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Great Internet Resources
Great Library Resources
Great Internet Resources
Aerospace Engineering Websites
EEVL: Aerospace and Defense Engineering
Gateway of engineering materials which can be searched or used as a directory. Each website is carefully selected with summaries and very few broken links.
NASA Science and Technical Information
NASA STI "helps you locate, obtain, and publish NASA aerospace information and find national and international information pertinent to your research and mission." Includes links to NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server, STAR: Scientific and Technical Aerospace reports and more.
Internet Aerospace Links
Collection of links to aerospace materials with NASA web pages, multinational/foreign agencies, industry servers, government and military agencies, academic institutions, airlines & airports, professional/student societies and clubs, fluid & solid mechanics, personal aero pages, news/newsgroups, and other links.
Aerospace Web
Non-profit organization that "provides information regarding a wide range of aerospace-related fields, including aircraft design, spacecraft design, aerodynamics, and aerospace history."
Encyclopedia Astronautica
Website with over 8,000 pages and 5,500 images with authoritative information about space, and the people, places, technology, and things associated with it.
Space Daily
"SpaceDaily.com is the leading industry space news portal with our news service bringing together industry professionals, space scientists and policy makers the world over."
eFunda: Engineering Fundamentals
"Its mission is to create an online destination for the engineering community, where working professionals can quickly find concise and reliable information to meet the majority of their daily reference needs."
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by the California Institute of Technology for NASA is the center for research on un-manned space technologies, such as the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
Open Directory Project: Aerospace
"The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors." Use or search to find websites in all facets of aerospace."
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Aviation Policy and Plans
"Aviation Policy and Plans develops policies, goals and priorities, forecasts future aviation technology and demand and analyzes the economic impact of regulations."
AERADE
"Your portal to quality aerospace and defense resources on the Internet" from Cranfield University in Britain."
Aero World Net
A website with daily news about the aerospace industry including discussion boards, supplier and product and service directories.
Mechanical Engineering Websites
EEVL:Mechanical Engineering
Gateway of Engineering materials which can be searched or used as a directory. Each website is carefully selected with summaries and very few broken links. Also try EEVL: Materials Engineering.
eFunda: Engineering Fundamentals
"Its mission is to create an online destination for the engineering community, where working professionals can quickly find concise and reliable information to meet the majority of their daily reference needs."
iCrank: The Mechanical Engineering Portal
"The purpose of this site is to provide a starting point that can quickly point you in the right direction, without forcing you to wade through an overwhelming amount of unwanted material. This site has been constructed with the needs of the engineer in mind."
Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
This National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) website, "works to satisfy the measurement and standards needs of the U.S. manufacturers in mechanical and dimensional metrology and in advanced manufacturing technology."
Machine Design
Online issues of Machine Design with archives and information about companies and products, CAD Library, CD Library and more.
Hot Topics: MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)
Provide general information, glossary, links to websites, and bibliographic citations to more information.
Open Directory Project: Mechanical Engineering
"The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors." Use or search to find websites in all facets of aerospace.
How to Find Out: Mechanical Engineering
Huge website created by Roddy MacLeod, Librarian, Heriot-Watt University Library in Britain. Contains explanations of finding a information in Mechanical Engineering such as books, reviews, current awareness sources, indexes, conference papers, technical reports, statistics, standards, patents, theses, translations, research in progress, software, and reference material.
Also see How to Find Out: Offshore & Petroleum Engineering
and Marine Resources
WWW Virtual Library: Industrial Engineering
"Covers academic programs, publications, courses, conferences, professional societies, software, and related content." Includes subjects such as engineering economics, human factors, manufacturing systems, optimization, statistics, and production, distribution and materials handling.
Engineering Mechanics Statics Online
This site is a class tutorial from the University of Missouri-Rolla and contains fundamentals, example problems and solutions. Includes narration and diagrams of problem solutions.
Machine Design: Mechanical Engineering
This site provides information about basic design information for drivelines, fixed-speed drives, adjustable speed drives, gaskets, seals, internal combustion engines, lubricants and bearings, cable and wire rope. Also includes online access to Machine Design.
Tribology Resources on the Internet: Friction, Lubrication and Wear
List of links with links to non-profit organizations, government, academic, independent oil analysis and tribology labs, manufacturers of oil analysis supplies and equipment, industrial and automotive lubricant manufacturers, online articles, journals and magazine, and directories.
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Find annotated links related to CFD, jobs, news, books, online discussion forums and events.
Properties Websites
MatWeb: Material Property Data
MatWeb has a free searchable database of 40,000 metals, plastics, composites and ceramics data sheets. Registration is required (either free or fee) to use advanced features.
ThermoDex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks
"You can enter both a type of compound and a property, and ThermoDex will return a list of and books that might contain this data. Note: Large data compilations (such as Beilstein, Landolt-Bornstein), online datafiles, and the standard one-volume handbooks (such as the CRC) are not indexed in ThermoDex, and should be checked separately."
Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
Use this site to find material safety data sheets with "melting point, boiling point, flash point, toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity, storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill/leak procedures."
NIST Data Gateway
Search for properties and substances in the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Also Search the free Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD).
