This guide was designed by Ken Frankel to help identify resources on Mechanical Engineering and related topics in the FAU Boca Raton Library. The electronic resources are available from the FAU Libraries home page (http://www.fau.edu/library) by following the links entitled “Indexes/ Databases” or “Articles.” Some of these resources have full-text articles available online. To access these resources from off campus, use the “EZ Proxy” link and log in using your 14-digit Owl Card number. For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk by telephone (561-297-3785) or e-mail (lyref@fau.edu).


ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Aluminum Industry Abstracts
Provides comprehensive coverage of the world's technical literature on aluminum, production processes, products, applications, and business developments.

 

American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journals
Provides access to the American Society of Mechanical Engineering journals.

 

Applied Science and Technology Full Text 
Indexes the latest findings in every area of science, engineering, and technology covering trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals.

 

ASM Materials Information
Consists of two main content areas: ASM Handbooks Online, featuring the complete content of twenty one ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions and ASM Alloy Center Online, featuring ASM property data, performance charts, and processing guidelines for specific metals and alloys.

 

ASTM Standards
This resource provides access to the following ASTM standards:  Soil and Rock (Volume 04.08 and 04.09), Concrete (Volume 04.02), Road and Paving Materials (Volume 04.03), Cement (Volume 04.01), Geosynthetics (Volume 04.13), and Building materials or Construction materials (Volumes 04.11 and 04.12).

[IMPORTANT: First time users must login to MyFAU.  Once you are logged in, click on the "Library" tab on the upper left side of the page.  Once you are on the "Library" page, look for the "FAU Libraries Electronic Collection"  heading.  Scroll down until you see "ASTM STANDARDS" and enter your email address as directed.  This step will initiate the activation of your account.]

 

Ceramics Abstracts/World Cermanics Abstracts
Comprehensive database for the ceramics industry. Source materials include over 300 journals, proceedings, patents, standards and industry literature. 

 

Compendex (Engineering Index)
Covers significant engineering and technical literature from journals, technical reports, engineering society publications, books, and conference proceedings and papers.

 

Conference Papers Index
Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world.

 

Copper Data Center Database
Provides an online bibliographic database of the world's literature on copper, copper alloys and copper technology.

 

Corrosion Abstracts
Provides the world's most complete source of bibliographic information in the area of corrosion science and engineering.

Design & Applied  Arts Index
Contains over 130,000 annotated references from more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers published from 1973 onwards. Major areas of coverage include: industrial design, vehicle design, architecture, interior design, environmental design, and computer aided design

Engineered Materials Abstracts
Begun in 1986, Engineered Materials Abstracts is an electronic database containing Ceramics, Composites and Polymers subfiles. EMA is specifically designed to serve materials sciences researchers, engineers and scientists.

ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks Online
Consists of a compilation of essential engineering information, including data, facts, figures, graphs, equations, illustrations, and charts.

Health and Safety Science Abstracts
Provides a comprehensive survey of recent work relating to public health, safety, and industrial hygiene.

Materials Business File
Focuses on industry news, international trade data, government regulations and management issues related to the metals and materials industries.

MathSciNet
Provides timely reviews or summaries of articles and books that contain new contributions to mathematical research.

Mechanical & Transportation Engineering Abstracts
Provides coverage of mechanical and transportation engineering and related fields, including forensic engineering, management and marketing of engineering services, engineering education, theoretical mechanics and dynamics, and mathematics and computation.

METADEX
A comprehensive source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development.

PapersFirst
Indexes individual papers presented at conferences, congresses, symposia, expositions, workshops and meetings added to The British Library Document Supply Centre's proceedings collection since October 1993.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations.

Risk Abstracts
Encompasses risk arising from industrial, technological, environmental, and other sources, with an emphasis on assessment and management of risk.

Web of Science
Three unique citation databases which allow searching cited references as well as traditional searches independently or in combination: the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

WELDASEARCH
A comprehensive database containing abstracts to journal articles, research reports, books, standards, patents, theses and special publications in all areas of welding and allied processes.

WorldCat
The world's most comprehensive bibliographic database, with over 48 million records representing over 400 languages.

ALMANACS AND YEARBOOKS

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TA 160.4
P58
Plunkett’s engineering and research industry almanac. Houston, TX: Plunkett Research, Ltd.

