Researching Engineering Topics

• Access Science (encyclopedia of science and technology, more reliable than wikipedia) - Duke only

• IEEExplore (IEEE publications) - Duke only

• Web of Science (favorite database among Duke engineering/science users) - Duke only

• Engineering Village (best source of engineering/electronic topics) - Duke only

• ASM Materials Handbooks - Online - Duke only

• Electronic Theses

MEMS Handbooks/Encyclopedias

• AccessScience@McGraw-Hill - online encyclopedia of science and technology (Duke only)

• American Society of Metals (ASM) Handbooks. (Vesic reference 669 A512). Covers: all aspects of metals and metals processing.

• Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology. (Vesic reference 620.1103 E56 2001) Covers: more than 10,000 pages on the broad fields of materials science research interests.

• Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology. (Vesic reference 620.5 H236 2000) Covers: synthesis, processing, fabrication, and optical properties and more.

• Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers. (Vesic reference 621 M345 1996) Covers: mechanical engineering. Topics include: properties of engineering materials, illumination, industrial buildings, power distribution.

• Mechanical Engineer's Reference Book. (Vesic reference 621.0212 M486 1994) Covers: mechanics of fluids, heat transfer, principles of thermodynamics, power transmission and tribology.

• Shock and Vibration Handbook. (Vesic reference 620.3 S559 1996) Covers: mechanics of shock and vibration as applied to machines.

MEMS Web Sites

• American Ceramic Society

• American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

• American Society of Metals

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• Ceramic Fact Sheets

• Ceramic Properties Databases

• Crystal Lattice Structures

• Fundamental Physical Constants

• High Temperature Superconducting Materials

• MatWeb

• Mems Clearinghouse

• Metals Research Society

• Minerals Research Society

• MSEL Data on Web

• Physical Reference Data

• Property Data

• Society of Automotive Engineers

• Thermodex