WNCLibrary: Automotive Mechanics: Databases &amp; Journals

Finding Articles

For guidance on finding appropriate databases, journals, and articles, we have these guides and tutorials:

For information regarding expanding or limiting your search results, please see these guides:

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is the leading provider of automotive diagnostic and repair information. The database includes manufacturer’s technical service bulletins and recall information; wiring diagrams; automatic repair information updates; as well as inspection forms, system checklists, and answers to common customer questions. Note: This database is not available from off-campus.
Mainfile (Ebscohost) This link opens in a new window
MainFile is a multi-disciplinary database providing full text for more than 12,000 publications, including many trade journals in the vocational fields, including construction, welding, machine tool, electronics, and automotive.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
provides full text coverage for nearly 4,700 scholarly publications, including more than 4,000 peer-reviewed full-text journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.
MasterFILE Complete (Ebscohost) This link opens in a new window
provides indexing and abstracting to approximately 4,600 journals and general-interest magazines - more than 2,300 in full-text. It also includes hundreds of full-text books, thousands of biographies, historical documents and photos, maps and flags.

Vehicles (MDPI)
Vehicles (ISSN 2624-8921) is a peer-reviewed open access journal of transportation science and engineering published quarterly online by MDPI.
Advances in Automobile Engineering
The objective of the journal is to help scholars gain recognition with their innovation in automobile domain. The journal publishes most reliable source of information on the discoveries and current developments in the form of Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Case Reports, Short Communications, etc. making them freely accessible to researchers worldwide

These tutorials from Niche Academy provide an excellent overview of how to use the various databases you have access to through the library.