Plagiarism

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Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Nanotechnology

• Applied Mechanics
• Biomedical Technology
• Computer Applications and Networking
• Construction Management
• Hybrid and (Car or Automobile*)
• Mechatronics
• Production and Quality Control
• Sensor* and Instrumentation
• Thermodynamics
• Electrical Technology

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Sensors and Measurements’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Electronic Books

Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)
You can access full book chapters using electronic book collections such as Books24X7, ebrary, ENGnetBASE, ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE, INFOSECURITYnetBASE, Knovel, MATERIALSnetBASE, MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE, Referex, Safari and Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering)

• Books24X7
• ebrary
• ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• INFOSECURITYnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MATERIALSnetBASE
• MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE
• Referex – electronic books
• Safari Tech Books Online
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electronic Databases

Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• BuildingGreen
  (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• IEEE Xplore
• MAD CAD (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect

Tips on obtaining articles not available in the Library

How do I obtain full papers from the Proceedings of the SPIE and other conferences that are not available in the library?

News and Recent Developments

Use the following databases to find information on breaking news in about emerging technologies in magazines and newspapers

• Academic Universe(Lexis/Nexis)
• Expanded Academic
• Factiva
• Proquest

See also: ‘Fundamentals of Engineering Research’ guide

Catalogs and Components

• Google Catalog
• Globalspec: Engineering Search engine
• Sensors, Transducers and Detectors
• Electrical and electronic Components

Instructional Tutorials

• Refworks (RefWorks is a web-based software application that helps you manage citations. It helps you keep track of the sources you are using for your research and your own notes about the sources)
• Refworks Tutorials

• Is this a scholarly publication?
• Deciphering Citation

You can find electronic encyclopedias or handbooks by searching in our Library’s online catalog. For example, to locate electronic handbooks in the area of Mechanical Engineering, use ‘mechanical*’ and ‘handbook*’ as keywords in ‘Advanced Searching’ feature and by limiting to ‘DU Electronic Books’ option.

For example, see: Mechanical and Handbook

Here are some electronic encyclopedias and reference works available to Drexel Community.

• AccessScience-McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• Comprehensive Composite Materials
• Encyclopedia of Agrochemicals
• Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical engineering
• Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology
• Encyclopedia of Chemical physics and Physical Chemistry
• Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology
• Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
• Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
• Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia
• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Molecular Medicine

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Mechanical Engineering.

Motorsports
Automobiles–Brakes
SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers
Nanomaterials
Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Engineering Ethics
Nanowires
Biopolymers
Sensor Networks
Aircraft Design

To find additional books on, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching .

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Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Search by Keyword:
Intrusion Detection
Memory Design
Hybrid and Electric
Vehicle and (Unmanned or Autonomous)

Search by Subject:
Telecommunication
Biosensors
Robots – Control Systems

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

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From our online catalog, using Advanced Keyword Searching feature, and using ‘encyclopedia’ and ‘materials’ as key words,

we find, several encyclopedic reference sources which can help us find information on ‘Smart Materials’.

Some examples:

Encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology / editor, Hari Singh Nalwa
Encyclopedia of biomaterials and biomedical engineering [electronic resource]
Encyclopedia of smart materials [electronic resource]
Encyclopedia of materials [electronic resource] : science and technology
Comprehensive composite materials [electronic resource]

-Patent Searching

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.

See What is a Patent?
See Patent Searching Tips.
See ‘What is Intellectual Property?’ in Frequently Asked Questions for Inventors
See ‘Manual of Patent Classification’

Fresh Patents
Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to
grant/deny.

pat2pdf.org
Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.

The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s to present.

Knovel’s free online Science & Engineering Units Converter enables you to convert 864 scientific and engineering units for 82 properties – from Acceleration to Volume – to other units as appropriate. It rounds results to the desired number of significant digits selected by you. Start using the Knovel Science & Engineering Unit Converter now.

Access: Knovel Unit Converter

See also: Knovel Science & Engineering Units Converter

To access knovel from the Library’s web site, go to Electronic Databases and then click on Knovel:Engineering & Scientific Online Reference.

We have access to NFPA 85: Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazards Code through a database called MAD CAD.

MAD CAD is the electronic database where you can find online version of this code. It contains building codes, knowledge-based design solutions, and guidelines to meet the codes. MAD CAD will provide you access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.

To access MAD CAD, go to Building Codes and click on MAD CAD.

You will need to logon with the username and password. You will see a list of codes. Scroll down until you reach NFPA 85.

Books

Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Nanotechnology

Construction Management
Applied Mechanics
Hybrid and (Car or Automobile*)
Mechatronics
Sensor* and Instrumentation
Thermodynamics
Electrical Technology

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords.

Request books to be delivered directly to you.

Please request any materials you need by going to ‘Borrowing from other libraries’ link

Click on ‘Hagerty Library’

and if you are the First Time User, fill up the one time form , select ‘Preferred Book Delivery Method’ as ‘Mail to address’ and then start requesting books or journal articles.

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To find books on a particular topic, search in our online catalog using ‘Advanced Keyword Searching ‘feature and use appropriate keyword representing your research topic.

Following are some examples of recently received books in our library.

Fluid Mechanics
Sensors and Chemical
Fiber optics
Biology and Physics
Computer Architecture and Hardware
Networks and security
Earthquake Engineering
Fuel and combustion

More help on using the Library’s online catalog, go to Catalog Search Guide

To see if a particular Journal or a Magazine title is either available in print or in electronic form, use online catalog, select ‘Journal Title’ option in the ‘Search by’ menu, and type the title of the Journal or Magazine that you are looking for.

Following are some examples of Journal titles.

Biotechnology & Bioengineering
Geotechnique
Materials Chemistry
Engineering Management Journal

Now try on your own to find TWO most recent books on ‘Nanostructured materials’ and a journal tile named ‘Bone&Joint’. Can I be able to find a 2003 article from this journal? How do I obtain this article if we do not have access to it?