Manufacturing

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IEEE Xplore - IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) provides access the the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL). You have access to the following from at least 1988 (back issues are currently being added for many publications): IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines; IEEE conference proceedings; IEE journals; IEE conference proceedings; IEEE standards
Informit Online
InfoTrac One File on Gale
Journal Citation Reports on Web of Knowledge
Knovel is a collection of over 500 full content books, some enhanced with interactive graphs, tables and spreadsheets
Material Safety Data Sheets
ScienceDirect provides full text access to over 50 Elsevier journals that Swinburne subscribes to plus over 200 titles from Academic Press.
Scopus world’s largest abstract and indexing database offering you access to 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers
Wiley InterScience Journals Content from Synergy is now included in this database
Web of Knowledge includes Web of Science (with Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index), Current Contents Connect and Journal Citation Reports. Coverage is available from 1992 onwards.

Electronic Journals

Check theSwinburne Library catalogue for individual journal titles. Journals available in electronic format will include a link to the relevant resource. A list of journals relating to engineering is available here and includes titles on industrial and materials engineering
IEEE Conference Proceedings
International journal of advanced manufacturing technology
International journal of machine tools & manufacture
Journal of intelligent manufacturing
Manufacturing engineer
Manufacturing market place includes 20 online journals relating to manufacturing: assembly, control, product design, materials handling, medical design technology and logistics
Solve CSIRO Review of scientific innovations for Australian industry

e-Books (online books)

Access Engineering Digital Engineering Library features content from 150+ McGraw-Hill publications.
EngNetBase 300 full text engineering handbooks.
Fundamentals of industrial instrumentation and process control
Kanban for the supply chain: fundamental practices for manufacturing management
Manufacturing design, production, automation and integration
Modeling and problem solving techniques for engineers

See the eBook (online books) Subject Starter Guide for more eBook databases.

Web Directories

Intute
TechXtra
Advanced Design and Manufacturing (ADAM) includes websites for polymer processing, rapid prototyping, product design
British Institute of Non Destructive Testing includes extensive links to NDT resources
Introduction to microengineering
Manufacturing Engineering Websites
Manufacturing Engineering WWW Virtual Library sites
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers Search for information and manufacturers of industrial products and services.

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology Victoria
Australian Office of Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology Now
Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (EngNetBase online book)
Nanotechnology: Basic Calculations for Engineers and Scientists (EBL online book)
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology

Patents

See the Swinburne Library Patents Subject Starter Guide

Professional Associations

Engineers Australia: peak professional body for Australian engineers (Formerly IEAUST)
Manufacturing Society of Australia (ManSA)
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining
Manufacturing Engineering Centre
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Reference Material

The A - Z of materials
AccessScience full text electronic version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
eFunda includes engineering fundamentals such as formulas, units, processes
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Smart Materials
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Knovel - over 500 online full -content books covering a range of subjects in science, technology and engineering. Many Knovel books are enhanced with interactive graphs, tables and spreadsheets.