Mechanical Engineering Technology Resources
Find formulas, definitions, diagrams, etc.
Find phase equilibria diagrams
Over 23,000 diagrams from the American Ceramic Society
Find data for your projects and papers
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KnovelFind data whether buried in a table, graph, or chart inside hundreds of ebooks. Data can be sorted, filtered, and extracted to other formats, such as Excel, ASCII, and HTML.
Find journal articles
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ASME Digital CollectionThe ASME Digital Collection, previously known as the ASME Digital Library, is ASME’s repository of current and archival literature featuring: ASME's Transaction Journals from 1960 to the present, ASME's Conference Proceedings from 2002 to the present, ASME Press eBooks selected from 1993 to the present.
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ScienceDirectFull text of Elsevier journals, the largest publisher of science and technology journals
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Web of ScienceHighly cited journals in the sciences and engineering. Find who cited who from 1955-present.
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ScopusSimilar to Web of Science for citation searching. Find who cited who from 1996-present. Covers more publications than Web of Science.
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OnePetroSociety of Petroleum Engineers publications as well as Offshore Technology Conference papers and other petroleum publications.
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MEDLINE (PubMed)Premier database for medical literature.
Find patents
There are many sources for searching patents. While they include similar content, the search options,features, and sometimes search results often differ.
(To decipher the parts of a patent, refer to How to Read a US Patent from Queens University.)
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US Patent and Trademark OfficeUsually updated through most recent business day. (Clunky search interface.)
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Google Patents (advanced search)After getting a list of results, use the drop down "Tools" for more options.
The "Find Prior Art" button, available when displaying a specific patent, does a keyword search of the tools displayed (Google Scholar, Google Books etc) and may provide some leads. -
FreePatentsOnline search pageMore search options than google patents search page.
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European Patent Office (Espacenet)Includes patents from more than 80 countries
Find standards
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IEEE XploreFind articles and other information from the journals, proceedings and standards published by IEEE and by the Institution of Electrical Engineers. Full-text is from 1988 to present with some selected earlier content.
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ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital LibraryASTM Digital Library provides access to full text journals, special technical publications, manuals, data series, and terminology that covers a broad range of engineering disciplines. Coverage: 2000-current
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Engineering Librarian
Edward Gloor
Contact:
117B M.D. Anderson Library
713-743-0699
Request items not owned by UH Libraries
Use the Library's free Interlibrary Loan service to request books, journal articles etc.
Schaum's Study Guides
Work through solved problems using Schaum's Study Guides.
Citing your sources
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RefWorksWeb-based so more portable than Zotero and more features than BibMe.
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RefWorks GuideA useful guide to become familiar with the interface and use of RefWorks.
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EndNote OnlineEndNote Web provides tools to search online resources, format and organize citations, and share references with other EndNote Web users. Users must first register for a personal account.
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EndNote Web GuideUseful guide to get familiar with the interface and use of EndNote Web.
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ZoteroDownload this plug-in. This is a good choice if you use the same computer to do all your work.
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BibMeA quick way to build your bibliography if you are using APA format.