LibGuides: Aerospace Engineering &amp; Engineering Mechanics: Research Papers, News Updates, and Journals

Finding Research Papers & Journals

Here is a list of recommended aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics databases. Coverage varies by product but most help you find research papers --- including journal articles and conference papers --- on topics of interest. See more products at the big list of Databases, where you may search by subject, type, and provider.

Which to choose?

Aerospace Database is the first choice index for the literature of aerospace engineering.
Compendex is first choice for engineering mechanics.
Academic Search Complete is a good option for both fields but does not include conference papers or technical reports.
If you are thinking of the business of engineering, think of ABI/INFORM and Business Source Complete. Also, remember the special indexes for other fields, including Medline/PubMed and Embase for medicine and PsycINFO for psychology.

Aerospace Database
Indexes basic and applied research in aeronautics, and space sciences. Includes indexing of papers from journals and from conferences, plus technical reports.
Compendex
Covering all engineering disciplines. You may also include the database Inspec in your search of Compendex.
Academic Search Complete
One of our favorites. Good coverage for engineering and across disciplines. Does not include conference papers or technical reports.
Business Source Complete
Ebsco's index to the literature of business, including popular and research materials.
ABI/INFORM Global
For the literature of business, indexing both popular and research materials. Uses the ProQuest interface.
INSPEC
Primary index to the research literature of physics; electrical engineering; and computer and control engineering. May also be searched simultaneously with Compendex.
Web of Science
Indexes the literature of science and technology across disciplines.

News Sources

Factiva
Important for providing the text of articles from newspapers and other news sources.
Nexis Uni
Provides the text of news and legal sources.

Collections of Papers from Societies

These databases are valuable sources and are satisfying for their full-text content but be aware that each indexes publications from one society or from a small group of societies. You will also want to search using an indexing tool with more comprehensive coverage:

Aerospace Research Central
Full-text access for AIAA journals and meeting papers.
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Digital Library (Current)
Unlimited users.
Updated weekly. Provides online access to all available volumes of the technical journals of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the complete set of ASME conference papers starting with 2002, and many older ASME conference papers.
IEEE Xplore
IEEE (and some IET) research papers.
SAE Mobilus
Papers of the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Technical reports, including NASA reports, can be important sources of information. For help in finding them, see the Technical Reports Guide.

If you don't see a PDF or HTML link, connecting you to the full article, click the "Find it at UT" button to see if the article is available in another database or in print in one of the UT Libraries.

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Find Journals

To see if we have a particular journal (i.e. Nature, ENR), either in print or electronic format, use the J ournals search.

Journal Collections

Engineering Societies: see the print and full text holding for more than a dozen key engineering societies such as AIAA, ASCE, ASME, IEEE, SAE, SPE, SPIE and more!