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This is a guide to basic reference sources for electrical engineering.
Most of the materials on engineering are located in the Central Library though
some relevant materials may also be found in Science Library. Please
always check LINC (the NUS Library
INtegrated Catalogue) for the specific location.
Library of Congress
Classification
Use this as a quick guide to our library
collection for Science & Technology materials.
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Q |
Science
(General) |
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QA76 |
Computer
science. Electronic data processing |
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QD |
Chemistry |
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TA |
Engineering
(General). Civil engineering |
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TD |
Environmental
technology. Sanitary engineering |
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TH |
Building
construction |
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TJ |
Mechanical
engineering and machinery |
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TK |
Electrical
engineering |
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TP |
Chemical
engineering |
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TS |
Manufactures |
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Literature Guides
These guides tell you how to find engineering
materials.
Encyclopedia of physical sciences and engineering information sources.
2nd ed. / Edited by Martin A. Smith; David E. Wilt; Judith B. Erickson.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1997.
Z7401 Enc (SC Reference 9)
Information sources in engineering. 3rd ed. / Edited by K. W. Mildren; P. J.
Hicks. Guides to Information Sources. London: Bowker-Saur, 1996.
T10.7 Ino (CL Reference 8)
Information sources in physics. 3rd ed. / Edited by Dennis F. Shaw. London:
Bowker-Saur, 1994.
QC5.45 Inf (SC Reference 9)
Information sources in science and technology. 3rd ed. / Charlie D. Hurt.
Englewwod, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc, 1998.
Z7401 Hur (CL Reference 9)
Walford's guide to reference materials. Vol 1. Science and technology. 7th
ed. London: Library Association Pub., 1996.
Z1035 Wal (CL Reference 9)
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Style Manuals & Guides
These guides teach you how to cite references,
write technical papers, reports, etc.
The art of the footnote: the intelligent student's guide to the art and
science of annotating texts. / Francis A. Burkle-Young ; Saundra Rose
Maley. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996.
PN171 Foo.Bu (CL Reference 8)
British Standard recommendations for references to published materials
[Standard Number: BS1629:1989]. /London: British Standards Institution, 1989.
QC100 Bs (CL Reference 12)
The Chicago manual of style. 14 ed. / Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1993.
Z253 Chi (CL Reference 8, HL Reference, LW Reference, MD Reference 9)
Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information. 2nd ed. /
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996.
PN171 Dat.L (CL Reference 8, MD Reference 9, HL Reference)
How to write and publish a scientific paper. 5th ed. / Robert A. Day.
Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998.
T11 Day (CL Reference 8)
How to write and publish engineering papers and reports. 3rd ed. / Herbert B.
Michaelson. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1990.
T11 Mic (CL Reference 8)
Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors. / Springfield, Mass.:
Merriam-Webster, 1998.
PN147 Mer (CL Reference 8)
Science and technical writing: a manual of style. 4th ed. / Edited by Philip
Rubens. New York: H. Holt, 1992.
T11 Sce (CL Reference 8)
Scientific & technical writing : developing writing. / Kate Williams. Oxford:
The Centre for Staff Development, 1996.
T11Wil (CL Reference 8)
Where credit is due: a guide to proper citing of sources, print and nonprint.
2nd ed. / Nancy E. Shields, Mary E. Uhle. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
PN171 Foo.S (CL Reference 8)
Note: For more materials on writing, publishing technical papers, please
check LINC. Search using the option
Subject and typing Technical Writing.
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Encyclopedia & Dictionary
For such materials, please check LINC. Search
using the option Subject Keyword. Use terms like: Materials Encyclopedias,
Electronics Dictionaries.
The audio dictionary. / Glenn D. 2nd rev. & expanded ed. White.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1991.
TK7881.4 Whi (CL Reference 1)
Communications standard dictionary. 3rd ed. / Martin H. Weik. New York:
Chapman & Hall, 1996.
TK5102 Wei (CL Reference 1)
Comprehensive dictionary of electrical engineering. / Edited by Phillip A.
Laplante. Boca Rata, Fl.: CRC Press, 1999.
TK7 Com (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
Comprehensive dictionary of measurement and control. 3rd ed. / Research
Triangle Park, NC: Instrument Society of America, 1995.
TS156.8 Com (CL Reference 1)
CRC concise encyclopedia of mathematics. / Eric W. Weisstein. Boca Raton: CRC
Press, 1999.
