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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research: Home

Last Updated: Sep 11, 2024 11:52 AM

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 an Engineering Librarian 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.

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, visit the EndNote Basics Guide.

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Zotero, an open-source citation management tool similar to EndNote, is also available. For help using Zotero, visit the Zotero Basics Guide.

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

 

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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.

Streaming Media

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

Engineering Librarian

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Erin Rowley
Contact:
119 Lockwood Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
epautler@buffalo.edu
716-645-1369

Engineering Librarian

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Ally Wood
Contact:
116 Lockwood Library
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
agwood4@buffalo.edu

Undergraduate Engineering Librarian