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Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings.
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Use the below guides to get more familiar with searching in the Compendex database, which is hosted on the Engineering Village platform.
Information on how to properly format a manuscript in ASABE Style. Click on the 'References' link or go to page 8 of this document to view the information.
This Library guide introduces you to popular resources for creating and interpreting references to sources, including in APA style, which is the foundation for the style ASABE uses.
Covers the entire collection of issued patents and millions of patent application made available by the USPTO, from patents issued in the 1790s through those most recently issued in the past few months.
The USPTO houses full text and images for patents issued for all patents from 1790+. Note: This search only includes accepted patents (it takes ~18 months from filing to denial/acceptance).
Inspec® is a comprehensive index to global literature in electronics, computer science, physics, electrical, control, production and mechanical engineering. Includes INSPEC Thesaurus, Classification Codes and other specialized search aids.
Reaxys provides chemical properties and preparations for inorganic and organic compounds. It is searchable in multiple ways, including chemical structure, formula, physical property, and reaction. This is a combination of retired databases Beilstein (organic reactions, spectra, properties, etc.), Gmelin (inorganic) and Chemistry Patent Database. This database includes a chemical drawing program.
Web of Science (Core Collection) provides a single search across Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Social Sciences Citation Index. Additional Web of Science databases are easily accessible.