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Engineering Village  Connect to Engineering Village
Access: Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect:
   1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library
   2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office
   3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required)
Description: Provides access to information resources relating to engineering, including these databases:
  • Compendex: the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences.
  • Inspec: bibliographic information database covering the fields of physics, electronics, computing, control engineering and information technology.
  • USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database (U.S. Patent & Trademark Office): full-text patent database currently contains over 6 million patents.
Coverage: 1969- (Compendex and Inspec), 1790- (U.S. Patent Office)
Updated: weekly (Compendex and Inspec)
Links: There are links to full-text articles from Elsevier Science, the Institute of Physics, the American Institute of Physics (including the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers), Springer-Verlag, John Wiley & Sons, and Academic Press. Click on the “Full-text” icon following a citation. The article will open in a new window. Has Get It! links.
Alerts: Click on the “Register for a Personal Account” link under “Personal Account” on the taskbar on the left in order to receive updates via e-mail alerts.
Personalization: Click on the “Register for a Personal Account” link under “Personal Account” on the taskbar on the left in order to save records in “My Folders.”
Output Formats: Click on “Download” next to “Choose output” in the navigation bar. You can download in RIS format that can easily be imported into bibliographic software such as Reference Manager or EndNote, or else in ASCII format.
Help: Click on “Help” in the navigation bar. For further assistance, contact a librarian.
Related Resources: Databases for Chemical Engineering
Databases for Civil and Environmental Engineering
Databases for Electrical and Computer Engineering
Databases for Materials Science and Engineering
Databases for Mechanical Engineering.
Users: 10 concurrent users
Producer: Elsevier Engineering Information Inc.

This page is maintained by Erin Daix, Collection Development Department.

Last modified: 12/17/12