines.
Engineering Additional Resources
The ASTIS database contains 16,200 records describing research projects conducted in Canada's three northern territories since 1974. Coverage of publications include reports from government agencies, industry, First Nations, and universities as well as journal articles, conference papers, theses and books. ASTIS is maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, and is part of the Canadian Polar Information Network.
The ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Digital Library provides you instant access to the digital edition of nearly every ASTM International book and paper spanning 140+ industries and 100+ years.
The gateway to energy technology discoveries, ETDEWEB includes information on energy R&D; energy policy and planning; basic sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry and biomedical) and materials research; the environmental impact of energy production and use, including climate change; energy conservation; nuclear (e.g., reactors, isotopes, waste management); coal and fossil fuels; renewable energy technologies (e.g., solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature... across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Scholars Portal is a digital repository of over 20 million scholarly articles drawn from journals covering every academic discipline.
A full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from nearly 2,500 journals and 26,000 books in the fields of physical, life, health and social sciences, engineering and the humanities.
A comprehensive research platform that brings together many different types of content including journal articles, patents, websites, conference proceedings, and open access material. Web of Science is located within Web of Knowledge. This resource offers access to journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Web of Science contains over 100 years of research, fully indexed and cross-searchable.