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

Reference works are the ideal starting point for your research. In addition to defining concepts, they help you to gain an overview of a topic, narrow down a topic and find key concepts for future work.
All electronic reference works can be found and searched in ZHAW swisscovery. The selection of titles below provides you with a quick introduction to your specialist area. General reference works can also be found with the monolingual (in German) and multilingual dictionaries (in German).
Title | Additional information |
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Aerospace Materials Handbook | - |
A Dictionary of Computer Science | There are further reference works from Oxford on the topic of science and technology. |
Cloud Computing |
There are further reference works from CRC Press on the topic of communications engineering. |
Comprehensive Renewable Energy | - |
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | - |
Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology | - |
Handbook of Adhesion Technology | There are further reference works from Springer on the topic of engineering. |
Handbook of Clean Energy Systems | - |
Handbuch Industrie 4.0 | There are further reference works from Springer on the topic of computer science. |
Hommel interaktiv 15.0 | Handbuch der gefährlichen Güter (ZHAW login required) |
Natural Fiber Composites | There are further reference works from CRC Press 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 | - |
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)