To Find a Book or Compilation:

• Find a book from here at WSU
• Find/borrow a book from nearby schools (generally takes three days).
• Borrow a book from anywhere in the entire world (generally takes a week).
• Request that we buy a book for the WSU library (please include WSU contact info!).
• Come by and browse the shelves! Here are the call numbers where you can find most Engineering topics on the top floor of the Owen Science and Engineering Library.

To Find an Article or Conference Presentation:

• If you know the title of whatever its printed in, look for the specific publication at WSU.
• If you don't know that, there are a large number of places to search for articles. WSU pays for some resources to help:
  • Go to WSU Libraries' General Engineering databases. To search within any one of these, click on the name and it'll take you to that database. If you want more information about what's in a database, click on the to the right of the name. You can also click on "Find Database" at the top, then go to the Subjects list and look in sets of more specific Engineering databases.
  • Important Help: Watch for the "Find It at WSU" button: Click on this button and the computer will open a new window where you can see if we have an article electronically, check the catalog for it, or borrow it from another library.

Search for a Dissertation:

• An international database of dissertations.

Search for a Standard:

• Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Print only (sorry!), located on the 6th floor in the Owen Science and Engineering Library.
• IEEE Standards online.
• Helpful information on finding further standards.

Search for a Patent:

• Search for a U.S. Patent. Or try Google Patents if you need full text patent searching before 1975.
• Search for a European patents
• Helpful information on patent searching.

Search for a Technical Report:

• Think U.S. Government documents: NTIS (also the new NTIS Archive, NTIS DARTS, accessible only in the Owen and Holland/Terrell Libraries), TRIS, or even science.gov

Further Resources:

• Library and Internet Resources

The Owen library contains many resources for students and faculty interested in Engineering and the History of Engineering. If you have any questions not answered on the WSU Libraries website, please contact Karenann Jurecki. For questions concerning the Engineering programs and Washington State University, please see the College of Engineering and Architecture.