Research on the Usage of Engineering Village and Compendex Database Among Engineering Students of UTMABSTARCKeywords: INTRODUCTIONOverviewUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is a technological university that produces the largest number of engineering graduates. in Malaysia. The mission of UTM is to provide quality education to the masses, in line with the vision of the country. Being a public university, the number of students is determined by the UTM Senate and the government. There are a variety of students from different academic and social backgrounds who meet the criteria pursuing an engineering education at UTM. UTM focuses on creating a vibrant academic engineering and technology culture and a fertile intellectual ecosystem that inspires creativity and innovation in the fields of engineering. UTM is renowned for being at the forefront of knowledge and expertise in engineering/technology where it has contributed to technical and technological improvement. professional workforce in the country since 1994. As a graduate-focused university, UTM has the highest number of postgraduate enrollments in its specialized field, which is one of the key to contribute to the development of an economy focused on innovation. Having produced over 200,000 skilled technical and professional graduates over the years. UTM has earned its place as Malaysia's premier engineering and technology university and inspires creativity and innovation in engineering and technology education (About UTM, 2010) . History of UTMUTM was established in 1904 as Treacher Technical School. Its first buildings were located at Weld Road, now known as Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur. The main goal of its creation is ...... middle of paper ...... engineering terms and fields are carefully selected and applied to its resources to help eliminate the noise of each search string . Its resources are updated weekly and cover more than 175 engineering disciplines. With the addition of the Easy Search feature in 2005, there are currently four interfaces for searching information: Easy Search, Quick Search, Expert Search, and Thesaurus. All Compendex interfaces ease the complexity of searching, from a simple phrase or keyword search to method. involving controlled vocabulary, classification codes, special indexing and limits. Compendex also allows the user to perform a combination of searches against a number of related databases such as Inspec and Compendex. Once a user gets an answer to the query, the user can choose the method of displaying the information in three ways: summary, concise view, and detailed record..