May 13, 2008
May 07, 2008
New Books: Week of April 1, 2008
May 06, 2008
New Resource: Proxy it! Bookmarklet
Proxy it! Bookmarklet: add this bookmarklet to your web browser, and send webpages through the proxy server with one click. More info, and download it!
May 01, 2008
Expanded Resource: Knovel adds 120 more titles
Knovel's comprehensive
content collection includes material properties, process and design information,
best practices, equations and formulations for specific industries and
engineering disciplines.
With Knovel's interactive tables you can show or hide
rows and columns, change their order, and easily export the desired set of
cells to a spreadsheet with the source citation included for easy tracking of
work results. The ability to only export relevant rows and columns to Excel
eliminates the need for spreadsheet cleanup before you can use the relevant
values.
Using Knovel's equation plotter, you can simply select the values of interest on
the curve and export them to Excel for further manipulation with the source
citation included. The coordinates of a point are automatically displayed and
ready for export, thereby eliminating tedious and error-prone estimates.
The collection
includes:
Perry's
Chemical Engineers' Handbook (7th Edition)
Civil
Engineer's Reference Book (4th Edition)
Dimensioning
and Tolerancing Handbook
Electromechanical
Design Handbook (3rd Edition)
Encyclopaedia
of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures
Handbook
of Composites (2nd Edition)
Handbook
of Materials Selection
Machinery's
Handbook (26th Edition)
Marks'
Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (10th Edition)
April 24, 2008
General Announcement: Olin Library closing early!
Friday, April 25: Olin Library and Whispers Café will close at 6:00pm due to WILD. The Arc will close at 5:30pm. Olin Library and Whispers Café will reopen at 9am Saturday, April 26.
April 23, 2008
New Books: Week of March 25, 2008
April 18, 2008
New Resource: CHEMnetBASE & SCI-TECHnetBASE
The Libraries have subscribed to CHEMnetBASE and SCI-TECHnetBASE. These consist of full-text books from CRC Press and Taylor and Francis publishers, and are searchable and/or browsable.
Over 3,100 full-text books across the sciences, fully searchable and browsable. Topics covered include the biomedical sciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, ergonomics and human factors, food science, forensics and criminal justice, healthcase, information technology, life science, material science, math, medicine, nutrition, pharmaceutical science and regulation, physics, and statistics.
More info about CHEMnetBASE. More info about SCI-TECHnetBASE.
April 17, 2008
New Resource: Materials for Medical Devices Database
The Libraries now have online access to Materials for Medical Devices Database.
The Materials for Medical Devices Database brings to your desktop a comprehensive and authoritative set of mechanical, physical, biological response, and drug compatibility properties for the materials and coatings used in medical devices.
Recent additions and updates to the Materials for Medical Devices Database
Information on Specific Forms and Conditions, including Stress-Strain Curves:
Additional material records have been introduced to provide engineering property data for specific product forms and conditions, including stress-strain curves. This will enable better differentiation of materials options in design and for finite element analysis (FEA). Initially, specific data have been added to the Co-28Cr-6Mo record and the Nitinol record. Similar data for other materials will be added in future updates.
Orthopaedic Module
New schematics were added for the following Orthopaedic Implants:
Fixation:
Hips:
- Ceramic on Polymer-Semi Constrained-Total Hip System
- Metal Femoral-Partial Hip System
- Metal on Polymer-Constrained-Total Hip System
- Metal on Metal-Semi Constrained-Total Hip System
Knees:
- Non Constrained -Femorotibial-Knees
- Semi Constrained-Patellofemoral
- Semi Constrained-Patellofemorotibial
- Uncemented Resurfacing-Tibial-Knees
Biological response data have been added to the records for:
- PMMA (material)
- CP Titanium (coating)
- Ti-6Al-4V (coating)
Wear attributes have been added to the material and coating records.
April 08, 2008
New Resource: Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
The Libraries now have online full text access to Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. (1990 - Present)
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (commonly refered to as PE&RS: the journal for imaging and geospatial information science and technology) is the publication of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
