Research Databases

Engineering and Technology

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Database available through OCLC FirstSearch. Request password at Library Circulation Desk

1. Applied Science & Technology Index 
   Search here for citations of articles from trade and professional journals. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles.
   1983-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
2. Electronic Collections Online
   Search here to find citations of articles in scholarly journals in all disciplines. Includes 512 technology titles. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. 
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
3. IDEAL
   Search here for citations on journal articles in the sciences. Contains 18 engineering periodical titles.
   
   Availability: 
   All networked computers on campus
   
4. Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
   Search here to find citations of articles from popular magazines and professional journals on microcomputing for business, education, industry, and the home.
   1989-present. Updated monthly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
   
5. Knovel's Construction Materials and Engineering Handbooks
   Twenty-five interactive full-text handbooks in construction and engineering..
   
   Availability:
   All networked computers at main campus
   Advance Program Centers
   
   
6. ProQuest Direct
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics including trends in technology. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles from computing and telecommunications periodicals such as ACM Computing Surveys, C/C++ Users Journal, Data Communications Journal and Journal of Manufacturing Systems.
   1986-present. Updated daily.
   
   Availability: 
   All networked computers on main campus and Advance Program Centers
   Graduate and Advance Program students should request for password for off-campus access
   A standalone version is available in JBU Library
   
   
7. Wilson Select Plus
   Search here to find citations of articles on all topics. Contains online FULL-TEXT articles. Complements ProQuest Direct as a research database. 
   1994-present. Updated weekly.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection
   
8. EBSCO's Academic Search Elite
   Index and full-text articles on research-quality information in the social sciences, humanities, engineering and computer sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, and education.
   
   Availability:
   - All networked computers at main campus.
   -Advance Program Centers
   -Any computer with an Internet connection (get username/password from library circulation desk)
   
   
9. WorldCAT
   Search this catalog to find records of books, videos and computer files in major libraries in the United States. 
   Updated daily.
   
   Availability:
   Any computer with an Internet Connection