The gateways and subject guides included in the following list will lead to more focussed and quality assured information than general Internet search engines for queries relating to engineering.
| Other useful links |
| AAES |
American Association of Engineering Societies home page. |
| Dictionary of Units |
Summary of most of the units of measurement to be found in use around the world today, together with the appropriate conversion factors needed to change them into a 'standard' unit of the SI. |
| Engineer online |
News and information service. Previously called e4engineering |
| TechXtra |
A gateway to articles, key websites, books, the latest industry news, eprints, and the latest research for engineering, mathematics and computing. Provided by Heriot Watt University. |
| Electronics Weekly Buyers' Guide |
Electrical, electronic and general engineering products and services directory. |
| Engineering Council UK |
Umbrella organisation for U.K. societies with links to societies' home pages. |
| Eprint Network |
Gateway to over 13,750 web sites and databases worldwide, containing e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including chemistry, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computing and IT. |
| Espacenet |
Index to European, Worldwide and Japanese patents with some full text documents. |
| ETDEWEB |
Energy information sources from the IEA. |
| European Science Foundation |
European association of national organisations responsible for the support of scientific research. |
| FindArticles |
Index of magazines aimed at the popular/trade/practitioner market. |
| IEEE Xplore |
Tables of contents of transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards. |
| ISO Online |
International Organization for Standardization web page. Includes links to standardization bodies worldwide. |
| Higher Education Academy - Engineering Subject Centre |
Learning and teaching support network for engineering. Previously called LTSN: Engineering. |
| MIT OpenCourseWare |
Course materials freely available from MIT. |
| NIST |
Access to a wide range of standard reference databases from US National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
| NTRS |
NASA Technical Reports Server. |
| Online Ethics |
Aims to provide engineers, scientists, and students with resources useful for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems. |
| Intute: Psci-com |
A guide to quality Internet resources on public engagement with science and technology, science communication and the impact of science on society. |
| Scholarly Societies Project: Engineering |
Links to learned societies worldwide arranged by subject. |
| SciCentral |
Links to sources of research news for science and engineering. |
| Science Accelerator |
Searches science, including R&D results, project descriptions, accomplishments, and more, via resources made available by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), U.S. Department of Energy. |
| StatSoft |
Electronic statistics textbook. |
| DTIC Online: Information for the Defense Community |
US Dept. of Defence scientific and technical information network. Previously known as STINET. |
| SubsTech (Substances and Technologies) |
A free knowledge source of articles and related content in the field of materials engineering. |
| The Data Analysis Brief Book |
Covers subjects in statistics, computing, analysis, and related fields and intended to be both introduction and reference for data analysts, scientists and engineers. |
| Writing for Engineers |
Writing guidelines for engineering and science students. |
