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Engineering information alerts

Engineering Information Alerts highlights relevant and helpful information for faculty and students in the engineering programs. This blog is maintained by Jay Bhatt, Liaison Librarian for Engineering.

New Resources: Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) Digital Library Now Available via DUL

Submitted on August 7, 2023 - 5:04PM

The Libraries now provides access to The Institution of Engineering & Technology (The IET) digital library, a global repository of science, engineering and technology focused content with international authors and editors from academia and industry offering diverse and real-world context to the latest engineering and technology advances.

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Engineering Resource Spotlight: New Content Added to Key to Support STEM Teaching, Learning & Research

Submitted on July 27, 2023 - 4:44PM

Check out these new STEM resources, available via the Drexel Libraries!

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Beyond Open Textbooks: Explore the Expansive World of Open Educational Resources for Engineering & the General Sciences

Submitted on March 2, 2020 - 10:45AM

This month, Engineering Librarian Jay Bhatt shares key sources of free supplemental engineering and science resources that may come in handy as you work on your research projects and assigned coursework.

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Discover Open Access Resources in Engineering

Submitted on October 21, 2019 - 2:49PM

In celebration of Open Access Week, Librarian Jay Bhatt shares his list of go-to Engineering Open Textbooks.

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Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Resources

Submitted on October 3, 2017 - 1:28PM

Resources for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Design

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InfoSci-Engineering Science and Technology through IGI Global Engineering and Science collection

Submitted on May 3, 2016 - 4:50PM

A collection of e-books in emerging technology areas of engineering, such as simulations, geotechnical, robotics, and mechatronics.

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Materials Genome Initiative

Submitted on November 11, 2015 - 7:00PM

The Materials Genome Initiative is a multi-agency initiative designed to create a new era of policy, resources, and infrastructure that support U.S. institutions in the effort to discover, manufacture, and deploy advanced materials twice as fast, at a fraction of the cost.

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Four Drexel Students Test Their Peers' Research Knowledge in the Knovel Academic Challenge

Submitted on October 8, 2015 - 8:49AM

The Fall Knovel Academic Challenge launched on Monday, September 28th at midnight, kicking off five weeks of questions to challenge STEM students in engineering concepts and questions. Each week, students are challenged to answer new problem sets, learn more about engineering resources and in doing so are entered to win prizes. There are four Drexel students who aren't invited to participate in this year's challenge - because they designed the questions. The questions utilize Libraries resources and test students' research knowledge.

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NISO Launches New Primer Series with the Publication of Primer on Research Data Management

Submitted on September 3, 2015 - 3:57PM

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has launched a new Primer Series on information management technology issues with the publication of the first primer on the topic of Research Data Management.

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InterNano - Resources for Nanomanufacturing

Submitted on July 22, 2015 - 5:47PM

InterNano, a service of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, informs and connects the nanomanufacturing community of researchers and practitioners.

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Full text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a few other resources from ASEE

Submitted on June 8, 2015 - 3:49PM

View full-text conference papers published by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and more.

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Registry of Research Data Repositories: re3data.org

Submitted on May 29, 2015 - 4:32PM

Learn about re3data.org, a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.

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Nanomaterial Registry

Submitted on May 29, 2015 - 4:11PM

Learn more about The Nanomaterial Registry, an authoritative, fully curated resource that archives research data on nanomaterials and their biological and environmental implications.

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Nanotechnology 101 and Nano.gov Publications Database

Submitted on April 27, 2015 - 12:02AM

Learn more about Nanotechnology 101 and Nano.gov Publications Database

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Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing Students

Submitted on March 13, 2015 - 12:30PM

The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) provides access to important resources to help us explore promising practices and strategies for retaining students in Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computing (including Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Technology, and related disciplines) programs.

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ITER will be the biggest fusion device ever built

Submitted on February 19, 2015 - 7:54PM

Learn more about the ITER Project.

