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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research: Home

Last Updated: Jan 8, 2024 4:19 PM

Getting Started

This guide provides resources for conducting research in mechanical and aerospace engineering. It is your library research work space. Use the tabs above to link to article databases, online handbooks, properties data, standards, test methods, patents, and other types of information related to research in your field.

Please contact the Engineering Librarian, Erin Rowley, for individual consultation, group instruction, library purchase recommendations, and suggestions for this guide.

Best Bets

Short on time? These resources are your best bet for this subject area.

Streaming Media

For more streaming media available at UB, check out our Streaming Media webpage.

U.S. PATENT APPLICATION Variable speed distributed drive train wind turbine system US 20050012339 A1

 

Very small image of a diagram Picture from a patent application

How to Read a Scientific Paper

The video above was created by the librarians at the University of Minnesota Libraries

Purdue University Libraries has also put together a wonderful tutorial. It was originally created to be an interactive tutorial using flash player, but flash is no longer supported in Chrome browsers.  Therefore, you can access a PDF version by clicking on this link.

Engineering Librarian

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Erin Rowley
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Citation Management Software

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UB has a site license to EndNote, software that allows you to collect, store, organize, retrieve, and automatically format references to journal articles, books, patents, and more in your papers. 

For help using EndNote, click here for the EndNote Basics Guide here. The Guide contains descriptions of features, PDF downloads, and videos on how to use EndNote effectively.

For more help, contact Erin Rowley, Engineering Librarian, epautler@buffalo.edu