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Compendex

Covers 190 engineering disciplines and applied science.

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Design and applied arts index

A leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards. Covers both new designers and the development of design and the applied arts since the mid-19th century.

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IEEE Xplore

Covers Aerospace, Automotive, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Power & Energy, Industrial Engineering, Robotics, Transportation and more.

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Scopus

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

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Web of Science

Covers a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Search features include cited reference searching allowing you to discover who has referenced a particular work since it was published.

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IBISWorld

Key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants and more.

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Statista

Worldwide market research, industry statistics and consumer data.

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Espacenet (patents)

World-wide full-text patents database. Patents cover the technical details of an invention together with any associated legal information.

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The Lens

The Lens allows you to search and explore the world’s patent literature alongside scholarly, technical, regulatory and business information.

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