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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), standards and other full text documents

Submitted on January 27, 2015 - 2:40PM

Check out these resources to learn more about The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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Adventures in Energy Online Interactive Module - American Petroleum Institute

Submitted on January 16, 2015 - 12:39PM

Want to learn more about the Adventures in Energy Online Module?

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DoE Data Explorer

Submitted on November 26, 2014 - 1:26PM

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NTIS Expands Free Access to Federal Technical Reports

Submitted on November 12, 2014 - 12:38PM

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Five Steps for Protecting Your Invention

Submitted on November 5, 2014 - 12:31PM

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Specific information needs for engineering design projects

Submitted on October 9, 2014 - 11:35AM

During the course of your design project, you may need references from manufacturer's product datasheets, application notes, and whitepapers. This blog post provides some tips on how to find some specific information that you may need while working on your design projects.

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Starting your research for design projects

Submitted on October 9, 2014 - 11:29AM

Step by step instruction on how to start thinking, planning and working on your engineering design project.

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Bioinformatics Resources

Submitted on September 24, 2014 - 1:59PM

This informative page includes useful resources to assist students infinding relevant information needed for their projects and assignments.

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Engineering for Change

Submitted on September 19, 2014 - 12:03PM

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Bell Labs Technical Journal

Submitted on September 17, 2014 - 2:48PM

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What is ResearcherID? How can I register for it?

Submitted on August 19, 2014 - 5:51PM

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The NIST Data Gateway - Find your Data

Submitted on August 11, 2014 - 12:49PM

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A student shares his experience of using engineering databases

Submitted on May 30, 2014 - 11:59AM

Daniel Christe works full-time in the Mechanical Engineering Department's Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Group (TAMG-PI: Dr. Antonios Kontsos) on data-driven computational modeling of 'microstructures'.

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Resources for Project Management

Submitted on April 2, 2014 - 6:35PM

This includes information on finding books on a particular topic and more.

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MEM 425 Aircraft Design and Performance

Submitted on August 5, 2013 - 3:46PM

This is a library guide for MEM 425 Aircraft Design and Performance.

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Supercritical Fluids

Submitted on April 25, 2013 - 3:08PM

Learn more about what resources are available in the library in some key areas related to supercritical fluids.

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CIVE 567 Watershed Analysis/ ENVE 865 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment

Submitted on April 22, 2013 - 12:29PM

Learn more about the resources that are available in the library in some key areas related to Sustainability Issues, Life Cycle Assessment and Management.

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The NIST Data Gateway - Find your Data

Submitted on February 15, 2013 - 12:50PM

NIST Data Gateway provides easy access to many (currently over 80) of the NIST scientific and technical databases. These databases cover a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines.

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ThermoDex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic and Physical Property Resources

Submitted on February 12, 2013 - 12:44AM

ThermoDex contains records for selected printed and web-based compilations of thermochemical and thermophysical data for chemical compounds and other substances.

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Comprehensive Composite Materials, Encyclopedia of Materials and Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

Submitted on February 5, 2013 - 2:35PM

Learn more about the comprehensive composite materials and other resources for scientists and technologists in the field of composites research.

 

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ENGR102: Bridge Design Resources

Submitted on February 1, 2013 - 5:47AM

Resources for ENGR102: Bridge Design Resources

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ENGR102-Robotics Module

Submitted on January 23, 2013 - 9:13PM

Resources and information for ENGR102-Robotics Module

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Books 24x7 - IT and Computer Science related electronic books

Submitted on January 22, 2013 - 8:50PM

Tim Siftar, our Librarian for Information Science & Technology, School of Education, and Goodwin College, has compiled an extensive list of IT and Computer Science related electronic books from Books24X7 database.

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What is ResearcherID? How can I register for it?

Submitted on January 14, 2013 - 5:07PM

Learn more about ResearcherID.

