LibGuides: EG5911R Information Literacy Skills for Research (Engineering): Tools

Tools

Major Engineering Databases

	Scopus	Web of Science	Engineering Village	IEEE Xplore
Description	Scopus Covers scientific, engineering, technical, medical, social sciences, arts and humanities fields. Has over 60 million records from over 5,000 publishers from around the world. It covers peer-reviewed journals; selected articles from trade journals; book serials; non-serial books (monographs, edited volumes, major reference works, and graduate level text books); conference papers from nearly worldwide events; patents from five patent offices. Updated daily. Scopus does citation tracking. A researcher can find out how many times a particular article has been cited.	Web of Science is one of the largest multidisciplinary index covering literature from sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. It indexes scholarly journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents. It offers the option to find the Hot and Highly Cited papers, the most impactful papers within a subject field.	Engineering Village is the essential research database for engineering literature from journals, conferences proceedings, patents, e-books, and many more. In a single interface, you could simultaneously search across four databases, namely Compendex, Inspec, NTIS and GeoBase. The thesauri on Engineering Village contains the controlled vocabulary used to index articles in the Compendex, Inspec and GEOBASE databases. This enables consistent and precise search and retrieval.	IEEE Xplore provides full-text access to more than three-million full-text documents from some of the world's most highly cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Including journals, eBooks, magazines, standards and conference proceedings published since 1988.
Online Guide/ Tutorial	Support Center	Quick Recorded Training	Learn & Support's Training Videos	Video Tutorials
Database Type	Citation and abstract	Citation and abstract	Citation and abstract	Full-text
Types of Sources	Journals, conference papers, books, book series, patents	Journals, conference proceedings, books	Journals, conference proceedings, e-books, book series, patents, dissertations, trade magazines, government reports and documents	Journals, conference proceedings, books, e-books, magazines, standards
Subject Areas	Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Health Sciences	Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities	Physical Sciences, Life Sciences	Physical Sciences
Thesaurus	No	No	Yes	No
No. of Journals	>24000	>34385	Compendex: 3945 GEOBASE: 2113 Inspec: >5000 NTIS: >240 (US and international government agencies)	>195
Time Coverage	1823 -	1800 -	Compendex: 1970 - GEOBASE: 1974 - Inspec: 1969 - NTIS:1899 -	1872
Update Frequency	Daily	Weekly	Weekly	2 times/week
Citation Analysis	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

Other Engineering Related Databases

Biosis Previews
BIOSIS Previews (1985-) indexes life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. Items indexed are journals, meetings, patents, and books.
Construction InfoNet
Produced by BCA (Building and Construction Authority), Construction InfoNet contains up-to-date statistics, reports and quarterly reviews on various aspects of Singapore’s construction industry. The statistics include construction GDP and productivity, construction price update, materials price indices, tender price index, unit rates of various construction works and value of contracts awarded. There is also a construction project database which contains details of construction projects awarded since 2013. Please note: Registration is necessary for first time user.
GEOBASE
Covers international geoscience literature - Earth sciences, ecology, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation. The content crosses subject, language and cultural boundaries, providing an intuitive research tool to users.
ICONDA
The International CONstruction DAtabase is the bibliographic database of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB). It contains citations to journal articles, books, research reports, conference proceedings, business reports, theses and other non-conventional literature that are outside of public domain. The coverage dates back to 1976 when the database was first launched. The subject coverage includes building construction, civil and construction engineering, architecture and town planning. To check for availability of full-text in NUS Libraries’ collection, copy and paste the article title into FindMore.
OnePetro
Operated by The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) on behalf of its publishing partners, OnePetro provides access to over 180,000 items on information pertaining to the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry. Some contributing partners include American Petroleum Institute (API), American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) and World Petroleum Council (WPC). Journals indexed include Corrosion, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, various SPE publications and many more. This database also offers full-text conference proceedings and articles from many impactful conferences held.
PubMed
PubMed is a free resource that provides access to over 28 million citations of biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, online books, newspaper articles, legal cases, clinical trial and others. Its citations and abstracts also include topics in biomedicine and health, life sciences, behavioural sciences, chemical sciences and bioengineering. The results display might include links to related resources and/or to full-text content from PubMed Central and other publishers. Staff and students are encouraged to access via NUS Libraries portal for seamless access to full articles subscribed by the Libraries.

Chemistry Related Databases

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Access to approximately 120,000 Material Safety Data Sheets from 600 North American manufacturers and suppliers. Each sheet represents a chemical. It provides a detailed evaluations of health, fire and reactivity hazards, as well as recommendations on handling and storage, disposal procedures, accidental release, and first aid.
Reaxys
Reaxys is a chemistry database from Elsevier that allows you to plan your reaction synthesis; perform structure, substructure, reaction, reference, and common name search; and provides you with experimentally validated data.
SciFinder
Produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). Indexes journal articles, patents and other document types, as well as chemical substances and reactions. You can search by topic, author, substances by name or CAS Registry Number, or use the editor to draw chemical structures, substructures, or reactions.
SpringerMaterials
SpringerMaterials is a comprehensive database for identifying materials properties and covers data from materials science, physics, physical and inorganic chemistry, engineering and other related fields. It is highly relevant to research in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science and areas such as Electrical Engineering.
Springer Protocols
Springer Protocols is a database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences. Information covers: protocols from the book series, Methods in Molecular Biology and other sources, it offers researchers access to nearly thirty years of tested, trusted, step-by-step protocols for immediate use in the lab.