Handbooks and Manuals

Handbooks are factual reference sources of tabular data in many technical and scientific disciplines. Below, we list representative titles only. To locate specific handbooks and manuals in your local library, we suggest subject headings (in red) that you may find useful. Also see the ATEIS visual for the place of handbooks and manuals in the universe of sources.

Occupational Outlook Handbook   Washington, DC: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1949- . http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

Describes wages, conditions and growth rates in over 800 occupations in addition to "tomorrow's jobs" through the year 2005. Direct special attention to subheadings included under Professional Specialty Occupations and Technologists.

Collected algorithms from ACM. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 1978-  . 5v. http://www.acm.org/
Subject(s):
Mathematics--Data processing.
Algorithms
.

CRC Handbook of Applied Thermodynamics. Palmer, David A. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1987.
Subject(s):
Thermodynamics.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics / editor-in-chief, Robert C. Weast. 1st Student ed. Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c1988.
Subject(s):
Chemistry--Tables.
Physics--Tables
.

CRC handbook of laser science and technology. Weber, Marvin J., ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1982-1995, Supplements. 5v.
Subject(s):
Lasers.

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Electrical Engineers Reference Book. 14th ed. Jones, G. R., M. A. Laughton, and M. G. Say, eds. Guidford, England: Butterworths, 1993.
Subject(s):
Electric engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Engineering-in-Training Review Manual: A complete review and reference for the E.I.T. Examination. 8th ed. Lindeburg, Michael R. Belmont, CA: Professional Engineering Registration Program, 1992.
Subject(s):
Engineering--Examinations, questions, etc.

Engineering Formulas. 6th ed. Giek, Kurt. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. Subject(s): Engineering--Tables

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Engineering Tables and Data. 2nd ed. Howatson, A. M., P. G. Lund, and J. D. Todd. London: Chapman and Hall, 1991.
Subject(s):
Engineering--Tables.

Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management. 2nd ed.W. Grant Ireson, et al. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Subject(s):
Reliability--Engineering.

Process Instruments and Controls Handbook. 4th ed. Considine, Douglas M., and Glenn D. Considine, eds. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. SEL TS 156.8 P764 1993. Subject(s):
Process control--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Automatic control--Hanbooks, manuals, etc.;
Engineering instruments--Handbooks, manuals, etc
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