LibGuides: Engineering Sciences: Electrical

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Document delivery

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Book recommendations

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Online resources

IEEE Explore This link opens in a new window Contains one-third of the world’s current literature in electrical engineering, communications, and computer science

IET Research Hub
The IET Research Hub allows free access to a vast collection of engineering and technology research and consists of the IET Journals Archive (published from 2013 onwards), the IET eBook Collections & the IET Inspec Archive.

PQDT (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Abstracting & Indexing Service) This link opens in a new window Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. Access is to the abstracts only. Full text can either be purchased online via ProQuest directly, or by contacting the Inter-Library Loans dept: E-mail: ill@lib.cam.ac.uk
Scopus This link opens in a new window Scopus is a navigation tool covering the world's largest collection of abstracts, references and indexes of scientific, technical and medical (STM) literature as well as the research literature of the social sciences and humanities. Seamless links to full-text articles and other library resources make Scopus quick, easy and comprehensive. Compatible with IE8 or higher, Google Chrome and Firefox browsers
Web of Science This link opens in a new window The Web of Science (citation indexes), published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), is a multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences, social sciences and arts. It indexes major journals in these disciplines. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. The search interface at this web site provides access to Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index

ABI/INFORM Collection (including ABI/Inform Dateline, Global, and Trade & Industry) This link opens in a new window ABI/INFORM Complete is a leading business database comprising journals, newspapers, conference papers, dissertations and theses and many other sources
ASTM Compass This link opens in a new window
Please note off-campus access may not work in Mozilla Firefox (but Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge should be fine).
British Standards Online (BSOL) This link opens in a new window
A bibliographic, citation and full-text database of more than 55,000 standards. Technical and business content covering a broad range of disciplines for all industry sectors

From 1 September 2021, all users at academic institutions will need to have the FileOpen plug-in installed on your device in order to access BSI documents within BSOL. Find out more on what’s changing via the BSI website, and access the guidance document which allows you to test the plug-in feature.

Please contact ejournals@lib.cam.ac.uk if you have any concerns.

British Standards Online, including access to international ISO standards, (For off-campus access, use the eresources link and log in with your Raven account). Please see the note above and install the File Open plug in to use BSOL.

SPIE Conference Proceedings SPIE is a professional society for optics and photonics technology. Their conference program is known for bringing together engineers and scientists at the top of their fields to present their latest research and network with peers. SPIE conferences result in over 350 proceedings annually, reports on state of the art technology advancements, frequently long before they are captured in archival journals.
List of general engineering online resources
FULL list of all A-Z online resources in Cambridge
Patents
A detailed list of resources, from the Engineering Library Team, to help you find and work with patents worldwide.

For the latest news, advice and updates on University of Cambridge electronic content, see the eJournals@cambridge blog and the eBooks@cambridge blog.

eBooks LibGuide
A guide to finding and using eBooks at the University of Cambridge
eLegal Deposit LibGuide
A guide to what eLegal Deposit is, what is available, how to access it

How to access and use ebooks - a video

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How to access and use ebooks - a video
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Twitter feed

Websites & social media feeds

The Division of Electrical Engineering has several associated organisation and group media accounts to follow.

The Cambridge Graphene Centre have a Twitter account
Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) have a Twitter account
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large-Area Electronics have a Twitter account
The Bioelectronics Laboratory has a Twitter account

Professional societies

The Department of Engineering encourages staff to join institutions and societies that relate to their subject areas and may be able to pay membership fees. For more information, see the Membership of the Professional Engineering Institutions (PEIs) webpage.

Below is a list of the suggested professional societies for this subject. Wikipedia has a useful general list of engineering societies.

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Engineering Sciences: Electrical