Research by Subject: Electrical and Computer Engineering: Reference Sources

eBook Collections Online

O'Reilly Learning Platform, featuring Safari Tech Books This link opens in a new window
O'Reilly Learning Platform includes live online training courses, interactive tutorials, eBooks, videos, and case studies. It offers on-demand learning for topics from Python, to data science, to management and leadership. Safari Tech Books is a collection of the well-known O'Reilly publications, and more.
Knovel This link opens in a new window
Knovel is a collection of over 800 essential reference books and databases from the world's leading publishers and professional societies in science and engineering.

Patents can provide a wealth of technical information on products and processes that can't be found anywhere else.

Google Patents
Intuitive searching and full-text access to patents, worldwide. Easy access to the patent illustrations.
Espacenet
Access international patents through the European Patent Office. Keyword searching can get you to a few relevant patents, but searching by classification is even better. Click on the classification letter to see more categories.

U.S. Patent Office This link opens in a new window
Search U.S. patents from 1790 - 1975 by patent number or classification. Search 1976 - present, full-text. To see patent drawings, you may need to download their .tiff file viewer.

Engineering Standards Guide
A basic guide for finding engineering standards.
ASTM Standards
First, use the online site search to find appropriate standards. Look in the Details section to find the standard's volume and section number, and the top of the page for the designation number.

Then, access the correct volume and section in the 2021print edition ASTM Book of Standards in the library reference section.