Properties of metals data

We’ve had a few enquiries on Level 3 from first year Mech Eng students looking for data on the properties of metals.

A really useful resource for finding this kind of  information is Smithells Metals Reference Book.  It’s  available in print at 669(02) SMI on Level 3, and also as an electronic book which you can access from your PC either on or off campus.   For example, Section 22 covers Mechanical Properties of Metals and Alloys.

Do let us know if you need any help using the hard copy or ebook!

New ebooks trial…take a look!

The Library is currently trialling a new e-books package called ‘Dawsonera’.   Fifty full-text electronic books are available for you to read up until Tuesday May 7th.   Find out more and connect to the Dawsonera website by visiting:  http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/news/dawsonera.html

Titles available in the trial include:

•  ’Corrosion of steel in concrete: understanding, investigation and repair’ (2nd ed) by  J.P. Broomfield
•  ’Design Analysis in Rock Mechanics’ by W.G. Pariseau
•  ’Expansive soils: recent advances in characterization and treatment ’  ed. by A.A. Al-Rawas and  M.F.A. Goosen
• ‘Innovations in hospice architecture’ by S.F. Verderber and D.B.Refuerzo

To view these and see what else is on offer, just click on ‘Ebook catalogue’ on the Dawsonera website.   You can also find out what other titles could be added in the future – and let us know if you’re interested in any of them - by clicking on “Advanced search”, and selecting “include not owned”.   Whether or not you’ve you’ve used e-books before, have a look and let us know what you think!

If this has whetted your appetite, you’ll be pleased to hear that the Library subscribes to many other e-books.  You can find them by searching the Library Catalogue;  from the A-Z listing at http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/info/e-books.html; or by following the ‘Resources for your subject’ link on the Library website, clicking on your department, and then on the link ‘Ebooks’.  

Are you working this vacation..?

With upcoming exams to revise for and maybe some project work to plan in early 2008, some of you will have stuffed your luggage full of library books with great intentions to study at home during the vacation! 

However, don’t forget that the university library can provide access to a lot of content online that you might find useful while you are away from the uni too.

So long as you use the links from the library webpages you can access electronic resources, (such as databases and e-journals for finding useful research articles as well as e-books) from off-campus with only your BUCS username and password required to login. If you aren’t sure how to use these things, have a browse around the library website for our guides pages.  Hopefully, we have put enough information online to get you started if you haven’t used these resources before.

Enjoy the vacation!

More e-books online

The ebook host Referex has added more titles to its online collection. Over 100 new titles covering topics in Civil and Environmental engineering are now available for users to search and read online.

This addition brings the number of Referex ebooks covering Materials, Mechanical, Electronics & Electrical engineering and Chemical, Petrochemical and Process engineering to around 600.

Referex can be accessed from the E-books section of any of the ‘Resources for your Subject’ pages for Engineering Departments.