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If you have any difficulty locating what you need, you can contact a reference librarian by telephone at 885-1772, via email, or by coming into the library during reference service hours.
The library subscribes to many Web-based databases for use by OIT students, staff, and faculty. Access to these databases is limited to users connected to the Web from an OIT computer. If you are using a non-OIT Internet Service Provider (such as AOL, CDSNET, CVC, etc.) you will need to use your OIT email username and password to access the databases from off-campus.
Check the library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) webpage for information on getting loans of books or copies of articles from other libraries.
Finding Books - catalogs See Tips for using catalog databases
Books can often provide a good overview of or introduction to a topic. They also can provide valuable historical information or thoughtful criticism and discussion.
Use Hedgehog to locate books and journals in the OIT Library. Hedgehog is a Web database containing records for items in the library's collection. OIT purchases books and colorjournals on health sciences from many publishers. The library also receives federal and state government documents relating to aspects of health sciences, particularly those from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Use Summit to locate books at other academic libraries in the Northwest. Orbis lets you request books online, when they are available, and have them delivered by courier to the OIT Library, usually within two working days. Use World Cat to locate books, government documents, CDs, videos, and other items at libraries across North America and elsewhere in the world. A  symbol appearing next to a reference retrieved by a search indicates that the OIT Library owns the item. If the book is not at OIT, students, staff, and faculty can make an online ILL (interlibrary loan) request. Books are usually sent to the OIT Library via U.S. mail so may take a week or more to arrive. Finding Articles
See Tips for searching electronic databases.
Journal articles are the primary means of formal communication among engineering professionals.Indexes are Web databases containing references to specific journal articles, papers presented at conferences, technical reports, and book chapters. These databases are produced by several different companies and have different search software, so remember to check the help screens to find out how to do the most effective search. The following indexes contain significant numbers of references on manufacturing and mechanical engineering-related subjects.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts Indexes international and English-language periodicals, covering engineering, mathematics, physics, and computer technology. Includes articles, interviews, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, new product reviews/announcements, and more. A symbol appearing next to a book citation retrieved by a search indicates that the OIT Library owns that item.Updated monthly. Covers 1983 - present. From H.W. Wilson EI Compendex Web
Includes back files through 1970, offering over five million summaries of journal articles, technical reports, and conference papers and proceedings in electronic form. Ei CompendexWeb also includes Web sites from Ei Engineering Village in its indexing. Check Hedgehog to see if the OIT Library owns the source publication. From Engineering Information, Inc.
Finding facts - reference resources See also Tips for using reference sources and Reference database information EI Engineering Village 2
Databases and information sources include: EI Compendex Web, more than 10,000 engineering-related website abstracts, United States Patent and Trademark Office patenet database, Techstreet database of industry standards and specifications, CRC Press publications catalog (ENGnetBASE), SoluSource database of manufacturers' catalogs from Thomas Publishing, and EI's Publications in Engineering (PIE). From Engineering Information, Inc. The library reference area has books with addresses, definitions, data tables and other factual information. Some reference books you may find useful include:
MANUFACTURING WORLDWIDE : INDUSTRY ANALYSES, STATISTICS, PRODUCTS, AND LEADING COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES / ARSEN J. DARNAY, EDITOR. HD9720.4 .M36 1999.
THOMAS REGISTER OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS AND THOMAS REGISTER CATALOG FILE.
T12 .T6.
WASHINGTON MANUFACTURERS DIRECTORY.
T12 .W365.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
T12.3.N94 A38.
ENCYCLOPEDIA/HANDBOOK OF MATERIALS, PARTS, AND FINISHES / HENRY R. CLAUSER, EDITOR.
TA402 .E5.
FRICTION, LUBRICATION, AND WEAR TECHNOLOGY / PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ASM INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK COMMITTEE.
TA459 .A5.
APPLETON'S DICTIONARY OF MACHINES, MECHANICS, ENGINE-WORK, AND ENGINEERING / ILLUSTRATED WITH 4,000 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD.
TJ9 .A65 1874.
DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / G.H.F. NAYLER.
TJ9 .N28 1996.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS IN AMERICA BORN PRIOR TO 1861 : A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY / SPONSORED BY THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMITTEE.
TJ139 .A47 1980.
MACHINERY'S HANDBOOK GUIDE TO THE USE OF TABLES AND FORMULAS : HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES AND TEST QUESTIONS ON THE USE OF TABLES, FORMULAS, AND GENERAL DATA IN MACHINERY'S HANDBOOK ... / BY JOHN M. AMISS, FRANKLIN D. JONES, AND HENRY H. RYFFEL.
TJ151 .A448 1984.
THE CRC HANDBOOK OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, FRANK KREITH.
TJ151 .C73 1998.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER'S REFERENCE TABLES [BY] Z. ELZANOWSKI.
TJ151 .E3 1966.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS' HANDBOOK / EDITED BY MYER KUTZ.
TJ151 .M395 1986.
MARKS' STANDARD HANDBOOK FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS / REVISED BY A STAFF OF SPECIALISTS ; EUGENE A. AVALLONE, EDITOR; THEODORE BAUMEISTER III, EDITOR.
TJ151 .S82 1996.
ELECTROMECHANICAL DESIGN HANDBOOK / RONALD A. WALSH.
TJ163 .W35 2000.
MECHANISMS AND MECHANICAL DEVICES SOURCEBOOK / [EDITED BY] NICHOLAS P. CHIRONIS, NEIL SCLATER.
TJ181 .M32 1996.
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSES HANDBOOK / [EDITORS], CHARLES A. HARPER, RONALD N. SAMPSON.
TK7836 .E4653 1994.
DICTIONARY OF MANUFACTURING TERMS : COMPILED FROM : TOOL AND AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS HANDBOOK 4TH EDITION / EDITED RAYMOND F. VEILLEUX.
TS7 .D43 1987.
ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY : MATERIALS, PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT / DAVID F. TVER, ROGER W. BOLZ.
TS9 .T84 1984.
HOW PRODUCTS ARE MADE : AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.
TS146 .H67.
METRIC STANDARDS FOR WORLDWIDE MANUFACTURING / BY KNUT O. KVERNELAND.
TS149 .K85 1996.
QUICK RESPONSE MANUFACTURING : A COMPANYWIDE APPROACH TO REDUCING LEAD TIMES / RAJAN SURI.
TS155 .S89 1998.
Finding Web sites See also Tips for using Web search engines
Besides using one of the many Web search engines (some good ones are available as links from the librarys Web search engines page), there are other ways to identify higher-quality websites on your topic.
Use NetFirst, a Web catalog containing records for selected websites. You can do a keyword search on your specific topic and retrieve a set of links to related sites.
Use the Internet Scout Report Archives to identify sites screened for quality and cataloged as part of the Internet Scout Project.
These are some sites providing search capability or links with information on manufacturing and mechanical engineering:
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |