Engineering Undergraduate Research: Literature Searching
Purpose of Literature Searching
You have one primary objective when doing a literature search: Find out what research has already been done in your field/niche, and determine how it is related to your project.
Develop Search Strategy
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Example Literature Search
Databases / Resources
| Topic-Specific Databases | Broad / Index-Based Resources |
| IEEE Explore (emphasis on Electronics and Computer Science) | OneSearch (General) |
| GeoScience World (Geology / Geological Engineering) | Scopus (General) |
| ASCE Library (Civil Engineering) | Google Scholar (General) |
| OnePetro (Oil and Gas) | Inspec (Electrical, Physics) |
| Annual Reviews (Broad: Science / Social Science) | ACM Digital Library (Computer Science) |
| TRID (Transportation) | |
| Shock and Vibration Digest (Shock and Vibration) | |
| PubMed (Life Sciences and Biomedical) | |
| PsycINFO (Psychology and related areas) |