General Engineering
Contents
Reference Sources
Articles & More
Books, Videos & More
Other Resources
- Comprehensive Subject Lists
- Current Awareness
- Patents
- Standards
- Technical Reports
- History of Science & Technology
Careers & Graduate Programs
Organizations
Writing Resources
Glossary of Library and Research Terms
Reference Sources
Academic Press dictionary of science and technology: Ref Q123 .A33 1992
American women in technology : an encyclopedia: Ref T36 .Z54 2000
ASEE's ... directory of engineering graduate studies & research: Ref T61 .D57
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics: Ref QD65 .H36
Encyclopedia of ethics in science and technology: Ref Q175.35 .B37 2002
Guide to information sources in engineering: Gen T10.7. .L67 2000
McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms: Ref Q123 .M15 2003
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology: Ref Q121 .M3 2002
Oxford illustrated encyclopedia of invention and technology: Ref T9 .O94 1992
Who's who in science and engineering: Ref Q141 .W576 2001
Online Reference Sources:
Online Reference via CRC ENGnetBase
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)
Articles & More
The Engineering Databases page lists both recommended and related databases that will help you locate scholarly journal articles.
The College of New Jersey Library subscribes to a variety of engineering journals , both print and electronic.
For looking up the journal title abbreviation you might want to use the following resources:
JAS - Journal abbreviation sources online.
If you know the Title of the Journal or have a citation, you can check to see if we have a subscription.
Books, Videos & More
Search the TCNJ Library Catalog to find books and videos on Engineering. If you are having trouble finding books or videos, ask a librarian for help at the reference desk located on the Main Level of The College of New Jersey Library or use our Ask a Librarian e-mail form.
The following are some examples of Library of Congress Subject Headings that can be used to find additional sources.
- Mechanical Engineering Periodicals
- Electric Engineering Mathematics
- Biomedical Engineering instrumentation
- Civil engineering History
Go to Find Books Videos & More on the homepage, click on Basic Search, plug the headings in the search box and select "Subject Heading Browse" in the drop-down menu, click search and browse titles listed under the subject heading.
Other Resources
Note: Before you proceed to use information on the web you may want to read "Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to apply & questions to ask"
Comprehensive Subject Lists
Academic info--Engineering: engineering gateway, directory of online engineering resources.
AVEL sustainability knowledge network: portal and brokerage service for engineers, other professionals and researchers concerned with sustainable systems. It is also a resource for students in senior secondary and tertiary education.
BUBL Link--Engineering and Technology: catalogue of engineering internet resources.
DMOZ, the open directory project--Technology: most widely distributed data base of Web content classified by humans.
EEVL: the internet guide to engineering, mathematics and computing.
Engineer on a disk: a large collection of notes and engineering material.
Engineering Central: resources and links for engineers.
Athenus: the engineering and science search engine.
Firstgov for science: gateway to selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
GlobalSpec: components and suppliers database.
Industrial quick search directory: is comprised of product/service specific vertical directories.Resources for finding products, services, manufacturers and suppliers.
Librarians' index to the internet: Science, Computing and Technology
NSPE code of ethics for engineers
Process Register: yellow pages for process industries
WWW Virtual Library--Engineering
Current Awareness:
Many database vendors and journal publishers offer alerting services. Periodic e-mail alerts allow you to browse through journal table of contents to look for articles of interest. A few alerting services are listed below:
EBSCOhost electronic journals service
Oxford journals content alerting
Scicentral is a gateway to the best scientific research news sources. Scan today's top science news or browse by scientific area.
Chemical and Engineering News : Weekly news magazine published by the American Chemical Society. An interesting column "What's that stuff?" takes a look at the chemistry behind everyday products. The print copies are available in the Current Periodicals section of the library.
Newscientist - Check out Hot Topics, The Last Word and Weblinks for some cool stuff.
Move from the global to the regional to the local by browsing the Science Sections of newspapers like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Star Ledger and HomeNews Tribune.
Patents:
Tutorial for patent searching from the University of California, San Diego.
United States Patent and Trade Office: information and searchable databases for United States patents.
European Patent Office: information and searchable databases for worldwide patents.
Patents: provides information on U.S. patent databases and specialty patent databases.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Online
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Guide to writing an engineering technical report from Colorado State University Writing Center.
Bibliographies of technical reports of Computer Science Departments.
Defense Technical Information Center: Mostly defense research but also includes biological and medical sciences,environmental pollution and control and behavioral/social sciences.
GrayLIT Network: comprehensive portal to Federal gray (hard-to-find) literature.
National Technical Information Center(NTIS): largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
Virtual Technical Reports Center: eprints, preprints and technical reports on the World Wide Web.
History of Science & Technology:
An Encyclopedia of the history of technology [electronic resource]: Electronic Book (Access from the library catalog)
Science and technology in a multicultural world: the cultural politics of facts and artifacts: Gen Q175.5 .H47 1995
Science and technology in world history: an introduction: Gen Q125 .M414 1999
Science, technology, and society : the impact of science in the 20th century: Ref Q125 .S395 2002, v.1-3
Ways of knowing : a new history of science, technology, and medicine: Gen Q125 .P595 2001
The Wilson chronology of science and technology: Ref Q125 .O26 1997
Women and the machine : representations from the spinning wheel to the electronic age: Gen HQ1233 .W67 2001
Careers & Graduate Programs
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) provides information resources to engineering profession. ASEE produces several publications, including the Directory of Graduate Engineering and Research Statistics, Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges and Directory of Engineering Education Leaders.
Graduate Programs Rankings are available online at www.usnews.com . Also, available in print Best Graduate Schools: U.S. News & World Report. Ref L901.A546
A search for graduate schools in Pennsylvania , New Jersey and Delaware through the Gradschools.com website gives a list of schools.
The career section in Science magazine allows job search by keywords, discipline, location and positions.
Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources: links to finding employment, graduate school, and career information.
Organizations
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
The Instituion of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Women in Technology International (WTI)
Writing Resources
Science and technology research : writing strategies for students: Gen Z710 .N47 2002
Writing engineering specifications: Gen K891.B8 H37 1988
Writing for design professionals : a guide to writing successful proposals, letters, brochures, portfolios, reports, presentations, and job applications for architects, engineers, and interior designers: Gen NA1996 .K57 1998
Glossary
Glossary
of Library and Research Terms
Source: Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries.
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