Marquette’s Raynor Memorial Libraries contain over 1.6 million books, bound journals, and
microforms relating to the Humanities, Social Science and Sciences. Researchers can use
Marquette's Law Library to investigate topics related to law, legislation and regulation. Our
Interlibrary Loan service provides access to collections across the country and abroad. The
Libraries' cooperative arrangements permit researchers to use the collections of other libraries in the
city and state, other AJCU Libraries across the country, plus the Center for Research Libraries in
Chicago.
Collection Strengths
Materials are collected to support teaching and research from undergraduate through doctorate and
faculty levels in the four Engineering departments and the Engineering Management program.
Monographs, monographic series, symposia, proceedings and the publications of congresses, academies
and societies are acquired. Publications related to Wisconsin are emphasized in some subject
areas. Raynor Memorial Libraries subscribe to more than 20,000 journals in digital format,
including several journal 'families' from publishers relevant to engineering and the sciences: IEEE, ASCE,
ASME, SAE, ACM, CAS, IOP, BioMed Central, MD Consult, and Liebert Online
Subject emphasis is placed on specialty areas of research and teaching within each
department/program:
Biomedical Engineering. Biomechanics, Biomaterials, and Bioinstrumentation are
the broad areas of collecting including Artificial Limbs/Prostheses, Cell Transport and Metabolism, Cardiac
Electrophysiology, Computers in Medicine, Finite Element Analysis, Functional Imaging, Head and Spinal
Cord Trauma, Human Motion Analysis, Physiological Signal Processing, Biotelemetry, Hard and Soft
Tissue Biomechanics. Relies heavily on the resources of the health and life science collections.
Civil and Environmental Engineering. A broad range of material on public works
management, engineering mechanics, environmental engineering, construction and structural
engineering, transportation engineering, water resources and waste water treatment
Electrical and Computer Engineering. A broad range of materials applicable to
electrical engineering are acquired with emphasis on antennas and propagation, computer and control
systems, artificial intelligence, communications, signal processing, electronics, sensor systems and
material properties and characteristics.
Mechanical Engineering. A broad range of materials are sought including a strong
emphases on energy, including alternative energy sources, metallurgy and materials science, mechanical
systems design & analysis, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics; an emphases in manufacturing
processes, rapid prototyping, workplace design, materials handling, systems analysis, machine tool
analysis, human factors engineering, and robotics; and an emphasis in mechanical design, modeling,
simulation and control.
Engineering Management. This program relies heavily on materials from all areas
of engineering, various other science and health science disciplines as well as the collections for business
and management. In addition materials are sought on a broad range of innovation and
entrepreneurial topics.
Research Sources
The Libraries' Web-based online catalog, MARQCAT, includes
listings for all books and journal subscriptions held in the campus libraries. It is accessible on and
off-campus 24 hours a day. The Libraries' Web Site is the gateway to research sources with links to
services, services and guides like Research Starting Points in Engineering, Health
Science, or Business. Raynor's reference
collection contains comprehensive sources in engineering and technology, physical and health sciences,
including dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. Guides to recommended web sites and
resources for Engineering, Standards, and Patents
are maintained by the collection librarian for Engineering.
To facilitate the course work and research needs of the College, the libraries maintain a broad
collection of reference and research tools in print and electronic format.
Applied Science and Technology Index
Indexes articles, product evaluations, and book reviews in over 390 leading English-language trade and
industrial publications, journals of professional and learned societies, and specialized subject periodicals
published in the U.S. and elsewhere. Subjects covered include all fields of engineering,
aeronautics, chemistry, computer technology and applications, earth sciences, energy and environment,
mathematics, metallurgy, and physics. Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders
only.
Ei COMPENDEX
Ei Compendex*Plus index to worldwide engineering and technical literature encompassing all engineering
disciplines, as well as related fields in science and management. The database covers over 2,600
published journals, conference proceedings and individual conference papers, technical reports,
monographs, and other materials. Covers 1987 to the present. Available off-campus
to valid Marquette Card holders only.
