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Design and Engineering: Books

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mySearch is an interface which allows you to search across a range of library resources simultaneously, including books, journal articles and databases.

Finding books for Design and Engineering

Use this guide to find the best books to support your assignments and research. Contact us using the options provided if you have any questions or would like further support.

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How to find the best books for your assignments or research

The best place to find the key reading assigned for your unit is your reading list, available from your unit area on Brightspace. To find self-directed reading, look on mySearch.


Top e-reference resources

Reference sources such as encyclopedia are a great starting point for research, providing credible introductions to key topics:

- Access Engineering

Hundreds of engineering titles (also listed on the library catalogue).

- CREDOreference

Searches across hundreds of reference sources providing access to thousands of research articles.

- Plastipedia

Provided by the British Plastics Federation. Described as the web's largest plastics encyclopedia.

Advantages of eBooks

With ebooks you can: search full text; create bookmarks; highlight text; annotate text and avoid fines

eBook collections

The majority of our eBooks can be accessed via mySearch. They can also be searched at a collection level. The advantage is the ability to perform a full text search across the whole collection. The key collections for Design & Engineering are:

- Access Engineering e-book Collection

- Ebook Central Academic Complete

- EBSCO Academic e-book Collection

- The National Academies Press