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Use indexes and databases to locate articles, technical reports, and patents. When you find a citation for an article, you need to check the CAMEO library catalog to see if Carnegie Mellon owns that journal or conference proceedings. If Carnegie Mellon Library does not own the item, you can use ILLiad, the interlibrary loan service to have the materials sent to you.

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Applied Mechanics Reviews
1997 - (table of contents only).
Applied Mechanics Reviews. New York, etc., American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1948 - (updated monthly).
Reviews of books and journal articles related to mechanical engineering. Includes complete review articles.

Compendex
1970- (updated monthly). Engineering Index. 1884-1992. The world's premiere interdisciplinary engineering database, covering journals, technical reports and conferences.
IEEE Xplore
1988- (updated monthly). Provides full-image access to the publications of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE); includes all journals, magazines, standards and conference proceedings published since 1988. Each image includes all charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and illustrative material.
INSPEC
January 1969- (updated weekly). Science Abstracts. 1898-1940. Computer and Control Abstracts. 1966-1992. Electrical and Electronics Abstracts. 1966-1994. Electrical Engineering Abstracts. 1903-1965. Physics Abstracts. 1941-1992. Provides access to "scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing and control, and information technology."
NTIS - now the National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)
1964 - (updated monthly). The NTIS database is the preeminent, official resource for government sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering and business-related information.
SAE MOBILUS
Provides detailed summaries and bibliographic data for SAE technical papers since 1906, magazine articles, books, all ground vehicle and aerospace standards, specifications, and research reports.
Web of Science
1945 - (updated weekly).

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