Engineering Guide: Getting Started
Search Smarter
Searching for high quality and relevant information is a skill that you will need to learn and develop at university.
Check out the guides below to help you navigate the research process:
Your librarians (Science and Engineering)
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Samantha BaxterLiaison Librarian
One Search
One Search is a way of searching all the library's resources - books and ebooks, journals and journal articles, multimedia and more. You can find the One Search search box on the home page of the library website. You can jump right in and start searching or consult our One Search guide for tips on basic, advanced, browse and journal searching, and saving results.
Start with these databases to find information in Engineering
Click on the tabs above to see more databases for your specific discipline.
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IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)Brought to you via the IEEE Xplore® digital library, the IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) provides access to the IEEE core collection of engineering, electronics, and computer science periodicals.
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ScopusScopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and delivers a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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Informit Engineering collectionThe Informit Engineering Collection includes resources across all engineering disciplines. Unravelling decades of archived data as well as the latest research, this collection will benefit engineering professionals, researchers, students and policy makers looking for quick and targeted access to reputable industry information.
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Searching the databases video seriesOur videos show you how to effectively search Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and more.
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