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

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
ENGnetBASE: engineering handbooks online	CRC Press engineering handbooks
Technology management handbook	ENGnetBASE handbook that covers science and management
Encyclopedia of materials, parts, and finishes	ENGnetBASE book with information on materials, forms and parts, finishes, and processes
Robotics and automation handbook	Reference for design, fabrication, and utilisation of robotic systems
Gale encyclopedia of science	In Gale Virtual Reference Library

Key print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Handbook of manufacturing engineering
The Cam design and manufacturing handbook
Encyclopedia of production and manufacturing management
Materials handbook : an encyclopedia for managers, technical professionals, purchasing and production managers, technicians and supervisors

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,  +manufacture +production
• 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, +manufacture +production +robot

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 Manufacturing

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

Key databases for Manufacturing

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
INSPEC	International bibliographic database for electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering	Help and tips are available online from the INSPEC search screen
Scopus	Multidisciplinary scientific database with bibliographic records from journals, conference proceedings, book series, websites and patents.	Help, including an interactive tutorial, available from every page

Complete list of Manufacturing 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 moulding AND process*
  • Make a list of keywords for each concept
    For example
    process, processing
    moulding, molding
    
  • 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
    process*
    and
    moulding OR molding
    
  • Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of a word, for example process* finds process, processes, processed, processing 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 Manufacturing

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

• BUBL Link: Manufacturing Provides links to a range of manufacturing information
• Intute: Science Engineering & Technology Links to internet resources on manufacturing with a focus on education and research provided by a network of UK universities and partners.

Government information

• CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) Supports Australian manufacturing industry through a range of services including the development and utilisation of innovative materials, processes and systems

• Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) & Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) These Departments play a key role in increasing prosperity for all Australians through internationally competitive and sustainable business

• AusIndustry AusIndustry is the Australian Government's agency for delivering products, services and information that support industry, research and innovation

Specialist manufacturing groups

• Australian Manufacturing Technology Institute Limited (AMTIL) National body that represents the interests of manufacturing companies

• Engineers Edge US site with links to manufacturing information

• Superfactory A US company that aims to increase manufacturing efficiency and productivity worldwide

Professional organisations

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

• Manufacturing Society of Australia (ManSA) A Technical Society of the Institution of Engineers, Australia

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) US based society to advance manufacturing knowledge

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