For more information, please contact Norah Xiao, (213) 740-2214.
For reference and research consultation, please contact any of librarians who work in engineering topics (see the Engineering subject page for details).
For DEN students: if materials you are looking for are not full-text on-line but in print at USC Libraries, please use the document delivery service, which will help you get the electronic copy of it. For more information, please contact Norah Xiao, (213) 740-2214.
Research Tools
Primary Databases
- ACM Digital Library
Full-text primary literature of computing and computer science published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); from 1954 to present - Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
Indexes to journals, conferences, technical reports of engineering and applied science; from 1969 to present; updated weekly - Xplore (IEEE Electronic Library)
Full text IEEE publications (journals and conference proceedings) and over 900 IEEE standards; from 1988 to present (some content back to 1950's) - INSPEC (via Engineering Village 2)
Abstracts of scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering; from 1969 to present; updated weekly - MEDLINE (Ovid)
Literature in health science, biological and biomedical fields produced by National Library Medicine; from 1960 to present - SciFinder Scholar (contact Norah Xiao for more information)
Chemical Abstract online version (required download a local file to access); chemistry and related information (chemical engineering, material science, petroleum science, etc.); from 1907 to present; updated daily - SPIE Digital Library
Optical engineering and science (optics and photonics); full-text technical reports, SPIE journals and conference proceedings; from 1990 to the present. - Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Includes Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators databases
Secondary Databases
- Aerospace & High Technology Database (Full archive)
Primary literature (journals, reports issued by NASA, and other U.S. government agencies) in aeronautics, astronautics, space sciences, chemistry, geosciences, physics, communications, and electronics; approximately from 1962 to present; updated monthly - Applied Science and Technology (AST) Full Text (Wilson OmniFile)
Chemistry, Computer Technology, data processing, energy-related disciplines, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics - Web of Knowledge (Web of Science)
Includes Sciences Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators databases - ASCE Civil Engineering Database
Abstracts of publications from America Society of Civil Engineering; from 1970 to present - Beilstein & Gmelin Database (contact Norah Xiao for more information)
Organic chemistry database from Beilstein, and Inorganic Chemistry from Gmelin (required download a local file to access); organic synthesis, material science, biomedical engineering - BIOSIS Previews
abstracts of literature in biology, bioengineering, biomedical research areas; from 1969 to present - CERN Document Server (CDS)
Abstracts (and fulltext) of literature in particle physics and related areas - Earthquake Engineering Abstracts
Abstracts and citations of literature in earthquake engineering and earthquake hazards mitigation; from 1971 to present; updated monthly - Energy Citations Database
Indexes energy-related literature sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors, the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC); relates to the print equivalent Nuclear Science Abstracts; from 1948 to present - ICONDA (International Construction Database, via silverplatter)
- MathSciNet
Indexes of mathematical research literature published in the Mathematical Reviews; from 1940 to present - NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service
The Digital Library for physics and astronomy funded by NASA and supported by Stanford University; search primary literature in Astronomy and Astrophysics , Physics and Geophysics, arXiv Preprints, Science Education - Norris Medical Library Resources
Databases covering biomedical engineering and health-related research - PubMed@USC
Access information in health science and medical fields from MEDLINE, and PreMEDLINE; from 1950 to present - Quakeline
Information on earthquakes, earthquake engineering, natural hazard mitigation, and related topics; from 1987 to present - TRIS Online
Transportation research bibliographic database funded by sponsors of the Transportation Research Board (TRB); from 1960's to present (or varies)
General Science and Engineering Databases
- CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences
All science disciplines with searchable tables, figures, graphs, charts and other illustrations from the scholarly research and technical literature from 1997 to present - Expanded Academic ASAP
Multidisciplinary undergraduate literature index - Gartner intraWeb
Consulting company produced articles, analysis and insight into leading-edge technology and the IT industry - JSTOR Health & General Science Collection
Archive of important scholarly journals in science fields - CSA ProQuest Research Library
Scholarly, popular, and newspaper articles from 1980's to present
Catalogs (Cats)
Search materials at USC Search materials that may not be at USC (see the USC Interlibrary Loan service to get materials)- Canadian Library Gateway
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CLAS
The CalTech Library catalog - LEONARDO
The online catalog shared by The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and The Spencer Art Reference Library of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Library of Congress Catalog
Functionally USA National Library catalog -
Melvyl Catalog
The University of California system catalog - WorldCat
Online union catalog of materials (Article, Paper, Proceedings, etc) held by OCLC member libraries; updated daily
News blogs, facebook group
- AMEUSC - Blog for Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department at USC
- CHEMUSC - Blog for Chemistry Information users at USC
- Science and Engineering Library Facebook group (registration required)
- ScienceBlogs - a selected scientific bloggers community
Literature
E-Books at USC
- eBrary
- NetLibrary
- Safari Technical Books
- ScienceDirect Enzymology Book Series
- Springer Book Series
- Thieme Electronic Book Library
E-Reference books
- AccessScience - McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology online access
- Britannica Online Academic Edition
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- Encyclopedia of Catalysis
- ENGnetBASE - comprehensive e-reference collections (over 700 handbooks and references titles) for all engineering areas
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
- Knovel Library: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
- Life Science Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Reference Online: Premium
E-journals
- Journal titles guide from the American Physical Society
- Genamics JournalSeek
- ISI Journal Title Abbreviations from CalTech
- Jake - open access journal abbreviation search engine
- Journal Abbreviation Sources - abbreviations search engine
USC journal subscriptions in relevant subject areas
- Applied Mathematics (76)
- Applied Physics (91)
- Chemical & Materials Engineering
Chemical Engineering (280)
Materials Science (148)
By associations, publishers, and others
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Electronic Library
- American Institute of Mathematical Science (AIMS) Journal Library
- American Physical Society (APS) Journals
- ASCE Civil Engineering Database
- ASME International
- Association of Energy Engineers Online Journals
- arXiv.org ( e-Print Archives)
- BioOne
- ASTM Journals
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- HighWire Press from Stanford University, hosting the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1066 journals and 4,496,396 full text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers.
