Engineering
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Use SFX links when full text not available.
Engineering
ACM Portal (Association for Computing Machinery). On-campus access only.
Barbour Index Health, safety, environment and construction.
Construction Information Service (CIS).
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science On ISI Web of Knowledge.
Emerald. Full text access to journals and other resources.
Expanded Academic File. Full text access to journals and other resources.
Google Scholar If you are off campus use this link and then click on "Save Preferences" to access UWS electronic journals via Google Scholar.
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) On-campus access only. Access limited to 5 concurrent users.
Index to Theses Search for theses in UK and Ireland. On campus only.
Institution of Civil Engineers Virtual Library Archive
Science Citation Index On ISI Web of Knowledge.
Social Sciences Citation Index On ISI Web of Knowledge.
ScienceDirect Full text. Science Direct may require you to register the first time you use it. This process is quick and free of charge.
Springerlink Full text journals.
Zetoc Table of contents of over 20,000 research journals.
Physics
Key resource: AIP (American Institute of Physics) Full text journal articles from the American Institute of Physics. Available on campus access only.
Key resource: ArXiv Full text database of physics, computing and maths articles.
Key resource: IOPScience (Institute of Physics) Large number of full text physics journals, with good historical coverage.
Other useful resources:
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science Indexes papers presented at scientific conferences. Please contact the Library for help obtaining the full text of these papers.
Construction Information Service Standards and regulations relating to the construction industry.
Google Scholar Finds journal articles on the internet. Good for widening your search. If you are off campus use this link and then click on "Save Preferences" to access UWS electronic journals via Google Scholar.
New Scientist - Full text of all articles published in the New Scientist from October 1987 onwards.
Science Citation Index Expanded The leading resource for finding academic articles in good quality science journals. Use the SFX button to check if articles are available from the Library.
ScienceDirect Good quality academic articles from a range of subjects, including physics. Many articles are available in full text.
Zetoc Table of contents of over 20,000 research journals from a range of subjects. Good for widening searches. Use the SFX button in the abstracts to check if articles are available from the Library.
QUICK LINKS
Guides and online help for Engineering
Find an electronic journal (A-Z list of e-journal titles)
Library Catalogue (for eBooks and stock on the shelves)
Statistics (links to sources)
Useful Internet sites: Engineering
EThOS Theses from the British Library
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
Use the library catalogue to search all collections at once. Limit the Collection pull-down to "Electronic books".