For help in finding articles, we recommend using indexing tools. Some indexes only index; some index and include text for some of the articles. Always, though, you should see the citation for the article. This helps find the text for the article in the UT subscriptions. These databases are some of our favorites.
For design classes, the special index to the research literature of the field is usually the best place to start. For mechanical engineering, that index is Compendex.
Also, the Libraries offer many other databases that index articles. There's a big list. Included in these databases are full-text products from society publishers such as the American Chemical Society (ACS), IEEE, ASME, ASCE, and others. (See below for some that may be of particular interest.)
This is a special category of databases. The databases focus on the publications from one or a few societies. Be sure to also use a more comprehensive indexing product (such as Compendex) to include more complete coverage of the literature.
Unlimited users.
Updated regularly. Providing resources on technologies related to the automotive, aerospace, and commercial vehicle industries.
Unlimited users.
Updated regularly. A multi-society library that provides a broad range of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry.
Currently indexes more than 80,000 documents, with more being added frequently.
The following organizations are among those with their conference papers and technical documents indexed through OnePetro:
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.
Be sure and use this helpful tool
When you see Find it at UT, or a similar phrase, usually you will want to click on it. The hope is to find the text of a journal article or information about electronic holdings of a journal.
To request a copy of an article you don't find available at UT, go to the Get a Scan form.
We look for newspaper coverage to tell about events as they happened, usually without the advantage of longer analysis but sometimes with eye-witness accounts.
But accessing newspaper content can be a challenge. This guide helps with the locating newspapers in the University Libraries:
If you have a particular newspaper in mind and want to know if you can access it at UT-Austin, use:
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