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.
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.
Use parenthesis to group terms together.
Use quotes to generate searches with words grouped in exactly that order.
Use * to include all derivatives of a word:
Use NOT to exclude specific terms from the search:
The following example uses the Advanced Search feature of OneSearch, which can be accessed after typing in an initial search.
Saving Your Results
Persistent links/permalinks can will connect you to your article within the article database.
Look for a link in the record: