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Engineering

Welcome to the Engineering guide. Engineering is the application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends, such as design, construction, and operation of efficient and economical structures, equipment, and systems. This guide lists some of the library sources useful for research in the area of general engineering, as well as specialized resources in industrial, electrical and civil engineering.

Sometimes, the best search tool for general searching is Start My Research.

Start My Research
This is the library's main search tool. Search numerous resources available through Auraria Library including journals, articles, media, books, and more. Limit by material type, publication date, author, and more.

Best Bets

IEEE Explore
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards.
Web of Science
Massive collection of scholarly materials covers virtually all topic areas. Content, including articles, proceedings, and more, is pulled from various collections and is cross-searchable.
Knovel Library
An extensive collection of reference eBook titles in science and engineering. Content includes data handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, monographs, conference proceedings and datasets. Many of the reference works are embedded with Knovel's productivity tools for data analysis.

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