UnCover Web
http://uncweb.carl.org/
This database spans most disciplines. It offers convenient and rapid complimentary web access to bibliographic information about journal articles published since 1988. Many cover engineering management topics. On-line researchers can view Tables of Contents of such journals as the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, IEEE Engineering Management Review, International Journal of Project Management, Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning, The Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Sloan Management Review, in addition to many other pertinent titles. Keywords, author names, and journal titles can be searched simultaneously or individually. Productive search descriptors are: project management, product development, project investments, project accounting, and technology management.
While broad bibliographic search access is cost-free, there are several fee-based, added-value I options offered as well. For instance, the full text of most articles indexed in this database can be ordered during any search session. Delivery of most articles is by fax. However, an increasing number of publishers now authorize downloading TIFF images of requested articles directly to desk-top computers. The cost of full text varies and can be charged against credit cards or pre-established deposit accounts. For both fax and TIFF article pen delivery, copyright fees are collected in addition to the article's price. TIFF images require users to comply with a restrictive usage agreement, fostering electronic copyright compliance.
For another fee, users can also subscribe to current awareness article alerts. Periodic searches will be run against a requester's customized search strategy profile. The UnCover Reveal service will then automatically email updated Tables of Contents.
Intellectual Property Network
Peterson's
Connections are also facilitated to other types of added-value information resources. For instance, guidance is provided about the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), including sample questions. Finally, profiles are given of study-abroad opportunities (e.g., sponsored by American institutions of higher learning).
NetLine's Tradepub
http://www.patents.ibm.com/
Rapid desktop access to bibliographic information about US patents, which have been issued since 1971, is available free from the IBM Intellectual Property Network (IPN). One can also view full-text images of patents issued since 1974. Weekly updates strive to ensure comprehensive coverage. Patent application documents are also included. Search options span many field choices. Boolean logical operators (i.e.,
http://www.patents.ibm.com/
This fee-free resource provides direct web links to sites offering detailed course information about graduate and undergraduate academic programs, including those with engineering management themes. While the primary focus is on colleges and universities in the US and Canada, select, institutions in other geographical locations are also searchable. Key-term searching-using such descriptive field-of-study phrases as engineering management, management of technology, industrial management, and technology management-will guide users to both part-time and full-time relevant curricula and supportive instructional material. Essays are also available, offering perspectives about degree alternatives (e.g., MBA versus Masters of Science in Management), accelerated degree programs, admission requirements, sources of financial aid, facts about faculty, continuing education session descriptions, and distance learning options. Moreover, insights are given about subject specialty concentrations versus general-focus study programs.
http://www.tradepub.com/
Eligible professionals who are interested in staying on top of new technology have the opportunity to subscribe to a growing list of complimentary trade publications. For example, this web site provides linkages to third-party services, including magazines in such fields as business, computers, engineering design, finance, information management, and manufacturing. In the manufacturing arena, one can zero in on magazines such as Circuits Assembly, Clean Rooms, Solutions for manufacturing, Portable Design, Printed Circuit Design, and Wood Technology. Business-oriented executives can subscribe, at no cost, to magazines including CIO, Customer Support Management, Enterprise Systems Journal, these trade journals also have email-type alerting services that complement and add value. For newsletters CIO Insider and CIO WebBusiness. Insider serve to help subscriberd stay informed about new products, hot web site features, and conference alerts.