Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research: Home

Last Updated: Dec 3, 2021 11:09 AM

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 the Engineering Librarian, Erin Rowley, for individual consultation, group instruction, library purchase recommendations, and suggestions for this guide.

Best Bets

Short on time? These resources are your best bet for this subject area.

Engineering Village
The combined Compendex, Inspec, GeoRef, and NTIS databases. More Info
Partial Full-TextUB ONLY
Applied Science & Technology Source
Multi-disciplinary database which provides references to technical literature with links to selected full-text. More Info
Partial Full-TextUB ONLY
Knovel E-Books: Science and Engineering
Full-text of a thousand science and engineering handbooks with a focus on books containing numeric data. More Info
Partial Full-TextUB ONLY

Streaming Media

JoVE Unlimited
A peer reviewed video journal and science education platform. More Info
Streaming MediaUB ONLY
AVON - Academic Video Online
Streaming video in a wide range of subjects and genres. More Info
Streaming MediaUB ONLY
Kanopy Streaming Service
Videos from major educational film producers. More Info
Streaming MediaUB ONLY

For more streaming media available at UB, check out our Streaming Media webpage.

U.S. PATENT APPLICATION Variable speed distributed drive train wind turbine system US 20050012339 A1

How to Read a Scientific Paper

This wonderful tutorial was created by the librarians at Purdue University Libraries.

If you cannot access the interactive flash player version above, please view the PDF version by clicking on this link.

Engineering Librarian

Erin Rowley

Email Me

Contact:

119 Lockwood Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
epautler@buffalo.edu

716-645-1369

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, check out the EndNote Basics Guide here: https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/endnote-basics. The Guide contains descriptions of features, PDF downloads, and videos on how to use EndNote effectively.

For more help, contact Erin Rowley, Engineering Librarian, epautler@buffalo.edu.