The
Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some
useful websites to take you further afield.
Locating Manufacturing Information in the IMechE Library
The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the manufacturing subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue.
Useful Books
E-books
The following titles are available via Knovel in the IMechE Virtual Library:
Engineering design methods - strategies for product design
Environmental health and safety management, a guide to compliance
Essentials of project and system engineering management
Handbook of systems engineering and management
Illustrated sourcebook of mechanical components
Integrated product and process development
Manufacturing engineers reference book
Plant engineers reference book
Process/industrial instruments and controls handbook
The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the IMechE Virtual Library:
AutoCAD pocket reference, Industrial Press, 2006
Blueprint reading basics: manufacturing print reading, Industrial Press
2001
Benchmarking: a guide for your journey to best practice, APQC, 2001
Building a best in class supply chain 2006
Cam design and manufacturing handbook, Industrial Press, 2002
CNC programming techniques: an insiders guide, Industrial Press, 2002
Demystifying six sigma: a company wide approach, AMACOM, 2003
Essential of supply chain management, John Wiley, 2003
Handbook of logistics and distribution, Kogan, 2000
High performance manufacturing: a global perspective, John Wiley, 2001
ISO 9001: 2000 quality management system design, Arctech House, 2003
Improving production with lean thinking, John Wiley, 2006
Kanban for the supply chain, Productivity Press, 2006
Lean distribution: applying lean manufacturing to, John Wiley, 2006
Lean evolution: lessons from the workplace, Cambridge University Press,
2006
Lean manufacturing implementation, J Ross Publishing, 2004
Make it or buy it: the decision to outsource key functions, 2006
Manufacturing engineering modular series: logistics, Kogan, 2004
Manufacturing works: the vital link between production, Kaplan, 2002
Matlab Guide, SIA, 2000
Sheet metal forming processes and die design, Industrial Press, 2004
Six sigma management: a guide for your journey, APQC, 2003
Six sigma for everyone. John Wiley, 2003
The basics of FMEA, Productivity Press, 1996
The power of ultimate six sigma, AMACOM, 2003
The Toyota product development system, Productivity Press, 2006
Value stream management for the lean office, Productivity Press, 2003
Value stream management: eight steps to planning, Productivity Press,
2002
World class quality: Using design for experiments, AMACOM, 2000 Recent IMechE Manufacturing Conferences and Seminars
Please visit Manufacturing Papers and Presentations (Archive)
Useful Journals
The Library has an extensive collection of journals including:
ASME transactions: journal of manufacturing science and engineering 1880-
ASME transactions: journal of mechanical design 1880-
CIRP Annals 1959-
DPA: design products and applications 6 mths
Drives and controls 2002-
Engineering designer 5 years
Health and safety at work 1 year
International journal of production research 1961-
IMechE proceedings part B: Journal of engineering manufacture 1989-
IMechE proceedings part I: Journal of systems and control engineering 1991-
IMechE proceedings part L: Journal of materials design and applications 1999-
IMechE proceedings part N: Journal of nanoengineering and nanosystems 2004
IMechE proceedings part O: Journal of risk and reliability 2006-
JSME part C mechanical systems, machine elements and manufacturing 1958-
Management today 2 years
Manufacturing engineer 1989-2004 2006-
Mechatronics 1999-
Professional manager 2 years
What to buy for business 2 years
What’s new in industry 1 year
Works management 5 years
Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal.
E-journals
The following titles are available via EBSCO Business Source in the Virtual Library:
Industrial management
International journal of computer integrated manufacture
International journal of production research
Journal of advanced manufacturing systems
Journal of product innovation management
Manufacturing and service operations management
Manufacturing business technology
Manufacturing systems
Materials and manufacturing processes
Production economics
Production and operations management
Production planning and control
Production and technology news
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
R&D Management
Total Quality Management
Databases
Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.
Websites
Please visit Manufacturing Web Links
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