LibGuides: Engineering: Books

STL Catalog

Use the STL Catalog to find physical and electronic books, videos, journals, magazines and other materials owned by the Sojourner Truth Library. Search by author, title, subject, or keyword (All Fields).

*Helpful hint* Scholarly books always have an extensive bibliography and/or rich footnotes. Seek out the references that are listed in these books. Not only will this save you time but in many cases, you will be referred to other reliable sources.

Sojourner Truth Library Catalog
Search for books and media resources available at the Sojourner Truth Library.

Call Numbers

The Sojourner Truth Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System for the call numbers it assigns to most of the items in its collections.

Here is a general listing of call number areas for Engineering:

Full Library of Congress Classification Schedules
Here are all the subjects and discipline areas in the LCC - click on the high level categories to see the subcategories.

T - Technology
T - General Technology
TA - Engineering. Civil Engineering
TJ - Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK - Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering

Accessing E-Books

Finding E-books using the Catalog

Start on the Library homepage or select the "library" tab within my.newpaltz.edu.
Select the "Catalog" tab on the homepage and search for a book by title, author, keyword, subject, ISBN or call number. Hit the orange magnifying glass on the right hand side to search.
Once on the search page, use the refiners on the left hand side to select "Full text Available Online" in Availability and select "Books" in Resource Type. Hit "Apply Filters" at the bottom of the Refiners list.
The results page will now show E-books for your search terms. Browse the search results page and click on the title of an interested E-book.
On the description page for the book, scroll to the "View Full Text" for a link to the E-book.

Go directly to an e-book database

DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books This link opens in a new window
Academic, peer-reviewed, open access books covering a wide variety of subjects.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
An online library of 180,000+ ebooks in a variety of subjects from academic, professional and trade publishers. Most of the e-books in Ebook Central are leased and may be removed from our subscription at the individual publisher's discretion. Future access to these ebooks is not guaranteed.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Electronic versions of books.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text entries from encyclopedias and reference works for multidisciplinary and subject-specific research in areas such as social sciences, education, business, psychology, art, history, etc.

Can't find a book in our library?

New Paltz Worldcat
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Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
If the Sojourner Truth Library does not have the book or article you need for your research, you can make an Interlibrary Loan (ILL) request. If the request is attainable, ILL will order the item from another library. Articles arrive electronically (1-2 days) & books may take 1-2 weeks to arrive.
Interlibrary Loan Policies

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