Engineering Research: Technical Literature

Patents

A patent is an official document granting sole right to an inventor to make, use or sell the invention; all technical details of the invention are to be disclosed in the patent in return. Hence, patents are important source for innovative developments in various disciplines.

Libary Subscribed

• Patsnap

Open Access

• Esp@cenet (Europe's Network of Patent Databases)
• Google Patent Search (1790 - )
• United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Full-Text Databases

Related Subject Guide: Patent Information

Standards

Standards are specifications and guidelines on manufacturing, production, materials, and tests approved by standard issuing authorities like the British Standards Institutions, ISO, etc.

Library Subscribed

• ASTM compass : your portal for standards, testing, learning, & more
• British standards online BSOL
• IEEE Xplore

Open Access

• ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Recommendations: Search
• Standards, Specifications, Handbooks & Cost Indices of the HKSAR Civil Engineering and Development Department

Related Subject Guide: Standards Information

Technical Reports

National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The largest central source for U.S. government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and related business information. It has around 3 million publications in its collection.