Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
Engineering Village 2 (EV 2)
Engineering Village 2 (EV2) is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary
Engineering database. Databases available are Chimica, Chemical Business
NewsBase (CBNB), Compendex, Inspec, National Technical Information Service (NTIS),
etc. It has over 16 million records, some of which have links to full text.
EV2 covers journals, conference proceedings, unclassified government
reports, and more.
ENGnetBASE : Engineering Handbooks Online
ENGnetBASE is one of the most important Engineering handbook databases in CRCnetBASE.
It contains a compilation of essential Engineering information, including data, facts,
figures, graphs, equations, illustrations and charts. This database covers handbooks
for all disciplines of Engineering, incorporating the subdivisions namely CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE,
ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE, MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE and TELECOMMUNICATIONnetBASE.
For a complete list of subscribed CRCnetBASE handbook databases click
here
or click E-Resources > E-Books > By publisher > CRC Press > List Subscribed Titles.
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore provides full text access to quality technical literature in the
discipline of electrical engineering, computer science and electronics.
Science Citation Index Expanded (via Web of Science)
Science Citation Index Expanded (1980-current) is a multi- disciplinary index to more than 8500
of the most prestigious and high impact scientific journals.
Librarian's take: This database's unique features include: citation index, analytical tools in evaluating
and ranking journals, related records search capability, and links to full-text journals subscribed by NUS Libraries.
ScienceDirect
Contains over 9.6 million articles from over 2500 journals. It also covers over 3000 books which
include reference works, monograph series and handbooks. Some journals like Lancet goes as far back as 1823.
Scopus
Has 37 million records from over 16000 journals, including trade journals.
Covers life sciences, physical sciences, health sciences, social sciences
and business. Indexes journals, conference proceedings, and quality web
sources. Some records have links to full text. It does citation tracking. A
researcher can find out how many times a particular article has been cited.
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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NUS Theses
Selected theses & academic exercises received from the
NUS
Electrical & Computer Engineering are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number
TK7 .
Foreign Theses
Proquest Dissertations & Theses Database (E-Resource)
A database of dissertations and theses records from around the world. Provides 24 page previews of selected dissertations and theses. Natural language searching.
Index to Theses with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the
Universities of Great Britain and Ireland (E-Resource)
Listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities
of Great Britain and Ireland since 1716.
Research & Citation
A Short Guide to Academic Writing
An Engineer's Practical Guide to Technical Communication
Science and Technical Writing : A Manual of Style
Theses and Dissertations : A Guide to Planning, Research and Writing
How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper
More on how to search theses available at:
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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