What are the most important indexes in Engineering ?
— [back to top] EI Compendex (Engineering Index) and INSPEC are the major indexes in engineering. They both provide excellent coverage of conference and journal papers from the major U.S. and European engineering, physics, and computer science societies, as well as journals from the major journal publishers. While there is a fair amount of duplication it is not 100%. INSPEC provides more coverage of physics, computer science, and communications. Try your topic in both indexes and see which one provides better results. Remember that neither cover theses, patents, government reports, standards, or books.
