Research Guides: ENGR 005: Engineering Methodology (SC): Finding Books & Background Information

Finding Definitions & More - ONLINE Resources

Sometimes you will need to look up words or get some basic information before you are able to fully understand the articles you are reading in scientific journals. Using these encyclopedias and dictionaries can help to get your research started.

Credo Reference: Engineering
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A collection of online dictionaries covering all aspects of technology.

Finding Definitions & More - PRINT Resources

The Cutting Edge
ISBN: 0195128990
An authoritative, easy-to-use guide to the advanced systems and techniques that are making--or will soon make--a major impact on our lives, in such areas as computing, communications, biotechnology, medicine, national defense, space, education, entertainment, and the environment.

Cornell Reference T9 .C96 2000

These books are just a few useful volumes you can find in Cornell's Reference collection on the main floor:

Robotics: A reference Guide to the New Technology
ISBN: 1573563374
Robotics is a reference guide that provides nonspecialists with the most up-to-date information on seminal developments in the technology of robotics, as well as covering the social, political, and technical impacts of those developments on everyday life, both now and in the future.

Cornell Reference TJ211 .A5475 2007
Concise Encyclopedia of the Structure of Materials
ISBN: 0080451276
This customized collection of articles provides a handy reference for materials scientists and engineers with an interest in the structure of metals, polymers, ceramics and glasses, biomaterials, wood, paper, and liquid crystals.

Cornell Reference TA402 .C66 2007

Finding Books & More

TRIPOD is the library collection of Bryn Mawr, Haverford & Swarthmore. You can search both articles and books at the same time, or just search BOOKS.

T's are where the Engineering books are shelved in the library. . If you find a '+' in the call number, that means it is OVERSIZED (too big to fit on regular bookshelves), and is shelved at the end of the alphabet in the ranges upstairs by the study tables.

Tripod Library Catalog
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- Use Tripod to find resources available from the TriCo Libraries.
- Search for books, e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more