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Engineering Research Guide

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Electrical Engineering Websites



EE/CS Mother Site, from Stanford IEEE

Starting point for information about electrical engineering and computer science companies, schools, and organizations.

EEVL: Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering EEVL logo.

Gateway of electrical engineering materials which can be searched or used as a directory. Each website is carefully selected with summaries and very few broken links.



Circuits Archive

"This is a site devoted to expanding the availability of circuit designs to engineering students, and even engineering professionals. The idea for this database came from Jerry Russell's search for circuit designs for guitar sound effects."

Datasheet Archive

http://www.datasheetarchive.com. This is a free internet archive for electronic component datasheets.

Nanotechnology

Website of a Georgia Tech professor with a brief description of Nanotechnology and a list of links.

eg3

Website for electronic design which "identifies the best of the web for embedded, dsp, board-level (cpci, vme, pc/104), soc, rtos/realtime, and open source."



Galaxy Directory: Electrical Engineering

Directory of electrical engineering websites organized by topic.



eeProduct Center

Website for electronics design with reports about the latest integrated circuits and components, product briefs, product reviews, and more.



Intersil

Designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors website that includes datasheets, technical articles, product selection guide, and engineering tools and resources such as Semiconductor terminology, analog glossary, and Commlink glossary.

Lazar's Power Electronics Corner

Switching Power Supply Design: SMPS Circuits, schematics, PCBs, electrical engineering reference,

software, and other web resources

SemiResources.com

"The quintessential exhaustive most complete Semiconductor manufacturer's list on the web."

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Energy Websites

Energy Citations Database

"Websites contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERA) an the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates."



Department of Energy's Information Bridge

"The Information Bridge provides open source to full-text and bibliographic records to Department of Energy research and development reports. The Information Bridge consists of full text documents produced and made available by the DOE National Laboratories and grantees from 1995 forward."

National Wind Technology Center

"The National Wind Technology Center is a world-class research facility managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. NWTC researchers work with members of the wind energy industry to advance wind power technologies that lower the cost of wind energy through research and development of state-of-the-art wind turbine designs."

Fuel Cell Today

"Fuel Cell Today is the global internet portal for companies and individuals with an interest in the commercialization of fuel cells. It is your single, free source for comprehensive and authoritative fuel cell news, commentary, resources and business opportunities."



California Solar Center

"Designed to be a prime source of information on solar energy activity in California. It was created and designed by the The Rahus Instiute, working to promote greater use of renewable energy through education, research, program and policy development." Website includes history of photovoltaics, solar thermal and passive solar architecture.

Biomedical Websites

BMEnet: The Biomedical Engineering Network

Comprehensive site that give information about jobs, grants, resources, conferences, societies, publications, and education with links to the Whitaker Foundation, "a private, non-profit organization the supports research and education in biomedical engineering."



Digital Human

"The Digital Human is an Open Source Software Consortium using 21st century information technology tools to represent the body's processes from DNA molecules and proteins to cells, tissues, organs, and gross anatomy."



Medical DeviceLink

Information about news, design, manufacturing, and marketing in the medical device industry. Includes suppliers, trade shows, reports, and archives of industry related articles.



National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Explore this huge website with information about all aspects of molecular processes including databases such as PubMed, Entrez, BLAST, OMIM, and gene finders, genome resources, news, and more.



National Science Foundation, Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems

Website of organization that "supports research and education in the rapidly evolving fields" with links to funding, publications, and careers.



BECON Biomedical Engineering at the NIH

The Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) consists of representatives of all National Institute of Health (NIH) concerned with biomedical research and development.



Annual Reviews: Biomedical Engineering

Use this CSULB library provided full text resource of yearly critical reviews written by leading scientists.

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Communications Websites

Demonstrations in Signals, Systems and Control

Website from John Hopkins with a collection of Java applets and RealAudio clips that "explain may underlying concepts of mathematics and signal engineering."

Tech News

Find news and current updates about computing and telecommunications.



3G News Room

Find news, product listings, whitepapers, reports, a glossary, for third generation of wireless communication technology.



Wireless Design Online

A marketplace website with information about products, technology, regulations, buyer guide, product releases, case studies, industry news, technical articles and more.



EEVL: Communication Engineering

List of 180+ links with descriptions including online journals, societies, technical papers and more.

 

Robotics Websites

Robotics Online

Websites of the Robotics Industries Association (RIA) with industry news, training resources, publications, industry standards, events, training resources and the directory.



Robotics Resources

"Comprehensive meta-site designed and maintained by the University of Massachusetts Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics. Provides links to academic, commercial, and government sites."



Robotics: Sensing, Thinking, Acting

A HyperTech exhibit created by the Tech Museum of Innovation and includes very basic information about robotics including history, ethics, art, a controllable remotely operated vehicle, and Get a Grip on Robotics.



The Robot Menu & Robot Information Central

The Robot Menu website from Arrick Robotics give images, components, and descriptions so "robot builders can show off their creations" and explore 100+ links to all facets of robotics.



EEVL: Robotics

List of 180+ links with descriptions including online journals, societies, technical papers and more.

Chuck's Robotics Notebook

"Serves as a journal and knowledge repository for the aspiring roboticist" and includes sections on circuits, projects, and controllers. A section on Complete Robots describes some of the robots he has build and includes some photos.



