Higher Institute for Engineering, 6 October City: Scholar Zone

Six October University Library (SOUL)
and
Culture & Science City Library (CSCL)

http://soul.o6u.edu.eg

I. Academic Databases

Scirus
is the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 575 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information. Recently added: Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press
http://www.scirus.com/

Science Direct (Journals)

ScienceDirect's extensive and unique full-text collection covers authoritative titles from the core scientific literature, including high-impact factor titles such as THE LANCET, Cell and Tetrahedron. More than 2,400 journals and around eight million full-text articles are currently available online.In addition, the Backfiles program offers the ability to search a historical archive of over 6.75 million articles directly from your desktop, back to Volume 1, Issue 1. The collections contain four million articles prior to 1995, and 2.75 million articles from after 1994.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Springer (Journals)

The SpringerLink Online Journal collection includes more than 1,250 peer-reviewed journals. Through the Online Archives Collection almost every journal is available online from Volume I, Issue I. Springer organizes the Online Journals into fully indexed, fully searchable Subject Collections covering 11 subject and 2 international collections

http://link.springer.com/

SCOPUS

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process. Users can spend less time mastering databases and more time on research. It's the easiest way to find relevant results fast. Scopus Updated daily, covers 29 million abstracts of over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 publishers, 265 million references and 265 million quality web pages.

http://www.scopus.com/home.url

SAGE Premier

SAGE Premier offers access to all SAGE journals. SAGE Premier content includes high-impact, must-have research journals published on behalf of more than 245 scholarly and professional societies. SAGE journals cover a wide range of subject Areas, including business, humanities, social science, and science, technology, and Medicine, allowing libraries to support the varied teaching and research needs of their students and faculty.

http://online.sagepub.com/

IEEE

IEEE Proceedings Order Plan (POP). Unlimited full-text online access to the core online collection of IEEE-published conference proceedings 125 current annual conferences with a backfile to 2005 in topics such as: Nuclear Science, Optics, Power Systems, Radiology, Remote Sensing, Software Design, Storage Systems, Transportation, Web Applications, Wireless, Acoustics, Aerospace, Biotechnology, Biometrics, Communications, Computer Hardware, Energy, Geoscience, Information Technology, Information Systems, Materials.

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp

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http://library.ryerson.ca/
http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/dissertations/

VT ETDs are migrating to VTech Works! The most current ETDs that includes free online M.Sc. and Ph.D. Thesis.

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/browse/

American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE) publishes 35 journals—more than 7,000 papers per year of civil engineering research and practice
http://ascelibrary.org/?gclid=CNPL9f3m7cECFYLyMgodPV8AKQ&

This journal continues the publishing tradition the Institute started in 1904. Information published in ACI Structural Journal includes: structural design and analysis of concrete elements and structures, research related to concrete elements and structures, design and analysis theory, and related ACI standards and committee reports.
http://www.concrete.org/Publications/ACIStructuralJournal.aspx

II. Academic Research Share Points

Academia
Academia.edu helps academics follow the latest research.
http://academia.edu/

ResearchGate
ResearchGate is a network dedicated to science and research. Connect, collaborate and discover scientific publications, jobs and conferences. All for free.
www.researchgate.net

Figshare
Get credit for your research. Free gate to share research
figshare.com

Google Scholar
Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
scholar.google.ca

Microsoft Academic Research
Find information about academic papers, authors, conferences, journals, and organizations from multiple sources.
academic.research.microsoft.com

GetCited
getCITED is an online, member-controlled academic database, directory and discussion forum. Its contents are entered and edited by members of the academic community. By putting its content in the hands of its members, getCITED makes it possible to enter in and search for publications of all types.

http://www.getcited.org/

III. Academic Courses

MIT Courses by Department

IV. Open Sources

DOAJ -- Directory of Open Access Journals

The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. In short a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals.

Public Knowledge Project SpringerOpen | Journals A-Z

SpringerOpen is Springer's new range of fully open access journals, which cover all disciplines within the science, technology, and medicine (STM) fields, giving authors in all areas of science the opportunity to publish open access.

EGU Open Access Journals

European Geosciences Union

Dedicated to the pursuit of excellence and free and universal accessibility of scientific publications in all areas of geosciences and planetary and solar system sciences for the benefit of the scientists worldwide.

Sabinet - Open Access Journals - We facilitate access to information

A large collection of Open Access journals is hosted by Sabinet. These journal collections are widely used by both local and international organisations. reach further into Africa.

Open Science Directory - Home

About 13000 scientific journals are now available in the 'Open Science Directory.

Oxford Journals | Oxford Open | Oxford Open participating titles

Titles participating in the Oxford Open scheme are broadly included in one of two open access models, either full or optional open access.

BMJ Open - BMJ Journals

BMJ Open is an online-only, open access general medical journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. The journal publishes all research study types, from study protocols to phase I trials to meta-analyses, including small or potentially low-impact studies.

Wiley Open Access

Wiley Open Access journals are supported by a network of authoritative journals and societies as well as internationally renowned editorial board members. All research articles published in Wiley Open Access journals are immediately freely available to read, download and share.

GlobalOpenJournals.org

Global Open Journals is a collection of International Open Journals with ISSN. It publishes high-quality research articles, all areas of Social-science, Arts, science, Engineering and technology.

Open Access Journals

OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS is a collection of journals in field of Information, media and Communication Technology.

Academic Journals

ACADEMIC JOURNALS provides free access to research information to the international community without financial, legal or technical barriers.

Project Gutenberg - free ebooks

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.

Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Open Source Websites

1. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. Home Page

2. HEC - National Digital Library - Open Access Resources

3. BioMed Central | Journals A-Z

4. American Geosciences Institute - Serving the Geosciences Since 1948

5. Accredited Open Access Journals - South Africa

6. Open Access Medical Journals

7. ResearchGate OAIster [OCLC - Digital Collection Services]

8. Online Textbooks for Free

9. Free Essays | A collection of free essays to help you

10. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine FreeBookSpot | Download e-books for free