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Welding

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Web Resources

AFSCME Health and Safety Fact Sheet - Welding Hazards
http://www.afscme.org/health/faq-weld.htm

American Welding Society
http://www.amweld.org/
The world's largest organization devoted to promoting welding and related processes, and to supporting all those who contribute to the industry- with links to related sites and services.

Edison Welding Institute
http://www.ewi.org/
EWI provides practical welding and joining solutions through technical assistance, contract research, consultancy and training to 400 member companies worldwide.

Jobs & Careers Research Guide from MATC Libraries
http://matcmadison.edu/library/library/subjectresources/jobscareers.htm

Plain English Guide To Flamecutting Machines
http://www.torchcutter.com/
Introduction to flamecutting machines, torches, fuels and manifolds.

TWI (The Welding Institute)
http://www.twi.co.uk/j32k/index.xtp
Source of information and advice on welding and joining of engineering materials

Thomas Register Online
http://www.thomasregister.com/
Online version of the directory of manufacturers.

Woodhead Publishing
http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/menuList.aspx?name=Welding
Welding, joining, materials engineering and technical textile books.

 Learning Objects for welding from Wisc-Online

Wire Feed Welding Gun Assembly
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD902

Types of Power Sources for Gas Metal Arc Welding
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD802

Starting a GTAW Weld Pool with Filler
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD202

Setting Up a Wire Feeder for GMAW
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD1002

Setting Shielding Gas Flow for Wire Feed Welding
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD1202

Selecting Electrodes For Wire Feed Welding
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WLD1102

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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 welding and metallurgy magazines such as Gases & Welding Distributor, Welding Design & Fabrication,  Metal Producing & Processing, American Metal Market, Metalworking Production, Foundry Trade Journal, and Metals Industry News. Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers, and reference books for information on business and industry

Career and Tech
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 Forming & Fabricating, Metalworking Production, Metal/Center News, Gases & Welding Distributor, and Welding Design & Fabrication.

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

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Periodicals

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Practical Welding Today

Welding Design and Fabrication

Welding Journal

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Books and Audiovisual Materials

The call number for most welding books in the MATC Libraries will start with 671. 

See books in the MATC Library on the subject of welding.

You can also limit your results. Add another search term (e.g. arc) into the search box below.

Search the online library catalog for more books and audiovisual materials.

Reference Books

The MATC Truax campus library has a good selection of welding reference books. These may be used in the library only. Look in the reference section of the library in the call number area of 671.

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