Library databases are tools for searching the literature from many publishers (view all engineering databases).
Foundational database with core journals covering the applied science and technology (includes engineering) literature.
Comprehensive database covering the engineering literature.
Comprehensive database covering the sciences (includes engineering), social sciences, and humanities literature.
Comprehensive database covering the sciences (includes engineering), social sciences, and humanities literature.
Publisher packages are tools for searching the literature by a single publisher.
OneSearch is a tool for searching multiple library resources using one interface.
Perform a basic or advanced search and limit the results by resource type (articles).
Google Scholar is a tool for searching scholarly literature available on the web.
Customize library links using the settings menu to find full-text available through the UAB Libraries.
Boolean Operators
AND = find all terms and get fewer results
OR = find any of terms and get more results
NOT = find first term but not second term
Truncation
robot* = replace characters at end of term (robot, robots, robotic, robotics, etc.)
Proximity
"internet of things" = find terms next to each other in the order given as a phrase
Interlibrary loan service enables students to borrow materials not available at the UAB Libraries from other libraries.
Document delivery service sends students electronic copies of articles from the UAB Libraries print journal collection.
Courier service allows students to request materials be moved between Lister Hill Library, Sterne Library, and the remote storage facility in the 801 Building.
The design of this page was partly adapted from Research: By Course, Subject, or Topic, by University of Arizona Libraries, © 2020 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.