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Key resources for electrical and mechanical engineering

Compendex & Inspec (Engineering Village)
Start your research here. Compendex is an extensive engineering database, with excellent coverage of scholarly journals and conference papers. Inspec provides access to important publications on electrical engineering (including all IEEE publications) and computer science. Use Engineering Village to search Compendex, Inspec, or both at the same time.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to scholarly literature including articles, theses, books, abstracts, court opinions, technical reports, patents and many other document types.

Tip: enable "Library links" to access the full text of UVM-licensed materials (TOC icon > Settings > Library links).
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to the scholarly literature across disciplines, and includes citations to journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and more. It includes a cited reference search feature that enables users to trace the impact of individual scholars' work, analyzes search results by discipline, and creates citation reports of a set of search results.

Aerospace projects

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
NASA's repository for technical reports, conference papers and other scientific and technical publications derived from Agency research.

Military projects

Defense Technical Information Center (DOD)
The Department of Defense's site for technical reports and other publications.

Where's the full text?

You may encounter paywalls when searching for research literature. When you find an item that you would like to view, but there is no full text:

1. Look for a Find It@UVM button. This will search the library's collections for a full-text version.

If the library does not have a full-text version, it will guide you through the steps for requesting an interlibrary loan (ILL), a free service for getting a copy from a different library.

2. Don't see a Find It@UVM button? Contact Graham (MS Teams chat or graham.sherriff@uvm.edu).