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Manufacturing Engineering

A guide to Manufacturing Engineering resources including research papers, articles, data, material properties, codes, standards, patents, & product information.

Finding Data and Properties in Manufacturing Engineering

Various types of data are important in engineering and technical research. This could include experimental or clinical data; observational or environmental data; or material property data. The following is a list of resources useful for finding relevant data and datasets.

  • BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
    • Free to search. Full-text content likely to be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    BASE is one of the world's most extensive search engines of networked academic resources. BASE provides more than 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources, including Illinois Tech's Institutional Repository. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
  • City of Chicago Data Portal
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    More than 200 datasets about Chicago departments, services, facilities and performance.
  • Data Repositories on OAD
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    The Open Access Directory (OAD) maintains a list of open data repositories as part o their website. While not searchable, the list is broken out by subject area.
  • Data.gov
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Data.gov is a searchable database of public datasets maintained by the U.S. General Services Administration. In addition to the searchable web interface, there are also a number of free APIs.
  • Google Dataset search
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Google Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover freely available datasets hosted in thousands of open access repositories across the Web.
  • MarketResearch.com Academic
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Provides market intelligence on consumer demographics, market size and growth trends, industry forces and structure, product trends, competitive environment analysis, and company profiles.
  • MatWeb - Material Property Data
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    MatWeb is a searchable database of more than 135,000 manufactured materials including physical properties, composition, trade names, manufacturers, and other information.
  • Merlot
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
  • OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. We host repositories that provide free, open access to academic outputs and resources. Each repository record within OpenDOAR has been carefully reviewed and processed by a member of our editorial team which enables us to offer a trusted service for the community.
  • re3data
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Re3data is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. In addition to the fully functional search and browse features on the website, they offer a free API to facilitate retrieval of data.
  • Science.gov
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    Science.gov is a gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.
  • SpringerMaterials
    • Access restricted to Illinois Tech students, faculty, & staff
    Best Bet
    SpringerMaterials is based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering. SpringerMaterials also comprises the Dortmund Data Bank Software & Separation Technology, a Database on Thermophysical Properties and the Linus Pauling Files, a Database on Inorganic Solid Phases and chemical safety data.
  • TechRxiv
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    TechRxiv (pronounced "tech archive") is an open, moderated preprint server for unpublished research in electrical engineering, computer science, and related technology. It is provided by IEEE.
  • unpaywall
    • Free or Open Access Resource. Unrestricted public access.
    Unpaywall is a free, open database indexing millions of legally free versions of otherwise paywalled scholarly articles. It also has a downloadable browser extension that integrates into the Chrome and Firefox browsers, allowing users to access millions of legally free research papers as they browse.
  • WorldWideScience.org
    • Mostly free or Open Access. Some content may be paywalled or restricted to Illinois Tech
    WorldWideScience.org, developed and maintained by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information in partnership with the British Library, is a global science gateway enablling federated searching of national and international scientific databases. Users get the most current findings in fields such as energy, medicine, agriculture, environment, and basic sciences, published by contributing nations. WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals. Multilingual WorldWideScience.org provides real-time searching and translation of globally-dispersed multilingual scientific literature.