Research Guides: Mechanical Engineering: Journals & Articles

High-Impact Journals

These are a few selected "high-impact factor" journals in the mechanical engineering field, which means the articles published in them tend to be more heavily cited by other studies. Click on the links below to access online copies.

Nature Materials
Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports
NOTE: older bound journals (1993-1998) can be found on 2nd and 3rd floor stacks.
Advanced Materials

Databases

Online journal databases provide an interface for you to search through a large collection of journals for specific articles related to your research. The journals included may vary from database to database, so searching through a variety of them will yield more comprehensive results.

The following databases are tailored to mechanical engineering subject areas and cover many of the most prominent journals in the field.

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and citations of peer-reviewed literature covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities from 1960 to the present.
ScienceDirect Complete Freedom Collection This link opens in a new window
A leading resource of peer-reviewed science technology and health information. Provides access to the full-text of articles from journals published by Elsevier Science from 1995 to the present. Access across all Elsevier subject collections from the main subject area in sciences, technology, medicine, and psychology and selected titles in arts, humanities, economics and finance, and the social sciences.
ASME Digital Collection This link opens in a new window
Full-text archive of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Transaction journals, conference proceedings (PDFs), and ASME ebook publications. Journals 1980-present, conference proceedings 2002-present.
Springer Link (Journals) This link opens in a new window
Provides researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings. Coverage: 1997-present.
SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts) This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive discovery tool of chemical information, Scifinder is a user-friendly version of Chemical Abstracts. This web-based research discovery tool allows access to a wide variety of research disciplines, including biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials sciences, physics, environmental science, and engineering.
Knovel Handbooks - Chemistry & Chemical Engineering This link opens in a new window
Full text access is provided to the chemistry and chemical engineering subset of the Knovel Handbooks which provides a searchable database of compendia, data sets and reference sources in engineering, science, and technology. It has a data search feature that allows the researcher to find materials that meet specific parameters including physical, mechanical and thermal properties. Productivity tools include interactive charts, graphs, spreadsheets, and equation plotters. Helpers include an interactive periodical table, an Excel add-in, and a comprehensive unit converter.
AccessEngineering from McGraw-Hill This link opens in a new window
An engineering reference and teaching platform that delivers interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.

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