Engineering Research

The Marvin K. Peterson Library offers an abundance of information on several fields in engineering -- including chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial and mechanical. This guide presents a selection of resources.

Other links you might consult: 

Library Home Page

Library Catalog

Journals at the MKP Library

Library Guides (subject, research and style)

Interlibrary Loan Info and Forms
 

For help writing papers, consult the Center for Learning Resources Writing Lab in Maxcy Hall.

?For library help, visit us at the Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us: LibraryHelp@newhaven.edu.
 

Use the Library Catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual holdings, government documents, and periodical titles. (For periodical articles, see the Journals section.)

Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numbers) according to the book's primary subject.

Examples of some subject headings you might use in your search:

• Chemical engineering

• Civil engineering

• Computer engineering

• Electric engineering

• Industrial engineering

• Mechanical engineering

Or choose another topic related to engineering:

• Corrosion and anti-corrosives

• Fluid dynamics

• Optical fiber detectors

• Polymers

• Welded steel structures

Choose the type of search you want by selecting from among the many options offered: keyword, subject, author, title, etc. Place the cursor in the find this box and type in the words you want to search.

?Look for search tips at the bottom of the catalog search page. For more detailed search strategies, consult our guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog.

Please note that many current versions of engineering handbooks are available online via ENGnetBASE or Knovel's Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Library. The following is a sample of the print books available.

♦Reference (in entry level stacks; for use in library only):

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Ref. QD65 .C87 2002

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook. Ref. TA403.4.C74 2001

Guide to Information Sources in Engineering. Ref. T10.7.L67 2000

Life Safety Code Handbook. Ref. TH9445.P8 L54 2006

Mechanical Systems Design Handbook. Ref. TS176 .M42 2002

National Electrical Code Handbook. Ref. TK260 .N464 2005

Peterson's Job Opportunities: Engineering and Computer Science. Ref. TA157 .P445 2000

SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Ref. TH9145 .S46 2002 [earlier editions circulating]

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. Ref. T55.3.H3 L494 2004 [3 vols.]

Uhlig's Corrosion Handbook. Ref. TA462 .U4 2000

♦Circulating (in second and third level stacks; may be borrowed):

Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts. TP248.3.S58 2002

Biotechnology for Biomedical Engineers. TP248.2.B5517 2003

Building Systems from Commercial Components. QA76.9.S88 W345 2002

Civil Engineering Handbook. TA151 .C57 2003

Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation. TA174 .C5725 2004

Definitive Guide to LEGO Mindstorms. TJ211.15.B382 2003

Engineering Catastrophes: Causes and Effects of Major Accidents.TA169.5.L36 2005

Excel for Engineers and Scientists. TA345 .B56 2003 [CD-ROM on perm. reserve]

Firewalls and Internet Security. TK5105.875.I57 C44 2003

Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS. TC409 .F56 2003 [CD-ROM on perm. reserve]

Fluid Power Circuits and Controls. TJ840 .C85 2002

Fuel Cell Technology Handbook. TK2931 .F785 2003

Fundamentals of Ceramics. TP807 .B37 2003

Fundamentals of Structural Analysis. TA645 .L34 2005

Hacking Exposed. TK5105.59.M48 2003 [CD-ROM on perm. reserve]

Industrial Fire Protection Handbook. TH9445.M4 S37 2002

Mass Spectrometry Basics. QP519.9.M3 H47 2003

Means Estimating Handbook. TH435 .M42 2003

Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer. TL540.A495 A3 2002

National Electrical Code: 2002. TK260 .N46 2002 [also available in reference area]

Network Security Essentials: Applications and Standards. TK5105.59.S725 2003

Practical UNIX and Internet Security. TK5105.59.G3 2003

Programming Lego Mindstorms with Java. TJ211.15.P76 2002 [CD-ROM on perm. reserve]

Simulation with Arena. QA76.9.C65 K45 2007

Strategies for Engineering Communication. TA158.5.S74 2002

System Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems. TA168 .K362 2006

Systems Engineering: Principles and Practices. TA168 .K68 2003

Systems Engineering and Analysis. TA168 .B58 2006

The Marvin K. Peterson Library has been a Federal Depository Library since 1971. All currently received documents, and many of the older ones, will be found through library catalog searches. Many resources are available online; click on Linked Resources to check for the online availability of a particular item. For catalog items with the [U.S. Gov't Docs] location that are not online, come to the Information Desk for staff assistance.