ATLASES

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TA 460
A859 1990

McEvily, A.J., ed. Atlas of stress-corrosion and corrosion fatigue curves. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1990.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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Z 5524
P7 I54 1989

Adkins, R.T., ed. Information sources in polymers and plastics. London: Bowker-Saur, 1989.

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T 10.7
L67 2000

Lord, Charles R. Guide to information sources in engineering. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

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Z 7401
M278 1994
Malinowsky, H. Robert. Reference sources in science, engineering, medicine, and agriculture. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1994.
REF
T 10.5
I49 1996
Mildren, K.W. and P.J. Hicks, eds. Information sources in engineering. London: Bowker-Saur, 1996.

 

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

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T 39
B49 1996
Day, Lance and Ian McNeil. Biographical dictionary of the history of technology. London: Routledge, 1996.
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TP 1119
A1 W48 2000
Harrington, James P, ed. Who’s who in plastics & polymers. Lancaster, PA: Technomic Pub. Co.; Society of Plastics Engineers, 2000.
REF
Q141
B526 1994
Porter, Roy, ed. The biographical dictionary of scientists. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
REF
Q141
W576

Who’s who in science and engineering. Wilmette, IL: Marquis Who’s Who, 2000/2001.

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T36
Z54 2000
Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda, et al. American women in technology: an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.

 

DICTIONARIES

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QC 772
57 2001

Basu, Dipak, ed. Dictionary of material science and high energy physics. Boca Raton, FL:  CRC Press, 2001.

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TP 788
B73 2001

Bray, Charles. Dictionary of glass: materials and techniques. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.

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Q 179
E64 2001

Erb, Uwe and Harald Keller. Scientific and technical acronyms, symbols, and abbreviations. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 2001.

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TA 402
K43 2004

Keller, Harald and Uwe Erb. Dictionary of engineered materials. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 2004.

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TS 204
I36 1999

Krar. Steve F., ed. Illustrated dictionary of metalworking and manufacturing technology. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

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Q 123
M15 20

McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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TJ 9
N28 1996

Nayler, G.H.F. Dictionary of mechanical engineering. 4th ed. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers/Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

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TA 418.9
C7 N67 2003

Novikov, V. I.U. Concise dictionary of materials science: structure and and characterization of polycrystalline materials. Boca Raton, FL: CRC  Press, 2003

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TA 9
M35 1997

Parker, Sybil B., ed. McGraw-Hill dictionary of engineering.  New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

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QA 5
D49835 2003

Previato, Emma, ed. Dictionary of applied math for engineers and scientists. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003.

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TP 1110
T57 1998

Titow, W.V. Technological dictionary of  plastics materials. New York: Pergamon, 1998.

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TA 402
D55 2000

Tomsic, Joan L., ed. Dictionary of materials and testing. 2nd ed. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 2000.

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TA 402
D53 1990

Vernon, John, ed. Dictionary of materials and manufacturing. New York: Nichols Pub., 1990.

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TL 788
W54 2001

Williamson, Mark. The Cambridge dictionary of space technology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001

 

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

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TA 355
E497 2001

Braun, S., ed. Encyclopedia of vibration. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001.

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TS 195
A2 W55 1997

Brody, Aaron L. and Kenneth S. Marsh. The Wiley encyclopedia of packaging technology. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1997.

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TP 1087
C477 2001

Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. Condensed encyclopedia of polymer engineering terms. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

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TA 357
E53 1986

Cheremisinoff, N. P., ed. Encyclopedia of fluid mechanics. Houston: Gulf Pub. Co. Book Division, 1986.

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QC 221.5
E53 1997

Crocker, Malcolm J., ed. Encyclopedia of acoustics. New York: Wiley, 1997.

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NK 2205
E34 2000

Edwards, Clive. Encyclopedia of furniture materials, trades, and techniques. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2000.

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TJ 210.4
I57 1988

Dorf, Richard C., ed. International encyclopedia of robotics: applications and automation. New York: John Wiley, 1988.

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TJ 210.4
G53 1994

Gibilsico, Stan, ed. The McGraw-Hill illustrated encyclopedia of robotics & artificial intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.

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TJ 260
I579 1997

Hewitt, G.F., G.L. Shires, and Y.V. Polezhaev, eds. International encyclopedia of heat & mass transfer. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997.