Intelligent Systems & Robotics Center

This web site from the Sandia National Laboratories of the U.S. Department of Energy, "leads the world in responding to challenges impacting national security and U.S. economic competitiveness." The web site includes engineered collectives, robotic vehicles, high consequence systems integration and modeling and simulation.

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Electronic Product Directories

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Analog Devices

Fairchild Semiconductor

Infineon Technologies

Texas Instruments

Thomas Regional Industrial Buying Guide

Partminer (registration required)

National Semiconductor Product Catalog

Motorola Semiconductor Selector Guide

Intel Product Information

IC Master (registration required)

Intersil Corp.

LSI Logic

OKI Semiconductor

Philips Semiconductor

Darnell Power Electronics

University of Cincinnati Engineering Library Databooks

GlobalSpec Product Catalogs

Also try Google Catalog Search http://catalogs.google.com/

Great Library Resources



Databases   (How do I search for journal articles?)



IEEE Xplore (instructions)

--Search IEEE journals, conference proceedings, etc.

--1950 to present

Compendex (instructions)

--Search over 7 million citations

--1969 to present

ACM Digital Library and Guide to Computing Literature (instructions)New

--Search ACM journals, conferences proceedings, etc.

--Coverage varies

Thomas Register of American Manufactures (instructions)

--Search for products, companies, and brands manufactured in the United States and Canada

--Current information

Safari Tech Books Online (instructions) New

--Search 375 IT and computing e-books

--1998 to present

Web of Science (instructions)

--Use Cited Reference search to see who is citing a specific author or paper

--1996 to present

Science Direct (instructions)

--Search full text database

--latest 5 years to present



Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

(How can I find more books?)

Battery Reference Book

(4th floor TK 2901.C75 1996)

Bioelectronics Handbook: MOSRETS, Biosensors, and Neurons (4th floor TK 7874.8.B56 1998)

The Circuits and Filters Handbook

(4th floor TK 7867.C4977 1995)

Comprehensive Dictionary of Electrical Engineering

(4th floor TK 9.C575 1999)

The Control Handbook

(Ref TJ 213.C642 1996)

CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency

(4th floor TJ 163.3.C73 1997)

The Electrical Engineering Handbook

(Ref TK145.E354 1997)

Energy Management Handbook

(4th floor TJ163.2.T87 1997)

Electrical Construction Databook

(4th floor TK151.H527 2002)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (Ref Q 121.M3 2002)

Allied Electronics Catalog

(Web)

ChipDocs: The Online Guide to Semiconductors

(Web)

ISA Directory of Instrumentation

(Web)

Measurements Converter

(Web)

McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) Handbook (Ref TK 152.M35 2002)

National Electrical Code

(Ref TK 223.N27)

Telecommunication Handbook

(4th floor TK 5101.T355 2000)

Standard Handbook of Audio and Radio Engineering

(4th floor TK 7881.4.S7 2002)

Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (4th floor TK9.E53 1999) 10+ vols.

Electrical Engineering Ref Manual for the Electrical and Computer PE Exam (Ref TK 169.Y37 2002)

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Frequently Cited Journals

This is a brief list of journals in Electrical Engineering.

Use a database to search for specific articles on your topic.

Journal Title Location of Print Location of Electronic full text
IEEE Communications Magazine 4th floor TK 5105 A1I13a (1979 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1977 to present)
IEEE Electron Device Letters   IEEE Xplore (1988 to present)
IEEE J. of Quantum Electronics 4th floor TK 7881 I2 (1965 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1965 to present)
IEEE J. on Selected Areas in Communications 4th floor TK 5101A1I18 (1983 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1983 to present)
IEEE J. on Select Topics in Quantum Electronics 4th floor QC 685 I44 (1995 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1995 to present)
IEEE Network 4th floor TK 5101 A1I52 (1987 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1988 to present)
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 4th floor TA 1501 P48 (1989 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1989 to present)
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 4th floor TK7870 I2 (1963 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1988 to present)
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 4th floor R 857 O613 (1982 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1988 to present)
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 4th floor TK 7874 J677 (1992 to 2003) IEEE Xplore (1992 to present)
Proceedings of the IEEE 4th floor TK 5700 I61 (1963 to present) IEEE Xplore (1988 to present)

Note: Current year located on lower level and older holdings may be in storage or microfilm. Check COAST, Journals for exact location of the year you are interested in.

 

Trade Journals

Use databases to search for full text trade publications such as:

Electronic Engineering Times in Factiva and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry

Robotics Today in ABI/INFORM Global

Telecommunications Reports, Wireless News in ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry

Telephony in ABI/INFORM Global

Wireless Review in Factiva or ABI/INFORM Global

Societies & Organizations



Find information about fellow researchers and professionals. Many sites have Internet links and news.

Audio Engineering Society (AES)

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (SEMI)

Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering Society

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

International Federation of Robotics

International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)

Foresight Institute (Nanotechnology)

Technical Reports

(What are technical reports?)

HP Laboratories Technical Reports

Search or browse Hewlett Packard Labs Technical Reports from 1990 to present.

Print Indexes

Use to find older citations or historic information.

Index to IEEE publications
(TK 7800.I58)

1973 to 1988 Room 407 West

1989 to 1998 4th floor

Current coverage in IEEE Xplore

 

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Content maintained by Hema Ramachandran, Engineering Librarian