Research Guides: Mechanical Engineering: Home

Updates & Getting Started

Here I will be providing information on library resources access that have been enhanced, added, or changed. You will also find links to off campus access instructions for a variety of resources.

Database Tutorials: Learn the basics of some of our most popular engineering databases!

ASME: https://umd.libwizard.com/f/asmelibrary
IEEE: https://umd.libwizard.com/f/ieeexplore

Off Campus Access Tools:

Off-campus access to Libraries' resources
Reload Button: refreshes your page with UMD proxies added, will enable access if we have it
Setting up Google Scholar with UMD access links: FAQ & full instructions

Good luck on your research, teaching, and learning!

Library Services

Database Finder
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Mechanical Engineering Databases

Below are a few recommended databases. You can access all the databases UMD subscribes to via Database Finder.

ASME Digital Collection
Current literature from ASME, the premier professional organization for mechanical engineers. Our subscription includes journals and conference proceedings.
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database with over 80 million records and 1.8 billion cited references that date back to 1970. Includes over 27 thousand serial titles and 249 thousand monographs in the social, physical, life and health sciences, as well as over 44 million patent records. More information on using Scopus is available at: https://elsevier.libguides.com/Scopus.
Web of Science Core Collection
The Web of Science Core Collection provides comprehensive coverage of the sciences, social sciences, and arts, and humanities across journals, books and conference proceedings. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines. The best database for finding what papers have cited other papers. Cited references can be traced forward in time. Web of Science Training Materials available here: http://wokinfo.com/training_support/training/web-of-science
ASTM Compass
ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines.
Knovel
Knovel's collection includes over 2,000 leading reference works and databases from over 70 leading technical publishers and professional societies including AIAA, AIChE, ASME and NACE. Content collection includes material properties, process and design information, best practices, equations and formulations for specific industries and engineering disciplines.
MADCAD
Cross-searchable collection of building, plumbing, fire and maintenance codes and standards from BOCA, SBCC, ICBO, ILL, ISEA, and NFPA. Access limit is 1 simultaneous users
Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts
Covers all mechanical engineering and transportation engineering aspects from aerospace to automotive, including engineering management and production engineering.
ScienceDirect
Elsevier publications hub. Primarily covers science, technology, and medicine fields.
INIS
The International Nuclear Information System provides an online bibliographic retrieval service to over 3 millions references to commercial journals, grey/non-conventional literature and Internet web documents relevant to nuclear science and technology. The subject scope covers the areas of reactors, safety, fusion, medicine, agriculture and pest control, nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics and materials science, nuclear knowledge management, industry, and legal/social aspects.