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The CAT provides author, title, and subject access to 'whole items.' Whole items means that the entire resource is indexed without information to the parts of the work. For example, a conference will be listed by the title of the conference, the editor, the sponsoring agency, and subject headings. The individual papers presented at the conference will not be indexed in the CAT. Journal titles will be listed, but not individual papers published in the journal. For access to individual articles or conference papers a subject database is used. However, links to full text journals can be found by typing the title of the journal into the CAT search box. If available in full text a link will be in the record.
Materials that are indexed in the CAT include books, journal titles, computer files, CD ROMs, conferences, videos., maps, etc.
TRIS from the Transportation Research Board covers all modes of transportation. It indexes books, journals, technical reports and more. Some records have links to full text resources.
Compendex (Computerized Engineering Index) is the major index to all branches of engineering. It indexes journal articles and conference papers from 1884-. You may search by author, title words, keyword or subject headings, as well as other index terms.
Many of the articles are available full text online. Use the yellow fulltext links or the Get It! icon for more information.
NTIS (National Technical Information Service) is a major index to technical reports. A major part are on the various branches of engineering. Coverage starts with 1964. You may search by author, title, keyword or subject headings. There is no call number, but each report is identified by a ID number, which is the number used in filing the reports, on microfiche, in cabinets on the left side of the Engineering Library. If the report you need is not in the file cabinet, ask for assistance at the circulation desk in the Engineering Library. We can order the report for you. It normally takes approximately ten days for the report to arrive. Many of the reports are available online. To check this, open a window to Google, copy the title from NTIS and paste it in the "phrase" box on Advanced Google Search. If the report is available on the web, you can click to get the report. If not, check the Engineering Library for a microfiche copy.
PubMed is an index to medical journals. It provides abstracts for many and full text access to a number of titles. Citations go back to the 1950s. PubMed tutorial is available. Excellent resource for transportation injury research.
Web of Science -Science Citation Index is a unique index that allows you to discover what subsequent publications have included a reference to an earlier, pertinent publication in their bibliography. SCI indexes 3200 titles in all areas of science and technology. Searching is done via author name. The theory behind citation indexing is simple. If a later paper references a paper that you have found useful, there is a strong possibility that the later paper might be useful to you. Citation indexing provides that link so you can locate these new papers. Full text links are available for many citations.
ProQuest is a multi-disciplinary database which indexes over 5000 journals, magazines and newspapers. Many are full text. While coverage of engineering topics is not strong from a technological sense, it is very good for looking at the social and economic aspects and there are some appropriate journals indexed.
LexisNexis Academic Provides searching and full text access to resources in business, law, politics, general information, transcripts, etc.
Dissertation and Theses indexes dissertations and some theses from over 1000 US and European institutions. Many have 24 pages available full text. Some are available for free download. For additional information about dissertations see the Libraries' Dissertation page.
National Transportation Library - hosts TRIS Online, provides access to full text documents, statistics, hot topics in transportation, online reference desk and more.
Google Scholar - Google search the academic Internet world. Has links that can take you to full text if Penn State has a subscription. Some use in citation searching and for finding related articles.
Scirus - Free web search from Elsevier. Search the site by topic, author, affiliation, some citation searching.
Science.gov - One stop searching for information from over 1850 websites and databases from 12 government agencies.
