You can access all materials at USC Libraries, books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, patents, etc. (see Science Literature). To find information you are looking for, you need to access some “tools” (information resources), such as
- Catalogs (aka OPAC, On-line Public Access Catalog)
- Bibliographic Databases (printed, or on-line, or electronic versions)
Here conclude these search tools (or Information Resources) at USC or in the Engineering Information World.
Catalogs (Cats)
Search materials at USC
Search materials may not be at USC (see the USC Interlibrary Loan service to get materials)
- WorldCat (search materials may not be at USC)
- Library of Congress Catalog
- Melvyl Catalog (the University of California System Catalog)
- CLAS (the CalTech Library Catalog)
Search electronic materials at USC
- E-books at USC
- E-Reference books
- Journals, Dissertation & Patents, etc.
Electronic Information Resources (or Databases, DBs)
For primary literature (journal articles, conference proceedings, etc.)
Most Useful Engineering Information DBs
- Aerospace & High Technology Database (Full archive)
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Electronic Library
- American Institute of Mathematical Science Journal Library
- American Physical Society Journals
- Applied Science and Technology (AST) Full Text
- ASME International
- Association of Energy Engineers Online Journals
- ASTM Journals
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- ACM Digital Library
- Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
- Xplore (IEEE Electronic Library)
- INSPEC (via Engineering Village 2)
- SPIE Digital Library
General Science and Engineering Information DBs
- CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences
- General Science Abstracts
- OCLC First Searc (including Article, Paper, Proceedings)
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- ProQuest
