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Resources in Engineering

PowerPoint
Here is a link to the PowerPoint presentation given to Daniel Horine's engineering class in Spring Semester 2008.

Circulating Books
To find books that check out, visit the Brown Library Home Page and click on the book catalog.

Reference Books
This is a selected list of books located in reference on the main floor. The links below take you to the book catalog where you can view a cover image, summary, and book reviews. These are not full-text links.

   

Q 175.5 .N49 Social Issues in Science and Technology: An Encyclopedia
T 20 .I59 Inventions and Inventors
TA 9 .P73 Practically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
TA 15 .B42 The Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World: Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Roads, and other Structures
TJ 808 .B467 Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics and Issues
TK 453 .E36 Electrical Engineering Materials Reference Guide
TK 5102 .C57 Illustrated Telecom Dictionary
TK 5102 .P48 Data Telecommunications Dictionary
TK 5102 .S25 The International Dictionary of Data Communications
TK 5105.875 .I57 B64 Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users

Reserve Books
Many teachers have put their textbooks on reserve at the circulation desk on the top floor. Here are the listings for engineering classes.

General Databases
These databases are available under the Databases link from the Brown Library Home Page.

  • Blackwell Synergy- Full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. It is possible to narrow your search to a particular subject group such as construction, engineering, computing & technology.
  • Factiva - Focus on business and news. Includes newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Roanoke Times. Other sources include newswires, magazines, trade journals, web sites, company reports, and media transcripts.
  • EBSCO - This is the place to start for general research. This group of databases includes: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, CINAHL, PsycARTCLES, ERIC, and more. Articles may be full-text, abstracts, or citations.
  • JSTOR - Full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. While most library databases begin periodical coverage in the early 1980's, JSTOR provides complete back-runs of journals sometimes going back to the early 1900's. JSTOR does not include current articles. See Project Muse.
  • Project Muse - Current full-text journal articles in a wide variety of academic subjects. Includes current issues for many JSTOR titles.

Science & Engineering Databases
Find these databases under the VIVA link on the databases page.

  • Access Science - McGraw-Hill, Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
  • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - This is a set of databases in the sciences including Computers & Information Systems, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Electronics & Communications, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Transportation Engineering. These databases include abstracts only; meaning there are no full-text articles. However, we can order articles for you through interlibrary loan.
  • ENGnetBASE - Includes full-text of 500 handbooks and reference titles published by CRC Press. Includes databases for civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and telecommunications.
  • IEEE-Xplore - Indexes IEEE and IET journals, transactions, letters, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards. Also indexes books published by IEEE Press and IEEE Computer Society Press. Limit to subscribed content to see full-text only.
  • Science- Includes full-text of Science back to 1996. While the database includes indexing back to 1880, we do not have a subscription to the full-text for those years. However, we do have hard copy issues back to 1938 and can order older issues through interlibrary loan. Also, Science is covered full-text back to 1983 in the Gale databases.

Periodicals in Brown Library
The following lists of periodicals are grouped by subject. Each title is located on the main floor in Brown Library.

Periodicals in Full-Text
Here is a list of our full-text periodicals available through VIVA. You can search for a specific periodical by title or click on the category tab to search for all the periodicals on a subject such as Engineering. After clicking on Engineering, choose a subcategory such as Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Look up your career in the Occupational Outlook Handbook online. Find out the nature of the work, training, employment, job outlook, projections data, and earnings. Here is a selected list of occupations available.