Electronics

Starting your Research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Nilsson, J. W., Riedel, S. A. (2008). Electric circuits. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.	Floyd, T. L. (2009). Principles of electric circuits: electron flow version. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Bird, J.O. (2007). Electrical and electronic principles and technology. Amsterdam: Newnes.	Kusko, A., & Thompson, M. T. (2007). Power quality in electrical systems. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Keywords:

Digital electronics	Electronic apparatus and appliances	Electronics
(Electronic or electric) circuits	Electronic circuits analysis	Electronic apparatus and appliances
Logic circuits	Solid state electronics

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Computer Source

• MAS Ultra

• ProQuest Science Journals

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Click here for a list of all the databases subscribed to by TP Library.

Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - the leading authority in many technical areas of computers and electronic engineering. IEEE Xplore provides their full text documents.

Circuits Archive - expands the availability of circuit designs for students and professionals.

EETimes.com - online magazine and website that has been the electronics industry newspaper of record for thirty years.

Online Ethics Center - provides readily accessible literature and information, case studies and references, and discussion groups on ethics in engineering and science. It focuses on problems that arise in and for the work life of engineers and scientists. It serves practitioners, educators and students, and individuals interested in professional and research ethics.

Electronics Dictionary - browse an online dictionary of electronics terms and concepts.

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