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This is just a list of interesting paper topics that you may find helpful as you explore ideas for your research paper.

These three general engineering/science databases are good places to begin your search for articles on an engineering topic.

Engineering Village
The broadest engineering database in terms of coverage, Engineering Village focuses on scholarly engineering journals and conference papers, as well as covering much of the trade magazine literature.
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts™ contains indexing and abstracts for nearly 800 core English-language, scientific and technical publications back to 1983. Content includes coverage of a wide variety of applied science specialties—acoustics to aeronautics, neural networks to nuclear and civil engineering, computers and informatics and much more.
ScienceDirect
Lots and lots of full text articles in PDF format.

The following discipline specific engineering databases will get you deeper into the literature.

ACM Digital Library (Association of Computing Machinery)
Full text of every article ever published by the Association of Computing Machinery. Material included as part of our subscription includes journals, magazines, newsletters and proceedings.
AIAA Electronic Library (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
This searchable database provides access to AIAA Meeting Papers from 1963 to present and nine AIAA Journals.
ASCE Research Library (American Society of Civil Engineers)
This digital library provides full text access to all 30 ASCE Journal and Periodical volumes published since 1995. (Some journals are available going back a little further.)
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Digital Library
Waldo Library subscribes to all 21 of the ASME journals both in online and print formats. Online access is from 1990 to the present.
IEEE Xplore
Full-text access to all journals, transactions, and magazines published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers with coverage from 1988; Includes IEEE conference proceedings and all current IEEE standards. Note: this resource is limited to fifteen simultaneous users. Please logoff when you are finished.