This site gives instruction in using the major engineering databases subscribed to by the University of Tennessee Libraries. They are suitable for use by students and faculty in all engineering disciplines.

Click on the database name to see a tutorial. Notice that the disciplines for which the database is recommended are given in parentheses. Abbreviations are on the left. See news and tips.

Academic Search Premier (All, CE)
ASTM standards (All, MS)
Compendex (All, AE, CE) Note: Inspec (EE) has the same interface and features.
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (EE)
Lexis-Nexis Academic (All, CE)
Medline/Pubmed (BE, IE)
SciFinder Scholar (ChE, MS)
Web of Science (All, AE, CE)

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Databases either contain electronic copies of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, engineering standards or citations to these articles.

A citation describes the publication information of an article but does not give the full text. Example:

A good buy - The new Brooklyn bridge
Anon Source: Steel Times International, v 29, n 2, February/March, 2005, p 28+30

In the case of citations, you will need to click on the icon provided in the database to determine whether full text/print is available. Or if there is no FindText icon, you will need to look in the UT Libraries Catalog.