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Last Updated: 18-Dec-2012

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This guide provides an overview of research materials available in the area of automotive engineering including hybrid and internal combustion engines as well as automotive regulations and standards.  Depending on your area of research, print materials may be held at more than one library.

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Standards

Around Stanford

Volkswagon Automotive Innovation Lab (VAIL)
Center for Automotive Research (CARS)
Revs Program at Stanford

Research databases

Use the following databases to get started on your research.

SAE digital library [electronic resource].
Warrendale, PA : Society of Automotive Engineers.

The Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) Digital library includes SAE Technical Papers since 1906 and access to standards, regulations, journals, and reports.

Engineering index.
New York [etc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z5851 .E62 1906

Compendex is a database of engineering research containing references and abstracts from engineering journals, conferences and technical reports. Compendex covers citations from 1884 to the present.

ISI web of knowledge [electronic resource].
Philadelphia, PA : Institute for Scientific Information

ISI Web of Knowledge provides a single search option to search across multiple resources including Web of Science, Derwent innovations index, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Zoological Record, and ISI Journal citation reports.

Scopus [electronic resource].
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-

Scopus has particularly strong international coverage of science and technology. Scopus includes sophisticated tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Web resources

Transportation Research Information Database (TRID)

TRID provides access to over 940,000 records of transportation research worldwide. Records link to full text where available.

Automotive engineering handbooks

The following is a portion of the automotive handbooks in our collection.  Click the "see all" link to view our complete holdings in SearchWorks.

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  1. Handbook of biopolymers and biodegradable plastics [electronic resource] : properties, processing and applications

    edited by Sina Ebnesajjad. 2013

  2. Szycher's handbook of polyurethanes

    Michael Szycher. 2013

    Chemistry & ChemEng Library (Swain) » Stacks » TP1180 .P8 S98 2013

  3. Handbook for supply chain risk management [electronic resource] : case studies, effective practices, and emerging trends

    edited By Omera Khan, George A. Zsidisin. 2012

  4. Handbook of intelligent vehicles [electronic resource]

    Azim Eskandarian (ed.). 2012

Related subjects

The following links take you to a search result in SearchWorks that shows the current books, journals, conferences and other documents available at Stanford for these subject areas.

Internal Combustion Engines
Diesel Motor
Hybrid Electric Cars