Mechatronics

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:

Bishop, R. H. (Ed.). (2006). Mechatronics: An introduction. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.	Necsulescu, D. S. (2009).Advanced mechatronics: Monitoring and control of spatially distributed systems.. Singapore; Hackensack, N.J.: World Scientific.
De Silva, C. (2008). Mechatronic systems: Devices, design, control, operation and monitoring. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.	Bishop, R. H. (Ed.) (2008). The mechatronics handbook. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press.

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.

Actuators	Automation engineering	Mechanical engineering
Mechatronics	Microcontroller	Pneumatics
Programmable logic controllers	Semiconductors	Sensors
Virtual reality	Vison systems

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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

• 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

• Definitions of Mechatronics - especially for beginners, a useful list of gloabl mechatronics definitions from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University.

• Electronic Products - an online magazine that specializes in reporting on new components used in the design of electronic equipment of all types.

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