SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Refsheet
SAE publishes several hundred Technical Papers annually. Each paper has an assigned accession number, with the first two digits indicating the year of publication. The complete set of Technical Papers...
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This list of resources will enable you to retrieve most U.S. patents or trademarks, if you have a specific citation. However, if you have a product idea and want to determine if a similar item has been...
View ArticleNACA and NASA reference sheet
NACA (National Advisory Comittee for Aeronautics) existed from 1917 - 1958, with NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) existing from 1958 - present. Both have produced huge amounts of...
View ArticleMaterial Safety Data Sheets MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) contain data about the properties of a product. While MSDS contain information helpful for consumers, their primary audience is not consumers, but employees who work...
View ArticleForestry resources reference sheet
Disclaimer: The titles and call numbers listed below are meant to be used as a possible finding aid for some of the US Forest Service publications owned by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. An...
View ArticleEPA (Environmental Protection Agency) reference sheet
Many of the Virginia Tech documents are cataloged in Addison, and can be located easily by a title or author search. However, some documents are in the collection but not cataloged. If you have a SuDoc...
View ArticleEngineering standards
Information on finding standards from ASABE, ASME, ASTM, IEEE, SAE J, military specifications, ordering standards via interlibrary loan, and standard indexes online.
View ArticleASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) reference sheet
ASTM publishes ASTM Standards as well as journals, manuals, and the ASTM Special Technical Publications. Current standards can be retrieved from ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library while...
View ArticleASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) reference sheet
The main publications of ASME are journal articles (contained in ASME journals), conference papers (contained in ASME conference proceedings), and ASME standards. The University Libraries subscribes to...
View ArticleAIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Refsheet
The AIAA publishes books, journals and conference papers (often jointly with other engineering societies). Individual conference papers are published within conference proceedings for specific...
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