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Frustrated by some desktop software problem you can’t figure out?  Skillsoft’s Books24x7 now offers brief streaming videos on many desktop and IT-related topics, in addition to their ebooks and training courses. Browse the videos on the right-hand side of the screen, under “Browse Topics.” Examples include 5-minute tutorials on Microsoft Office applications, Adobe programs, mobile [...]

     The Engineering Library recently added around 600 full-text ebooks published by IEEE/Wiley, available from the IEEE Xplore platform. Dates covered are 1974 to present. This is in addition to IEEE conferences publications, journal articles, and standards.   You can find IEEE Xplore at the Engineering Library website under Top Databases. Contact engrref@cornell.edu with any questions.

Cornell University now has a subscription to MATERIALSnetBASE and ChemicalENGINEERINGnetBASE.  This is in addition to ENGnetBASE, NANOnetBASE, and CHEMISTRYnetBASE. This adds hundreds more e-books to our collection by Taylor & Francis and CRC Press.  The package includes several subject collections where you can then find individual titles.  Get access via the proxy link. You will also find this [...]

AccessEngineering, an ebook collection from Mc-Graw-Hill, provides Curriculum Maps to help you find e-books for courses. See this link here and click on Curriculum Maps at the top right.               Schaum’s Outlines are also available under the Subjects. There are 16 Schaum’s outlines available so far:    

Cornell Libraries, including Engineering, Math and Physical Sciences, have many ebooks in their collections.  Often there is a question regarding what devices can be used to read ebooks.  Our Earth Science and Engineering Librarian, Jeremy Cusker, recently answered a specific question on the Ask a Librarian  blog regarding Nook readers: Q: I’m looking into buying an ereader [...]

The Math Library is happy to announce the Contemporary Mathematics eBooks package is now in our library catalog  https://catalog.library.cornell.edu.     You can find all the books in this package using the keyword search “ContempMathebks” in the classic catalog.  Separate eBook records also exist in the catalog so you can look them up by author or title.  [...]

Looking for Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook, Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, or Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain? These and other McGraw-Hill e-books have changed platforms in 2012 from Knovel to Access Engineering (McGraw-Hill). We still have access, and the new links are in the library catalog. See http://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com  [...]

As part of the library’s subscription to SpringerLink ebooks, you can order a black and white print copy for your own personal use.  This service is only visible when using Springer as a Cornell registered patron so remember to access this ebook collection through the library catalog, or use Passkey when off campus.  As of now, there are [...]