Mechanical Engineering

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, standards, etc.

• Academic Search Premier. Provides full text for over 3,200 scholarly publications.
• Business Source Premier. Provides full text for over 2500 business journals.
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Scientific and Technical Information Network. . Access to all unclassified, unlimited citations to documents added from late December 1974 to present, many from 1998 to present in full text
• E-Print Network. Maintained by the Dept. of Energy. Allows simultaneous searching of a variety of preprint servers.
• Energy Citations Database. U.S. Department of Energy database. Coverage is 1948 to present.
• Energy Portal Search. Provides access to government and research society databases and evaluated web sites.
• Engineering E-journal Search Engine. Full-text from over 150 trade e-journals. Do not confuse this site with Compendex (Engineering Index).
• Fire Research Information Services (FRIS).  FIREDOC database.  Made available by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory BFRL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
• Fossil Energy R & D Project Database. U.S. Dept. of Energy.
• Google Scholar. Beta version, under construction. Indexes scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar includes articles from a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. They rank results based on their relevance criteria.
• Ingenta (Formerly UnCover). Coverage is 1988 - Present.
• MasterFILE Premier. Provides full text for over 1,830 general reference, business, consumer health, general science. Full text extends back to January, 1990. Indexing and abstracts is available for an additional 1,000 journals.
• MInd: The Meetings Index. Provides a free databases of future national and international conferences, regional meetings, and short courses.  
• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Database. 1990 to present.
• NSSN: National Standards Systems Network.
• NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS). This database collects, archives, and disseminates aerospace information produced by NASA and other relevant worldwide research. 
• Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
• Science.gov. New improved gateway to U.S. government publications and web sites. 12 major science agencies are collaborating on this project. They have recently added relevancy-ranked order to the results of a search. It includes 30 databases and over 1700 web sites.
• TechStreet: Technical Information Superstore. Most comprehensive index for engineering standards. Also indexes books, materials physical property data, software and free professional trade magazines.
• U.S. Dept. of Energy. Scientific and Technical Information.
• U.S. Patent database. See also the Patent and Trademark Depository Library web site.

Library Catalogs

• URSUS. University of Maine System catalog.  
• MaineCat. College, university, and major public libraries in Maine.  
• Library of Congress. Online catalog.
• British Library. Catalogue.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Catalog.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
• Bartleby.com. Dictionaries, thesaurus, quotations, etc.
• Infoplease.com. Encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus in one resource with good science and technology coverage. Nobel and science awards page. 

Educational Resources

• Alliance to Save Energy.
• Discover engineering.
• Discovery Channel. Discovery School.  Try the brain boosters.
• Energy Tutorial.
• Engineer Girl. For everyone with lot’s of links and information.
• Engineering your Future.
• Frank Potter's Science Gems. Great links to great resources for students, parents, teachers, etc. Sorted by categories and grade levels.
• Future Scientists & Engineers of America (FSEA).
• How Stuff Works.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council.
• Math/Science Network. Expanding Your Horizons.      
• NASA Kids .
• National Engineers Week.
• Nobel Prize in Physics - Educational sites.
• Pieces of Science. Franklin Institute.
• Try Science. Sponsored by the New York Hall of Science.
• U.S. Dept. of Energy. Kids Zone.

Maine Resources

• Maine Business Works. This web site brings together business development resources for Maine.
• Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council.
• Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
• Maine Solar Energy Association.
• Maine Technology Institute.
• River Valley Precision Manufacturing Incubator. Maine's Applied Technology Development Centers.
• University of Maine. Advanced Manufacturing Center.
• University of Maine. Dept of Mechanical Engineering.
• University of Maine. Mechanical Engineering Technology.

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 01/21/2008
by Martin Wallace