Research Resources
These databases can help you find background and supporting information for technical writing projects.
General Purpose Article Database
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowThis database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
More Article Databases
- Library Guides by SubjectFind recommendations for databases for your own major or general topic area.
- Article Indexes & DatabasesDatabases for finding individual journal articles and conference papers by topic, author, and more. Most require ISU Library login.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowA large database containing scholarly journal articles and conference papers on any topic in science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts & humanities. Includes cited references and h-index information.
Click here for tutorial - Web of Science This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science (WoS) is a collection of databases that cover all topics. This link will take you to the page that searches all of these databases. To access more specific search tools you will need to search one database at a time using the dropdown menu.
Click here for tutorial - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowProvides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Results are limited to just scholarly sources. It includes content from academic websites such as publishers, universities and professional associations. It will find presentations, Word documents, and other file types not typically found in other databases.
- Compendex This link opens in a new windowCompendex is a comprehensive engineering database covering journal articles, conference proceedings, technical papers, and standards in all engineering disciplines from 1884 to the present.
Click here for tutorial - Sports Medicine and Education Index This link opens in a new windowJournals, conference proceedings and report literature in kinesiology; sport law, sports medicine, dance, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, coaching and sport sociology/psychology, as well as physical education itself.
- ABI/INFORM Global This link opens in a new windowSearch worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business topics.
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Finding Books at the ISU Library
In addition to the electronic resources listed in this guide, there are many print materials available at ISU's Parks Library. Search for "Technical Writing" and select the ISU Collections (Books & more) link. This will provide a list of all books the library owns (print and ebooks). You can view ebooks only by selecting the "Full Text Online" link under the search results.