Using Scholar OneSearch
To find books or e-books, you'll want to use Scholar OneSearch - the Northeastern Library Catalog.
Once you've searched for the topic you're interested in (ex. 'bioengineering and stem cells'), Scholar OneSearch will return a list of as many materials as possible related to your topic. This will include books and e-books, as well as some articles, videos, dissertations, and more.
The easiest way to search Scholar OneSearch is to limit your search to a particular material type, such as books or e-books. To do this, use the filter on the left hand side of the screen to select the material type(s) you're interested in and click 'Apply'. You can also exclude material types from your search by hovering over the material type and clicking the red check box on the right hand side of the material type.
Tips for Using Scholar OneSearch
- Try using the advanced search in Scholar OneSearch to specify a subject and author you are interested in at the same time.
- Sign in to Scholar OneSearch to see additional results. Some databases, such as Web of Science, won't allow their results to populate Scholar OneSearch for anyone who is not signed in.
- Use the filters on the left hand side of the search results page. Some of the most popular filters are material type (to limit to a specific type of research such as an e-book or e-journal), author/creator (to see who is prominently publishing in the field), and year (to limit to research in a particular time period).
How to find an e-book
For additional information about accessing e-books, consult our E-book guide.
E-Books and E-Reference Sources for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Knovel Library This link opens in a new windowE-books, handbooks, scientific and engineering reference manuals, and datasets.
- O'Reilly for Higher Education Ebooks This link opens in a new windowE-books from leading publishers such as Sam's, O'Reilly, Peachpit, and Que plus video, learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books and more. Access requires registration with a Northeastern or NCH email address.
- IET Digital Library This link opens in a new windowJournals, conference proceedings and e-books from the Institution of Engineering and Technology
- JoVE Core Mechanical EngineeringVideo textbooks which explain concepts through high-impact animations and real-life experiments.
- Oxford Handbooks This link opens in a new windowIn-depth introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship. Please note that Northeastern users have access to a selection of handbooks only. The database link will take users to our licensed handbooks.
- Encyclopedia of Smart MaterialsSmart materials have properties that react to changes in their environment. This means that one of their properties can be changed by an external condition, such as temperature, light, pressure or electricity. This change is reversible and can be repeated many times.
Self-healing material - Shape-memory alloy - Ferrofluid - Dielectric elastomers. - Open Textbooks for EngineeringThis guide aggregates links to open (freely available) textbooks from ~20 different open educational resource websites and organizes it by engineering discipline.
- How stuff worksHowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works.
- National Academy of EngineeringRead NAE Reports FREE online! Includes: Century of Innovation: Twenty Engineering Achievements that Transformed our Lives;
- Business Plans HandbookA compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, Inc., c1995- 01/01/1995 v. ; Language: English
- Clean Energy CollectionThis collection contains around 50 ebook references from World Scientific Publishing covering topics such as sustainable, renewable, and green energy; circular economy; hydrogen economy; alternative fuels; solar cells; and energy storage, conversion, and economics.