BC3 Library: Manufacturing Technology: Recommended Resources

Web Sources

The following are web resources for information on materials and processes and materials.

How Products are Made
How It's Made - Science Channel
How Everyday Things Are Made, Engineering World - video series
Google Patents
Modern Machine Shop - publication devoted to CNC machining
Engineering Specialties, Inc (ESI) - metal stamping and assembly
The Efficient Engineer - videos on manufacturing processes and engineering concepts
Formlabs - guide to manufacturing processes for plastics

To access the following ASM online reference resources, you will need to either ask your instructor for the BC3 Library's login information or contact the BC3 Library at library@bc3.edu

ASM Handbooks

If this link does not take you to the ASM Handbooks, within ASM select ASM Content from the left navigation column.

To access the following ASM periodicals, you will need to use the BC3 Library's login. Contact the BC3 Library or your instructor for the username and password.

Scholarly Research Articles

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Collection of academic, peer reviewed, research journals as well as some popular magazines.

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect is SciVerse's leading full-text scientific database offering science, medical and technical (STM) journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and over 11,000 books. Sources are not available full text so you will need to use the library's Document Delivery and Request a Book forms.

Business & Industry news

The following are great sources for technology and industry news .

MIT Technology Review
Wired (issues also available in print in the BC3 Library)
Robotics and Automation News
New York Times - Technology and Business sections
- BC3 students and employees can sign up for free access to the New York Times through Butler County Community College's NYT Academic Pass Subscription.
  1. Go to http://www.accessnyt.com
  2. Search for Butler County Community College from the list of institutions
  3. You MUST use your BC3 email when setting up your NYT account
  4. You will need to re-register for the NYT each year
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Vocational and Career Collection (EBSCO)
Newsbank (indexes newspapers across the U.S. and worldwide)

Company and Industry Information Resources

Reference Solutions This link opens in a new window
ReferenceUSA
Business and consumer research platform helps you create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds, and locate people. Modules include: US Businesses, US White Pages, US Healthcare, Canadian Businesses, Canadian White Pages, US New Businesses, US New Movers/New Homeowners, US Consumers/Lifestyles, and US Jobs/Internships.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost's Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

Books

Finding Manufacturing Technology Books

The BC3 Library has both print and electronic books on manufacturing processes. Our print books and some of the ebooks are listed in the BC3 Library Catalog where you will find Dewey call numbers to locate books on the shelves (lower level of the library) and links to connect you to e-books. E-books can also be searched separately in our two e-book collections: e-Book Central by Proquest and e-Book Collection by EBSCO.

Browsing the Stacks

Manufacturing technology books in the library are shelved in a few different areas. Browse the shelves using the following Dewey Decimal Numbers. You can also search the BC3 Library Catalog and EBook Central using these Dewey Decimal Numbers.

621.8 - Machine engineering
621.9 - Tools and fabricating equipment; Machine tool design
668.4 - Plastics
670 - Manufacturing planning, design, fabrication
670.42 - Manufacturing processes
671 - Metalworking processes
673 - Nonferrous metals
674 - Lumber, wood products
675 - Leather and fur processing
678 - Rubber, latex, elastomers
001.535 - Robotics

Tip

Use broad topics when searching for books, and then look in the book's table of contents or index for a chapter on your topic. For example search for books on manufacturing processes or plastics

How Products are Made

We have a collection of print reference books that describe how different products are made. Find them on the lower level of the library:
How Products are Made, Call no. 670 H83g