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Aerospace Engineering & 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.
News 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:

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.

If it's only available in print or you can't see how to otherwise obtain a copy, go to "Get a Scan" and complete a request form.

 

Find Journals

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

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