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

Standards, Patents

Reference works

Final papers

Databases

We recommend that you search the databases in order to research and review up-to-date and discipline-specific content on a topic. They mostly contain references to resources as well as full text articles from journals. Depending on the database, additional types of publications such as conference reports, book chapters, pictures, videos and much more are included.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the databases in the area of engineering. Please note that databases marked with an asterisk (*) require special access information. You will find more information in the details of each database.

Name	Subject	Content
ACM Digital Library	computer science, engineering	references, some full texts
Espacenet	multidisciplinary	patents
Gartner*	business information technology, computer science, engineering	references, some full texts, facts
GreenFILE	natural resource sciences	references, some full texts
IEEE Xplore Digital Library	computer science, electrical engineering, electronics	references, some full texts
Knovel	engineering, material science	full texts, facts, interactive equations
Multimedia Fluid Mechanics	fluid mechanics, physics	full texts, videos
Scientific.net	engineering, manufacturing, material science, mechanical engineering	full texts
Springer Materials	engineering, material science	full texts, facts
zbMath - Zentralblatt für Mathematik	applied mathematics, history of mathematics, pure mathematics	references

* Requires access information. You will find more information in the details of each database.

Open access portals

Search for scientific publications that are worldwide freely available, also known as open access publications.

Standards, Patents

Use our standards and patent databases for a targeted search. You will find details on the page with the multidisciplinary information resources.

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
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	-