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Manufacturing Books

The Library has four different types of collections of books.

• General Collection: Books you can take home.
• Reserve Collection: Materials your instructor has set aside for your class. Look up your class here.
• Reference Collection: Books used for quick, factual information. Not available for check out.
• Electronic Books: Books to read on your computer. These are located either via the catalog or in the Knovel Interactive Library, below.

Use the Library Catalog to find Books!

Below are sample searches to get started browsing the books in the Library's General Collection. Take a look at how the subjects are set up: Big to very narrow.

Subject: Manufacturing (The BIG topic)

Subject: Manufacturing Processes (Narrower topic)

Subject: Process Control (Even more narrow)

Subject: Programmable Controllers (Super narrow topic)

Reference Books

There are several encyclopedias, handbooks and dictionaries in the Library to use for a quick lookup. Reference materials are not typically something you sit down and read cover to cover. Here is a selection:

• Machinery's handbook
• Juran's Quality Handbook
• Guide information for electrical equipment : the white book (Mechanical Equipment and Products)
• Wiley encyclopedia of electrical and electronics engineering
• How products are made : an illustrated guide to product manufacturing

Electronic Books

The Library has a fairly large selection of books in the Industrial and Manufacturing subject areas. You can find these in the Library catalog, but the best place for you to look is in the Knovel Interactive Library. Here are a few selections from Knovel:

• Mechanical Engineers Handbook
• Total Quality Key Terms and Concepts
• All Quality Materials in Knovel
• Math for Process Control
• Sensor Technology Handbook
• Programmable Logic Controllers

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