Using Catalogs:
Use the Stewart Library Catalog to
find the location and availability of books and other media in Stewart
Library. Most of the books located through the catalog may be found
on level two of the library in the General Collection under the
call number TS. Another resource to find books in libraries
outside the Stewart Library is Worldcat.
It is a catalog of books, web resources, and other materials from
a large number of libraries.
From Bookstores:
Order books online from
Amazon Books or Barnes and Noble. Also use Books
in Print sources as needed.
Interlibrary Loan:
If we do not own a particular
book or article you need, we will borrow it for you from another
library through Interlibrary
Loan.
Reference resources include
encyclopedias, dictionaries and other materials you use to "refer"
to. Use these resources for background information on a topic.
Online
Reference Resources
Print Reference Resources
(available in the Reference area on the 1st level)
- Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology
(QA76.15.D5258 2001)
- Machinery's handbook : a reference book for the mechanical
engineer, designer, manufacturing engineer, draftsman, toolmaker,
and machinist (TJ151.M3 2000)
- Illustrated dictionary of metalworking and manufacturing
technology (TS204.I36 1999)
- Encyclopedia of production and manufacturing management
(TS9.E53 2000)
- Handbook of mechanical engineering calculations (TJ151.H327
1998)
- The CRC handbook of mechanical engineering (TJ151.C73
1998)
- Mechanical engineer's reference book (TJ151.M4 1994)
Online Journals Available
at WSU
To determine whether the
Stewart Library has electronic access to a specific journal, please
check the Full Text
Electronic Journals & Newspapers list.
Article Databases
To find articles on your
topic you need to use article databases, also known as periodical
indexes. Each database usually covers a group of subject related
journals. To find more information on what subject areas are indexed
in each database see the Database
Finder. Choose an appropriate database and search by subject
or keyword.
Some databases
to try:
Academic
Search Premier
Applied
Science & Technology Fulltext
ScienceDirect
College Edition: Physical Sciences Journals Collection
Browsing Current Periodicals
Current magazines and
journals can be browsed in the Current Periodicals Area, in the
TS section on the Main level. Bound volumes of older issues are
found upstairs in the periodicals stacks.
Here are some WWW sites
to get you started. Most of these will take you to other links,
so explore!
Directory of scholarly
information Web pages. Search Physical Sciences, Engineering,
CS, and Math category.
Free database to a variety
of resources in Engineering, Mathematics and Computing.
- American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publications Database
Searchable database of ASCE publications from 1975 to the present.
- Best Manufacturing
Practices
Best practices in the areas of design, test, production, facilities,
logistics and management from the Office of Naval Research.
- MatWeb: The Online
Materials Information Resource
MatWeb, provided by Automation Creations, Inc., provides information
on over 2,500 engineering materials, including polymers, aluminum
and titanium alloys, steels, ceramics, and other metals.
- Plastics.Com
Information about the plastics industry.
- Recent
Advances in Manufacturing (RAM) bibliographic database
A free database covering items in over 500 niche and mainstream
journals and magazines, and contains material on the manufacturing
industry, manufacturing management, environmental and quality
management, product development, manufacturing systems and processes,
applied technologies, maintenance, monitoring and inspection,
and education and training. RAM is produced by the Library and
Information Services Department at the Nottingham Trent University
and EEVL: the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library.
- WWW Virtual
Library: Mechanical Engineering
Announcements, list of academic mechanical engineering departments
and other Internet resources.
- WSU College
of Applied Science and Technology
- Clearly identify your information need
- Identify key words and search terms
to match your topic
- Develop search statements using advanced search techniques
- Boolean logic, adjacency searching and truncation
- Use the Stewart Library Catalog
to find books
- Use the Database
Finder to find databases related to Applied Science and Technology.
Then search these databases to find articles on your subject.
- Go back to the online catalog to see if the journals are in
Stewart Library and where they are located
- Use Interlibrary loan
to get materials that are not in Stewart Library
- Use search
engines to find Web information
- Carefully
evaluate the information you find for usefulness and quality
- Revise your search terms and strategy to expand or narrow your
results, be creative, look in other areas
- Once you have found information from an Internet site you can
email the
documents to yourself,
print or
save them to a floppy disk
- Use appropriate style to document
and cite research
- Ask for Assistance
at Reference,
via phone or email