Engineering Resources

Books

The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) provides books for all the college's engineering courses. Below is a list of some of the main topics in engineering.  The classification number on the left is the information you need to locate the books.  For other topics refer to the LRC's Web catalogue.

                                                                                     

  621.3   Electrical engineering  
  621   Mechanical Engineering  
  510.2462  

Engineering mathematics

 
  658.404   Project management  
  363.119620   Workshop health and safety  
  620   General engineering textbooks  

 

Key e-books: Bird (2008) Engineering Mathematics Pocket Book

                       Tooley and Dingle (2002) BTEC National Engineering

                       Hughes (2005) Electric Motors and Drives

                       Tooley and Dingle (2004) Higher National Engineering

 

Journals

The LRC gives you access to both electronic and hard copies of journals.  They are a good way of keeping up to date with your professional and new technology. Using these is a good habit to getting into as it will be useful in the world of work.

 

Hub engineering journals:  Machinery          Electronics World          Engineer          Eureka

 

To find out more about what is available electronically refer to the e-journals list.

 

Information Skills

We offer a range of information skills guides and sessions including the following:

 

  • Science and engineering signHow to reference
  • Online databases    
  • Using the Internet

 

For help on these topics  and other study skills areas advice is available on the LRC website.  

 

Web Resources

There is a large amount of information available on the web. To help you find what you need, the LRC gives suggestions on websites of particular relevance to your college studies. Here are a few good places to start.

 

Websites for study

                MATTER for University                   iCrank.com                          MatWeb

Health and safety executive engineering information (look under resources to access leaflets)

        

E-learning resources:

MIT open courseware|IET.TV|Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science|OpenLearning

Librarian's News

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Liz Wright

Hi, my name is Liz Wright and I am the librarian responsible for your subject.  This means you can contact me for help on use the Learning Resource Centre or the e-library.  This includes speaking to me regarding:

 

-Course related book suggestions

-Help with making the most of online resources

-Support with referencing your assignments correctly

-Or any other enquiry you have regarding your subject  

 

I am based at the Hub should you need to speak to me just get in touch.                     


Contact Liz via email at elizabeth.wright@don.ac.uk.

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