Sourcepack: MAE Writing Intensive 4220

Instructor: Andy Winholtz

MAE Writing Intensive Planner

Look for articles or standards

• Business Source Premier (how to search for engineering materials)
• Academic Search Premier
• ASTM Standards database
• CQ Researcher (background information on hot topics)
• Ebrary (online books - requires reader)
• Lexis Nexis Academic

Academic or Scholarly Articles Subject Databases

• Compendex
• Materials Science Databases (ceramics, aluminum, metals...)
• Scitation Database

Materials Information in print

• How to search the MERLIN Library Catalog
• ASM Handbook(MU ENGR REF TA459 .A52 1990 v.1-21; Also available online)
• Handbook of Materials Selection(MU ENGR REF TA403.4 .H368 2002)

Scholarly Resources on the Web

• Google Scholar (access from home)
• Infomine
• Scirus

Citing the Source

• MAE Style Guide (writing)
• Additional Citation Guides