Library Guides: EDSGN 100: Introduction to Engineering Design : Engineering Discipline Report

Career Information

For up-to-date information about various engineering careers:

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Job profile website maintained by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Profiles include information on salaries, expected job growth, etc.

Company and Industry Information

Industry Information

For information about the industries in which engineering careers exist:

IBISWorld
Reports include industry market data: product segmentation, demand determinants, major market segmentation (consumers). competitive landscape and major company descriptions.
IBISWorld provides over 700 full-text industry reports, 700 US industry risk rating reports, and information on over 8000 Publicly Traded US Companies as well as hundreds of economic and demographic profiles. Subscription includes access to the US Industry State Reports module.

Company Information

For information about companies that are part of industries that employ engineers:

General Information

For information that might provide important historical, cultural, or economic context on specific industries and companies:

Business Source Premier
An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
An essential article database for business research providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals. Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including: accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM and supply chain management.
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.

Engineering Subject Guides

These guides are created by the Engineering librarians at University Park. They are a great place to find library resources that will help you search the literature of your field.

They are also great place for finding direct links to professional societies. Networking with one's fellow scientists and engineers is extremely important for personal and professional development. Professional organizations sponsor conferences, publish journals, and serve as reviewers or editors. They set professional and educational standards and provide job and career services for their members.

Patents and Citations

Patents

Patents Subject Guide
This page describes several of the most useful databases for searching patents on the Web. Direct links are provided to sources of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, European Patent Office and Japanese Patent Office search pages.
Seven-step U.S. patent search strategy

Source Citations

Citation and Writing Guides
Information for APA, MLA, and other citation styles as well as tools to manage your citations