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