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About the Nuclear Engineering subject Guide...

Howdy! The purpose of this guide is to enable identification, access and retrieval of information important to study and research in nuclear engineering.

  • Use the tabs along the top for more details on how to identify, access and retrieve specific kinds of information.:
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    • Books, book chapters, etc. -- books on a toipic, specific books, reference books, technical reports, etc.
    • Articles & papers  -- scholarly, trade, popular magazine, newspaper articles, conference papers, etc.
    • Data
    • Theses & Dissertations
    • Standards & Patents
  • Use the Searching Tips for information on how to construct a more efficient search 
  • Use the Writing Resources tab above for information on technical writing, citation styles, reference management software, and more...
      

    Sampling of Book & Article Databases

    The list below is a small sample, but use the tabs above ('Find books', 'Find articles', 'Find data') for more comprehensive lists of recommended book and article databases.

    • American Nuclear Society Journals Online  Icon
    • Compendx & Inspec  Icon
      Search simultaneously or separately -- together they cover engineering, computer science. INSPEC includes Physics Abstracts. They index articles, reports, book chapters dissertations, and more. Limit a search to a particular document type (just artilces, just books, etc.) Use the "Find text@TAMU button for document retrieval options.
    • Safari Tech Books Online  Icon  
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      E-book database that contains computer manuals and other books on computer science and technology, including books on C+programming, SolidWorks, MatLab and much more.
    • ScienceDirect  Icon  
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      Provides access to the full text of many books and journals.
    • SpringerLink books (MetaPress)  
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      Online books published by Springer
    • Web of Knowledge  Icon  
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      Indexes journal articles & conference papers only

    Sampling of Reference Books (dictionaries, encyclopedias & handbooks)

     

    ACCESS Various Types of Databases (article databases, e-book databases, data databases, etc.)

    In the box below, enter the title of the database to be accessed & hhit the search button. If you are OFF campus, you will be prompted to login using your NetID & password.From ON campus, this step is skipped.



    New databases | Trial databases | More options

     

    Use the "Find books', Find articles'; "Find data" tabs along the top of this guide for lists of recommended databases. 

     

     

    ACCESS specific E-journals

    In the box below, enter the title of the journal to be accessed. 
    Very important  -- when viewing an entry for a specific journal, notice the "Available online from..." information.



     

    If the nbeeded journal (or year) is not available online, search LibCat (main library catalog) or Chiron (MSL catalog) for a non-online version -- or request an article from Get It For Me
    For example, enter Fusion Engineering and Design, not the "Available online form... informaiton and follow the links to the journal

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