Please note: Indicates GSFC access only.

Bibliographic Databases

INSPEC Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computing and Information Technology. 1969-present. Powerful searching features include thesaurus searching, searching by properties and astronomical numbers.

Web of Science  A database of scientific documents. Also allows you perform citation searches to see who has cited a specific paper.

FirstSearch A collection of hundreds of bibliographic databases spanning a wide range of subjects. To narrow your search to engineering information, choose the "Engineering and Technology Collection."

Energy Citations Database Energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE). Covers 1948 to the present.

Online collections of articles from engineering societies

ACM Portal Search articles, newsletters and conference papers from the ACM. Full text available.

AIAA Electronic Library Search papers from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Full text available.

IEEE Xplore Search conference proceedings, journals and standards published by the IEEE and IEE. Full text available.

SPIE Digital Library Search papers from the SPIE. Full text available.

Obtaining articles

Journals at Goddard : Once you have found the articles you need, check here for a library subscription.

Interlibrary loan service : if the library does not have the paper you need, order it through our interlibrary loan service.