Google Scholar searches for scholarly materials in journals, books, and other sources. Will also display Bucknell's full-text access if Library Link is enabled.
Engineering Village includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. Engineering Village includes the Engineering Index (Compendex) from 1884-present; the GeoRef and GEOBASE databases; and the Knovel Digital Library of engineering reference books.
Search Chemical Abstracts for journal articles; searchable by author, title, subject, chemical name or formula, and by drawing chemical substructures. NOTE: First Time Users Must Register: Registration Link
Patents
Patents can provide a wealth of technical information on products and processes that isn't available anywhere else.
Access international patents through the European Patent Office. Keyword searching can get you to a few relevant patents, but searching by classification is recommended. Click on the classification letter to see more categories.
Search U.S. patents from 1790 - 1975 by patent number or classification. Search 1976 - present, full-text. To see patent drawings, you may need to download their .tiff file viewer.
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Knovel is a collection of over 800 essential reference books and databases from the world's leading publishers and professional societies in science and engineering.
Engineering Reference Sources
Many useful reference books are now available online:
eFunda supports the engineering community by providing easy access to concise and reliable information for daily reference needs. Examples of resources include formulas, processes, and unit conversion