Research guide to engineering resources
Be efficient in your research and use the various databases, reference works and additional literature in the field of engineering.
Databases
| Name | Content | Guide |
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| ACM Digital Library |
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| Gartner |
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| GreenFILE |
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| IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
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Video tutorials |
| Knovel |
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Quick Start Guide |
| Multimedia Fluid Mechanics |
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| Scientific.net |
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| Springer Materials |
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Guides |
| zbMath – Zentralblatt für Mathematik |
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Video tutorials |
Standards, patents
Reference works
Not sure where to start yet? Reference works are a good first step: they provide definitions, give an overview of a topic and help you find the right search terms for your research.
You can find all reference works in ZHAW swisscovery. To help you get started quickly in your specialist area, we have put together a selection of titles below.
- Aerospace Materials Handbook
- A Dictionary of Computer Science and further reference works from Oxford on the topic of science and technology
- Cloud Computing and further reference works from Routledge on the topic of communications engineering
- Comprehensive Renewable Energy
- Computer Science and Communications Dictionary and further reference works from Springer on the topic of computer science
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
- Handbook of Adhesion Technology and further reference works from Springer on the topic of engineering
- Handbook of Clean Energy Systems
- Handbuch Industrie 4.0
- Natural Fiber Composites and further reference works from Routledge on the topic of materials engineering
- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
- The IEEE guide to writing in the engineering and technical fields
- VDI-Wärmeatlas
General reference works can be found here:
Multidisciplinary reference works Monolingual dictionaries Multilingual dictionaries
Bachelor's and master's theses
The School of Engineering presents a selection of theses from all courses of study in an annual publication (in German).
Selected Bachelor's and Master's theses (in German)