ME 448/449: Mechanical Engineering Design Concepts/Projects
This guide is for students in Penn State Harrisburg's ME 448 and ME 449. It includes databases, research tips, and other resources for various parts of the Mechanical Engineering Design Project.
Full text access to the American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s journals and conference papers.
ASME Digital Collection (mechanical engineering) contains full-text access to the American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s online journals since 1960 and conference papers since 2002.
The largest database for engineering. Especially important if your topic relates to areas beyond electrical engineering.
Compendex is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world with over 9 million records referencing 5,000 engineering journals and conference materials dating from 1884.
Full-text of all journals, conference papers, and other materials published by IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
IEEE Xplore contains the full text of all IEEE & IET conference papers, and standards published since 1988 and all IEEE journals since 1884 & IET journals since 1988. The material can be accessed through a searchable database or by browsing. 100 concurrent users. Inactive users timeout after 15 minutes. NOTE: We do not have access to the following IEEE content: IEEE Draft Standards, IEEE eLearning Library and IEEE English for Engineering. Additionally, we do not have access to various 3rd party content hosted by IEEE.
A resource for automotive engineering -- contains Society of Automotive Engineers' journals, papers, and standards.
Full-text of all Society of Automotive Engineers technical papers from 1906 - present, journal articles from 1998 - present, Aerospace Standards from 1942-present, Ground Vehicle Standards from 1952-present, and current Aerospace Materials Specifications.