Use domain-specific or interdisciplinary databases below to discover important literature, including journal articles, government reports, newspapers, technical standards, and patents, in your research area. Such databases let you stay within the boundary of scholarly resources and refine your searches using their sophisticated filtering like document type, publication year, and keyword/vocabulary.
Interdisciplinary databases that cover all or many subjects include:
Domain-specific databases include:
You can find more databases in the databases catalog and can get in touch with us if there are questions.
Access e-books on import research or development topics at the tip of your fingers.
Standards and codes are needed to enhance productivity, facilitate trade, and improve quality of life. They may be developed by trade associations, industries or government agencies. Upon publication, the title is given as the acronym of the publishing organization together with a number and the current year, e.g., ASCE 49-2021.
You have online access to standards via Cornell University Library from:
Freely available standards include:
Upon request, the library can purchase a limited number of individual standards in print. If you need a standard that we do not have or which you cannot find, please contact us at library@tech.cornell.edu.
Note that due to licensing and copyright restrictions, we can purchase individual standards in hardcopy format only. It would take around three weeks for the process.