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This guide was created for the AGEN 170: Basic Hydraulics course. Browse the tabs above, and don't forget to reach out to a librarian if you need help with finding, using, or citing sources.
Starting Points
Different research tasks require different information sources. If you're looking for tech specs or product information, a company website might be the best place to start. If you're looking for reliable background information about a general topic, a reference book like a specialized encyclopedia might be your best bet. Sometimes, though, an academic assignment specifies that you need to find articles from reputable publications like trade publications, newspapers, popular magazines, or scholarly journals.
The search box on t
he library's home page is often the best place to start a search for these types of sources. Using this search box will help you find physical items in our library (e.g. books, DVDs, reference materials) and valuable content from scholarly journals, trade publications, popular magazines, and newspapers. More importantly, this search interface allows you to focus your results list by subject, date, source type, language, and publication title.
- Energy & Power Source This link opens in a new windowThis database provides a collection of indexed and full-text energy and power industry-related content for professionals and researchers of all types involved at any level in the industry.
- Applied Science & Technology Source This link opens in a new windowThis database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content that covers the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines—from acoustics to aeronautics, and neural networks to nuclear engineering.
- Environment Complete This link opens in a new windowOffers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning and more.