Engineering
Highly Recommended Resources
- Machinery's handbook: a reference book for the mechanical engineer, designer, manufacturing engineer, draftsman, toolmaker and the machinist - R 621.80212 MAC
- Australian Welding Journal - 671.5202 AUS
- Inside the welder' toolbox - DVD 671.52 INS
- Welder's handbook - 671.52 FIN
- OH&S online videos - SafetyCare Montie has many safety programs which can be viewed, topics include fire awareness, personal protection, manual handling.
Websites
- Australian Standards
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.) - Australian Welding Institute
- CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering
- Engineers Australia
- Welding Technology Institute of Australia
Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue - enter specific topics (e.g. welding, electric welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding, oxyacetylene welding) in the keyword search box or look directly on the shelves at these numbers:
| Keywords | Shelf numbers |
|---|---|
| Engineering drawing | 604.2 |
| Engineering mathematics | 510.2462 |
| Health & safety | 363.11 |
| Manual handling | 363.11 |
| Materials science engineering | 620.11 |
| Measuring instruments | 681.2 |
| Power tools | 621.9 |
| Quality | 658.5 |
| Welding | 671.52 |
Online e.journals, Databases and Magazines
These two databases give you online access to thousands of journals with many in your field of interest. Search an entire database using keywords or search journals individually.
EBSCOhost Australia and New Zealand Reference Centre
Useful search terms include: welding, metal-work
Titles include: Journal of Technology Studies, Science & Technology of Welding & Joining, Welding International, World of Welding.
Infotrac: General OneFile
Useful search terms include: metalworking & metal products, welding, welding equipment, metal industries.
Titles include: Advanced Materials & Process, Fabricating & Metalworking, Construction Today, Techniques
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
Contact your subject specialist to book an online database training session or click on EBSCOhost or click on Infotrac (Power Search)
Magazines
- Australasian Welding - M 671.5202 AUS
Dictionaries
Oxford Reference Online offers links to a variety of subject-specific resources
Titles include: Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics, Dictionary of Physics Dictionary of Weights, Measures and Units
(For off-campus access to online resources, please login here with your Kangan Institute student/staff login.)
DVDs
- Inside the welder's toolbox - DVD 671.52 INS
- Joining metals - DVD 6751.5 JOI
- MIG welding made easy - DVD 671.522 MIG
- TIG welding basics - DVD 671.52 COV
- Welding:metallic materials - DVD 671.52 WEL





