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Quick Reference
- Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new windowFull text of over 100 reference books on all subjects.
Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers by Call Number: REF TJ151 .A92 2006
Mechanical Engineers' Handbook by Call Number: REF TJ 151 .M395 2006
Machinery's Handbook, 30th Edition, Large Print by Call Number: REF TJ151 .O245 2016
Check the TJ section in the Cal Maritime Library for mechanical engineering books.
OneSearch
- Find research materials (articles, books, e-books, reports, DVDs, and more) at Cal Maritime.
- Request delivery of items from other CSU libraries via CSU+.
Technical Reports
- NASA PubSpace This link opens in a new window
An open-access repository to the peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research.
- Technical Report Archive and Image Library - TRAIL This link opens in a new window
The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes and provides unrestricted access to U.S. government agency technical reports.
- National Technical Reports Library - Open NTRL This link opens in a new windowMaintains the world’s most comprehensive collection of U.S.-sponsored research. Houses more than 3 million publications, and data covers topics that range from aerodynamics to urban development. The archive spans the Manhattan project to present.
- Science.govScience.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results.
- OSTI.GOVOSTI.GOV is the primary search tool for DOE science, technology, and engineering research and development results and the organizational hub for information about the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information. OSTI.GOV contains nearly 3 million citations, including citations to 1.5 million journal articles, 1 million of which have digital object identifiers (DOIs) linking to full-text articles on publishers' websites. It also has more than 445,000 full-text DOE-funded STI documents.
Recommended Article Databases
- Engineering Village This link opens in a new windowCombines Compendex (comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research) and GEOBASE® (multidisciplinary database of literature on the earth sciences, geology, human and physical geography, environmental sciences, oceanography, geomechanics, alternative energy sources, pollution, waste management and nature conservation).
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowContains more than 6 million documents and other materials from some of the world's most cited publications in electrical engineering, computer science, and related sciences
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowContains journal articles and book chapters in the areas of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Contains journal, magazine and newspaper articles on a broad range of topics.
Business Databases for Marketing/Economic Information
- ABI/Inform This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on business, advertising, marketing, economics and finance.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Contains articles about business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economic, as well as company and industry reports, and country and market research profiles.
Watch a short EBSCO tutorial on searching Business Source Premier.
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- Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowContains company and industry research, company data, annual reports and industry reports.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowComprehensive reports on over 1,000 industry topics. Access to 1 million statistics – ready to use in PPT, XLS and PNG. Includes COVID-19-related data and infographics, including supply chain and other economic impact summaries on various industry sectors. Includes reports on individual countries.
Intro: Watch a short tutorial on searching in Statista.
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Advanced: Find Statista tutorials on advanced topics.
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