Produced by Engineering Information Inc., Compendex indexes more than 2,600 engineering journals, technical reports, and conference proceedings. The coverage of the database includes aeronautical engineering, bioengineering, building and construction, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer and electrical engineering, engineering management, environmental engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering and transportation. Some 30,000 project summaries, including latest progress reports and lists of recent publications coming out of the research, are maintained in the file on an ongoing basis. Tips for using Current Contents are available on the library's web site. Canadian and some international dissertations are also indexed.
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Some masters theses are also included. EconLit, from the American Economic Association, contains citations, with abstracts, to articles from more than 400 economics journals. Subject indexing and abstracts of books, and subject indexing of dissertations is included. A quick guide to searching Firstsearch is available on our web pages. Abstracts are provided.