LibGuides: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering subject guide: Articles/Databases

Key databases

Scopus This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database: journals, conference papers, trade publications, book series, patents. Scopus quick guide | User rights
If you experience technical issues in accessing or using Scopus, try emptying your browser cache and cookies. You can also try a different browser: for example, switch from Chrome to Edge. If the problems persist, please contact the library at elele@oulu.fi Technical issues in Scopus database
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database: journals and journal and book-based proceedings. Web of Science quick guide | More information about the database
Web of Science provides access to 6 citation databases: the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities and Emerging Sources Citation Index. More information.
Ebsco Databases This link opens in a new window
Several databases in many different subject areas. Full text and reference databases. Ebsco quick guide
ProQuest Databases This link opens in a new window
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Contains several databases in several subject areas. Searches can be carried out for one or multiple databases at once. ProQuest guide
CAS SciFinder-n This link opens in a new window
An easy-to-use interface for the world's leading chemical information sources, millions of literature and patent references, as well as chemical compounds and reactions containing information of CAS databases, such as the Chemical Abstracts database. Also contains Medline. Access only in university network, for remote connection use VPN client. Only the students and staff of University of Oulu are entitled to use this database. All users need to create a personal account to use SciFinder-n. Use an email address ending oulu.fi in contact information. Link to new user registation |
SciFinder-n quick guide | Rights to use | SciFinder-n Content
TRID EN This link opens in a new window
TRID - the TRIS and ITRD database provides access to more than one million records of transportation research worldwide.
TRID contains more than one million references to books, technical reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles in the field of transportation research as well as more than 73,000 links to free or fee-based full-text publications. It is produced and maintained by the Transportation Research Board TRB. TRID is an integrated database that combines the records from TRB’s Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Database and the OECD’s Joint Transport Research Centre’s International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database.

Scientific search engines

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A web search engine for scientific information. When you log in with your University of Oulu user ID, you have access to the licensed electronic resources also from outside the University of Oulu Network. Google Scholar quick guide
BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine This link opens in a new window
A search engine for freely accessible scholarly literature.
More information about the database

Evaluating articles

Guide for Evaluation based on scientific publishing : Evaluating articles

Evaluating Internet sources

Internet sources must be critically evaluated, taking in consideration information reliability, permanence of source, availability of the document and copyrights.

Instructions on how to evaluate Internet sources:

Citation Alerts

Making a citation alert means that you will be automatically kept up-to-date when a certain article or a particular researcher has been cited.

Citation alerts in Scopus and Web of Science databases

Finding search terms

Use the tools listed below to find terminology related to your subject area. More about finding search terms in Finding scientific information

MOT Kielipalvelu This link opens in a new window
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MOT Kielipalvelu contains dictionaries, translator, and proofreading and spell checker. | Click Log in in the top right corner. Choose your organization from the University or college list and click Haka Login.

Scopus
Start searching with concepts and terminology familiar to you. You can find more potential search terms in the Keyword category of the Refine Results box.
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Scopus is a large abstract and citation database covering over 21,000 titles in the fields of science, technology, medicine (100% Medline coverage), social sciences and Arts & Humanities. It includes 6.5 million conferences papers, book series and trade publications. Scopus also cross-searches 24 million patents from five patent offices (US Patent & Trademark Office, European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and the UK Intellectual Property Office).
Wikipedia
Useful resource for getting to know the subject and finding synonyms.

Full text databases

IEEE Xplore - IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE standards. IEEE quick guide | Rights to Use | Browser support
The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library provides a single source to almost a third of the world's current electrical engineering and computer science literature, granting unparalleled access to publications from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Available online through the IEEE XploreTM interface.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary ejournals since 1995. Guide
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Full text of over 9000 publications in nearly every academic field of study. Ebsco quick guide | Content info
Emerald Journals This link opens in a new window
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Subject coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy, leadership, library and information management, marketing and human resource management, as well as a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles. Emerald e-Journals are included in the Scopus. Guide
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary online information service. Guide
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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E-journals and e-books in multiple subject areas. | Guide
EJS: Electronic Journals Service (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Access to fulltext articles of the 700 journals that Oulu University Library subscribes to in printed form.
EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) is the gateway to thousands of e-journals containing millions of articles from hundreds of different publishers. Access to fulltext articles of the 700 journals that Oulu University Library subscribes to in printed form. All subject areas included.
ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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International literature in business research. ProQuest guide

Accessing a journal article

Try searching for journal articles with the following useful tools:

Oula-Finna library catalogue
Search by Article title.

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search by article title. Use also Google. Quick guide | More information
National Repository Library This link opens in a new window
The National Repository Library (in Kuopio) stores material received from other libraries. | Free of charge book and article requests
BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine This link opens in a new window
A search engine for freely accessible scholarly literature.

More information about the database

Interlibrary loan service

Alternative access to articles
How to access a scholarly article when the organisation does not have a valid licence agreement for the journal? Useful tips from the FinELib.

Reference Management

Reference management software enables you to
- create your personal database
- share references
- create a bibliography
- create in-text-citations

Freely available reference management software: Mendeley, JabRef (with BibTeX), Zotero.