Subject Guides: Engineering: Home

Resources

Exam Papers
You can find past papers for most courses here.
Interloans
If you need a book or article and we don't have it, we can get it from another library for you, for free!
Book an EPS Study Room
Need to do group work? Need a room with a TV? Book a study room at EPS!
Contacts at the Faculty of Engineering
Need to get a hold of someone at the CoE? They're probably on this list.

Tools for Research

EndNote
EndNote for bibliographic management and referencing
LaTeX
LaTeX is sometimes used to write theses and journal articles, especially by computer scientists.
Word for Thesis Writers
Most postgrads use MS Word for their thesis. This guide shows you the right way to do it.

Key Engineering Databases

MultiSearch This link opens in a new window
Multisearch searches across many databases, but it doesn't cover them all, and there is a lot of non-engineering stuff in there that might make it harder to find what you need. Still, the best place to start for most queries.

Scopus
Scopus has very wide coverage- there's a lot in here. It's like Google Scholar, but with less material, but it's higher quality.

Compendex This link opens in a new window
Compendex (also called Engineering Village) has great coverage within engineering, especially in conference proceedings.

Standards

Standards are an agreed-upon, documented way of doing things. Engineers use them as a kind of quality assurance. There are a few different sources of standards. Here are the ones you're most likely to use. If you aren't able to get the standard you need, contact one of the subject librarians in the box on the right.

University of Canterbury Library Catalogue This link opens in a new window
The Library Catalogue is for finding standards we have in print. You can normally search by standard number. Especially, ISO standards are most likely to be here.
Standards New Zealand This link opens in a new window
Your first port of call for New Zealand Standards. They'll normally begin with NZS, so if you find that on a reference to a standard, this is where to look first.
ASTM international standards This link opens in a new window
ASTM Standards normally include ASTM in the standard number, so if you need one of those, find it here. You will have to create a login.
IEEEXplore This link opens in a new window
IEEE is an electrical engineering professional group. If the standard you need includes IEEE, this is the place to look.

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Engineering: Home

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