There are lots of databases that contain articles about mechanical engineering, and they are all available via LibrarySearch – just click on the “Find databases” link in the left-hand menu and you will see an alphabetical list. Browse the list until you find the one you want.

The most useful databases for your subject include:

British Standards Online: British Standards Online (BSOL) contains British standards and international and European standards that have been adopted as British standards.

Business Source Premier a major business research database, providing access to over 2,100 full text journals covering various subject areas, including Engineering. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.(Guide to Business Source Premier)

Digimap a comprehensive source of maps and geospatial data for Great Britain. You can view, annotate and print maps from a wide range of geospatial data providers, or download data for use with appropriate application software such as GIS or CAD.

Engineering Case Studies Online: Engineering Case Studies Online contains a wide range of video and text material focusing on engineering failures and successes. At completion, the collection will contain 250 hours and 50,000 pages of quality documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world.

Engineering Village: Search several engineering databases with multiple search options, with journals, standards, property search and materials, equations, conference proceedings, and more. (Guide to Engineering Village)

Espacenet – European Patent Office: Index to more than 120 million patent documents worldwide from 1836 onwards. Full-text access to British patents from 1859. Full-text access to patents from other countries includes US from 1836 and various starting dates for EPO, WIPO, France, Germany and Switzerland.

GreenFILE a free research database providing scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts. Topics covered include global climate change and green building.

IEL Online (IEEE Xplore): Full-text access to the entire IEEE and IET collection of journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, plus all active and historical IEEE standards.

Lens Patent Search: Discovery and analytics tools on a comprehensive collection of patent literature with citation indexing.

MiNTEL Contains market research reports, news items and analyst data. Gain an overview of categories such as technology or the automotive industry including statistics, consumer data, market data and brand research. Investigate the Technology sector to read reports on consumer attitudes towards wearable tech or virtual reality. (Guide to Mintel)

New Scientist provides access to the articles from this weekly international science magazine. Articles are grouped by broad field or topic, and you can browse by date or search for a specific subject. It also includes lists of jobs and careers advice information. [Access via LibrarySearch and then choose OpenAthens link on the New Scientist page].

ScienceDirect searches across 2,500 peer-reviewed titles – or over 9.5 million articles. This is a good source for journal articles in engineering, covering materials science, for example.

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. With over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers researchers a quick, easy and comprehensive resource to support research, including in the fields of engineering, science and technology.

Web of Science (WoS) A multi-disciplinary service, where you can search for articles from over 18,000 journals in a wide range of science fields. You can access full-text journal articles, if the Library has an active subscription. (Guide to Web of Science)

Wiley Online Library searches across a multi-disciplinary collection of journals covering industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics and materials science.

Library Guide - Mechanical Engineering