Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
College of Engineering Librarian
Sarah Lester
Contact:
Robert E. Kennedy Library Room 216D
805-756-6019
Subjects:Aerospace Engineering, BioMedical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Engineering Reference, Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Standards
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Databases
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ABI/INFORM CompleteABI/INFORM provides in-depth coverage of business issues, management techniques, competitive information, and a variety of other topics. Content includes full-text journals, trade publications, dissertations, conference proceedings, and market reports.
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Business Source PremierBusiness Source Premier provides full text for journals covering marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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Engineering Village (Compendex)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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InspecInspec® 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.
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Google ScholarGoogle Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles. Search results may be from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
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Thomas Register of American Manufacturers (ThomasNet.com)ThomasNet is a comprehensive online directory of suppliers of building and related products. Includes supplier directory, product search, CAD models, quote service, certificate search, and industry news.
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Web of Science (Core Collection)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.
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Web Resources
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ASQFormerly the American Society for Quality, ASQ is a professional association with a remit to advance the professional development, credentials, knowledge and information services, membership community, and advocacy on behalf of its 85,000 members.
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Best Manufacturing PracticesBest Manufacturing Practices was created to help businesses identify, research, and promote exceptional manufacturing practices, methods, and procedures.
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GlobalSpecContains over 2.3 million products and over 194 million searchable product specs.
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McMaster CarrProduct Directory with nearly 500,000 items
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NIST - Systems Integration DivisionThe SID's main purpose is to meet the measurement science and standards needs for integrating engineering information systems used in manufacturing, construction, and cyber-physical systems. The site provides information on SID's products and tools.
Materials Databases and Standards
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ASM Handbooks OnlineASM Handbooks Online is a comprehensive source of information on ferrous and non-ferrous metals and materials technology.
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ASME Digital CollectionThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers publishes technical material on subject areas such as biomechanical engineering, heat transfer, fluids engineering, aerospace, nanotechnology, transportation and more.
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ASTM Standards & Digital LibraryThe ASTM Digital Library includes the complete Book of Standards as well as access to every book, paper, and journal article published by ASTM. ASTM Digital Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines including: aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science and solar engineering.
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ReaxysReaxys 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.
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SAE MOBILUS Aerospace and Vehicle StandardsSAE MOBILUS provides standards and journals related to the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. Cal Poly users may access Ground Vehicle Standards, USCAR Reports, Aerospace Standards, and Aerospace Material Specifications, as well as all SAE international journals from 2013 to present and all SAE Technical Papers from 1998 to present.
Finding Patents
Patent websites and search tools
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The LensThe Lens is a free and open-source patent search tool that searches across multiple patent and scholarly research databases.
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European Patent OfficeProvides patent documents from 80 countries.
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Google PatentsCovers 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.
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Japan Patent Office (JPO)Note: Use the Japanese translation of inventor name when searching.
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT)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).
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UN World Intellectual Property OrganizationSearch applications from 27 national patent offices.
Research databases
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InspecInspec® 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.
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ReaxysReaxys 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.
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SciFinderSciFinder Scholar is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and agricultural science.
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Web of Science (Core Collection)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.