LibGuides: Engineering: Engineering resources

Engineering resources

This page contains links to databases and other resources that you can use to locate information for your engineering study and research. Use the menu on the left to access more resources which are specific to each engineering stream.

Key databases

Engineering Village
An engineering literature database for engineers. Covering all engineering sub-disciplines.
IEEE Xplore
Covering all engineering sub-disciplines and some mathematics content.
ScienceDirect
Indexes leading science journals in numerous disciplines, including all sub-disciplines of engineering.
Scopus
The largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, covering Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences.
Web of Science
One of the largest indexes of scientific research literature and includes content on all sub-disciplines of engineering and mathematics.

Key eBook databases

CSIRO eBook collection
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) covers a wide range of disciplines including plant and animal sciences, farming, urban development and environmental management.
ICE ebook collection
ICE Virtual Library provides comprehensive information for professionals and academics in civil engineering and construction. Publications include multi-author reference works, state-of-the-art reports, technical books, conference proceedings and contract documents.
IEEE Wiley e-books
Deakin's subscription includes full text access to all IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles copyrighted in the year(s) 1974-2014.The eBooks collection spans numerous content areas, including Bioengineering, Power & Energy and Communication technologies, among other growing areas of research.
IET eBook Collection
IET eBook Collection, provides access to an extensive amount of electronic titles. IET publishes professional, technical and research monographs in all areas of engineering and technology, with new titles released each year.
Knovel
Knovel provides a combined search interface to a wide range of science and engineering publications. Knovel offers a combination of aggregated information, proprietary analysis tools and technology allowing researchers to obtain information across multiple sources and information formats. Many major print reference titles are reproduced in, and are able to be searched as part of Knovel.
SAE MOBILUS ebooks
SAE Complete eBook Collection currently contains mobility industry titles.
O'Reilly Books Online
The O'Reilly platform is a digital library providing access to e-books and videos. Topics include business, career development, data, design, hardware, math, science, engineering, security, software development, system administration, travel and hobbies, and web and mobile.

Online newspapers & magazines

Newsbank Access Australia
Newsbank Access Australia is a text and image newspaper database which features a large collection of Australian news from multiple newspaper sources and is updated daily. Access includes archives from the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s to the present day.
TVNews
Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks.
Press Reader
Press Reader provides access to the current 3 months of newspaper material for selected Australian publications. Material is available online, and arranged as the print edition appears.

Conversion tools

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Recommended websites

Licensing information: Please read what you can and can't do with each resource in the A-Z Databases under 'License Information'. Queries can be sent to the Publisher Licensing Consultant.