Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research: Home
Getting Started
This guide provides resources for conducting research in mechanical and aerospace engineering. It is your library research work space. Use the tabs above to link to article databases, online handbooks, properties data, standards, test methods, patents, and other types of information related to research in your field.
Please contact an Engineering Librarian for individual consultation, group instruction, library purchase recommendations, and suggestions for this guide.
Best Bets
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Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowThe combined Compendex, Inspec, and GeoRef databases.More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
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Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary database which provides references to technical literature with links to selected full-text. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
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Knovel E-Books: Science and Engineering This link opens in a new windowFull-text of a thousand science and engineering handbooks with a focus on books containing numeric data. More InfoPartial Full-Text UB ONLY
Streaming Media
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JoVE Unlimited This link opens in a new windowA peer reviewed video journal and science education platform. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
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AVON - Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowStreaming video in a wide range of subjects and genres. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
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Kanopy Streaming Service This link opens in a new windowVideos from major educational film producers. More InfoStreaming Media UB ONLY
For more streaming media available at UB, check out our Streaming Media webpage.
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How to Read a Scientific Paper
The video above was created by the librarians at the University of Minnesota Libraries.
Purdue University Libraries has also put together a wonderful tutorial. It was originally created to be an interactive tutorial using flash player, but flash is no longer supported in Chrome browsers. Therefore, you can access a PDF version by clicking on this link.
Citation Management Software
UB has a site license to EndNote, software that allows you to collect, store, organize, retrieve, and automatically format references to journal articles, books, patents, and more in your papers. For help using EndNote, visit the EndNote Basics Guide.
Zotero, an open-source citation management tool similar to EndNote, is also available. For help using Zotero, visit the Zotero Basics Guide.