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL)
IEL through IEEExplore includes roughly one third of the world’s publications in electrical
engineering, electronics and computer science. Browse tables of contents of specific publications
or search by author or keywords in citation and abstract. Bibliographic citations, abstracts and
full text (pdf) files of IEEE periodical articles, conference proceeding papers and standards and IEE
periodical articles and conference papers. Covers 1988 to the present. Available
off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
Medline
Indexes articles from over 3700 international journals covering virtually every subject in the health
sciences including psychiatry, human biology, biochemistry and bioengineering. Covers 1966 to
the present. Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Indexes the use and management of water resources in the literature of engineering and the life,
physical and social sciences. Includes government documents and reports, journals, books,
conference proceedings, court cases and patents. Covers from 1967 to the present.
Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
Pollution Abstracts
Scientific research and public policy on all aspects of pollution including air, marine, freshwater,
land, sewage and watewater treatment, waste management, toxicology and health, noise, radiation,
and environmental action. Bibliographic citations and abstracts of journal articles, proceedings,
and other research publications. Covers 1981 to present. Available off-campus to
valid Marquette Card holders only.
INSPEC
Indexes the worldwide literature of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and
control, and information technology. Includes over 4000 journals, conference proceedings,
reports, books and dissertations. Available off-campus to valid Marquette Card holders only.
SAE Digital Library
Indexes thousands of documents from around the world covering the latest advances and research in all
areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing
technology. Full text includes only the SAE Technical Papers.
SciFinder Scholar
The electronic version of CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS, updated daily, is the most comprehensive database of
chemical and chemistry-related literature The SciFinder client software is available for download
to Marquette users' PCs and Macs. This software is available on PCs in the Raynor and Memorial
libraries.
Dissertation and Theses Full Text
database contains records for more than 2 million doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Also
included is the full text content for nearly 900,000 dissertations. Available off-campus to
valid Marquette Card holders only.
Web of Science
Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and
Humanities Citation Index in one source provides cover to cover indexing of over 8,700 of the
highest impact research journals in the world. A unique feature allows ‘forward’ searching by
locating articles that have cited an older document.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics
This online version of this standard handbook includes both interactive tables and/or pdf displays.
Includes physical constants and properties of the elements and compounds; thermochemistry,
electrochemistry, and kinetics; fluid properties; biochemistry; analytical chemistry; molecular structure
and spectroscopy; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; nuclear and particle physics; properties of
solids; polymer properties; geophysics, astronomy, and acoustics; practical laboratory data; health and
safety information; mathematical tables.
Special Services
This brief listing may be explored further in other areas of the Web site, but some of the major of
key privileges and services includes:
Semester borrowing of monographic materials Graduate
loan rules.
Open 104 hours weekly plus 24/7 access to Raynor Library 1st floor during fall and spring
semesters. Library Hours.
Easy off-campus access to electronic journals, databases and other e-resources. Accessing Library E-Resources from Home.
AskUs! Information Service - librarians available for help
seven days a week during the regular school year -- in person at Information Desk, telephone
(288-7556), e-mail and virtual reference (online chat/messaging).
Research Consultation program -- meet
one-on-one with a librarian to discuss your research strategy or to learn how to use the libraries'
resources and databases.
Free interlibrary borrowing of books and articles via libraries' InterLibrary Loan Service.
Access to nearby research libraries and in-person
borrowing via InfoPass program.
Self-service photocopiers with key card
convenience.
Private study carrels for graduate students
by application. Contact the Raynor Library Circulation Desk (288-7555) for more information.
Two PC-equipped teaching labs available for classes by appointment and for student use when not
scheduled for classes.
Over 230 networked PCs and Macs with access to electronic library resources as well as Microsoft
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and photoediting software. Click here for a full list of
hardware and software in Raynor Memorial Libraries.
Laptops available to be checked-out for in-library use.
Group study roomsin Raynor Library (some
equipped with overhead projectors and screens.) Available on a first-come, first serve basis,
however, some can be reserved ahead of time. For availability contact the Raynor Library Circulation
Desk (288-7555).
Writing Center, administered by the
English Department, for assistance in writing projects.
RefWorks, Web-based personal bibliography software.
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