Mechatronics, Informatics and Control Subject Guide

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.

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Locating Mechatronics, Informatics and Control Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the mechatronics, informatics and control subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue.

Topic		Shelf Number

Autocad		745.2002
CAD		745.2002
CAM/CIM		658.505
Control engineering		629.8
Engineering science		621.01
Kinematics		621.01
Linear systems control		629.83
Linkages		621.01
Machine design		621.815
Mechatronics		629.832
Mechanisms		621.81
Nanotechnology		681.3
Robotics		629.891
Sensors		629.832
System management		629.9

Useful Books

Introduction to mechatronics and measurement systems (Alciatore)		629.832 ALC

The mechatronics handbook (Bishop)		629.832 BIS

Mechatronics sourcebook (Braga)		629.832 BRA

Robotics, mechatronics and artificial intelligence (Braga)		629.891 BRA

Mechatronics: an integrated approach (De Silva, CW)		629.832 SIL

Micromechatronics: modelling, analysis and design with MATLAB (Giurgiutiu V)		629.832 GIU

Fundamentals of robotics mechanical systems (Jorge A)		629.891 JOR

Numerical simulation of mechatronic sensors and actuators (Kalternbacher M)		629.832 KAL

E-books

The following titles are available via Knovel in the IMechE Virtual Library.

Control techniques drives and control handbook
Electromechanical design handbook
Handbook of systems engineering and management
Illustrated Sourcebook of Mechanical Components
Microsensors, MEMs and smart devices
Mechanisms and mechanical devices sourcebook
Systems engineering principles and practice

The following titles are available via Books24x7 in the IMechE Virtual Library.

Control systems design: a new framework, Springer, 2005
Embedded generation, IET, 2000
Introduction of microelectromechanical systems, Arctech House, 2004
MEMs mechanical sensors, Artech House, 2004
Microsystems technology, fabrication test and reliability, Kogan, 2003

Recent IMechE Mechatronics, Informatics and Control Conferences and Seminars

Please visit Mechatronics, Informatics and Control 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 months
Drives and controls 2002-
Engineering designer 5 years
IMechE proceedings part B: Journal of engineering manufacture 1989-
IMechE proceedings part I: Journal of systems and control engineering 1991-
IMechE proceedings part N: Journal of nanoengineering and nanosystems 2004
Mechatronics 1999-
Transactions of ASME: journal of dynamic systems, measurement and control 1997-
Transactions of ASME: journal of computational and nonlinear dynamics 2006-

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 IMechE Virtual Library:

CAD/CAM Update
Design engineering
Design news
Electronic design
Electronic news
International journal of computer integrated manufacturing
Process and control engineering
Machine design
Technology review

Databases

Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.