This is a a selection of encyclopedias, handbooks and databases with strong handbook content, especially noting titles from the Databases list. Other handbook and data sources may be found through the library catalog and through publisher collections such as ScienceDirect (Elsevier) and Taylor & Francis eBooks.
Also, government agencies are an especially important source of data compilation. See the Government Documents & Information guide for more information.
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Updated regularly. Engineering Workbench provides electronic full-text access of current ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) standards. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers publishes standards for commercial testing methods and performance criteria pertinent to the refrigeration process as well as design and maintenance of indoor environments. Three types of standards are available: method of measurement or test, standard design, and standard practice.
ASHRAE standards are used by designers, manufacturers and installers of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. They are also used by architects and mechanical engineers to specify equipment.
Part of ASM Materials Information which includes the ASM Handbooks Online and the ASM Phase Diagrams.
Part of ASM Materials Information which includes the ASM Alloy Center Online and the ASM Phase Diagrams.
Statista includes data on more than 85,000 topics from 18,000 sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census, but the data also includes numerous exclusive sources which include industry, marketing, and trade groups. Much of the data is related to marketing, demographic, government and industry information, and is international in scope. Data can be downloaded in JPG, PowerPoint and Excel.
While historical and time series data are not a focus of Statista, the metadata about each table provides all the necessary information to go to the table’s source, where historical information may be available.
Each book includes an "About this book" page with basic bibliographic data like title, author, publication date, length and subject. For some books, additional information like key terms and phrases, references to the book from scholarly publications or other books, chapter titles and a list of related books.
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