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Mechanical Engineering: General Mechanical Engineering

Subject guide for mechanical engineering

General Reference Works

Locating Books

To locate books on your topic, use UC Library Search. As a starting point, use a keyword search on the likely terms. You are unlikely to find references to a single compound, but may be able to find useful books on classes of compounds. If the more specific subject fails, browse the subject heading "Mechanical Engineering" itself. Call number ranges for mechanical engineering include:

  • TJ163.13-163.25 - Power resources
  • TJ163.26-163.5 - Energy conservation
  • TJ170-179 - Mechanics applied to machinery. Dynamics
  • TJ181-210 - Mechanical movements
  • TJ210.2-211.47 - Mechanical devices and figures. Robots (General)
  • TJ212-225 - Control engineering systems. Automatic machinery (General)
  • TJ227-240 - Machine design and drawing
  • TJ241-254.7 - Machine construction (General)
  • TJ255-265 - Heat engines
  • TJ266-267.5 - Turbines. Turbomachines (General)
  • TJ268-740 - Steam engineering
  • TJ751-805 - Miscellaneous motors and engines, including gas, gasoline, diesel engines
  • TJ807-830 - Renewable energy sources
  • TJ836-927 - Hydraulic machinery
  • TJ940-940.5 - Vacuum technology
  • TJ950-1030 - Pneumatic machinery