Library Catalog
- UC Library Search This link opens in a new window
UC Library Search is the unified discovery and borrowing system for all 10 UC Campuses. Select the UCLA Library Catalog scope to search holdings of materials owned by the UCLA Library and other UCLA collections, whether online or in print. Does not contain full-text articles or article citations. Select the Articles, books and more scope to search for materials in all 10 UC campuses. More information in this guide.
E-book Collections
Full list of E-books in Science and Engineering.
- AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window
A repository of fully searchable engineering content. Includes the latest editions of classics such as Marks; Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry Chemical Engineers Handbook, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers, Roark Formulas for Stress and Strain, and many more.
- ACM BooksACM Books is a new series of books being published for the computer science community, managed by an editorial board that represents all major subject areas of computer science.
- Cambridge eBooksThis collection includes most science and engineering titles from 2014 to present.
- Elsevier (ScienceDirect) eBooks 2013-presentThis collection covers science, technology, and health sciences disciplines (excluding specialty medical titles). After searching, limit to Book Chapters.
- IEEE-Wiley E-Books 1974-2010(Use Wiley Online Library for 2011-present IEEE-Wiley books.)
IEEE Xplore E-books provides Web access to more than over 1,000 E-books from the fields of electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Individual chapters can be downloaded as a PDF. - IET eBooksIET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) books cover engineering and technology. The available series are: Circuits, devices and systems; Control engineering; Electrical technology; Electromagnetic waves; History of technology; Management of technology; Manufacturing; Power and energy; Professional applications of computing; Radar, sonar, navigation and avionics; Renewable energy; Telecommunications
- Institute of Physics (IOP) E-books 2013-presentAccess to titles being published in two series: IOP Expanding Physics (which offers in-depth texts on key areas in Physics) and IOP Concise Physics (which contains shorter texts focused on rapidly advancing areas). The e-books are published without DRM in HTML, PDF, and EPUB formats.
- Knovel LibrarySearch/browse 2500+ science and engineering encyclopedias, handbooks, texts, and databases. Advanced features include numerical range searching and interactive graphs and tables. Excellent resource for chemical & physical property data.
- MIT Press eBooks Library: The Computing & Engineering CollectionThe collection includes more than 450 titles from 1943 to the present in the fields of computer science and engineering technologies, including artificial intelligence, information theory, computer programming, information technology, and electrical engineering.
- Momentum Press eBooksManufacturing, mechanical, civil, environmental technology, and materials science and engineering books.
- O'Reilly for Higher Education (OHE)Programming and information technology e-books, many up-to-date titles.
- SPIE eBooks 1989-presentThe SPIE Digital Library and eBooks is an extensive resource for over 160 e-books on optics and photonics.
- Springer E-books 2005-presentNearly every Springer e-book (~120,000 titles) published in English and German from 2005 to present, across many disciplines.
- Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer ScienceContains many 50- to 100-page "Lectures", or self-contained e-books that synthesize a research or development topic, authored by an expert. Now a part of the Springer Link collection.
- Taylor & Francis E-books This link opens in a new windowE-books from Routledge, Psychology Press, and Focal Press, mostly in the humanities, social sciences, and behavioral sciences. UCLA subscribes to only a small number of the available titles. Also includes the scientific, technical, and medical reference books formerly contained in CRCnetBASE. UCLA subscribes to only a small number of titles beyond the former CRC collection.
- Wiley E-books 2011-presentIncludes 2011-present IEEE-Wiley books.
Reference Sources (Encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, etc.)
- AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Full access to thousands of articles, dictionary terms, illustrations and graphics, bibliographies containing literature citations, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. Updated daily. Also includes biographies of more than 2,000 well-known scientists from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Includes the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
- Electrical Engineer's Portable Handbook (online)This new Second Edition has been revised to reflect the 2002 National Electrical Code.
- Newnes Electrical Power Engineer's Handbook, Second EditionThis resource provides a basic understanding of the underlying theory and operation of the major classes of electrical equipment. With coverage including the key principles of electrical engineering and the design and operation of electrical equipment, the book uses clear descriptions and logical presentation of data to explain electrical power and its applications.
- Standard Handbook for Electrical EngineersThis volume contains pertinent electrical engineering data to be of use in both engineering practice and study. It is oriented towards practical application, and covers the generation, transmission, distribution, control, operations, and application of electrical power.
- The Art of ElectronicsAn authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book emphasizes the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks.
- The Engineering Handbook, Second EditionThe Engineering Handbook, Second Edition provides a single volume a ready reference for the practicing engineer in industry, government, and academia.
- Comprehensive Nanoscience and TechnologyFive volumes: Nanomaterials; Biological Nanoscience; Nanostructured Surfaces; Nanofabrication and Devices; Self-Assembly and Nanochemistry