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ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
Indexes all American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publications.. WPI has full text access to the ASCE journals only (not conference proceedings).
Coverage: 1970-
Some Full Text: Yes (Journals only)
Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Abstracts from the Compendex database, which includes the electronic version of Engineering Index, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.
Coverage: 1884-
TRID This link opens in a new window
From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text.
Coverage: 1968-
Full Text: Yes

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ASCE Library This link opens in a new window
Indexes all American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publications.. WPI has full text access to the ASCE journals only (not conference proceedings).
Coverage: 1970-
Some Full Text: Yes (Journals only)
Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
Abstracts from the Compendex database, which includes the electronic version of Engineering Index, with links to full text articles, patents, standards and handbooks in scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines.
Coverage: 1884-
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Information on all aspects of human impact to the environment. Includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Some
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.
Coverage: 1800s-
Full Text: Yes
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LexisNexis Academic -- Now called Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information.
Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
New York Times (1985 to present) This link opens in a new window
Search full text of the New York Times.
Coverage: 2005-
Full Text: Yes
New York Times (Historical) This link opens in a new window
Search full text and images 1851-2019 including news, illustrations, editorials, and advertisements.
Coverage: 1851-2019
Full Text: Yes
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full text access to more than 2000 Elsevier science, social science, engineering and management scholarly journals.
Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus delivers the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities. As research becomes increasingly global, interdisciplinary and collaborative, Scopus helps ensure that crucial research from around the world is not missed.
TRID This link opens in a new window
From the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences, indexes transportation literature and links to some full text.
Coverage: 1968-
Full Text: Yes
Web of Science (WPI Access ended 6/30/2021)
Interface to Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, plus ability to perform cross database searches (outside of ISI products).
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Search journals published by Wiley-Blackwell. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas such as chemistry, medical & life sciences, materials science and engineering.
Coverage: 1996-
Full Text: Yes