QA5 Wei (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
Dictionary of engineering acronyms and abbreviations. 2nd ed. / Harald
Keller; Uwe Erb. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1994.
T11 Kel (CL Reference 1)
Dictionary of scientific units: including dimensionless numbers. 6th ed. /
Jerrard, H. G.; D.B. McNeill. London: Chapman & Hall, 1992.
QC82 Jer (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
Encyclopedia of applied physics. / Edited by George L. Trigg; Eduardo S.
Vera; Walter Greulich. New York: VCH Publishers, 1991.
QC5 Enl (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
Electronic packaging, microelectronics and interconnection dictionary. /
Charles Harper. New York: McGraw Hill, 1993.
TK7804 Har (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
The encyclopedia of electronic circuits. / Rudolf F. Graf. Blue Ridge Summit,
PA: Tab Books, 1985-<1995 >
TK7867 Gra (CL Reference 1)
This is a multi-volume publication
Encyclopedia of electronics. 2nd ed. / Edited by Stan Gibilisco; Neil
Sclater. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: TAB Professsional and Reference, 1990.
TK7804 Enc (CL Reference 1)
The Froehlich/Kent encyclopedia of telecommunications. / Edited by Fritz E.
Froehlich; Allen Kent. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991.
TK5102 Fro (CL Reference 1)
The illustrated dictionary of electronics. 7th ed. / Stan Gibilisco. New
York: McGraw Hill, 1997.
TK7804 Gib (CL Reference 1)
Internet in plain English. 2nd ed. / by Bryan Pfaffenberger. New York: MIS
Press, 1996.
TK5105.875 Int.Pf (CL Reference 1)
McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of science & technology. 4th ed. / Edited by
Sybil P. Parker. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Q121 Macg (CL Reference1, SC Reference 1)
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of engineering. 2nd ed. / Edited by Sybil P. Parker.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.
TA9 Mcr (CL Reference 1)
Prentice Hall's illustrated dictionary of computing. 2nd ed. / Jonar C.
Nader. Sydney: Prentice Hall, 1995.
QA76.15 Nad (CL Reference 1, HL Reference 5, SC Reference 5)
Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia. / Edited by Douglas M. Considine;
Glenn D. Considine. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.
Q121 Vann (CL Reference 1, SC Reference 1)
Wiley encyclopedia of electrical and electronics engineering. / Edited by
John G. Webster. New York: John Wiley, 1999.
TK9 Wil (CL Reference 1)
This is a multi-volume publication.
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Electronic Resources
(CD-ROMs and Web Databases)
Please click on link to
Engineering: Databases available in NUS Library.
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Printed Indexes & Abstracts
These indexes and abstracts allow you to search
for citations of journals articles and conference papers on a topic.
Index to IEEE publications. 1971-
TK1 IEIP (CL Reference 5, CL Closed Stacks). Link to
IEEEXplore.
Index to scientific reviews: an international interdisciplinary index to the
review literature of science, medicine, agriculture, technology, and the
behavioral sciences. 1985-
Z7403 ISR (CL Reference 5, CL Closed Stacks)
Index to theses accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great
Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic awards. 1950-
Z5055 Gre.I (CL Closed Stacks).
View the electronic version :
Index to Theses.
Journal of current laser abstracts. Vol 17(1980)-
TK7871 JCL (CL Reference 10, CL Closed Stacks)
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Databooks
The master IC cookbook. 3rd ed. / Delton T. Horn. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1997.
TK7874 Hor (CL Reference 8)
Tables of physical and chemical constants. 16th ed. / Essex: Longman, 1995.
QC61 Kay (CL Reference 8, SC Reference 4)
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Examination Database
Contains the NUS examination papers from recent years. To access, go to
Digital Library, select Exam
Papers under "Browse by Title".
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Handbooks
These provide quick guides to topics, formulas, etc.
Most of the latest edition of handbooks are kept in CL Reference. For handbooks
on various topics, please check LINC. Search under the option Subject Keyword.
Key in terms such as: Materials handbooks, Electric engineering handbooks.
Active electronic component handbook. / Edited by Charles A. Harper; Harold
C. Jones. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
TK7870 Act (CL Reference 8)
Antenna engineering handbook. 3rd ed. / Edited by Richard C. Johnson. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.
TK7872 Ant.An (CL Reference 8)
Automotive electronics handbook. 2nd ed. / Edited by Ronald K. Jurgen. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
TL272.5 Aut (CL Reference 8)
Battery reference book. 2nd ed. / T.R. Crompton. Oxford:
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995.
