Mechanical Engineering Subject Guide

Getting Started

When you begin research in a new topic area it is useful to identify phrases, define words and find brief facts. The resources in this section list some reference sources for the field of Mechanical Engineering.  To find additional materials search the AUS library catalog (http://alberta.aus.edu/search).

ASM Handbook
Reference Collection - 1st Floor – REF TA459 .M43

Machinery’s handbook
Reference Collection – 1st Floor – REF TJ151 .O245 2000

Mark’s standard handbook for mechanical engineers
Reference Collection - 1st Floor – REF TJ151 .S82

McGraw-Hill dictionary of engineering. [e-book]
(http://alberta.aus.edu/search)

The mechatronics handbook
Reference Collection - 1st Floor – REF TJ163.12 .M43 2002

Metals handbook
Reference Collection - 1st Floor – REF TA459 .M288 1998

Finding Books and Other Materials

The AUS Library uses the Library of Congress Classification system. To find books search in the AUS library catalog (http://alberta.aus.edu/search). To browse the shelves for books in Mechanical Engineering, try the following call numbers:

Finding Journal Articles

In the field of engineering the AUS library subscribes to hundreds of journals, most of which are found online.  To find all databases with engineering information go to:

http://library.aus.edu/Databases/Databases-subject.htm#Engineering

Top Database Choices

Compendex via Engineering Village 2 -- Compendex® is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world with 7.5 million records referencing 5,000 engineering journals and conference materials dating from 1969.

Science Direct -- The world's largest scientific, technical and medical (STM) database supplemented by relevant bibliographic databases to expand literature searches further and a growing program of online reference works. Over three million articles and over 59 million abstracts from all fields of science.

Other Databases

ACM Digital Library -- The ACM Digital Library holds a vast collection of citations and full text articles from ACM journals and magazines. The subscription also includes the Digital Library Master Special Interest Group (SIG) Package which comprises of all ACM SIG newsletters in print and online. All conference proceedings are also available in full text.

Journal Citation Reports -- The Journal Citation Reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from over 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Coverage is both multidisciplinary and international, and incorporates journals from over 3,000 publishers in 60 nations.

Proquest Science Journals -- Search full text and images for the leading periodicals in science and technology. Subject coverage includes computers, engineering, physics, telecommunications, and transportation.

Safari Tech Books Online -- an electronic reference library for information technology, desktop applications, software, and programming. Approximately 140 top titles are currently available from the following publishers: O’Reilly, Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft, Peach Pit and Que. Note: Limit of 2 concurrent users

Science Citation Index Expanded -- The Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes 5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines—that's 2,100 more journals than the print and CD-ROM versions of the SCI. The Science Citation Index Expanded includes all cited references captured from indexed articles.

Websites

EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library  http://www.eevl.ac.uk/

WWW Virtual Library - Chemical Engineering http://www.che.ufl.edu/WWW-CHE/index.html

Digital Library Network for Engineering and Technology (DLNET) http://www.dlnet.vt.edu/

Getting help with your research

The reference librarians at AUS are happy to help you with your research.  For specific search strategy assistance in Mechanical Engineering please contact Daphne Flanagan, Associate University Librarian and Liaison Librarian for Mechanical Engineering,  06-515-2255 dflanagan@aus.edu