Welcome

Getting started

Do you want to find books and other material that the library has access to?

Search in Primo
With Primo you can search for books, articles and other publications that the library has access to including printed and electronic material.

Do you want to find scientific material?

Here are a few databases that could be good to start off with if you're for example looking for scientific publications. Proquest Central, Scopus and Web of Science are broad interdisciplinary databases. You can also find more suitable databases in the menu to the left.

Materials science collection
Materials science & engineering database covers specialist content on materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering application. Covers topics from raw materials and refining through processing, welding and fabrication to end use, corrosion, performance and recycling is covered in depth for all metals, alloys, polymers, ceramics, and composites. Includes the METADEX database.
Proquest Central
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
Scopus
Scopus is an abstract and citation database from Elsevier containing both peer-reviewed research literature and quality web sources. Scopus offers research in the scientific, technical, medical and social sciences fields and, more recently, also in the arts and humanities.
Web of science
Web of Science consists of databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, and more.

Do you want to find printed material?

Here are a few of the shelves with printed material at the library within your field:

620	Engineering
620.0042	Engineering design
620.1	Engineering mechanics & materials
620.112	Properties of materials, testing of materials
620.82	Ergonomics
621.8	Machine engineering
658.56	Product management, packaging
658.575	New product development
745.2	Industrial art & design
747	Interior decoration

How to make a reference

APA – Citing Sources
The University Library's guide to the APA reference style.