Engineering: A Guide to Library Research

Online access to all current standards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Standards include the International Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) and standards on topics including pressure technology, nuclear plants, elevators/escalators, construction, engineering design, standardization, and performance testing.

The International Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code establishes rules of safety — relating only to pressure integrity — governing the design, fabrication, and inspection of boilers and pressure vessels, and nuclear power plant components during construction. The objective of the rules is to provide a margin for deterioration in service. Advancements in design and material and the evidence of experience are constantly being added.

1998-present (full text); 1906-present (citations). Includes papers contained in the SAE Proceedings, Special Publications, and Transactions since 1998, as well as information on articles published back to 1906.

Compendex: 1884-present. Scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.

INSPEC: World-wide literature (mainly journal articles and conference proceedings papers) in astronomy, physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control, information technology, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing & mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology, and biophysics.

GeoRef: Index to the literature of the geosciences. Topics include: all aspects of geology, solid-earth geophysics, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, energy, and stratigraphy. Contains over 2.9 million references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports, and theses.

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