The Cooper Union Library: Mechanical Engineering Senior Projects: Research Databases

A-Z list of databases at Cooper

Databases provided by the Cooper Union Library are available from any computer with a Cooper IP address.

Remote access is also available. Use your library account barcode (14 digits beginning with 21206) when prompted from off campus to authenticate as an authorized Cooper patron.

Find e-journals at Cooper

Use the link below or the E-Journals tab in the Cooper version of BobCat to search for a journal title or browse categories to find e-journals available from the Cooper Union Library.

Find e-journals @ Cooper

Professional Society Collections

ASME Digital Collection: Journals This link opens in a new window
Full text of journals published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2000 to the present.

You will also see brief records, but not full text, for conference proceedings and other content. Use our Interlibrary Loan Form to request a full text item that is not immediately available online.
IEEE Xplore Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Journals, transactions, and magazines published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Includes access to abstract records and full-text published since 1988 and select content published since 1913. Also includes Bell Labs Technical Journal back to 1922 and MIT Press Computer and Engineering eBook Collections (1943-2021).

You will also see brief records, but not full text, for conference proceedings and other content.

Please note IEEE has decided to discontinue support of the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) browser for the IEEE Xplore Digital Library as of 31 May 2022.

Search Research Databases

Engineering Source This link opens in a new window
Includes engineering journals, magazines and trade publications, plus books, conference papers and more. More than 1,600 full-text publications and cover-to-cover indexing for nearly 3,000 publications.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Includes publications from the theoretical to the applied on Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life and Health Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new window
A diverse array of full-text and indexed content covering the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines — from acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear engineering. Focuses on traditional engineering challenges and research, as well as research concerning the business and social implications of new technology.

News databases at Cooper

Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Provides access to more than 2,300 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspapers, as well as leading titles from around the world. It also includes thousands of images, radio, and TV broadcasts and transcripts. Includes several New York Newspapers including the New York Times back to 1995. Some sources as far back as 1980.