Engineering 

Thinking of words

. . . using dictionaries, thesauruses, quotations

Dictionary of Engineering Acronyms and Abbreviations (Science Reference T11 .K43 1994)

Dictionary of Engineering Materials (Science Reference TA402 .K43 2004)

Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers Online Quotations Archive

MathWorld

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering (Science Reference TA9 .M35 2003)

ScienceWorld

Wiley Engineer’s Desk Reference: A Concise Guide for the Professional Engineer (Science Reference TA151 .H424 1998)

Gaining an Overview

. . . using encyclopedias, guides, handbooks, textbooks, yearbooks

Encyclopedias

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 20 vols. (Science Reference Q121 .M3 2002)

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, 2 vols. (Science Reference Q121 .V3 1995)

Handbooks

CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (Science Reference TA151 .C76 2004)

Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics (Stacks QA164 .H36 1999)

Handbook of Mathematical, Scientific, and Engineering  Formulas, Tables, Functions, Graphs, and Transforms (Stacks QA 40 .H357 2001)

Handbook of Statistical Methods for Engineers and Scientists (Science Reference TA340 .H34 1998)

Mathematics Handbook for Science and Engineering (Stacks QA41 .R34 1999)

Transforms and Applications Handbook (Science Reference QA601 .T73 2000)

Finding current information

. . . using databases & indexes, alerting services (some may require free registration), journals to browse

Databases & Indexes

Academic Search Premier -

Coverage: Indexing coverage varies, with full-text content for some titles beginning 1975 or earlier, and most titles indexed from the 1990s. Brief Description: Provides abstracts and indexing of articles in more than 8,000 popular magazines, scholarly journals, and major newspapers in all fields of study, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text. Tools Available: A complete list of titles covered is available.

ACM Digital Library -

Coverage: 1952 to present Brief Description: Provides indexing, abstracts, and access to the full text of materials published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), including journals, magazines, transactions, proceedings, newsletters, and publications of affiliated organizations. Tools Available: Contents of the ACM Digital Library Using the ACM Digital Library CrossRef Search My Binders Table-of-Contents TOC Service Guide to Computing Literature Computing Classification System

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers Journals -

Coverage: Most journals articles are available full text from 1990 to the present, and abstracts of conference proceedings are available from 2003 to the present. Brief Description: ASCE Research Library is a comprehensive online search interface for locating articles of interest across all disciplines of civil engineering. Tools Available: An online list of journals is available.

Compendex -

Call Number: Science Reference Z5851 .E62 [Engineering Index] Coverage: 1969 to present Brief Description: Compendex is the world's most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database, providing abstracting and indexing of more than 5,000 international journals, conference proceedings, and trade publications in the fields of engineering, technology, and computer science. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Engineering Index 1892-1997 [Compendex]. Tools Available: Compendex Thesaurus Compendex Source List Database Help and Training Materials My Profile (Manage Saved Searches and Search Alerts) Ask An Expert (Contact Linda Hall Library Staff or Compendex Engineers)

IEEE Xplore -

Coverage: Full-text content from 1988 to present, plus historical articles from 100 IEEE journals published 1913-1987. Brief Description: The IEEE Xplore search interface provides access to peer-reviewed records of research in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science and a growing number of related disciplines, including theoretical and experimental papers and quality magazines focusing on practical applications in research, design and specification. Tools Available: Browse IEEE Journals & Magazines IEEE Xplore FAQs IEEE Xplore 2.0 User Guide Print Promotional Materials and Guides IEEE Digital Library Training

IngentaConnect -

Coverage: 1988 to present Brief Description: Billed as "one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online" IngentaConnect is an aggregator database providing access to the tables of contents from more than 30,000 popular, trade, and scholarly journals.

MathSciNet -

Call Number: Science Reference QA1 .M76 Coverage: 1940 to present, with review texts available after 1979 Brief Description: A comprehensive Web site for mathematics research information Other IPFW Formats: IPFW owns the printed Mathematical Reviews and Index of Mathematical Papers, 1940-2000 Tools Available: An online list of journals indexed is available. An online searching guide is available.

United States Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge -

Coverage: 1994 to present Brief Description: Offers full-text access to DOE-sponsored report literature produced by the DOE and the contractor research and development community, 1994 to present. Contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy and other similar topics. Tools Available: Online Help is available

Web of Science -

Coverage: 1995 to present. Brief Description: The Web of Science provides an interface for searching the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index, separately or together, from 1995 to present. These unique citation indexes provide indexing and selected abstracts for millions of source articles in more than 10,000 major journals published worldwide. Each record indexes every source article's entire list of cited references or bibliographic footnotes. Use the Web of Science to discover scholarly materials based on the citation network within a vast multidisciplinary literature. Other IPFW Formats: IPFW library owns the printed Science Citation Index (1970-1991) (Science Reference Z7401 .S365), Social Sciences Citation Index (1972-1991) (Science Reference Z7161 .S65), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1981-1991) (Science Reference AI3 .A63). Tools Available: Training Resources Technical Support Web of Science Tutorial Journal Title List > Arts & Humanities Citation Index Journal Title List > Science Citation Index Journal Title List > Social Sciences Citation Index Also see Journal Citation Reports Helmke Library Cited Reference Search Policy and Procedures

Alert Services

NSF Custom News Service (National Science Foundation)

PNAS Online Table of Contents (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Web Resources

EEVL-The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing

eFunda

e4engineering.com

WWW Virtual Library

Discovering books

. . . using library catalogs, bibliographies

IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) -

Brief Description: Search Helmke Library's online catalog to find books, electronic resources, periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, or newspapers), government publications, music CDs, videorecordings (DVDs, VHS), and other library materials. Tools Available: Searching IUCAT Tutorial How Do I Use IUCAT Guides

WorldCat -

Brief Description: Provides access to the OCLC database with more than 1 billion bibliographic records for materials in all formats. Tools Available: Online tutorials are available.

Major Publishers in Engineering

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Cambridge University Press

Harvard University Press

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Kluwer Academic

McGraw-Hill Professional Books

MIT Press

Oxford University Press USA

Reed Elsevier

University of Chicago Press

Seeking people & organizations

. . . using biographies, directories, cited/co-cited author indexes

American Association of Engineering Societies

American Society for Engineering Education

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

National Society of Professional Engineers

SPIE - International Society of Optical Engineering

Society of Women Engineers

Using writing & editing tools

. . . using style guides, guidelines for authors

ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors (American Chemical Society) (Science Reference QD8.5 .A25 1997, Science Service Desk)

Chicago Manual of Style: For Authors, Editors, and Copywriters (Reference Z253 .U69 1993, Service Desk [1A])

Crossing boundaries

. . . using subject headings, call numbers, syndetic structure

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule Q: Science

Library of Congress Classification Outline for Schedule T: Technology