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Articles and Databases

Information on non-technical aspects of engineering can be found in:

Proquest Direct
LexisNexis Academic
Newspaper databases
Statistical resources

Technical databases that cover all aspects of engineering include:

Compendex
NTIS

Online reference materials include:

ENGnetBASE - a collection of handbooks from CRC Press
Knovel - a collection of over 800 handbooks in science and technology
Access Science - online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

Web Sites

General science and technical web sites

Intute - Science, Engineering and Technology (formerly EEVL- Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics and Computing)
Infomine- University of California, Riverside
Scirus searches 250 million plus science sites
SciCentral News on a variety of science and technology topics
Science.gov searches government science web sites
Scitopia  - search 21 scientific and technical societies

General interest web sites:

Internet Public Library Includes general reference resources: almanacs, FAQ lists, Encyclopedia Smithsonian, Directories and science and technology resources: conversion factors, subject based guides,educational sites, etc.
Carnegie Mellon Reference Page Includes acronyms, toll free numbers, area codes, links to government services, etc.
Network Acronym and Abbreviation Server
Urban Legends and Folklore - spam/hoax news
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
eFunda  Engineering Fundamentals
Sightseer's Guide to Engineering
Engineering Research Center Fact Sheets from NSF
BEST Search Engines From UC Berkeley

Specialized Websites

Ethics in Engineering

IEEE Ethics site
National Institute for Engineering Ethics
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at Case Western Reserve University

Numerical Data

NIST Reference on Constants, Units and Uncertainity
Physical Reference Data   - From NIST Physics Laboratory
Physical Quantities, Constants, Units and Conversion of Units   From the Universitat Freie  in Berlin (in English)
ThermoDex  From the University of Texas, an index to over 120 handbooks of thermodynamics and thermophysical data.   Check the CAT to see of PSU owns the handbook.

Government Web Sites

National Laboratories, Departments, and Agencies
Argonne
Brookhaven
Lawrence Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore
Los Alamos
Oak Ridge
Princeton Plasma Physics
Sandia
Dept of Defense
Dept of Energy
DOE Energy Information
Environmental Protection Agency
NASA
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Dept. of Transportation

Societies

Most societies have Web sites. An excellent general source of society Websites is the Society Site at the University of Waterloo Some of the major societies in engineering are listed below.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Nuclear Society (ANS)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society for Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE)
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
Institute of Transportation Engineers  (ITE)
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
SPIE   International Society for Optical Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

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