Keeping up with research
RSS, email, & table of contents alerts
Find new journal articles about your research topic!
There are a number of services via email and RSS for accessing tables of contents of new journal issues and research alerts (results of literature searches you construct, run periodically).
This site will provide links to these services, as well as an explanation of what RSS is and how it works.
Finding articles & research papers
Use these article databases to find citations to articles, conference papers or technical reports. Use the 
button to try to connect to the full text pdf if the full text is not available in the database.
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Compendex/InspecArticle citations in all engineering fields, plus physics, electronics, robotics, and related fields.
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Web of ScienceHigh impact journal articles in all fields. Includes citation tracking.
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ScopusCompetitor to Web of Science. Includes all subjects and cited reference searching.
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One PetroIncludes papers on petroleum and from related societies like NACE, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) and the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT)
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ASME Digital LibraryConference papers from 2002 - present.
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SAE Mobilus1906 - present: full text of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) papers; includes current Aerospace Standards.
Citations only for other publisher content (like JSAE) or other SAE standards.
Books, handbooks, theses
Use these links to books, theses and other related publications to get started. Search Barton, the MIT Libraries catalog, for a full list of books owned by the MIT Libraries. Or use MIT's WorldCat to search library catalogs worldwide and place requests to borrow items.
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Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical EngineersA classic reference for mechanical engineering. Covers more than 100 essential mechanical engineering topics
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KnovelEngineering & scientific e-books. Includes interactive tables & graphs.
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Corrosion HandbookCorrosion data and the chemical resistance of all technically important metallic, non-metallic, inorganic and organic materials in contact with aggressive media.
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Dissertations & Theses1997-present: full text for most dissertations.
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ASM Materials InformationIncludes the ASM Handbooks, Alloy Finder, and other ASM products.
Manage your references
Use these tools to help you organize and cite your references:
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