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Electronic engineering

• Starting point
  • Key online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks
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• Catalogue searching
• Databases and journal articles
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• Key internet sites
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Starting point for Electronic engineering

Starting point contains definitions, facts, figures and overviews

• Dictionaries help you to define your keywords
• Encyclopedias help you to get an overview of your topic and provide more information than a dictionary
• Handbooks and manuals provide figures and facts

Key online dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia	Scientific topics from Wiley, including electronic engineering
AlphaDictionary.com	Provides a list of electronic dictionaries and glossary. The site is sponsored by the Lexiteria Corporation
Electronics handbook	Provides a comprehensive reference to the key concepts, models, and equations necessary to analyse, design, and predict the behaviour of complex electrical devices, circuits, instruments, and systems

Key print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Wiley electrical and electronics engineering dictionary
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology
Electronics, power electronics, optoelectronics, microwaves, electromagnetics, and radar

Use the catalogue to search for more dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

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Catalogue searching

You can search the Library Catalogue to find books, DVDs, journals and other materials

If you know the exact title in the New catalogue

• At the search screen select a Title search
• Type in the exact title. You can use double quotes around phrases, for example, “room with a view”
• Link to online material or take note of the collection, call number and status to find items in the Library

If you are searching for a topic in the New catalogue

• Type in keywords from your topic to find catalogue records that contain all of your keywords
  For example,  +electronic +circuit
• Use + before a word to indicate that the word must be included
• Another way of doing this is to combine keywords with AND (the AND must be in upper case)
• If a keyword search gives you too many results, you could add another keyword with +
  For example, +electronic +circuit +design

Truncation is generally not needed as entering any version of a word will retrieve many variations.

More information

• For more information select the catalogue Help button

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Databases and journal articles for Electronic engineering

Use databases to search for journal articles, book chapters, conference papers or research reports

Key databases for Electronic engineering

Databases	Notes	Help
Compendex	International bibliographic database that indexes engineering and applied science journals, conferences and technical reports	Help and tips are available online from the Compendex search screen. Help and search hints available on each screen
Inspec	International bibliographic database for electrical and electronic engineering, computing, physics and telecommunications	Help and tips are available online from the Inspec search screen. Help and search hints available on each screen
IEEExplore	Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings, and all current IEEE standards	Help available from each screen
ScienceDirect	International full text database for scientific research, including all fields of engineering	Help and search tips available from each screen
ACM Digital Library	Provides access to bibliographic information, abstracts and reviews in the area of computing	Help and tips are available online from the ACM search screen

Complete list of Electronic engineering databases. Also check the multidisciplinary databases as they cover a wide range of academic topics. You can select other subjects from the database subject list

Full text not available?

When the full text is not available, search for the journal title in the Library catalogue to discover if print or online copies are available

Database search tips

• Define your topic and identify the main concepts involved
  For example mixed-signal and testing
  • Make a list of keywords for each concept
    For example
    mixed-signal or hybrid
    test* or measurement
    
  • Think about how you can combine these keywords in your search using OR, AND or NOT
    Keywords on the same concept combine with an OR
    Combine different concepts with an AND
    For example
    mixed-signal or hybrid
    and
    test* or measurement
    
  • Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of a word, for example test* finds test, tested, tests, testing and so on

For help with searching databases see Connecting and Combining Search Terms or Truncation/Wildcards/Phrase searching: Basic or Online training or Ask the Library

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Key internet sites for Electronic engineering

It is important to critically evaluate all information you find particularly information found on the web.

This is a starting list of internet sites. You may want to do your own searches using search engines

Useful starters

• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Electrical & Electronics Engineering Links to websites in the various fields of electrical and electronics engineering provided by the WWW Virtual Library whose members are a confederation of volunteers that compile key links in specialised particular areas
• Intute - Science Engineering and Technology - Electronic Engineering Provides links to internet resources in electrical, electronic and computer engineering with a focus on education and research provided by a network of UK universities and partners
• TechXtra – Engineering, mathematics and computing An initiative of Heriot Watt University TechXtra provides access to information about engineering, mathematics and computing, including websites, industry news, technical reports, full text eprints and teaching and learning resources

Government information

• CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Australia's national science and research agency. The site provides links to information in a range of scientific fields, such as energy, information and communication technology and manufacturing

• SA Central: Science & Technology provides links to the various fields of science, communication and innovation from the Government of South Australia

• SafeWork SA administers industrial relations legislation and manages all occupational health, safety and welfare functions in South Australia. The site provides links to related information, including Acts and legislation

Professional Organisations

• Engineers Australia provides information for engineers and is the national forum for the advancement of engineering in Australia

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a non-profit organisation, and a professional association for the advancement of technology

• Institution of Engineering and Technology is a professional international engineering society. The site provides links to information about the engineering sectors

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For further information about any of these resources please contact the Ask the Library service or ask at the library desk

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