University of Virginia Subject Research Guides - Chemical Engineering

Find@UVa Button

Use the Find@UVA button in your database search results to search for the full text of that journal article online. The results may sometimes look a little confusing, so don't hesitate to ask for help!

Scholarly or Popular?

Is the journal or magazine you're looking at scholarly or popular? Or a trade journal? How can you tell the difference? Take a look at the guide page below for more help and information!

How to Determine Whether a Periodical is Popular or Scholarly

Using Databases to Find Journal and Magazine Articles

A large amount of the information you will need for papers and assignments is found in magazine and journal articles. There are literally hundreds of specialized databases available for finding this kind of information. Note that VIRGO does not index magazines and journals at the article level -- you must use an article database to research the contents of journals!

See the lists of databases under the Economic, Ethical, Legal and Technical Info drop-down sub-tabs of this Find Articles tab for suggestions, but if you need more help, ask a librarian for assistance in finding and using the best databases for the kind of information you need!

Most of these databases are available from off-Grounds, too – and many contain links to the articles themselves. Click for details on off-Grounds access.

Questions??? Just ask at the Library!

All Chemical Engineering Databases

ACS Publications

1962-present
Good first database for undergraduate research. Full text of articles from journals published by the American Chemical Society.
Compendex

1964-present
Compendex, now part of Engineering Village, is a large interdisciplinary engineering database listing journal articles, technical reports and conferences, and adds over 220,000 new abstracts each year. Includes book reviews.
Corrosion Abstracts

1985-present
Corrosion Abstracts provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering.
Digital Dissertations

1861-present
Full text (PDF for download) of most dissertations accepted from 1997 on, some earlier works and some master's theses. Also lists dissertations and theses accepted from 1861 on in the US and at some international universities.
EngNetBase

Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering. Individual titles are listed in the Virgo Library Catalog.
Knovel Library

Large collection of handbooks on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)

1983-present
Access provided through Engineering Village. NTIS contains bibliographic citations and summaries of U.S. Government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports.
Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
ScienceDirect

Full text of articles from journals published by Elsevier Science.
SciFinder Scholar

Provides access to Chemical Abstracts, including the CAplus database of chemical literature and patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database. Click on the above link for more information and instructions on downloading.
Web of Science/Web of Knowledge

1970-present
Includes Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index (1981-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1981-present) which can be searched together or separately.