The ASCE Library is an extensive resource for civil engineering research, with full text from more than 30 ASCE Journals (1983 to the present), and hundreds of Conference Proceedings (2000 to present). In addition, ASCE Library provides online access to more than 300 E-books and Standards published through 2014, encompassing all civil engineering content areas, including construction, structures, transportation, geotechnics, environment, water resources, and civil engineering practice.
Coverage: From 1983
Locations: UM
Remote Access: Available
The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a large collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering. Includes more than 12,000 ASTM Standards, six journals, and more than 29,000 symposia and technical papers, handbooks, manuals, and monographs.
Locations: UM
Journal Coverage List: http://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/index.htm
Remote Access: Available
1. On the ASTM Compass homepage, Click on the Subscriptions tab
2. Click on the ASTM logo
3. Click on Journals
4. Select journal title of interest to drill down to desired content
Once an individual issue is selected, the page will refresh and it will appear the issue did not open, scroll down to see the contents of the issue.
ScienceDirect is a platform for full-text journals, e-books, and references from the publisher Elsevier, some of which are accessible through library subscriptions or purchases. The University of Maine System Libraries have access to the Freedom Collection (see list at https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/sciencedirect/content/journal-title-lists) of more than 1,800 journals on science, technology, medicine, and other topics, most with backfiles from 1995 to present. In addition, individual campuses may subscribe to selected journals outside of the Freedom Collection, or may have purchased selected e-books; these selections have been cataloged and linked in URSUS.
Locations: UM, UMA, UMF, UMFK, UMM, UMPI, USM, LAW
Remote Access: Available
Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,500 scholarly, popular, trade, and special interest serials, and a total of more than 12,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Updated daily.
Licensed Number of Users: Unlimited
Locations: UM, UMA, UMF, UMFK, UMM, UMPI, USM, LAW
Journal Coverage List: http://www.ebscohost.com/title-lists
Remote Access: Available
NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) provides indexing to a collection of more than 3 million historical and current U.S. government-sponsored technical reports. Subject coverage includes engineering, computer science, transportation, medicine, biology, energy, communications, agriculture, and more.
Developed by the EPA to improve access to health and safety data on chemicals regulated under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act which amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It contains information EPA receives and develops about chemicals.
The NASA STI Repository (NTRS) provides access to aerospace-related citations, full-text online documents, images, and videos. The types of information included are: conference papers, journal articles, meeting papers, patents, research reports, images, movies, and technical videos – scientific and technical information (STI) created or funded by NASA.