PHYSICS & ENGINEERING: Engineering Research Guide

REFERENCE SOURCES

These are books and websites that will help you gain some background information on your topic, and they can be vital to your understanding of the subject and for topic development.

A dictionary of environmental & civil engineering	TD9 .W43 2000 (Science Reference)
ASM materials engineering dictionary	TA402 .A86 1992 (Science Reference)
Magill's survey of science. Applied science series	TA145 .M298 1993 (Science Reference)
Dictionary of the physical sciences : terms, formulas, data	Q123 .E46 1987 (Science Reference)
Engineering, ethics, and the environment	TA157 .V42 1998 (Science Library)
The Wiley engineer's desk reference : a concise guide for the professional engineer	TA151 .H424 1998 (Science Reference)
The computer science and engineering handbook	QA76 .C57315 1997 (Science Reference)
Eshbach's handbook of engineering fundamentals	TA151 .E8 1989 (Science Reference)
Instrumentation reference book	QC53 .I574 1995 (Science Reference)
Journal Abbreviations in the Sciences	Connect

ONLINE DATABASES

Use online databases as you would a print periodical index. Items retrieved from these databases have been evaluated for content and indexed by subject librarians, unlike items retrieved from a search engine.

Annual Review of Materials Research

IoP Electronic Journals

OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES

These websites have been evaluated by the librarians at W&L for relevancy, content, and objectivity. They include tools to help with your research as well as useful supplemental materials.

Physics & Engineering Resources at W&L (W&L University Libraries)

Searching Patents (W&L University Libraries)

Department of Energy Information Bridge

Science Magazine

Physics & Engineering Department Homepage (W&L University)

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