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TA 166
I566 2001

Karwowski, Waldemar, ed. International encyclopedia of  ergonomics and human factors. London, Taylor & Francis, 2001.

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TA 418.9
C6 C635 1994

Kelly, Anthony, ed. Concise encyclopedia of composite materials. New York:  Pergamon,  1994.

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TP 156
P6 E5 1985

Mark, Herman F, et al, eds. Encyclopedia of polymer science and engineering. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1985.

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Q 121
M3 1997

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology. 8th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

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Q123
E497 2002

Meyers, Robert A., ed. Encyclopedia of physical science and technology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2002.

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TP 1110
P65 1996

Salamone, Joseph C., ed. Polymeric materials encyclopedia. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.

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TA 418.9
S62 S39 2002

Schwartz, Mel. Encyclopedia of materials, parts, and finishes. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2002.

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QA 402
S968 1987

Singh, Madan, ed. Systems & control encyclopedia: theory, technology, applications. New York: Pergamon Press, 1987.

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TS 9
E53 2000

Swamidass, Paul M., ed. Encyclopedia of production and manufacturing management. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2000.

 

HANDBOOKS AND MANUALS

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TA 459
A5 1990

ASM handbook. 10th ed. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1990. Note: also available online. See Electronic Databases above.

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TA 403.4
A84 1994

Bauccio, Michael, ed. ASM engineering materials reference book. 2nd ed. Materials park, OH: ASM International, 1994

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TA 404.8
E53 1994

Bloor, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of advanced materials. Oxford: Pergamon, 1994.

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QD 388
P65 1999

Brandrup, J., E.H. Immergut and E.A. Grulke, eds. Polymer handbook. 4th ed. New York: Wiley, 1999.

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TA 455
C43 C66 1991

Brook, R.J., ed. Concise encyclopedia of advanced ceramic materials. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1991.

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QC 53
I574 2003

Boyes, Walt. Instrumentation reference book. 3rd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.

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TA 404.8
C37 2000

Cardarelli, Francois. Materials handbook: a concise desktop reference. New York: Springer, 2000.

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TA 462
H37 1995

Craig, Bruce D. and David S. Anderson, eds. Handbook of corrosion data. 2nd ed. Metals Park, OH: ASM Internaitonal, 1995.

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TA 480
N6 A28 2000

Davis, J.R., ed. Nickel, cobalt, and their alloys. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 2000.

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TA 151
E424 1996

Dorf, Richard C., ed. The engineering handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.

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TK 2514
H26 1995

Engelmann, Richard H. and William H. Middendorf. Handbook of electric motors. New York: M. Dekker, 1995.

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QA 40
H357 1997

Fogiel, M., ed. Handbook of mathematical, scientific, and engineering formulas, tables, functions, graphs, transforms. Piscataway, NJ: Research and Education Association, 1997.

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TJ 151
H3268 1999

Fogiel, M., ed. Handbook of mechanical engineering. Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Association, 1999.

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TA 403.4
E64 1995

Gauthier, Michelle M., ed. Engineered materials handbook. Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 1995.

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TJ 151
H327 1998

Hicks, Tyler G., ed. Handbook of mechanical engineering calculations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

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TJ 151
H62 2003

Hicks, Tyler G. Mechanical engineering formulas pocket guide. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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TA 166
O258 1999

Karwowski, Wlademar and William S. Marras. The occupational ergonomics handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999.

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QC 191
H36 2001

Levy, Moises, Henry E. Bass and Richard R. Stern, eds. Handbook of elastic properties of solids, liquids, and gases. San Diego: Academic Press, 2001.

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T 55.3
H3 L494 2000

Lewis, Richard J. Sax’s dangerous properties of industrial materials.10th ed. New York: Wiley, 2000.

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TJ 151
C73 1998

Kreith, Frank, ed. The CRC handbook of mechanical engineering. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998.

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TJ 230
L718 2003

Lingaiah, K. Machine design databook. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.

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TS 191.8
H36 1999

Nof, Shimon, Y., ed. Handbook of industrial robotics. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley, 1999.

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Z 7405
T3 P68 1994

Powell, Russel H, ed. Handbooks and tables in science and technology.Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1994.

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TA 418.74
R63 2000

Roberge, Pierre R. Handbook of corrosion engineering. New York:  McGraw-Hill, 2000.

