Mechanical Engineering Resource Guide

Databases || Reference Tools || Associations & Societies || Mechanical Engineering Journals Mechanical Engineering Links || Mechanical Engineering Department

Databases

• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• Web of Science (search by subject or cited reference)
• SciSearch® Database (search by subject or cited reference)
• CSA Materials Research Database
• Chemical Abstracts
  Searching available for NMT faculty and students by appointment. Call 835-6367.
• Dissertation Abstracts Online (via FirstSearch)
• PapersFirst [conferences] (via FirstSearch)

General (include full-text articles)

• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Wilson Select Plus

Reference Tools

Encyclopedia of Computational Mechanics - Ref TA350 .E53 2004 (3 volumes)

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics - Ref Q175.35.E53 2005 (4 volumes)

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Ref TP 9 E685 1992 (27 volumes)

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering and Design - Ref TJ 9 .M395 1984

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - Ref Q121 .M3 2002 (20 volumes)

Annual Book of ASTM Standards - Ref TA 401 .A653 1995 (complete set)

ASM handbook (aka Metals Handbook) - Ref TA459 .M43

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code - Ref TJ 289 .A63 1998 (2 volumes)

Control Handbook - Ref TJ 213 .C6593 1995

Handbook Of Fluid Dynamics And Fluid Machinery - Ref TA357 .H286 1996 (3 volumes)

Machine Design Data Handbook - Ref TJ 230 .L718 1994

Machinery's Handbook - Ref TJ 151 .O245 2000

Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers - Ref TJ 151 .M37 1987

Rules of Thumb for Mechanical Engineers - Ref TJ 151 .R84 1997

Associations & Societies

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International) http://www.asme.org/
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) http://www.imeche.org.uk/
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) http://www.sme.org/

Mechanical Engineering Links

• Acoustics and Vibrations: WWW Virtual Library http://www.ecgcorp.com/velav/
  Academic, government, and miscellaneous web resources

• eFluids http://www.efluids.com
  Resource for fluid dynamics and flow engineering

• Mechanical Engineering Magazine Online http://www.memagazine.org/index.html
  Latest issues of ASME's Mechanical Engineering magazine

• Mechatronics Resources on the World Wide Web http://www.eng.morgan.edu/~salimian/courses/mechatronics/resources.html
  Links to conferences and course pages, as well as mechatronics departments by country

• MIT OpenCourseWare: Mechanical Engineering http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mechanical-Engineering/index.htm
  
Free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners.

• Patent Searching http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/patents.html
  Links to patent databases and web tutorials

• Standards http://www.nmt.edu/~nmtlib/INFO/ORef/standards.html
  Links to standard databases and specific organizations such as ANSI, ASTM, etc.

• SHARE DesignNet Page http://cdr.stanford.edu/html/SHARE/DesignNet.html
  Directory of mechatronic design and engineering services

• WWW Tribology @ Sheffield http://www.shef.ac.uk/mecheng/tribology/
  Click Tools & Information for tribology news, conferences, journal and reading lists, etc.