Use SAE Mobilus to search for all Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) publications from 1906 - present.

• 1906 - 1997: SAE technical papers are not online. See below for how to access these items in the MIT Libraries.
• 1998 - present: SAE Technical Papers are available online in SAE Mobilus. 
• SAE standards are not available online.  See the standards guide for more information.
• Note: only SAE papers will be full text in SAE Mobilus.  This does not include other publishers or societies such as JSAE (Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan)

After opening SAE Mobilus, use the search box to begin.  Enter your search terms or SAE paper number.  SAE Mobilus will be searching the full text of all the content in Mobilus. Change the drop down box to "Metadata Only" for a more precise search (paper title, author, abstract).

 

 

The default results display will show you papers from 1998 - present.  These will include the PDFs of SAE papers (not other publishers, for example JSAE).  To view citations for papers prior to 1998, click on "Non-subscribed".  To find these papers in the MIT Libraries, see below.

 

If the steps outlined are too complicated, you can always Ask Us to find it for you.  See also Using print indexes to find SAE papers in the MIT Libraries.

Papers published prior to 1998:

 

Use SAE Mobilus (MIT only) to locate the paper number you need.  Papers published prior to 1998 will be found in the "Non-subscribed" section of the results. 

When you find the paper in SAE Mobilus, click the Citing References link on the left hand side of the screen:

 

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This paper is in the SAE Transactions. Transaction volumes are also given a journal title, such as Journal of Engines.

Volumes of the SAE Transactions are in the Library Storage Annex stacks at TL1.S679.  Click "Find it in the Library/Request item" to view an itemized list, then "Request Item" to select a specific volume or "Request PDF" to request a specific paper from that volume.

 

Case 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you see a “P-“ or “SP-“ there is a good chance that there is a print version in Barker Library or the Library Storage Annex. You can check Barton, the MIT Libraries catalog, by doing a keyword search for “SAE SP 835” or do a Title Begins With... search for the volume title (in this case, New Developments in Two Stroke Engines and Their Emissions).

 

Case 3:

If neither of the above cases matches your paper’s record:

• try looking for your paper in the print indexes (see below).  SAE Mobilus does not include "also published in" information for all available years.
• check the SAE Technical Papers on microfiche on the 5th floor of Barker Library in the drawers labeled SAE, filed by year and paper number (1961-2004)
• check print SAE Technical papers from 1930-1965 (incomplete holdings) at TL1.S553 in the Barker Library stacks

If you have trouble finding the paper you need, Ask Us for help.

Papers published prior to 1998

 

Look up the paper in the Annual index/abstracts of SAE technical papers, located on the fifth floor of Barker Engineering Library, in the Reference Collection, at call number ZTL1.S6779.

Case 1:

At the bottom of the record, look for a mention of the SAE Transactions.

If that field is blank, the paper is not published as part of the SAE Transactions.

Volumes of the SAE Transactions are in the Library Storage Annex stacks at TL1.S679.  Click "Find it in the Library/Request item" to view an itemized list, then "Request Item" to select a specific volume or "Request PDF" to request a specific paper from that volume.

 

Case 2:

Look at the beginning of the record. If you see a “P-“ or “SP-“ there is a good chance that there is a print version in Barker Library or the Library Storage Annex. You can check Barton, the MIT Libraries catalog, by doing a keyword search for “SAE SP 990” in the case below.

 

Case 3:

If neither of the above cases matches your paper’s record:

• check the SAE Technical Papers on microfiche on the 5th floor of Barker Library in the drawers labeled SAE, filed by year and paper number (1961-2004)
• check print SAE Technical papers from 1930-1965 (incomplete holdings) at TL1.S553 in the Barker Library stacks

If you have trouble finding the paper you need, Ask Us for help.

 

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