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Mechanical Engineering
SCOPE:  This subjects guide covers several types of resources such as books, encyclopedias, dictionary, study guides, e-books, recommended databases and more.

Liaison Librarian
Annur Thahirah
Mechanical Engineering > Taylor's Catalogue
 

Reference

Dictionaries & Encyclopedia
Unfamiliar Phrases and Concepts in your Reading List and Assignments Questions could make your life difficult. Look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia first. These resources can help you out:
 
Dictionaries:
• Engineering - Dictionaries
• Physics - Dictionaries
• Science - Dictionaries
• Statistics - Dictionaries
• Technology - Dictionaries
• Thermodynamics - Dictionaries
 
Encyclopedias:
• Engineering - Encyclopedias
• Materials - Encyclopedias
• Science - Encyclopedias
• Technology - Encyclopedias
Handbooks
By giving you an overview of your topic, a handbook or a yearbook can tell you what’s new. You can find all kinds of facts, figures and precise information to add to your knowledge.
 
Subject Heading:
• Electromechanical devices - Design and construction - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Engineering design - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Engineering mathematics - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Engineering mathematic - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Engineering - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Fluid power technology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Fluidic devices - Testing - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Fuel - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Heat - Transmission - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Hydraulic machinery - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Hydraulics - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Machine design - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Machine parts - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Mechanical engineering - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Nanotechnology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Physics - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Plant engineering - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Pumping machinery- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Robotics - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Robots, Industrial - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Structural analysis (Engineering) - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Structural design - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Technical writing - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Valves - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Vibration - Handbooks, manuals, etc
Guides
By giving you an overview of your topic, a guides can tell you what’s new. You can find all kinds of facts, figures and precise information to add to your knowledge.
 
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Look for Books

Books either from your Reading Lists, recommended by your Lecturer or through Bibliographic references could also be found at the Library.
 
Subject Heading:
Mechanics
• Dynamics
• Fluid dynamics
• Fluid mechanics
• Mechanics
• Statistics
• Strength of materials
 
Material Engineering
• Combustion engineering
• Force and energy
• Fuel
• Heat--transmission
• Hydraulics
• Materials
• Thermodynamics
• Vibration
 
Material Engineering
• Automobiles--Design and construction
• Biomechanics
• CAD/CAM systems
• Mechatronics
• Nanotechnology
• Robotics
• Structural analysis (Engineering)

Call Number

Use the search in the Library Catalogue. You can search using words like – tourist. You can also browse the Catalogue, or the shelves using the call numbers:
DDC Call Number ClassificationCall No.
Automobiles - Design and construction629.23
Biomechanics612.76
CAD/CAM systems670.285
Combustion engineering621.4023
Dynamics531.11 ; 620.104
Fluid dynamics532.05 ; 620.1064
Fluid mechanics620.106 ; 532
Force and energy531
Fuel662.6
Heat - transmission621.4022
Hydraulics627 ; 620.106
Materials620.11
Mechanics531
Mechatronics621
Nanotechnology620.5
Robotics629.892
Statistics519.5
Strength of materials620.112
Structural analysis (Engineering)624.171
Thermodynamics536.7 ; 621.4021
Vibration620.3