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Many of the online resources listed on this page are for UAkron students, faculty, and staff only.
For detailed information on connecting from off-campus, see: Connecting to Online Resources.

Indexes and Abstracts

• Aerospace & High Technology Database
• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
• Compendex (the Engineering Index online)
• Dissertation Abstracts (Digital Dissertations)
• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
• INSPEC (physics, electronics, computing)
• Materials Science Collection with METADEX
• NASA Technical Reports Server
• Patent search at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Science Citation Index Expanded

• See the list of Article Indexes and Databases for more selections.

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Journals and Newspapers

• Electronic Journal Center:
  • Materials Science Category
  • Mechanical Engineering Category
• Browse ZipLINK for a list of electronic journals subscribed to by the University of Akron Libraries.
• Browse ZipLINK for a list of OhioLINK electronic journals.

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Full-text Books

• The On-Line Books Page:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Motor Vehicles, Air and Space Technology
• netLibrary - you will need to create an account to be able to "check out" eBooks.

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Bibliographies

• Guide to information sources in engineering / Science T10.7 .L67 2000
• Information sources in science and technology / Science Reference Q158.5 .H878 1998

• Search ZipLINK for bibliographies in our collection. For example:
  • search by SUBJECT engineering bibliography

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Reference Resources (Handbooks, Encyclopedias, etc.)

• Dictionaries:
  • Advanced composites world reference dictionary / Science Reference TA418.9.C6 M66 1997
  • ASM materials engineering dictionary / Science Reference TA402 .A86 1992
  • ASTM dictionary of engineering, science, & technology / Science Reference TA402 .C65 2000
  • Dictionary of engineering acronyms and abbreviations / Science Reference TA11 .E73 1994
  • Dictionary of automotive engineering / Science Reference TL9 .G64 1995
  • Dictionary of materials and testing / Science Reference TA402 .C83 2000
  • Dictionary of material science and high energy physics / Science Reference QC772 .D57 2001
  • SAE dictionary of aerospace engineering / Science Reference TL509 .S24 1998

• Directories:
  • ASEE ... profiles of engineering & engineering technology colleges / Science Reference T64 .A84 1999
  • Peterson's job opportunities. Engineering and computer science / Science Reference Reserve TA157 .P44 2000
  • Who's who in engineering / Science Reference TA139 .E37 9th ed. 1995
  • Who's who in science and engineering / Science Reference Q141 .W576 5th ed. 2000/2001

• Encyclopedias:
  • AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
  • Concise encyclopedia of composite materials / Science Reference TA418.9.C6 C635 1994
  • McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of engineering / Science Reference TA9 .M36 1993
  • Concise encyclopedia of materials characterization / Science Reference TA402 .C659 1993
  • Encyclopedia of vibration / Science Reference

• Handbooks:
  • The Control handbook / Science Reference TJ213 .C642 1996
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics / Science Reference Reserve QD65 .H3
  • The CRC handbook of mechanical engineering / Science TJ151 .C73 1998
  • Handbook of mechanical engineering calculations / Science Reference TJ151 .H327 1998
  • Marks' standard handbook for mechanical engineers / Science Reference TJ151 .M37
  • Mechanical engineers' handbook / Science Reference TJ151 .M395 1998
  • S.A.E. handbook / Science Reference TL151 .S62

• Style Guides:
  • Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
  • Citation Style for Research Papers

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Government Resources

• How to Access Government Documents at Bierce Library
• Marcive Web - the Catalog of Government Printing Office Documents.
  Tip: Use the SUDOC number from Marcive Web to search ZipLINK to see if we have a document.

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Internet Resources

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
• Machinery Vibration Resources
• SAVIAC: Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center
• EELS: Engineering E-Library (Sweden) - Mechanical Engineering
• EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (UK)
• Galaxy.com - Materials Science
• Galaxy.com - Mechanical Engineering
• IBM Research - Materials Science
• ICE: Internet Connections for Engineering - Mechanical Engineering list
• NIST: Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
• WWW Virtual Library - Acoustics and Vibration
• WWW Virtual Library - Engineering
• WWW Virtual Library - Mechanical Engineering

• Employment:
  • Ohio.com's Career Builder

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Images and Other Media

• AP Photo Archive

• Search MediaNet for Audio Visual resources at Bierce Library

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Associations and Professional Organizations

• American Association of Engineering Societies
• The American Society for Engineering Education
• American Society of Engineering Technology (ASET)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• ASM International
• The Institute of Nanotechnology
• The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• International Engineering Consortium (IEC)
• Materials Research Society
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• NDT: The American Society for Nondestructive Testing
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
• Society of Women Engineers
• Stress and Vibration Group of the Institute of Physics

• Scholarly Societies Project - List of Society Resources for Mechanical Engineering

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Grants, Fellowships, etc.

• Community of Science (registration required)
• The Foundation Center
• Grants for Individuals - Engineering (Michigan State University Libraries)
• NSF:
  Overview of Grants and Awards
  Funding Opportunities in Engineering
• Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Program

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Area Information (Local, State, National)

• College of Engineering News
• Student Organizations at the University of Akron
• NASA Glenn Research Center

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Related Subject Areas

• Resources for Civil Engineering
• Resources for Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Resources for Engineering Science and Technology
• Resources for Polymer Engineering