IRIS: Integrated Risk Information Systems
"IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment." IRIS is produced by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
"The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database the contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities."
Manufacturers and Product Websites
Thomasnet The standard and well-respected free resource for finding manufacturers and products.
IndustrialQuickSearch Resource for finding manufacturers and products
Databases (How do I search for journal articles?)
ASME Mechanical Engineering (instructions)
--Search American Society of Mechanical Engineering journals
--1980 to present
Compendex (instructions)
--Search over 7 million citations
--1969 to present
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (instructions)
--Search over 1 million citations about applied technologies
--1983 to present
IEEE Xplore (instructions)
--Search IEEE journals, etc.
--1950 to present
Science Direct (instructions)
--Search full text database
--latest 5 years to present
ThomasNet Register of American Manufactures (
instructions
)
--Search for products, companies, and brands manufactured in the United States and Canada
--Current information
Web of Science (instructions)
--Use Cited Reference search to see who is citing a specific author or paper
--1996 to present
Proceedings First
--Search for conference proceedings
--1993 to present
Handbooks, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. (How can I find more books?)
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ASM Handbook |
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology |
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Aerospace Structural Metals Handbook |
Handbook of Mechanical Engineering |
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AIAA Aerospace Design Engineers Guide |
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology |
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CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook |
Mechanical Engineers' Handbook |
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Dictionary of Engineering Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Metals Handbook |
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Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering |
Metals Handbook |
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Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics |
Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain |
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Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering |
ASHRAE Handbook. Fundamentals |
Frequently Cited Journals
This is a brief list of journals in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Use a database to search for specific articles on your topic.
| Journal title | Location of print | Location of electronic full text |
| Advances in Applied Mechanics | 4th floor TA 350 A4 (1948 to 2001) | |
| Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) | |
| International J. of Fatigue | 4th floor TA 418.38 I53 (1987 to 2002) | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) |
| International J. of Heat and Mass Transfer | Storage QC 320.I55 (1960 to 1992) | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) |
| International J. of Plasticity | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) | |
| J. of Aerospace Engineering | 4th floor TL 787 J58 | ASCE Civil Engineering (1995 to present) |
| J. of Engineering Materials and Technology | 4th floor TA 401 J62 | ASME Mechanical Engineering (2000 to present) |
| J. of Mechanical Design | 4th floor TA 174 J693 | ASME Mechanical Engineering (2000 to present) |
| J. of Microelectromechanical Systems | 4th floor TK 7874 J677 (1992 to 2003) | IEEE Xplore (1998 to present) |
| J. of Turbomachinery | 4th floor TJ 267 T68 (1987 to 2003) | ASME Mechanical Engineering (2000 to present) |
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Proc. of the Institution of Mech.Engs. Part H, J. of Engineering in Medicine |
4th floor R856 A1E53 (1989 to 2003) | Ingenta Select (1997 to present) |
| Progress in Aerospace Sciences | 4th floor T500 P7 (1961 to 1999) | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) |
| Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) | |
| Wear | Science Direct (5 yrs ago to present) | |
| Applied Mechanics Review | 4th floor TA 1.A63953 (1990 to 2003) | ASME Mechanical Engineering (2001 to present) |
| Shock and Vibration Digest | 4th floor TA 355.S524 (1985 to 2003) | |
| Metals Abstracts | 4th floor TN 1 M5153 (1990 to 2001) |
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
View full text trade publications such as:
Aerospace America
Aviation Week and Space Technology
Machine Design
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics World
Societies and Organizations
Find information about fellow researchers and professionals. Many sites have Internet links and news.
American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Astronautical Society (AAS)
American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE)
Ergonomics Society
American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Associations (RETA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Association of Power Engineers (NAPE)
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Electric Auto Association (EAA)
Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)
Technical
Reports (
What are Technical Reports?)
DOE
Information Bridge
The Information Bridge provides the open source to full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy (DOE) research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server
"The NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program's mission is to collect, archive, and disseminate NASA aerospace information, and locate domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises."
Also try NACA (National Advisory committee for Aeronautics) 1917-1958 Search NACA--the precursor to NASA.
The Virtual Technical Reports Center
This site from the University of Maryland Libraries "contains links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. Some metasites are listed by subject categories, as well as by institution. This site will be updated monthly."
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library: Technical Reports
Find links to meta-sites, universities, companies, government, non-profit, and international organizations that provide technical reports.
Print Indexes
Use to find older citations or historic information.
Applied Science and Technology Index (T1A6)
1958-1988 in Room 407
1984-1997 in Storage (ask at reserves desk on lower level)
Current coverage in
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Engineering Index (TA145 E3)
1906-16; 1918-79 on 4th floor
Current coverage in
Compendex
Industrial Arts Index (T1 A6)
1918-1934, 1936-1957 in Room 407
Continued by Applied Science and Technology Index
Current coverage in Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
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What are technical reports?
Technical reports are reports produced by researchers from government, corporations, and non-profit organizations. Often they contain highly technical information from a specific project in industry. Many technical reports can be found in full text for free on the Internet and they can be a good source of information. Check out a company or organization's website to see if they have posted technical reports.
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