Engineering

ICE (Institution Civil Engineers) Virtual Library: A collection of engineering titles purchased by SCU Library.

Ebook Library (EBL): A growing collection of titles purchased individually by SCU Library to support research at the University. Can be downloaded to compatible devices.

ebrary: Our other major ebook database. Titles can be downloaded to iPhone, iPad or Android devices

Credo Reference : A selection of reference books and study tools, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.

Knovel: A range of scientific books, tables and tools:

• Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
• Engineering Problem Solving - A Classical Perspective
• Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards
• Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables
• International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
• Knovel Critical Tables
• Knovel Sample Book
• Knovel Unit Converter
• Large-Scale Adsorption & Chromatography Volumes 1 - 2
• Metallic Materials - Properties Development and Standardization (MMPDS)
• Military Handbook - Metallic Materials and Elements for Aerospace Vehicle Structure
• Periodic Table of the Elements
• Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)
• Teaching Engineering

• National Library of Australia provides access to several encyclopedias and dictionaries, once you have applied for a library card.
• FreeBooks4Doctors: Medical books.
• Free-eBooks.net: Fiction, tutorial, business and marketing.
• Google books: Book/content locator, (some full text) with good search options - also lists libraries which have the book.
• National Academies Press: More than 3,000 books on a wide range of subjects.
• The Online Books Page: From the University of Pennsylvania, this site facilitates access to books that are freely available over the Internet. It contains over 25,000 English works in various formats, and covers a broad range of topics including psychology, history, religion, geography, economics and business, sociology, literature, science and technology.
• Open Books Project: From the publisher O'Reilly. A collection of computing books. Topics include: Perl, MySQL, Linux and CGI.
• Project Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of free ebooks.
• University of California Press eScholarship editions: Collection of books on a wide range of subjects.