library resources for mechanical engineering and related disciplines
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Library Resources for Mechanical Engineering and
Related Disciplines
Jack M. ManessAssistant Professor and Director
Gemmill Engineering LibraryUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
jack.maness@colorado.edu
Overview• Information, libraries, and the web• Structure of Libraries resources• Chinook
– Item Location– Item Discovery
• Libraries databases– Engineering Village, Web of Science, Knovel– How to find more– Off-campus access
• Web resources• Information ethics
Structure of Libraries Resources
Chinook
Books
Journals
Websites
ReportsCitation indexes
journal
Article citations
Full-textdatabases
journal
articles
Item Location• Books– Hesketh, Peter J., ed. (2009). BioNanoFluidic MEMS.
New York: Springer.
• Articles / chapters– Xue, H., Yang, W., Chuo, S.K., et. al. (2005).
“Microthermalphotovoltaics power system for portable MEMS devices.” Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, (9)1, 85-79.
http://libraries.colorado.edu
Item Discovery
• Chinook– Chinook Beta!– Use subject headings and call number links
• Article Databases– Use keywords and refine– Engineering Village & Web of Science
• The Webhttp://libraries.colorado.edu
Structure of Libraries Resources
Chinook
Books
Journals
Websites
ReportsCitation indexes
journal
Article citations
Full-textdatabases
journal
articles
Item Discovery, cont’d
• E-books– Knovel, CRC, Springer, and more
• Web Resources
http://libraries.colorado.edu
More databases
• Off-campus access:–http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/resea
rch/offcampusaccess.htm• More databases / help:–http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/engin
eering/index.htm
Information Ethics
• Appropriate use:– http://libraries.colorado.edu/screens/termsofuse.
html• CU Honor Code (
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/pwr/public_tutorial/cite/cite01.htm): – “On my honor, as a University of Colorado at
Boulder student, I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance on this work”
Resource URLs
• Chinook:http://libraries.colorado.edu
• MCEN Page:http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/engineering/
mechanical.htm.
Thank you!• Engineering Library
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/engineering/index.htm 303-492-5296engref@colorado.edu
• Jack Maness303-492-4545jack.maness@colorado.edu
• Gabby Wiersma303-493-4316gabrielle.wiersma@colorado.edu
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