Access Engineering User Guide: Home

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Why create a personal account?

Creating a personal account provides you with additional valuable tools within AccessEngineering, including bookmarking content, saving DataVis projects, saving searches, and organizing research with labels.  A personal account also enables you to sign up for various alerts including new book alerts, saved search alerts, and spreadsheet update alerts.

How do I register for a free personal account?

• Click on the yellow My Account button in the site header
• Select Log in via email/username
• Click Register, then fill in the form with your name, email address, and a password 
• (Optional) Select topics of interest to receive email alerts when new content is added in those areas

Note:

• Personal accounts are an optional feature and are not required to view or use any of the content on the site.
• Personal accounts do not replace authentication via your institution; you must access the database from the NJIT Library Website, provide your UCID and password or connect to NJIT VPN.

Searching:

• Typeahead suggests matching taxonomy terms as you type

• Results include matches on your exact search phrase, as well as matches on synonyms, sub-terms, and near-phrase matches

• Related search terms and a dictionary definition appear in the search results
• For more complex queries:
  • Boolean operators - power OR supply, power AND supply, power NOT supply
  • Grouping - (power AND supply) OR (power AND demand)
  • Wildcards - sup* will identify supply, support, superior

Browsing:

• Three browsing taxonomies were created with the help of subject matter experts
• Content is tagged to taxonomy terms using a semi-automated approach with context rules
• Select multiple terms in the browse window, or use the search bar in the window to search the taxonomy
• Browse options include:
  • Browse by Subject - drill down through 10 levels of terms, starting from the major engineering disciplines
  • Browse by Course - choose terms from course outlines 5 levels deep for 30 common engineering courses
  • Browse by Industry - see content tagged to 11 interdisciplinary industries

Result Filters:

• Additional terms from browse taxonomies
• Book Type (handbook, textbook, etc), Book Title and Book Author
• Book Component (chapters, figures, tables, example problems)
• Equations and Codes & Standards commentary

• Engineering Reference Books
• Handbooks
• Textbooks
• Schaum's Outlines
• Makerspace Books
• Code Commentary
• Calculations
• Business Skills