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Engineering Research

Engineers need to identify, locate, interpret, and evaluate information from a wide variety of sources and disciplines. This guide is for anyone unfamilar with the JHU Libraries' wealth of engineering resources. 

How to Find | Specialized GuidesClass Guides | Web Links | Help Handouts 


How to Find:

Specialized Research Guides and Notes

BME Design Teams  -- Use this page for business and engineering help!

Nanobiotechnology 

Stem Cell Research

For CISST:  library catalog search for conference proceedings for MICCAI (Medical Imaging Computing and Computer-assisted Intervention) 


Class-specific Guides

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Noteworthy Web Links
  • Built in America -- The Library of Congress houses two large collections entitled "Historic American Buildings Survey" and "Historic American Engineering Record." The digitized images of measured drawings, black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, photo captions, data pages, and more show examples of architecture, engineering, and design in the U.S. and its territories, through a range of building types and engineering technologies.
  • EngineerGirl -- Female students and professors, here is a site from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), as part of their Celebration of Women in Engineering project. The site is aimed at high school and younger, but there is interesting information there, and you should please pass this site on to your younger relatives and friends.
  • Environmental Sites on the Internet -- Covers aspects of the environment around the world, such as green parties, hazardous waste, plastics, radioactive waste, and whaling.
  • National Center for Image Guided Therapy --

Research Help Handouts

Compendex Tips (pdf)
provides tips on using this popular engineering database, including how to use limits, and how to set up alerts and individual profiles

Finding Textbooks @ JHU Libraries (pdf)
Hints on how to find textbooks in most science and engineering disciplines in the JHU Libraries' collections (updated 9/1/07)

Homework helpers (PDF) -- A list of our "Problem Solver" books and "Schaum's Outlines" books, which include problems and solutions in areas of math, mechanics, and many other topics

How to read a Library of Congress call number (pdf)
Find out why TJ 212.13. L231 comes before TJ 212.13 .L4

How to Read a Reference List like a Pro

Introduction to LaTeX (includes using RefWorks with LaTeX)

Is This Item Peer-reviewed? -- Guidelines to help you judge whether or not a document is scholarly 

So you have to write a research paper?  (pdf) Tips on how to choose paper topics that aren't too broad nor too narrow 

Tips for Starting Your Research (pdf)
General tips and suggestions on how to begin a research paper 

Using Databases to Find Journal Articles (pdf)
Provides general instructions on finding journal articles and includes a list of popular databases in individual sciences and engineering discplines


Librarians for Engineering
Robin Sinn

Materials Science and Enginering
Mechanical Engineering (interim)

Stephen Stich

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Civil Engineering
Geography and Environmental Engineering

Sue Vazakas

Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Last revised:  March 17, 2008



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