Database Annotations: 

Once your topic is narrowly defined, select databases to find specific articles that have been published in journals.

Key Databases: 

• EI Engineering Village
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library
• Scopus

Additional Databases: 

• CRCnetBASE
• MathScinet PEER REVIEWED
• SpringerLink Journals
• Web of Science Core Collection
• Wiley Online Journals

Select Journals: 

• Archives of computational methods in engineering.
• Combustion and flame. Peer Reviewed
• Composites Part B: Engineering [electronic resource].
• Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering. Peer Reviewed
• Structural health monitoring [electronic resource].
• International journal of engineering science [electronic resource].
• Bioinspiration & biomimetics [electronic resource]. Peer Reviewed
• ISA Transactions [electronic resource]. Peer Reviewed
• Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence [electronic resource].
• Journal of the Franklin Institute.
• Applied mathematical modelling [electronic resource].
• Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization [electronic resource].
• International journal for numerical methods in engineering. Peer Reviewed
• Design studies.
• Advanced Engineering Informatics [electronic resource].
• Journal of engineering design [electronic resource].
• Precision Engineering [electronic resource].
• IEEE transactions on industry applications.
• Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements [electronic resource].

Primary Sources

• Publication Cycle (Engineering & Science): to find primary and secondary sources of information, use tertiary sources of information: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks. When a researcher publishes material, they follow the cycle clockwise. To find primary and secondary sources, follow the cycle anti clockwise.

SEARCH TIPS

• Begin by defining exactly what you are searching for
• Select the keywords/synonyms in your topic
• Be specific when determining keywords/synonyms and terms to search
• Use the advanced interface of electronic databases and Internet search engines to help narrow your search
• Limit results in electronic databases to full-text or peer reviewed journals only
• Use Boolean Operators to connect search terms (Click for a brief explanation of Boolean Operators)
• Take notes during your research to keep track of where you have been, keywords searched, what worked and what didn't, etc.
• Google search secrets [electronic resource] / Christa Burns and Michael P. Sauers.

More Writing & Citing Resources: 

Write down or store all the references you have consulted to include them in your bibliography of your research paper (e.g., Mendeley)

Writing and Research 

• Advice on Research and Writing From CMU, primarily for computer scientists
• IEEE Citation Style Guide
• Writing Services
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Literature Reviews

Internet resource:

• Selected Links to Resources on Writing a Literature Review

Online book:

• The Oxford guide to library research [electronic resource] / Thomas Mann.

Database:

• Annual Reviews Online / Authoritative, analytic reviews in 34 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. They synthesize the vast amount of primary research literature and identify the principal contributions in each field.