Electrical Engineering
Getting Started
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Encyclopaedias:
Handbooks:
- The communications handbook
- The electrical engineering handbook - via Knovel
- Efficient electrical systems design handbook - via Knovel
- Handbook of International electrical safety practices
- Handbook of electrical engineering
- Handbook of energy engineering
- Handbook of networks in power systems 1 and 2
- Newnes electrical power engineer's handbook
Dictionaries:
- Wiley electrical and electronics engineering dictionary
- Comprehensive dictionary of electrical engineering
- McGraw-Hill dictionary of electrical and computer engineering
Browse the shelves
You can also browse the Catalogue, or browse the shelves at the following call numbers:
- TK452 - 454.4 Electric Apparatus, Electric Circuits, Electric Networks
- TK1001 - 1084 Production of Electric Energy or Power, Powerplants
- TK3001 - 4102 Distribution and Applications of Electric Power
- TK4125 - 4661 Electric Lighting, Electric Heating
- TK7800 - 8360 Electronics
- TK7885 - 7895 Computer Engineering
How-to Guides:
Journal Articles
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
Journal Articles:
Access to all databases is via the Library's Database site.
- IEEE Xplore digital
library
Provides full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines, books and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards.
- Inspec
Provides access to the world's scientific literature in electrical engineering, electronics, physics, control engineering, information technology, communications, computers, computing, and manufacturing and production engineering.
- Scopus
Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources
- Web of
Science
Access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources:
- Knovel - online engineering handbooks - access equations, data, drawings and interactive tools for some books
- Lecture notes in computer science online - including the subseries: Lecture notes in artificial intelligence, and, Lecture notes in bioinformatics
- Safari tech books online - online database of IT books
- SPIE digital library - extensive resource on optics and photonics
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
- CiteSeer.IST - a scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on the literature in computer and information science
- Computing Research Repository - arXiv
- ACM digital library - computer science resource
Patents
- Derwent Innovations Index
- eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
For further information see our Patents How-to guide
Theses
Standards
Standards:
- SAI Global on-line
premium
Full-text access to all current Australian standards and citation access to international standards e.g. ISO, IEC and more
- IEEE xplore digital
library
Full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) standards
- Annual book of ASTM standards TA401 .A64, Level 3, Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library
For further information see our Standards How-to guide
Web Sites
Web Sites:
What's New
What's New:
4. Media Releases
- Factiva - news and media transcripts from overseas and Australian news media sources.
- TVNews - indexes the majority of TV news stories, current affairs and documentary series broadcast on Australian television.
- News and Newspapers - UQ Library How-to guide.
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