TK2921 Cro (CL Reference 8)
The circuits and filters handbook. / Edited by Chen Wai Kai. Boca Raton: CRC
Press, 1995.
TK7867 Cir (CL Reference 8)
The communications handbook. / Edited by Jerry D. Gibson. Boca Raton: CRC
Press, 1997.
TK5101 Com (CL Main Shelves)
CRC materials science & engineering handbook. 3rd ed. / James F. Shackelford.
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1994.
TA403.4 Crc (CL Reference 8)
CRC practical handbook of materials selection. / James F. Shackelford;
William Alexander; Jun S. Park. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1995.
TA403.4 Sha (CL Reference 8)
Digital consumer electronics handbook. / Edited by Ronald Jurgen. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TK7870 Dig (CL Reference 8)
The electrical engineering handbook. 2nd ed. / Edited by Richard C. Dorf.
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997.
TK145 Elc (CL Reference 8)
Electrical engineer's reference book. 16th ed. / Edited by G.R. Jones;
M.A.Laughton; M.G. Say. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.
TK145 Ele (CL Reference 8)
Electrical safety handbook.2nd ed. / John Cadick. New York: McGraw-Hill,
2000.
TK152 Cad (CL Reference 8)
Electronic connector handbook. / Robert S. Mroczkowski. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1998.
TK3521 Mro (CL Reference 8)
Electronic materials and proceses handbook. 2nd ed. / Edited by Charles A.
Harper; Ronald N. Sampson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
TK7836 Ele (CL Reference 8, SC Main Shelves)
Electronics technology handbook. / Neil Sclater. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
TK7825 Scl (CL Reference 8)
Engineering mathematics handbook. 4th ed. / Jan J. Tuma; Ronald A. Walsh. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TA332 Tum (CL Reference 8)
The engineer's cost handbook : tools for managing project costs. / Edited by
Richard E. Westney. New York: M. Dekker, 1997.
TA183 Eng (CL Reference 8)
Guide to software engineering standards and specifications. / Stan Magee.
Boston: Artech House, 1997.
QA76.758 Mae (CL Reference 8)
Handbook for sound engineers: the new audio cyclopedia. 2nd ed. / Edited by
Glen Ballou. Carmel, IN: Sams, 1991.
TK7872 Amp.Ha (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of batteries. 3rd ed. / Edited by David Linden. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2001.
TK2901 Han (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of electrical and electronic insulating materials. 2nd ed. / W.
Tillar Shugg. New York: IEEE Press, 1995.
TK3401 Shu (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of electromagnetic materials: monolithic and composite versions and
their applications. / Perambur S. Neelakanta. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1995.
TK7871 Nee (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of electronics formulas, symbols, and definitions. 2nd ed. / John R.
Brand. New York:Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992.
TK 7825 Bra (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of electronics manufacturing engineering. 3rd ed. / Bernard S.
Matisoff. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
TK7836 Mat (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of formulas and tables for signal processing. / Alexander D.
Poularikas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1999.
TK5102.9 Pou (CL Reference 8)
Handbook of microwave technology. / Edited by T. Koryu Ishii. San Diego:
Academic Press, 1995.
TK7876 Han (CL Reference 8, SC Main Shelves)
Handbook of practical electrical design. 3rd ed. / Joseph F. McPartland;
Brian J. McPartland. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
TK3271 Mcp (CL Reference 8)
Handbook on the IEE wiring regulations BS 7671: a handbook for compliance.
4th rev. ed. Nottingham: William Ernest Pub, 1996.
TK3271 Mar (CL Reference 8)
Kempe's engineer's year-book. London: Morgan-Grampian, 1999.
TA151 KEY (CL Reference 8)
The lineman's and cableman's handbook. 9th ed. / Edwin B. Kurtz; Thomas M.
Shoemaker. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TK3231 Kur (CL Reference 8)
Loudspeaker handbook. / John Eargle. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
TK5983 Ear (CL Reference 8)
Master handbook of electronic tables and formulas. 5th ed. / Martin Clifford.
Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1992.
TK151 Cli (CL Reference 8)
Mathematics handbook for science and engineering. 4th ed. / Lennart Rade;
Bertil Westergren. New York: Springer, 1999.
