Finding books * Finding articles * Finding facts
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 See also Tips for using catalog databases and Tips for using catalog databases
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 journals on electronics engineering technologyfrom many publishers.
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.
Finidng Articles See also Tips for Using Index Databases
EI Compendex Web
Compendex is a comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research, containing references and abstracts to more than 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports from Engineering Index Inc. The broad subject areas of engineering and applied science are comprehensively represented. Coverage includes chemical and process engineering, computers and data processing, applied physics, electronics and communications, civil, mechanical and materials engineering, as well as narrower subtopics within all these major fields. Online coverage is from 1970 to the present. Around 250,000 new records are added to the database annually. Updated weekly. EI Engineering Village 2
Databases and information sources include: EI Compendex Web, with references and abstracts to more than 5,000 engineering journals, conferences, and technical reports from 1969 - present; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent database; Esp@cenet (European Patent Office database); Techstreet database of industry standards and specifications; CRC Press engineering handbooks (ENGnetBASE); and Scirus, a science-specific search engine that searches through more than 167 million science-specific web pages. From Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. IC MASTER
Provides search features for identification and comparison of integrated circuits from various manufacturers. From Hearst Business Communications, Inc. LexisNexis Academic
Provides full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and reference information, including full-text access to U.S. patent databases in the Legal Research section. SPIN (Physics)
The SPIN database (Searchable Physics Information Notices) provides current indexing and abstracting of more than 100 major physics, astronomy, and engineering journals and conference proceedings. It provides access to more than one million abstracts and is updated daily. Approximately 50,000 new records are added annually. Covers 1975 - present. Finding Facts
See also Tips for Using Reference Sources and Reference Database Information One reference database accessible from the library website is IC Master, which has information on integrated circuits. The library reference area has books with addresses, definitions, data tables and other factual information. Some reference books you may find useful include: QC5 .I5 1961.
THE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS. [WALTER C. MICHELS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF].
TK9 .I478 1997.
THE IEEE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS TERMS / STANDARDS COORDINATING COMMITTEE 10, TERMS AND DEFINITIONS ; JANE RADATZ, CHAIR.
TK15 .D38.
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES : A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AND INVENTORS TO 1900 / BY HENRY B.O. DAVIS.
TK5101 .N78 1995.
INTRODUCTION TO TELECOMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS / A. MICHAEL NOLL.
TK7804 .D48.
DICTIONARY OF ELECTRONICS ABBREVIATIONS, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS. EDITOR: DAVID D. POLON. MANAGING EDITOR: HERBERT W. REICH. PROJECT DIRECTOR: MARJORIE B. WITTY. ASSOCIATE EDITOR: DANIEL R. BUTTERLY.
TK7804 .E47 1990.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRONICS / STAN GIBILISCO, NEIL SCLATER.
TK7804 .M43 1988.
MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTERS / SYBIL P. PARKER, EDITOR IN CHIEF.
TK7825 .C56 1992.
MASTER HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES AND FORMULAS / MARTIN CLIFFORD.
TK7825 .D232.
D.A.T.A. BOOK ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERIES.
TK7825 .E34 1997.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS' HANDBOOK / DONALD CHRISTIANSEN, EDITOR.
TK7825 .E36 1989.
ELECTRONICS ENGINEER'S REFERENCE BOOK / EDITED BY F.F. MAZDA ; WITH SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTORS.
TK7825 .L83.
ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES, SYMBOLS, MEASUREMENTS, AND VALUES / RAYMOND H. LUDWIG.
TK7825 .S3 1979.
HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONIC TABLES & FORMULAS / COMPILED AND EDITED BY THE HOWARD W. SAMS ENGINEERING STAFF.
TK7825 .W48 2001.
THE RESOURCE HANDBOOK OF ELECTRONICS / JERRY C. WHITAKER.
TK7836 .E4653 1994.
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND PROCESSES HANDBOOK / [EDITORS], CHARLES A. HARPER, RONALD N. SAMPSON.
TK7871.6 .A67 1993.
ANTENNA ENGINEERING HANDBOOK / RICHARD C. JOHNSON, EDITOR.
TK7881 .I52 1997.
THE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS HANDBOOK / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, J. DAVID IRWIN. |