- ScienceDirect Elsevier's electronic journals
- SPARC the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (USC is a member)
- Wiley InterScience Backfiles for civil engineering, biotechnology, biochemistry, and biophysics, numerical engineering
Dissertations
- Dissertation research guide at USC Libraries
- CSA ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Indexes of dissertations and provides full-text of dissertations after 1997
Grey Literature
Comprehensive search tools
- Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Scientific and Technical Information Network (STINET)
- DOE Information Bridge from Department of Energy (DOE) with full-text documents from 1995 to present
- GrayLIT network
Search engine for Federal Agencies: the Energy Files Virtual Library, the E-Print Network, and Federal R&D Project Summaries, the DTIC Report Collection, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Reports, NASA Langley Technical Reports, DOE Information Bridge, and the EPA Reports (NEPIS) - OAIster - open access scholarly digital resources from 320 universities
- Virtual Technical Reports Center of University of Maryland Library
Patents
- NEW Spring 2008: USC Patent Research Guide
- SciFinder Scholar (contact Norah Xiao for more information)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Canadian Patent Database
- European Patent Organization
- Patent Abstracts of Japan (PAJ) Database
- Patent Research Guide from Stanford University
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Preprints
- arXiv.org
physics, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, computer science and quantitative biology - Chemistry Preprint Server
- CogPrints: Cognitive Science E-Print Server
- E-print Network
- Math Specialized Subject Servers
- Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library (NCSTRL)
- Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) STEPsheet
Standards and Standards Organizations
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- ASTM International
- British Standards Institute (BSI)
- European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC)
- International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (ISC)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- NIST - Standards Resources
- Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
- Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
- World Standards Services Network (WSSN)
- World Wide Web Consortium
Technical Reports
- Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) Research Information Services
- Contrails.- Wright Air Development Center Collection from Paul V. Gavin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology
- DOE Information Bridge and Energy Citations Database from Department of Energy (DOE)
- Energyfiles from Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
- EPA Publications Search and EPA National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Document Repository
- Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Technical Reports
- IBM Research: Technical Paper Search
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report Server
- Los Alamos technical reports and publications
- Microsoft Research: Technical Reports
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Research and Technology Reports
- Online CS Techreports from School of Computer Science of Carnegie Mellon
- Technical Report Archive and Image Library
- USC Schools & Department Technical Reports
Computer Science Department Technical Reports
Professional Associations & Societies
Adopted and modified from the Viterbi Student Organizations
Professional Engineering Societies
- American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES)
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- ASM International
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
- Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering (ASBME)
- Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
- International Society for Optical Engineering
- International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)
- Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- Society of Plastics Engineers
Honor Societies
- Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS)
- Alpha Pi Mu - the Industrial Engineering Honor Society
- Chi Epsilon (XE) -US national Civil Engineering (CE) undergraduate honor society
- Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) - the Electrical and Computer Engineering (EE) honor society
- Omega Rho - the Operations Research, Management Science, or a closely-related area (ISE) honor society
- Pi Tau Sigma - the Mechanical Engineering (ME) honor society
- Sigma Gamma Tau - AE
- Tau Beta Pi (TBP) - National engineering honor society founded in 1885
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) - CSCI - International Computer Science (CS) honor society
- Omega Chi Epsilon - the national honor society for Chemical Engineering
Government Sites
- American FactFinder
- American memory from Library of Congress
- Government of Canada - Publications & Reports
- GPO Locator Service and Meta-search
- Federal R&D project summaries
- FirstGov - information from local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites
- NIST data gateway
NIST atomic spectra database
NIST chemical kinetics database
NIST chemistry webbook - Science.gov - a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies
- Services@INIST from France
- WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
Internet Resources and Search Engines
- Acronyms database
- CiteSeer.IST
- Computer science bibliography DBLB ("Digital Bibliography & Library Project") computer science bibliography (University of Trier, Germany)
- Entrez life science cross-search engine
- ETHXWeb
Bioethics and professional ethics bibliographic database supported by National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature - Google Scholar at USC Libraries and Norris Medical Library (preferences check required)
- Hazardous substances data bank (TOXET)
- Library Without Walls Los Alamos National Laboratory
- MAGiC Project
archive of engineering gray literature by the Cranfield University Library in the United Kingdom - MathSearch
Mathematics and statistics servers and includes the full text of some technical reports, working papers, and other eclectic materials - SCIENCE Accelerator Resource
Search engine supported by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy - Scitation
Online science and technology publishing and journals hosted by American Institute of Physics - Scirus science-specific search engine supported by the Elsevier and others
- Scitopia.org
Free federated search portal to the digital libraries of science and technology societies - SPIRES High-Energy Physics (HEP) information (literature, jobs, databases)
- WWW Virtual Library
Writing Support
- Cite It Right
- RefWorks USC subscribed on-line reference management tools (registration required)
Updated: April 14, 2008
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