GPO Access (Government Printing Office) contains bibliographic citations to documents published by Federal Government agencies from 1976 to the present, with links to the online publications where available. Also see Selected Internet Resources for other online government sources.

For more information on government resources, consult How to Find U.S. Government Documents, also available in print at the Information Desk.

Journals at the MKP Library on the home page is a listing of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library. Formats of journals include print, microform and electronic (online).

To find:

A sampling of journal titles that may be of interest:

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
Civil Engineering
Design Engineering
Engineering Economist
Engineering Education
Genomics & Proteomics
IEEE Engineering Management Review
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Materials Research
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering International
Power Engineering
Technometrics

For more on searching for periodical articles, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.

♦Databases:

Science & Technology Topics

Encyclopedia of Science & Technology

Online access to illustrated articles from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. The section on Engineering & Materials includes multiple subdivisions with articles on various types of engineering.

ENGnetBASE

CRC's online collection of engineering handbooks. Browse through the directories by handbook categories, which include aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, lasers and optical engineering, machine design, nanoscience/nanotechnology, packaging, and systems engineering. You can also access ENGnetBASE from Engineering Village 2 (see below).

Engineering Village

Features citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports, as well as some full text patents from 1970 to the present. The technical databases and resources include Compendex, the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature. Through Engineering Village, it is also possible to search Handbooks (CRC's ENGnetBASE, listed above), Patents (through Esp@cenet and USPTO), Standards (IHS Standards -- industry standards and specifications, which can be purchased with a credit card), Scirus, a free index to scientific literature on the Internet, and LexisNexis engineering news headlines.

FORENSICnetBASE / LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE

From CRC Press, FORENSICnetBASE/LawENFORCEMENTnetBASE is an essential resource for those studying forensic science techniques. Includes articles on Forensic Engineering and Forensic Materials Engineering.

GeoRef

From the American Geological Institute. Comprehensive geoscience resource containing over 2.6 million bibliographic records covering all branches of mineralogy and crystallography, of silicates and non-silicates. More than 3,000 journals are included in the database as well as journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses. 
 
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online (from CRC)

Corresponds to the 85th print edition and provides data needed by chemists, physicists, and engineers on the properties of inorganic and organic compounds. Incorporates the latest CODATA/NIST values for fundamental physical constants and the new IUPAC standards for the pH scale for aqueous solutions.

Highwire Press

is a Stanford University site that indexes articles in more than 336 journals, including many in the physical sciences that cover engineering topics. Free full-text from 266 journals are available.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Computer Society Digital Library

An online library of the Society's publications as well as over 1,200 conference proceedings. You can search proceedings alone, or search across publications by title, author or keyword. We have many of these publications in the Library as well -- use our Library Catalog to find them. 

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Provides full articles contained in the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, which lets you search for information about the chemical industry and related fields. Browse articles A-Z by title or subject.

Knovel K-Essentials

Access to several classic reference e-books on the topics of chemistry and engineering. You can also link to the total library on chemistry and chemical engineering using the link Subject Area - Chemistry & Chemical Engineering.

Knovel Library (Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)

Full text electronic manuals, handbooks and other reference texts on the topics of chemistry, chemical engineering and engineering. Includes the K-Essentials e-books.

ProQuest Computing

Indexes and abstracts with some full text to literature in the area of computing science and electrical engineering. Of interest to computer science, electrical engineering, business, management and education students and faculty. Includes full text articles on software engineering.

Science Direct Web Editions

Provides an index to books, journals and conference proceedings, reviews of videos, books, etc. Full text for journals to which our library subscribes; citations and abstracts for other items.

Science Reference Center

EBSCOhost's Science Reference Center is helpful for all science research projects. Included in this database are reference books, journals, biographies, and images. Topics covered: biology; chemistry; earth; space; the environment; health & medicine; physics; technology and wildlife.

Wiley InterScience

An index to scientific and technical publications from John Wiley & Sons. Over 1,000 titles include scientific and technical journals. Some full text articles are available from journals to which the library subscribes.

Multidisciplinary Topics

Academic OneFile

A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Contains extensive coverage of the physical sciences and technology. 

Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress)

Peer-reviewed journals, working papers and other scholarly information offered for free downloading. Register and create a free account. Major subject areas include Science & Technology Journals and open access to the Engineering Conferences International Symposium Series.

Directory of Open Access Journals

Includes journals in Technology and Engineering.

