This guide provides a set of resources for advanced undergraduate research in Biomedical Engineering at the Cabot Science Library. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Cabot Library holds the general science collections for the university; additional resources are available at the Gordon McKay Library of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Please consult the HOLLIS catalog and the E-Research @ Harvard site for all of Harvard’s holdings.
Books
Circulating books on electrical engineering and electronics are shelved in the TK range on the second floor of Cabot. Some useful areas within this range are TK5101-6720 (telecommunications), TK7885-7895 (computer engineering, computer hardware). Other potentially useful areas include TA1501-1820 for applied optics; TJ210.2-225 for robotics; QA75.5-76.9 for computer science; and Q334-342 for artificial intelligence. Scientific books on electricity and electromagnetism are located in the QC501-766 range.
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Wiley Electrical and Electronics Engineering Dictionary / Kaplan SM ; Cabot REF TK9 K39 2004
Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering / Driggers R. ; Online at: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:encoptic
Data & Telecommunications Dictionary / Peterson JK ; Cabot REF TK5102 P48 1999
International Dictionary of Data Communications / Saigh RA ; Cabot REF TK5102 S25 1998
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Networking & Telecommunications / Sheldon T ; Cabot REF TK5102 S48 2001
Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking / Tulloch M et al. ; Cabot REF TK5102 T85 2002
Modern Dictionary of Electronics / Graf RF ; Cabot REF TK7804 G67 1999
Handbooks & Guides
The Electrical Engineering Handbook / Dorf RC ; Cabot REF TK145 E354 1997
The Communications Handbook / Gibson JD ; Cabot REF TK5101 C6583 1997
Handbook of Lasers / Weber MJ ; Cabot REF TA1683 W44 2001
The Transforms and Applications Handbook / Poularikas D. ; Wolbach Ready Reference QA601 T73 2000
The Industrial Electronics Handbook / Irwin JD ; Wolbach Ready Reference TK7881 I52 1997
The Electronics Handbook / Whitaker JC ; Cabot TK867 E4244 2005
Reference Data for Engineers: Radio, Electronics, Computer, and Communications / Van Valkenburg ME ; Cabot REF TK6552 R4 2002
The Mobile Communications Handbook / Gibson JD ; Cabot TK6570 M5934 1999
Electronics Engineers’ Handbook / Christiansen D. ; Cabot REF TK7825 E34 1997
Handbook of Computer Vision and Applications / Jähne B. ; Cabot TA1634 H36 1999
Electric Circuits / Nilsson JW ; Cabot TK454 N54 2001
Journals and Databases for Journal Articles
Journals
Cabot Science Library has a large collection of current journals on the main floor of the library. We have couches and arm chairs available for comfortable browsing of the collection. Older issues can be found in the basement. For access to electronic copies of journals, look up the journal’s title in the HOLLIS catalog, where an internet link will be available if Harvard owns a subscription. Or you may use the E-Journals list available through the E-Research @ Harvard site. To locate individual articles within the journals, use one of the databases listed in this guide (individual articles are not available in the catalog or the e-journal list).
Databases for Journal Articles
INSPEC (1898 -)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:inspecal A major database in engineering, covering all aspects of the discipline, including electrical and computer engineering. 3400 journals and over 2000 conference proceedings are indexed.
Applied Science Abstracts (1983 -)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:apscitec All fields of engineering, as well as computer technology and robotics are covered. Journals and trade and industry publications are included. Use the Thesaurus button to help locate precise searching terms (for example, “active robot vision”).
IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package (1998 -)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ieeeperi The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers core collection of electronics, engineering and computer science publications includes over 100 IEEE Society-sponsored transactions, journals and magazines. Full text from 1998 is available in PDF.