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Subject Guide for Engineering Management

 

 

Abstracts and Indexes | Dictionaries | Directories | Encyclopedias | Handbooks and Manuals | Internet Links | Bibliographic Management Tool

 

Engineering Management is the art and science of planning, organizing, allocating resources, and directing and controlling activities which have a technological component. (American Society for Engineering Management).

 

CU = Resources marked with this symbol are available in campus libraries and to students, staff, and faculty via the campus network. Use of these resources is subject to terms of use for electronic resources. Off-campus access information.

 

Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find book or article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to see if University Libraries own that book or periodical title.

CU ABI Inform Global
Most scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more. Expanded international coverage. Fast access to information on 60,000 + companies with business and executive profiles. Now includes The Wall Street Journal. Coverage: 1971 - present.

CU Engineering Village 2—Compendex, INSPEC, and NTIS
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature. Contains references and abstracts to engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Subject areas include: chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications as well as civil and mechanical engineering. Includes links to full text when available. Coverage: 1884 - present.

INSPEC is a bibliographic database that indexes physics, astronomy and astrophysics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control engineering and information technology. The database contains full-text links when available. Coverage: 1898 - present.


The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) database from the U.S. Department of Commerce provides access to unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies. The database contains over two million critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense. Most items cited in this database are available in microfiche format in the Government Publications Library. Coverage: 1964-present. 

Handout: Engineering Village 2 (Compendex and Inspec)

Video Tutorial: "EV2 RSS Feeds in RefWorks" (1:20)

CU IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings and all current IEEE Standards. The site uses the IEEE Xplore search and navigation system. Subjects include electrical engineering and computer science. Coverage: 1988 - present.


CU LexisNexis Statistical
An index to statistics published by states, the US government, international organizations, research centers, and trade groups and others. Many statistics are available online. Others are available in print and other formats. Ask for assistance with this database in the Government Publications or Business libraries. Microfiche in the S and U series are in Government Publications. The A, B, C, and R series are housed in the Business Library. Coverage: varies.

 

Scitopia

This federated vertical search portal was created through the collaboration of 15 leading science and technology societies. It searches the entire electronic libraries of these societies, including more than three million documents, peer-reviewed journal content and technical conference papers, spanning 150 years of science and technology can be searched through the site. Though the search is freely available, access to many documents requries authentication. Coverage varies.

 

CU Source OECD
SourceOECD from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases. A good source of economic statistics for developed nations. Coverage: varies.

Abstracts and Indexes to Magazine & Newspaper Articles that include some scholarly materials
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find book or article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to see if University Libraries own that book or periodical title.

CU Academic Search Premier
Provides citations and full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Updated daily. Coverage: varies.

CU Applied Science and Technology Index
Indexes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Coverage: 1983 - present.

 

CU Business and Company Resource Center
Index of full-text articles in 1300 trade and business magazines, 1980 to present; investment reports on industries and companies; profiles of 100,000+ public and private U.S. companies. Includes industry overviews and company histories for selected companies. Coverage varies.

CU Business Index ASAP
Academic and business journals with full text and images, covering Finance, Acquisitions & Mergers, International Trade, Money Management, New Technologies & Products, Local & Regional Business Trends, Investments and Banking, and in-depth research on management issues, economic indicators and business theories and practices, as well as on the activities of companies and industries worldwide. Coverage: 1980 - present.

 

CU Business Source Complete
Business periodical database that includes full text and abstracts fromover 1200 scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics such as management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more. It also includes case studies, company profiles, conference proceedings, country reports, financial data, industry reports, investment research reports, and market research reports.
1990 - present. (indexing and abstracts back as far as 1886 are also included).

 

CU Expanded Academic ASAP
An interdisciplinary database that contains citations, abstracts, and links to selected full-text articles from general interest magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers. Coverage: 1980 - present.


CU General Science Abstracts/Full Text
Abstracts popular and scholarly journals in the fields of Astronomy, Atmospheric Science, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Conservation, Earth Science, Environment, Food, Genetics, Health, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Nutrition, Oceanography, Physics, Physiology, and Zoology. Coverage: May 1984 - present.

 

CU LexisNexis Academic
An interdisciplinary database that contains the full text of national, international, and regional news, newswires, transcripts, magazine articles, legal and business information, public opinion polls, and other sources. Coverage: varies.

Dictionaries
These publications provide background information, definitions and explanations of terms.

CU Scientific and Technical Acronyms, Symbols, and Abbreviations

Directories
Scholarly Societies

Encyclopedias
These publications provide background information, definitions and explanations of terms.

CU Access Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science & Technology

Handbooks and Manuals

The Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing
Engineering Library Reference T11 .P394 1998

CU EngNetBase--over 400 CRC handbooks online.

 

CU Knovel Library --Combines essential and authoritative reference books and databases from more than 30 Sci-Tech publishers and professional societies including, McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Industrial Press, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Covers 17 industrially important subject areas in the fields of Chemistry and the Life Sciences; Materials; and Engineering.

 

The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication
Engineering and Science Libraries Q223 P33 2002

 

CU The Technology Management Handbook
Online and Engineering Library Reference T49.5 T4454 1999

Internet Links

BizJournals--regional business news

 

InfoMine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Business and Economics

 

InfoMine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing and Math

 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology

 

Science.gov

 

Patents

 

PR Newswire--press releases

 

TechXtra: Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing


Yahoo Finance--a good source for annual reports

 

Bibliographic Management

 

CU Refworks
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds.

Handout: Loading Citations into Refworks
Short Video: "EV2 RSS Feeds in RefWorks" (1:20)


 

     
 
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