LibGuides: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Getting started with your research

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Engineering Village
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Comprehensive access to engineering journal articles, conference papers, and web sites, 1884-present.

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Google Scholar
Use to access many UMass online journal subscriptions.

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You can access Google Scholar with UMLinks buttons from outside the UMass Amherst IP range ("off campus") by two methods:

1. Access Google Scholar through the Library web site by using this link.
2. Go to generic Google Scholar.
a. Click on "Settings."
b. Click on Library links.
c. Type in "University of Massachusetts" or "UMass Amherst" (or a few other variations).
d. Check "University of Massachusetts Amherst - Get Full Text via UMLinks" and Save.
e. You will be asked to authenticate somewhere along the way to full text.
PubMed
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National Library of Medicine's comprehensive database of citations to medical journal articles, with links to UMass-subscribed full text, 1946-present. PubMed includes all MEDLINE content, plus content from additional journals and books in the life sciences.

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Scitation
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The leading journals and conference proceedings from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Publishing. Topics include: Acoustics; Astronomy/astrophysics; Atomic/molecular physics; Biological physics; Energy; Geophysics; Materials science; Mathematical physics; Nanotechnology; Nuclear physics; optical physics; Particle physics; Physical chemistry; Plasma physics; Quantum mechanics; Rheology and fluid dynamics; Statistical physics.

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Web of Science
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Index to articles from peer-reviewed journals in all disciplines.Search by cited reference, topic, author, and more. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1900-present; and Science 1900-present.

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SAE Mobilus
Society of Automotive Engineers publications UMass Amherst Libraries provides access to:
- SAE Digital Library Historical Standards GV (SAE Historical Ground Vehicle Standards 1927 - present)
- STAPP Car Crash Conference Technical Papers (1966- 2017)
- SAE e-Journals
- AEI Digital Library (Automotive Engineering International magazine)
Transportation Research International Documentation (TRID)
Combines the records from the Transportation Research Board's Transportation Research Information Services and the OECD's Joint Transport Research Centre's International Transport Research Documentation databases. TRID provides access to more than 1.2 million records of worldwide transportation research

Books, handbooks, and theses

Use these links to books, theses and other related publications to get started. Use the UMass Amherst D iscovery search, to find books owned by the Five College Libraries.

Design and Analysis of Experiments by Douglas C. Montgomery
Call Number: Only available in Print: QA 279.M66 2017
ISBN: 9781119589068
Publication Date: 2017
Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 12E by Ali Sadegh; Eugene A. Avallone; William Worek; Theodore Baumeister
Call Number: Only available in print: TJ151 .M37
ISBN: 9781259588501
Publication Date: 1967
Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Twelfth Edition. Coverage includes: Mechanics of solids and fluids, Heat, Strength of materials, Materials of engineering, Fuels and furnaces, Machine elements, Power generation, Transportation, Fans, pumps, and compressors, Instruments and controls, Refrigeration, cryogenics, and optics, Applied mechanics, Engineering ethics
Materials and Engineering Mechanics by Myer Kutz (Editor)
Call Number: ebook TJ151 .M43 2015
ISBN: 9781118907757
Publication Date: 2015-02-05
Full coverage of materials and mechanical design in engineering
Research Methods for Engineers by David V. Thiel
Call Number: ebook AND UM Du Bois Reserves / TA160 .T45 2014 / Reserve-3 hr
ISBN: 9781107610194
Publication Date: 2014-09-11
Learn how to plan for success with this hands-on guide to conducting engineering research. A unique engineering perspective: written especially for engineers, and relevant across all engineering disciplines.

O’Reilly Safari Learning Platform
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20,000 business, technology and digital media e-books from the best business/technology publishers - O'Reilly, Sams, John Wiley, Sybex, Que, Career Press, Jossey-Bass, McGraw-Hill, AMACON, Oracle Press, Microsoft and many more.

Available only to current UMass Amherst students, faculty and staff
Dissertations and Theses
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US and Canadian dissertations and theses from 1861 to present. Mostly full-text 1997 to present.

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Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Indexes of over 3.5 million graduate-level electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) that are freely available online.

Content is freely available for use by all
EBSCO Open Dissertations
OpenDissertations.org includes records from the British Library’s EThOS Service, the University of Florida, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of North Texas, and the University of Kentucky.

Content is freely available for use by all.
Theses Canada
Full-text Canadian theses and dissertations in the Library and Archives Canada collection

Content is freely available for use by all.