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Contact Denise Bennett
Librarian for CISE, ECE, ISE
L206 Marston Science Library
352-273-2864
denise@uflib.ufl.edu

 

Major Societies

IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
IET, the Institution of Engineering and Technology - merger of Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE)
SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering
EPRI the Electric Power Research Institute

Online Training

NETg information technology courses are available to all UF students, faculty, and staff. You can select individual course titles, groups of related courses covering specific areas of interest, or take vendor-approved training courses that are geared directly toward industry-recognized certification tests.

 

Internet Resources

Full Text- Access restricted to current UF students/staff/faculty

  • ACM Digital Library contains "Full text of every article ever published by ACM."
  • IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) provides indexing and full-text access to IEEE and IEE/IET transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE standards.
  • Books24x7(e-books) a SkillSoft Company, is a leading provider of web-based digital technical and business reference content, containing thousands of digitized "best-in-class" reference books, research reports, documentation and articles through the Referenceware platform. The ITPro collection includes books on Business and Culture, Certification and Compliance, Databases, Desktop & Office Applications, Enterprise Computing, Graphic Design & Multimedia, Hardware, IBM Redbooks, Networks & Protocols, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Security, Telecommunications, and Web Programming & Development. The BusinessPro collection includes books on Business Skills, Corporate Case Studies & Interviews, Employee Training & Development, Finance & Accounting, General Management & Leadership, Human Resources, International Business, Marketing & Sales, Quality and Manufacturing Management, Technology in Business. The EngineeringPro collection includes general reference topics important to all engineering professionals, Whether looking for quick answers to problems or specific information for a project, learning new skills or refreshing existing ones.
  • Knovel provides access to over 700 handbooks, databases, encyclopedias, reference books, and standards from the world's leading publishers and professional societies in engineering, biotechnology, life sciences, chemistry and materials. Knovel's productivity tools, (including interactive tables, graphs and live equations) allow users to work within Knovel to analyze the data they find.

  • Indexes and abstracts - to find articles on a topic. Access restricted to current UF students/staff/faculty.

  • Ei / Compendex / Engineering Index is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database in the world. Contains over 9 million records and references to over 5,000 international engineering sources including journal, conference, and trade publications, dating back to 1884.
  • CSA Technology databases cover major areas of research, including materials science, environmental sciences and pollution management, biological sciences, aquatic sciences and fisheries, biotechnology, engineering, computer science.
  • INSPEC includes Physics Abstracts, Computer and Control Abstracts, and Electrical and Electronics Abstracts. The largest English language file of bibliographic information and abstracts on the world's output of published works in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computing, and information technology. Covers scientific and technical journals and conference proceedings. Includes some books, reports, and dissertations from 1970-present.
  • Web of Science enables users to search current and retrospective (back to 1900) multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching, so users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans.

  • Technical Reports - freely accessible

  • arXiv is a fully automated electronic archive and distribution server for research papers. It covers areas such as physics and related disciplines, mathematics, nonlinear sciences, and computer science.
  • E-print Network: Research Communications for Scientists and Engineers is a gateway to over 26,000 Web sites and databases worldwide, containing 1.2 million e-prints in basic and applied sciences, primarily in physics but also including subject areas such as chemistry, biology and life sciences, materials science, nuclear sciences and engineering, energy research, computer and information technologies, and other disciplines of interest to DOE.

  • Specialized resources

  • MIT's Semiconductor Subway provides links to all manner of semiconductor and microsystems related information, including fabrication facilities, research activities, standards work, etc.
  • Optics.org, photonics resources for scientists and engineers, a joint venture between SPIE and IOP. It provides a keyword searchable Buyer's Guide of over 3000 companies, an online Technical Library with access to over 900,000 technical citations and abstracts, a worldwide recruitment service, and much more.
  • MEMS and Nanotechnology Clearinghouse includes industry news, job postings, the Material Index, and more.
  • Circuits Archive from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.
  • eeProductCenter " is a comprehensive online resource for new product announcements and reviews of the latest integrated circuits and electronics components."
  • IC Master "is the industry's leading source of IC info, offering product information,complete contact information, and Web site links." Provides "powerful part number and parameter search capabilities from the industry's leading source on current and discontinued ICs." You must register to use the site.
  • RF Cafe "is a unique portal of RF, microwave, wireless, and other engineering resources. Vast collection of equations, references and conversions for electrical, mechanical, physical, and mathematical fields. Links for vendors, app notes, test notes, ham radio, magazines, books, active forums, patent and communications standards, technical crossword puzzles, quizzes, and much more."
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    Most of the above databases require subscriptions.  If you are accessing these databases off campus, be sure to use the UF proxy server (accessible through the remote logon page) or VPN.

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    Browsing Guide

    QC 966 Lightning
    TJ 163 Power Resources and Conservation
    TJ 211-225 Control Engineering, Robotics
    TK 1-999 Electrical Engineering and Electronics, General
    TK 1000-2999 Electrical Power Production: motors, machinery, batteries
    TK 3000-3999 Power Distribution and Transmission
    TK 4000-4999 Electrical Power Applications: mechanical, electrical, lighting
    TK 5101-5105 Telecommunication: signal processing, wireless, satellites, data transmission, networks
    TK 5107-6720 Telegraph, telephone, radio, radar, television, digital video, fax
    TK 7018-7500 Household Appliances
    TK 7867-7868 Electronic Circuits, general
    TK 7869-7872 Electronic Circuits: Applications and Materials, Semiconductors
    TK 7874 Integrated Circuits
    TK 7876 Microwaves
    TK 7880-7999 Sound systems, Computer Engineering
    TK 8300 Photoelectronic Devices
    TK 9900 Electricity for Amateurs
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