Emerald Fulltext

Publishes journals in Engineering and Materials Science.

Expanded Academic ASAP

Provides access to citations and abstracts to 3,500 sources, including 2,100 full text titles in both scholarly and popular periodicals. Subjects covered include engineering and other sciences.

FirstSearch

Choose the option List Databases By Topic, then select Engineering & Technology from the pull-down menu for access to several databases. Individual dissertations may be searched by selecting Dissertations from the initial search screen's dropdown menu. Available in library only.

Infomine

A University of California site organizing by topic freely available scholarly Internet databases and web sites. Search Physical Sciences, Engineering, Computing & Math.

InfoTrac OneFile

Indexes thousands of titles from general interest magazines, academic journals, business and technology publications, newspapers and news services. These multidisciplinary databases include science, technology, and engineering topics.

IRIS, Illinois Researcher Information Service

Find research funding and scholarship opportunities in your field of study.

LexisNexis Academic

Search news and business sources.

LexisNexis Academic - Statistical

Collection of over 30,000 statistical tables from U.S. Government and international trade and professional organizations, some covering engineering. Link from the LexisNexis Academic home page.

ProQuest Education Journals & Wilson Education Abstracts

Despite its name, Education Complete does have some articles pertaining to engineering topics, particularly relating to engineering education.

♦Print Article Indexes:

Applied Science and Technology Index. 1958-2003; 2005. Ref. Z7913 .I7 1994

Engineering Index.1959-2004 in print. Z5851 .E62. The Engineering Index back file, covering the years 1884-1969 are available online via the Engineering Village database.

General Science Index. 1978-2002. Ref. Z7401 .G46

♦UNH Link:

Tagliatela College of Engineering

♦Associations and Societies:

American Association for Engineering Education (ASEE)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

American Chemical Society (ACS)

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

American Society for Metals (ASM International)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International)

American Society of Quality Control (ASQC)

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Institution of Civil Engineers

International Society for Optical Engineering - SPIE

Materials Research Society (MRS)

Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

♦Standards:

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

IEEE Standards Association

ILI Standards Database

ISO International Organization for Standardization

NSSN National Resource for Global Standards

National Institute of Standards &Technology (NIST)

National Resource for Global Standards

TechStreet - Technical Information Superstore

♦Patents:

Delphion Research

Registration required; some free services.

European Patent Office Home Page

• Search database

Japanese Patent Office

Look for Industrial Property Digital Library at the bottom of the page.

UK Intellectual Property Office (a.k.a. UK Patent Office)

For information on copyright, designs, patents and trademarks.

United States Patent and Trademark Office

♦Technical Reports:

Los Alamos Technical Reports Site

Sponsored by the Federation of American Scientists.

MAGiC (Managing Access to Grey Literature Collections)

Maintained by Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK.

NTIS (National Technical Information Service)

1990-present. Full text for reports up to ten pages in length; some full text for reports that are ten to twenty pages.

U.S. Office of Science and Technical Information (OSTI)

Virtual Technical Reports Center

From the University of Maryland.

♦General Mix:

Built in America: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record, 1933-Present

From the Library of Congress' American Memory Site. 

ConstructionWebLinks

For professionals in architecture, engineering and construction management. Features information on building codes, technical issues, the environment, architecture, governmental and legal guides.  Provides links to sites listing job opportunities in construction and industry.

Cornell University Engineering Research Guides

Link from Cornell's Engineering Library. Organized by engineering field, this site directs you to engineering web sites at other academic institutions.

Energy Information Administration: Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government

FedStats

This internet site from the Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy provides access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies of the U.S. government.

GlobalSpec: The Engineering Search Engine

Resources for design, engineering and manufacturing.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century

From the National Academy of Engineering.

Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing (EEVL)

Originally an acronym for the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library. Access resources in engineering, mathematics and computing. A free service, run by information specialists from academic institutions in the UK.

NIST Scientific and Technical Databases

From the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering

A resource from UC--Berkeley.

Science.gov: FirstGov for Science

"Gateway to over 50 million pages of authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results"--website description.

SCIRUS: For Scientific Information Only

An Internet search engine designed to retrieve scientific information from journals and websites.

TWI World Centre for Materials Joining Technology

Site maintained by The Welding Institute (U.K.). Links to engineering libraries and databases and miscellaneous engineering sites.

WWW Virtual Library: Engineering

A list of sources maintained by Oxford University.

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Rev. 4/07