MATC Libraries

Research Guides-- Technical Trades:

Machine Tool

Web Resources / Electronic Databases / Books and AV
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Web Resources

Modern Machine Shop
http://www.mmsonline.com/

American Machinist
http://www.americanmachinist.com/

Occupational Outlook Handbook: Machinists
Job outlook, earnings, and employment information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos223.htm

Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/

National Tooling and Metalworking Association
http://www.ntma.org

Precision Metalforming Association Educational Foundation
http://www.pmaef.org

 Learning Objects for machine tool from Wisc-Online

Mechanical Advantage
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG20504

Internal Combustion Jeopardy
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG21005

Analyze a part drawing
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ENG20204

General Machine Shop Safety Test
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=MTL901

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Electronic Databases

Available by clicking on the title of the database below. Access from home or work is available for these databases, please read the instructions for Off Campus Users.

Business & Company Resource Center
Contains detailed information on 448,000 U.S. and international companies and over 1,000 major U.S. and global industries.

General Reference Center Gold
Includes full text articles from magazines such as Engineered Systems, Machine Design, Tooling & Production, and Advanced Manufacturing Technology . Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business and industry. 

Career and Technical Education
Fulltext and indexed (with abstracts) of vocational and technical periodicals newsletters and publications covering all aspects of the Vocational and Technical curriculum. Titles include magazines such as American Machinist, Modern Machine Shop, and Metalworking Production .

Proquest Online Newspapers
Provides full-text, abstracts, and indexing for national, international, and Wisconsin newspapers.

Scientific American
Fulltext of the magazine from January 1993 to the present in high-quality PDF files.

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Books and Audiovisual Materials

The call number for most books on electricity in the MATC Libraries will start with 621 or 671. 

See books in the MATC Libraries on the subjects of machine tools, machinery, etc.

Search the MATC Online Library Catalog for more books and audiovisual materials.

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