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The following are a brief list of general reference sources for Science & Engineering. Below this grouping are more detailed reference sources for each unique subject.
Features searchable articles from McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (10th ed.). Provides fast and accurate access to authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology.
Presents state-of-the-art information and ready-to-use facts from the fields of measurement and statistics in an unintimidating style. The ideas and tools contained in these pages are approachable and can be invaluable for understanding our very technical world and the increasing flow of information.
A comprehensive, multidisciplinary encyclopedia with authoritative entries on a range of subjects including geology, chemistry, molecular biology, mathematics, engineering, environmental science and more.
Provides an ecological systems perspective on the vital question of how to cope with climate change and the global human population explosion Includes a glossary of key terms and a concise definition of the subject for each contribution.
Covers the whole field of modern astronomy in a clear and concise way. While emphasizing both the astronomical concepts and the underlying physical principles, provides a sound basis for more profound studies in the astronomical sciences.
A comprehensive survey of current biochemistry and molecular biology.
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
American Institute of Physics Desk Reference |
QC 61 P49 2003 REF |
The Astronomical Almanac |
QB 8 U1 2014 REF |
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |
QD 65 H3 2012/13 REF |
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Physics |
QC 5 E52 REF |
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics |
QB 14 E534 2001 REF |
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology |
TP 9 E685 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology |
Q 123 E497 2002 REF |
Encyclopedia of Physics |
QC 5 E545 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of the Solar System |
QB 501 E52 2007 REF |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi |
QK 600.35 A35 2001 REF |
Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Informatics |
QH 427 R 43 2008 REF |
Dictionary of Parasitology |
QL 757 G73 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of Agriculture, Food and Biological Engineering |
TP 368.2 E57 2011 REF |
Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour |
QL 750.3 E53 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity |
QH 541.15 B56 E53 2001 REF |
Encyclopedia of Entomology |
QL 462.3 E47 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of Microbiology |
QR 9 E53 2000 REF |
Encyclopedia of Toxicology |
RA 1193 E53 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History |
GF 10 E63 2004 REF |
Gray's Anatomy |
QM 23.2 G73 2005 REF |
Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia |
QL 3 G7813 REF |
You can use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Access to thousands of authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
ACS Style Guide |
QD 8.5 A25 2006 REF |
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |
QD 65 H3 2012/13 REF |
Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds |
QD 148 D53 1992 REF |
Dictionary of Organic Compounds |
QD 246 D5 1982 REF |
Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry |
QD 71.5 E52 2000 REF |
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology |
TP 9 E685 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectronomy |
QD 95 E55 2000 REF |
Inorganic Materials Chemistry Desk Reference |
TP 200 S26 2005 REF |
The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals |
RS 51 M4 2013 REF |
A highly respected resource for IT business-related research on companies, products, and trends. Over 100,000 reports, charts, and other documents are updated frequently. Login with your SMU email address and password.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Computers and Computer History |
QA 76.15 E53 2001 REF |
Encyclopedia of Data Warehousing and Mining |
QA 76.9 D37 E52 2006 REF |
Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications |
QA 76.9 D3 E624 2006 REF |
Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction |
QA 76.9 H85 E52 2006 REF |
Handbook of Computer Networks |
TK 5015.5 H32 2008 REF |
AccessEngineering is an award-winning engineering reference tool for professionals, academics, and students that provides seamless access to the world's best-known, most-used collection of authoritative, regularly updated engineering reference information. AccessEngineering also comprises dynamic online features, such as instructional, faculty made videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts, as well as personalization tools allowing users to organize crucial project information as they work.
AccessScience is an authoritative and dynamic online resource that contains incisively written, high-quality reference material that covers all major scientific disciplines. It offers links to primary research material, videos and exclusive animations, plus specially designed curriculum maps for teachers.
Below is a selection of the many engineering ebooks we have available to you. Please search the catalog for titles or subjects not listed below.
The CIRP Encyclopedia covers the state-of-art of advanced technologies, methods and models for production, production engineering and logistics.
Instant access to the latest geotechnical engineering data Fully updated to include the 2012 International Building Code (IBC), Geotechnical Engineer's Portable Handbook, Second Edition, features a wealth of on-the-job geotechnical and construction related information in a convenient, quick-reference format.
This 100th Anniversary Edition has been extensively updated to deliver current, authoritative coverage of the topics most critical to today's Mechanical Engineer.
Get Cutting-Edge Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics--from Fundamentals to the Latest Computer Applications.
CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables
Call Number: TA151 .C76 2003 REF
Dictionary of Engineering Materials
Call Number: TA402 .K43 2004 REF
Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering
Call Number: TA1509 .E55 2003 REF
Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability
Call Number: TS156 E54 2007 REF
The Engineering Handbook
Call Number: TA151 .E424 2005 REF
Handbook of Structural Engineering
Call Number: TA633 .H36 2005 REF
IEEE 100: The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standard Terms
Call Number: TK9 .I28 2000 REF
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Call Number: TP9 .E685 2004 REF
Reference Data for Engineers
Call Number: TK6552 .F4 2002 REF
Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers
Call Number: TA151 .S8 2004 REF
Standard Handbook of Electronic Engineering
Call Number: TK7825 .S7 2005 REF
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy |
GE 42 E553 2009 REF |
Dictionary of Environmental Science and Technology |
GE 10 P67 2000 REF |
Encyclopedia of Biodiversity |
QH 541.15 B56 E53 2001 REF |
Encyclopedia of Environmental Analysis and Remediation |
GE 10 E49 1998 REF |
Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change |
GE 149 E443 2002 REF |
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History |
GF 10 E63 2004 REF |
The Environmental Encyclopedia |
GE 10 E58 2003 REF |
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences |
QE 5 M363 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of Geobiology |
QH 343.4 E53 2011 REF |
Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology |
GE 123 S73 2000 REF |
World Environmental Databook | HC 79 E5 W66 2006 REF |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science |
HV 8073 W55 2009 REF |
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Encyclopedia of Forensic Science |
HV 8073 C595 2002 REF |
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Gray's Anatomy |
QM 23.2 .G73 2005 REF |
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Encyclopedia of Psychology & Law |
K 346 E53 2008 REF |
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Dictionary of Concepts in Physical Anthropology |
GN 50.3 S74 1991 GEN |
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics |
QD 65 H3 2017/18 REF |
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The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals |
RS 51 .M4 2013 REF |
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Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry |
QD 71.5 E52 2000 REF |
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Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds |
QD 148 D53 1992 REF |
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Dictionary of Organic Compounds |
QD 246 D5 1982 REF |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Access to thousands of authoritative articles in all major areas of science and technology.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Encyclopedia of Geography |
GE 63 E554 2010 REF |
Columbia Gazetteer |
G 103.5 C35 REF |
Encyclopedia of GIS |
G 70.212 E53 2008 REF |
Encyclopedia of Human Geography |
GF 4 E54 2006 REF |
Encyclopedia of Geomorphology |
GB 400.3 E53 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of the Arctic |
G 606 E49 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of World Environmental History |
GF 10 E63 2004 REF |
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physical Geography |
GB 10 E53 1994 REF |
Historical Atlas of Canada |
G 1116 S1 H39 2002 REF |
Times Atlas of the World |
G 1021 T5644 2005 REF |
World Atlas of the Oceans |
G 2800 W464 2001 GEN Oversized (third floor) |
Oxford Atlas of the World |
G 1021 A7545 2009 REF |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
Concise Encyclopedia of Earth Science |
QE 5 M363 2005 REF |
Dictionary of Earth Science |
QE 5 M364 2003 REF |
Dictionary of Geology and Minerology |
QE 5 M3654 2003 REF |
Encyclopedia of Geology |
QE5 E516 2005 REF |
Encyclopedia of Geochemistry |
QE 515 E48 1999 REF |
Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science |
QE 741 E54 2007 REF |
Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
QE 471.2 E53 2003 REF |
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes |
QE 522 E53 2000 REF |
Encyclopedia of Geobiology |
QH 343.4 E53 2011 REF |
Handbook of Mineralogy |
QE 366.8 H36 1990 REF |
Millennium Atlas: Petroleum Geology of the Central and Northern North Sea |
G 1812.21 H8 G46 2003 REF |
Minerals Yearbook |
TN 23 U612 2006 GEN |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics |
QA 5 W45 2009 REF |
CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae |
QA 47 C72 1996 30th Ed.REF |
Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics |
QA 276.14 E84 2010 REF |
A Dictionary of Real Numbers |
QA 47 B625 1990 REF |
Encyclopedia of Mathematics |
QA 5 M3713 1988 REF |
Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences |
QA 276.14 E52 1997 REF |
Handbook of Combinatorics |
QA 164 H33 1995 REF |
Handbook of Differential Equations |
QA 371 Z88 1992 GEN |
NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions |
QA 331 N57 2010 REF |
Use reference books as background sources to get quick facts or information, or an overview of a subject. Some examples of reference sources are: dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, almanacs, directories, atlases, and handbooks.
Books with REF in the call number are located on the first floor. Books with GEN are on the second or third floors.
APA Dictionary of Psychology APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology |
BF 31 A65 2007 REF BF 76.5 A73 2012 REF |
Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology |
BF 31 E52 2010 REF |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5 |
RC 455.2 C4 D536 2013 REF |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories |
BF 31 E44 2006 REF |
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior |
HV 5804 E53 2009 REF |
Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior |
R 726.5 E53 2004 REF |
Encyclopedia of Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
HF 5548.8 E498 2007 GEN |
Encyclopedia of Social Psychology |
HM 1007 E53 2007 REF |