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Practicing Engineering
What to expect after graduation
Exercise 1
Where to obtain information after graduation
Exercise 2
Project 1
Page 3

How will you be able to access engineering information after graduation?
  1. Make sure you are working for a company/government agency that has and values its library.


  2. Set up an account with an academic/engineering library that provides research services to the public - for a fee.


  3. Put together a collection of Web sites providing you with the required information (free or otherwise).
What Web sites will you include in your list?
Professional engineering organizations
Engineering Standards
Government sites
  • State
  • Federal (which usually have searchable databases)
University library Web sites
  • Having special e-collections, virtual libraries
  • Having document delivery services
University engineering Web sites
WWW virtual libraries in engineering
Publisher sites
Document delivery sites
Web sites reporting on changes in browsers, search engines, electronic publishing
Favorite search engines
 

 

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