Engineering Village is the essential engineering literature and patents platform. We invite you to join our April webinar as presenter, Michael Schwartz, Information Specialist in support of Elsevier’s suite of engineering products, demonstrates the advanatages of conducting engineering research in Engineering Village, as opposed to other non-engineering specific search tools such as, Google and Google Scholar. Michael will also highlight Expert and Thesaurus search, as well as, how to apply our innovative tools to speed search and discovery for more effective research.

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Registered users within Engineering Village now have the ability to turn off the AutoSuggest feature and save that default in their profile in the My Preferences menu.  The Engineering Village AutoSuggest feature helps engineering researchers find relevant information quickly by utilizing a list of descriptive terms assigned to Compendex articles.  As you begin typing a search into the Engineering Village Quick Search form, a list of topic terms or phrases are displayed that match what you are typing.

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“The George Washington Bridge is the most beautiful  bridge in the world”
– Le Corbusier, architect, designer & artist

In 1931, the George Washington Bridge completed—later the American Society of Civil Engineers dedicated it as a National Historic Civil

Born in Harlem, New York, Dr. Patricia Bath was encouraged by her parents and her teachers to excel in her academic studies at a very young age. Growing up, she realized she wanted to make a difference in the world after learning about the humanitarian effort of Dr. Albert Schweitzer in servicing a leper village in the Congo. Throughout her life, Dr. Bath has battled sexism and racism, but instead of allowing the bias to define her, she simply succeeded in spite of it.  

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Among her many accomplishments, Patricia Bath became the first