Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Useful links

This page will help you get more out of your Library resources for your assignments, projects and dissertations in Engineering (Energy & Electronic).

Use the University VPN to access to these resources, any time, anywhere.

Getting Started

Videos to get you going

Short videos on how to get started with Library resources.

Academic Reading

Links to two Library Guides and an ebook on the subject.

Books

Finding Articles and more

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For some assignments, our Discovery Service will give you enough sources to work with. In fact it may give you too many - so think carefully about exactly what subject you are interested in and the keywords you are using.

Sometimes you may want to try specific databases or journals - perhaps your lecturer has recommended particular names as a good way of finding articles. This page lists key sources for the various subject areas that Learning at Work may cover.

Check out this video on how to find journal titles.

Check out this introductory video on finding journal articles.

If we don't have an item you're interested in, we may be able to obtain it via Interlibrary Loan or watch this video which explains how.

• Why use journal articles?

• Finding articles on a topic

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You can get the most out of searching databases by considering what keywords you use.

For an introduction to Discovery watch this video by our Business Librarian.

Watch this video for a demonstration of how to analyse your keywords and this video for a demonstration of using your keywords in an advanced search.

Alternatively, either see this two page Library Guide on Choosing Keywords for tips on this or use this form to analyse the concepts of your searches. For a sample assignment title to unpick the concepts, look at the PowerPoint below.

Finding, reading and referencing relevant journal articles will get you the highest marks: