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Mechanical engineering

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Starting point for Mechanical 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

Mechanical engineers’ handbook	Four volumes from Wiley Interscience
ENGnetBASE : engineering handbooks online	CRC Press engineering handbooks
Van Nostrand’s scientific encyclopedia	Major scientific topics from Wiley, including mechanical engineering

Key print dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks

Dictionary of mechanical engineering
Handbook of mechanical engineering calculations
Practical engineering design
Mechanical engineers’ handbook

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,  +robot +system
• 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, +robot +system +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 Mechanical engineering

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

Key databases for Mechanical 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
Inspec	International bibliographic database for electrical and electronic engineering, computing, physics and telecommunications	Help and tips are available online from the Inspec search screen
IEEExplore	Provides full text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings, and all current IEEE standards	Help and tips are available online from the IEEExplore search screen
ScienceDirect	International full text database for scientific research, including all fields of engineering	Help and search tips available from each screen

Complete list of Mechanical 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 heat storage
  • Make a list of keywords for each concept
    For example
    heat energy
    storage battery
    
  • 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
    heat OR energy
    and
    stor* OR battery
    
  • Appropriate truncation symbols can be used in databases to find variations of a word, for example stor* finds store, storing, storage 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 Mechanical 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

• EiNET – Mechanical engineering Provides links to categorized information about mechanical engineering developed and maintained by librarians from eiNET.net
• Intute - Science Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering Provides links to internet resources in mechanical engineering and related industries 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

• Australian Government: Science & Technology website provides links to the various science and technology federal government department websites in Australia

• Australian Government Science Portal links to a range of Australian science information resources produced by the Department of Education Science and Training

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

• 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

• 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.

• Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers (APESMA) is a national non-profit organisation representing professional employees

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

• Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating Specialist organisation for air conditioning refrigeration heating and ventilation professionals.

Robotics

• Australian Robotics & Automation Association (ARAA) is a professional society in Australia and New Zealand that is concerned with robots, their applications and their implications, and related automation technologies

• Robotics related links from the Australian Robotics & Automation Association (ARAA) covering international robotics organisations, sites and labs

• Honda Worldwide with links and information about the humanoid robot Asimo created by Honda

• Robotics Online is a portal site for the robotics industry from the Robotic Industries Association. Includes buyer's guide, articles, news and opinion pieces, job listings, educational resources and events

Research institutes

• Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) CSIR-India. Performs R&D in mechanical and allied engineering fields. Primary objectives are product design, rapid prototyping and tooling

• Monash University links provide information on specialized research laboratory groups within the Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Hong Kong University of Science & Technology School of Engineering

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