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Department
of Engineering
Departmental Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Ref Collection - - - 4.
Engineering Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
Traffic
Engineering: HE331-HE380 ------- Analytical Methods:
QA401-QA433 ------- Analytic Mechanics: QA801-QA939
------- Fluid Mechanics: QC138-QC168 ------- Chemical
Reactions: QD501-QD505.5 ------- General Technology:
T ------- Civil Engineering: TA -------
Hydraulic Engineering: TC ------- Sanitary Engineering:
TD ------- Highway Engineering: TE -------
Bridge Engineering: TG ------- Building Construction:
TH ------- Mechanical Engineering & Machinery:
TJ ------- Electrical Engineering & Electronics:
TK ------- Chemical Engineering: TP -------
Manufacturing Processes: TS ------- various bibliographic
subjects (Z)
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles
(using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The
following services are recommended for courses for first-year
students and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject
WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost
system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals
and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a
large selection of articles in full-text.
- Applied
Science and Technology Index: A Web-based database
that indexes many engineering/technology-related titles.
A paper version running through 1997 is located in Reference
at TA1 .A66 (ref.per.ind.).
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward, including
some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries
in hardcopy.
- Google
Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts
searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking
to full-text of articles held by WKU.
- Science
(Magazine) Online (AAAS).
- ABI/Inform
Global ProQuest Direct: This WWW-based service
is primarily business-oriented, but also provides the full-text
of many articles in trade publications concerning technology-related
subjects.
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
Special
resource: Comprehensive
List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related
to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:
TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of titles]
Special
resource: Knovel
Online Library:
A set of technical reference books and tables of particular
interest to engineering, mathematics, physics, astronomy,
and chemistry.
3. Monographic Reference Works in
Helm Library
The
following are recommended for use:
- handbooks,
dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available
in Reference, mainly in the QA, QC,
T, TA, TC, TD, TH,
TJ, TK, TP, and TS parts
of the collection. Note, for example: Index & Directory
of Industry Standards T59.2 .U6.I5 ------- The
Civil Engineering Handbook TA151.C57 ------- Job
Opportunities for Engineering Majors TA157.P445 -------
Standard Handbook of Engineering Calculations TA332.S73
------- Standard Handbook of Environmental Engineering
TD145.S72 ------- Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution
& Cleanup TD173.E53 ------- Encyclopedia of
Energy & the Environment TJ163.235 .W55 -------
International Encyclopedia of Heat & Mass Transfer
TJ260.I579 ------- The Communications Handbook
TK5101.C6583 ------- The Electronics Handbook TK7867.E4244.
See the Shelf
List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in
the Reference Department, Helm Library.
4. Department of Engineering Faculty
Engineering
Faculty http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Ogden/Engineering/faculty.php
5. Related Professional Societies
(for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)
6. Web Sites Recommended by Dept.
of Engineering Faculty
General/Miscellaneous
Civil
Engineering Electrical
Engineering Mechanical
Engineering
General
& Miscellaneous
Civil
Engineering
Electrical
Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering
University
Libraries Liaison: Charles
H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu)
last updated 4/14/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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