Peer Review is a process used by most journals to ensure high quality. Authors submit their work for publication, and, before the journal accepts the article, the editors of the journal send the article out to other experts in the same field (peers) to have it critiqued (reviewed).
Ei Compendex provides citations to global engineering literature, with over 20 million records from 77 countries across 190 engineering disciplines.
Locations: UM
Journal Coverage List: https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/engineering-village/content/compendex
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
Coverage undefined, but good to check. Does include some patents.
To get the most full text, go to the Menu bar in the upper left, click on Settings, then click on Library Links. Choose University of Maine - Full Text.
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.
Finding Full Text
Tools to help you get past Paywalls and to the full text of an article.
