MET 102 Expert System - Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Standards

GENERAL REFERENCE

Annual Book of ASTM Standards. (1998-99). Annual book of ASTM standards. Philadelphia: American Society for Testing and Materials.
620.1 Am31 Reserves at Circulation Desk .
Available at Specs and Standards Database http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db159

Applied Science and Technology Index. Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db160

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: a ready-reference book of chemical and physical data.
REF 540.8 C42h
Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/hbcp

COMPENDEX - the electronic version of Engineering Index.
Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/compendex

EngNetBase - CRC EngNetBase gives you online access to some of the world's leading engineering handbooks. Currently, more than 420 titles are available.
Available via http://engnetbase.com

How Things Work. Bloomfield, L. (1998). How Things Work [electronic source]. University of Virginia.
Available via http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/

Index to ASTM Standards. By American Society for Testing and Materials. Philadelphia : American Society for Testing and Materials.
REF 620.1 Am31I .
*Full-text available at Specs and Standards Database http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db159

Knovel - electronic versions of over 600 handbooks.
Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/knovel

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. (provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal and reference information.) (1998). Lexis-Nexis academic universe [electronic resource]. Dayton, Ohio: Lexis-Nexis.
Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db151

Machinery's Handbook. (2004). Machinery's handbook (27th ed.). New York: Industrial Press.
REF 621.08 M18m
Latest edition on Reserves at Circulation Desk and at Reference.
Also available via: http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=1074

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. (1998). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
REF 503 M178 1998
This is also available from Access Science via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db220

Statistical Abstract of the United States . Chief of the Bureau of Statistics Treasury Department. (2006). Statistical abstract of the United States. Austin, TX: The Reference Press.
REF 317.3 St29 125th ed. 2006

Statistical Universe. (U.S. statistical information, including Statistical Abstract of the United States.)(2006). Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe [electronic source]. Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service.
Available via http://purl.lib.purdue.edu/db/db150

The New Way Things Work. Macaulay, D. (1998). The new way things work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts. McGeveran, W. (et al). (2006). The world almanac and book of facts. New York: Newspaper Enterprise Association.
REF 031 W89 2006

Time Almanac. Brunner, B. (Ed.). (2006). The Time Almanac with Information Please. Boston: Information Please.
REF 031 In308 2005 This is also available via http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html

Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Babcock, P. (et al). (1993). Webster's third new international dictionary of the english language (unabridged ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
REF 423 W393n 1993

Webster's New World College Dictionary. Agnes, M. (et al). (2000). Webster's new world college dictionary (4th ed.). Cleveland, Ohio: Webster's New World.
REF 423 W393nw 2000

WhoWhere People Finder. Lycos, 1998. http://www.whowhere.com (Telephone Directory)