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QC 320.4
H36 1998

Rohsenow, Warren M., ed. Handbook of heat transfer. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

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TJ 230
M433 1996

Rothbart, Harold A., ed. Mechanical design handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

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T56.23
H36 2001

Salvendy, Gavriel, ed. Handbook of industrial engineering: technology and operations management. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 2001.

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TA 462
C6545 1996

Schweitzer, Philip A., ed. Corrosion engineering handbook. New York: M. Dekker, 1996.

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TJ 230
S8235 1996

Shigley, Joseph E. and Charles R. Mischke, eds. Standard handbook of machine design. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

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TA 455
P58 T5 1997

Turi, Edith A., ed. Thermal characterization of polymeric materials. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997

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TJ 843
Y43 1990

Yeaple, Franklin D. Fluid power design handbook. 2nd ed. New York: M. Dekker, 1990.

 

INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS
See also Electronic Databases above

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TA 1
A63953

Applied mechanics reviews. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Library has 1963-2003).

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TL 1
S612

Cumulative index of SAE technical papers. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers. Library has 1965-1985, 1988-1999)

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Z 5851
E62

The Engineering index. New York: Engineering Index, Inc. Library has 1950-1992. 1970-present is available in the Compendex database (see Electronic Databases above).

 

SELECTED ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

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ELECTRONIC JOURNAL TITLE

VENDOR/PUBLISHER

DATES AVAILABLE

Archive of Applied Mechanics (Ingenieur Archiv)

Springer LINK

1997-present

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Elsevier

1994-present

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Elsevier

1995-present

Experimental Mechanics

SAGE Publications

2002-present

Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures

Synergy-Blackwell

1999-present

Human Factors in Ergonomics & Manufacturing

Wiley

1997-present

Industrial Lubrication & Tribology

Emerald

1994-present

Industrial Robot

Emerald

1994-present

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Wiley

1996-present

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Kluwer

1997-present

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Elsevier

1995-present

International Journal of Plasticity

Elsevier

1995-present

The International Journal of Robotics Research

SAGE Publications

1999-present

Journal of Applied Mechanics

ASCE

2000-present

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Composite Materials

SAGE Publications

2002-present

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems

Kluwer

2000-present

Journal of Elasticity

Kluwer

1997-present

Journal of Energy Resources Technology

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

ASCE

1999-present

Journal of Fluids Engineering

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Heat Transfer

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Elsevier

1998-present

Journal of Mechanical Design

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

ASME

2000-present

Journal of Vibration and Acoustics

ASME

2000-present

Mechanics Research Communication

Elsevier

1995-present

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, The

Oxford Journals

1996-present

Research in Engineering Design

Springer LINK

1998-present

 

SELECTED PRINT JOURNALS

CALL NUMBER

JOURNAL TITLE

TL 501 A688 A2

AIAA journal

TA 1 A63953

Applied mechanics reviews

TJ 1 I585

International journal of mechanical engineering education

TL 501 J63

Journal of aircraft

TJ 1 J6

Journal of dynamic systems, measurement, and control

TA 401 J675

Journal of testing and evaluation

TL 716 A1 J682

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

TA 462 M373

Materials performance

TJ 1 A72

Mechanical engineering

TA 645 M42

Mechanics based design of structures and materials

TS 155 A1 P53

Plant engineering

TA 418.9 S62 S5

Smart materials & structures


SELECTED WEB SITES

American Concrete Institute (http://www.aci-int.org/general/home.asp)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (http://www.aiaa.org/)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (http://www.ashrae.org/)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (http://www.asme.org/)

American Welding Society (http://www.aws.org/)

ASM International: the Materials Information Society (http://www.asminternational.org/)

Institute of Industrial Engineers (http://www.iienet.org/)

Institution of Mechanical Engineers (http://www.imeche.org.uk/)

National Society of Professional Engineers (http://www.nspe.org/)

SAE International: the Society of Automotive Engineers (http://www.sae.org/)

Society for Experimental Mechanics (http://www.sem.org/)

Society of Manufacturing Engineers (http://www.sme.org)

Society of Plastics Engineers (http://www.4spe.org/)

WWW Virtual Library Engineering (http://www.eevl.ac.uk/engineering/index.htm)

 

 

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