QA41 Rad (CL Reference 8)
The McGraw-Hill internetworking handbook. 2nd ed. / Ed Taylor. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TK5105.5 Tay (CL Reference 8)
McGraw-Hill's handbook of electrical construction calculations. Rev. ed.
/Joseph F. McPartland, [et al]. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.
TK435 Mcg (CL Reference 8)
The measurement, instrumentation and sensors handbook. / Edited by John G.
Webster. Boca Raton. Fl.: CRC Press, 1998.
QC39 Mea (CL Reference 8)
Metric units and conversion charts: a metrication handbook for engineers,
technologists, and scientists. 2nd ed. / Theodore Wildi. New York: IEEE Press,
1996.
QC94 Wil (CL Reference 8)
The mobile communications handbook. 2nd ed. / Edited by Jerry D. Gibson. Boca
Raton: CRC Press, 1999.
TK6570 Mob.Mo (CL Reference 8)
Motor control electronics handbook. / Richard Valentine. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1998.
TK7881.2 Mot (CL Reference 8)
Newnes electrical pocket book. 23rd ed. / Edited by E.A. Reeves. Oxford:
Newnes, 2003.
TK151 New (CL Main Shelves)
Passive electronic component handbook. 2nd ed. / Charles A. Harper. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TK7870 Har (CL Reference 8)
Practical electrical wiring: residential, farm, commercial and industrial.
17th ed. / Herbert P. Richter; W. Creighton Schwan. New York: MacGraw-Hill,
1996.
TK3271 Ric (CL Reference 8)
Printed circuit board materials handbook. / Edited by Martin W. Jawitz. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
TK7868 Pri.Pi (CL Reference 8)
Rules of thumb for engineers and scientists. Rev. & expanded ed. / Edited by
David Fisher. Houston: Gulf Pub., 1991.
Q199 Rul (CL Reference 8)
Scientific unit conversion : a practical guide to metrication. Francois
Cardarelli; English translation by M.J. Shields. London: Springer, 1997.
QC94 Car (CL Reference 8, MD Reference 4, SC Reference 4)
Sensors handbook. / Sabrie Soloman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
TA165 Sol (CL Reference 8)
Shock and vibration handbook. 4th ed. / Edited by Cyril M. Harris. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1996.
TA355 Sho (CL Reference 8)
Standard handbook for electrical engineers. 14th ed. / Edited by Donald G.
Fink; Wayne H. Beaty. New York: McGraw Hill, 2000.
TK151 Sta (CL Reference 8)
Standard handbook of powerplant engineering. 2nd ed. / [Edited by] Thomas C.
Elliott; Kao Chen; Robert Swanekamp. New York: McGraw Hill, 1997.
TK1191 Sta (CL Reference 8)
Standard handbook of engineering calculations. 3rd ed. / Tyler G. Hicks; S.
David Hicks; Joseph Leto. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
TA151 Sta (CL Reference 8)
Telecommunications engineer's reference book. 2nd ed. / Fraidoon Mazda.
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998.
TK5101 Tel (CL Reference 8)
TV & video engineer's reference book. / Edited by K.G. Jackson; G.B.
Townsend. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991.
TK6642 Tel (CL Reference 8)
The Wiley engineer's desk reference : a concise guide for the professional
engineer. 2nd ed. / Sanford I. Heisler. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
TA151 Hei (CL Reference 8)
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Academic Exercises & Theses
Effective from 2002, Master theses by research and PhD theses submitted to
the Faculty of Engineering are located at the Central Library Closed Stacks.
They are for consultation in the library and are not for loan. Permission is
required from library staff before photocopying.
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Standards
Standards are kept at CL Reference 12. Standards are for consultation
in the library and are not for loan. Please observe
Copyright rules
when photocopying. Some standards such as British Standards are also
available on CD-ROMs.
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Document Delivery Service
For NUS academic staff and graduate/honors students (with approval from their
supervisors) who need to obtain journal articles or conference papers that are
not found in the library. Request for document delivery service is
available via Electronic Forms in the
Digital Library page.
For more information about the DDS, please refer to
Library Services:
Document Delivery Service.
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Interlibrary Loan
NUS academic staff and graduate students who need books which are not
available in NUS Libraries can submit their request for inter-library loan
service. This service is available via Electronic Forms in the
Digital Library page.
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Location Codes Used
Please refer to the location codes in
LION (Library Instruction Online).
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Content by: Betty Lam
Reference & Information Services
National University of Singapore Libraries
Last updated:
22-07-2003
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