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Getting the Full Text of an Article

Looking for Full-Text?

One of the following buttons appears in almost all of the Library's research databases (e.g. Academic Search Complete or PsychInfo):

Click the button to search all of CSULB's subscriptions for full text of your article.

For more information, click here.

 

Not available at CSULB?

Put in a request through ArticleReach (AR) to get full-text of any article. 

You can get to AR from the Get it @CSULB box when you are searching in the databases!

Need more information on AR?  Visit our Interlibrary Services page.

Start with these

 

If you are not sure about the coverage or scope of the following databases, click on the icon 

FOR REMOTE ACCESS make sure you have a library PASSWORD.  Go here to establish one.

 

  • Compendex (includes EI Village)  
      
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    The primary database for all the disciplines in engineering: a good starting point. For topics that have a management focus use Compendex in conjunction with ABI Inform (or other business databases). More specialized databases are listed below.
  • Academic Search Complete  
      
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    This is a good place to start for students researching topics for ENGR 101, 102 and the 100 level classes in the major.
  • ACM Digital Library  
      
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    Computer Science
  • AIAA Electronic Library  
      
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    Aeronautics
  • ASCE Civil Engineering  
      
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  • ASME Mechanical Engineering  
      
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    Acess to ASME is via the Scitation platform.
  • Books 24/7 (IT Pro)  
      
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    Not really a database but full text of over 5000 IT books on hundreds of different technology topics. Includes books from premier industry publishers, such as Wrox, McGraw-Hill, and Microsoft Press as well as popular book series, such as The Complete Reference, Inside Out, and Bibles.
  • IEEE Xplore  
      
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    Electrical and Electonics engineering
  • Safari Tech Books Online  
      
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    Not really a database but a collection of over 2000 full text, searchable e-books from O' Reilly, Que, Sams, Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall and Peachpit Press covering computing, databases, operating systems, programming, XML, Java and web design, as well as a broad range of business topics.
  • SciFinder Web  
      
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    Useful for chemical, environmental, materials engineering and chemical patents.
  • Web of Science  
      
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    Useful for interdisciplinay research (including such topics as engineering ethics) in core journals and for cited reference searching. Especially useful for graduate students searching for thesis topics.

Also Useful

  • Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management  
      
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  • GeoRef (via ProQuest)  
      
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    Particularly useful for civil engineering especially for such topics as soil interactions, foundations, groundwater etc.
  • Military & Government Collection  
      
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    Useful for aerospace research.
  • NASA Technical Reports Server  
      
    NTRS is a free valuable resource for students, educators, researchers, and the public for access to NASA's current and historical technical literature. provides access to approximately 500K aerospace related citations, 90K full-text online documents, and 111K images and videos.
  • RAM: Recent Advances in Manufacturing  
      
  • ScienceDirect  
      
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  • Scitation (AIP)  
      
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    Access to full text articles in physics, astronomy, civil engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, acoustics, fluids, electronics, optics, materials, geophysics, vacuum science and more. Includes access to the former OJPS, as well as to the American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), and the American Society of Mechanical
  • TRID  
      
    An integrated free database from the Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) and International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database transportation.

Additional Resources

The following databases are useful for information about engineering companies, industries, market trends, trade information, data and statistics for product development.  Use these databases in conjunction with Compendex for construction management and engineering technology.  This is a highly selective list - check the Business Guide for more databases.

 

Google Scholar Search Box

Gogole Scholar is a good resource when all else fails!



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