LibGuides: ENGL 325 Writing for Engineers: Resources to Begin

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Here you'll find academic resources that will be helpful for completing your literature review as well as continuing your research at CMU and CU Boulder.

Below are two recommended databases to get you started. Below that, you'll find a lengthier and more specific list of databases.

Academic Search Complete

Subjects: History, Literature, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics. Art.
Multidisciplinary index to peer-reviewed journal and magazine articles; some full-text; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
Science Direct Freedom Collection
Subject: Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Social Science, Nursing, Art, Earth Science, Engineering, Linguistics, Mathematics, Over 2700 journal titles from Elsevier in the fields of Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Social Science, and many other STEM fields. In addition, access to several thousand e-books including major reference works.

Databases

Business Source Complete
Subjects: Business, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Science, Kinesiology Covers all aspects of business in peer-reviewed journals and trade publications, including Marketline Industry and Company Reports from 1965-current; some full-text; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
GEORef
Subject: Geology American Geological Institute's geosciences database containing some linked full-text of journal articles, books, maps, theses and dissertations; 1785-current.
Nexis Uni
Subjects: Business, Languages, Literature & Mass Communication Full-text regional, national & international newspapers, state and federal court cases and statutes, law reviews, and company profiles.
MathSciNet
Subjects: Mathematics & Statistics Index with abstracts (and some linked full-text) of journal articles, conference proceedings, and books in mathematics from 1940-current.
PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)
Subject: Literature, Engineering Full-text physics research journal articles from 1893 -"moving wall" (generally 3-4 years). Note: most recent 3-4 years are not included.
PsycINFO
Subject: Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Health Index (some full-text) of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in psychology, psychiatry, and psychological aspects of medicine, nursing, sociology, education, physiology, anthropology, and business; constructs bibliography in five different citation styles.
PubMed
Subject: Nursing, Health, Life Science. Open Access Resource Index for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
SciTech Connect
Subjects: Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Physical & Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences. OPEN ACCESS RESOURCE. SciTech Connect links you to science, technology, and engineering research information from the U.S. Department of Energy. It consolidates the contents of OSTI's Information Bridge and Energy Citations Database.
SpringerLink

Subjects: Engineering, Biological Sciences, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Political Sciences, Business, Mathematics & Statistics, Computer Sciences Collection of full-text online books from 2005-present published by Springer; can download in pdf format.