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Ellen Weppelman

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Ellen Weppelman
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Lorain County Community College
1005 N Abbe Rd
Elyria, OH 44035
eweppelman@lorainccc.edu
(440) 366-7279

Purpose of this guide

This guide serves as a launching point for students studying Engineering and Manufacturing courses at Lorain County Community College, although students from another field may find the resources presented here useful.

Use this guide to find out about books and online resources for engineering, including ebook and physical items, journals articles, website recommendations, reference material, and databases containing subject-specific content.

New Engineering and Manufacturing Books

How Big Things Get Done : the Surprising Factors that Determine the Fate of Every Project... by Bent Flyvbjerg; Dan Gardner
The Future Is Now : Solving the Climate Crisis with Today's Technologies by Bob McDonald
Carbon Queen : the Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus by Maia Weinstock
The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair : 2000 Color How-To Photos by Creative Publishing International Editors
Careers in Engineering by Salem Press
Greatness in Construction History : Human Stories of Great People and Great Projects by Sherif Hashem
Electricians : a Practical Career Guide by Marcia Santore
Open Circuits : the Inner Beauty of Electronic Components by Windell Oskay; Eric Schlaepfer
Sheds : the Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders by David Stiles; Jeanie Stiles
Charged : a History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future by James Morton Turner

Find new books from all subjects in our New Books LibGuide.

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Search Strategies

Using a combination of KEYWORDS with BOOLEAN OPERATORS between them will help maximize your relevant search results. The 3 common Boolean operators are AND, OR, and NOT.

  • Example: lightning strike AND power pole

Use parenthesis to group terms together. 

  • Example: (hurricane AND power poles) OR transmission lines

Use quotes to generate searches with words grouped in exactly that order.

  • Example: "3d printing" OR "additive manufacturing"

Use * to include all derivatives of a word: 

  • Example: comp* searches for all terms: computer, computing, computation, computers

Use NOT to exclude specific terms from the search:

  • Example: alloy NOT polymer will tell the search to exclude any results that include the word "polymer"

Search Example

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