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The Materials Project

Submitted on January 8, 2013 - 6:52PM

The Materials Project is a open science initiative that makes available a huge database of computed materials properties for all materials researchers.

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ClinicalKey: New Clinical Information Tool Replacing MDConsult

Submitted on January 8, 2013 - 6:44PM

The Libraries have subscribed to Elsevier's ClinicalKey online service, which replaces the electronic content that was formerly offered through MDConsult. It offers a more robust (yet simple) searching interface and access to thousands more books and journals, as well as other sources, as noted in the following list. ClinicalKey is a comprehensive, trusted, and speedy resource for clinical information, enabling faculty, residents, and students to locate topic overviews as well as in-depth information in order to meet every day and unusual clinical challenges. ClinicalKey includes: Source: ClinicalKey: New Clinical Information Tool Replacing MDConsult

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Body Synthetic - Cardiovascular Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Mechanics

Submitted on January 8, 2013 - 11:24AM

Information resources for Cardiovascular Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Mechanics related subject areas.

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Mechanical Engineering - Materials Engineering Senior Design

Submitted on January 2, 2013 - 9:46AM

Information and resources for Mechanical Engineering - Materials Engineering Senior Design

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IEEE's Community for Biology, Medicine and Technology

Submitted on October 12, 2012 - 1:02PM

Learn more about the IEEE's Community for Biology, Medicine and Technology.

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Faculty from Morocco on State Department Tour visit Libraries

Submitted by Jenny James Lee on December 2, 2011 - 3:57PM

Faculty members and the dean of Morocco's School of Information Science (ESI) visited Drexel University Libraries on Thursday, December 1, 2011, as a part of their tour of Philadelphia, sponsored by the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.

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Digital@Drexel Presentation and Showcase Event Highlights Digital Projects at Drexel

Submitted on November 21, 2011 - 4:15PM

Over a dozen digital projects were on display at the Digital@Drexel Presentation and Showcase event on Friday, November 18th at W. W. Hagerty Library. 

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Electrical and Computer Engineering - Computer Science Senior Design

Submitted on October 11, 2011 - 9:29AM

More information about resources for Electrical and Computer Engineering - Computer Science Senior Design

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Resources for Biomedical, Engineering Ethics and Law

Submitted on September 28, 2011 - 3:04PM

Resources for Biomedical, Engineering Ethics and Law

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Health Sciences Librarians Work with 11th Street Family Health Services Center

Submitted on September 19, 2011 - 7:25PM

A joint researching team from The iSchool at Drexel and the Drexel University Libraries, including Kathleen Turner, Linda M. G. Katz, Gary Childs and Lenore Hardy, participated in a grant-funded project entitled 'Increasing Parental Health Literacy to Optimize Pregnancy Outcomes,' from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region.

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Resources on Institutional Review Board Guidelines and Research Implications

Submitted on May 8, 2011 - 5:05AM

Resources on Institutional Review Board Guidelines and Research Implications

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3/30/11 - ACRL Networking Event

Submitted on February 10, 2011 - 3:08PM

The iSchool at Drexel & Drexel University Libraries invite you to enjoy an evening of conversation and refreshments with colleagues and future academic librarians.

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Foundations of our Special Collections: George W. Childs

Submitted on May 1, 2009 - 1:58PM

Learn more about Drexel's collection of books donated by George W. Childs was the founder of the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

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Drexel Research Day participants: archive your research for fun and profit

Submitted on April 23, 2009 - 3:09PM

Congratulations to all the participants in Drexel Research Day today! Learn how to archive your research in iDEA!

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Hillel at Drexel, Past and Present

Submitted on January 15, 2009 - 12:14PM

 Meara Lebovitz of Drexel Hillel recently visited the University Archives to research the history of Jewish students at Drexel.

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Entrepreneurship for Biomedical Engineering

Submitted on December 9, 2007 - 7:04PM

Information and resources for Entrepreneurship for Biomedical Engineering

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