How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
(OP)
Does anyone know of a good online bookstore, or even just a website with accurate reviews, for engineering books. I really don't want to spend tons of money on books that I will never use. Thanks for your time.





RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
But they may be limited to computer topics.
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RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
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RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
Here is one site that has a number of books useful in structures, http://www.constructionbook.com/
Most of the time though I am chasing down one of the books mentioned here and I have yet to be disappointed by Amazon.
RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
Some additional free handbooks can be found at htt
"Engineer on Disk" http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~jackh/eod/
http://web.mit.edu/lienhard/www/ahtt.html
http://www.wlv.com/products/databook/databook.pdf
http://www.slideruleera.net/index.html
Many technical society as part of the membership benefits have access to Knovel an online library.
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RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
What about the book store that services any local university (I am from AUS). They typically have books which are "suitably technical" for engineers (rather than sales catalogues etc). You can have a look and or purchase it if you like.
Regards,
Lyle
RE: How to find worthwhile books (with reviews)
Seriously this is a pretty good resource. Ask some queries in the subject forums on what books are good. There are already several threads on favorite author/book.
In structural, I like Popov for simple engineering mechanics books (statics, d-bodies). Salmon & Johnson for steel and Wang for concrete have served me well. Seismic should be something off of the SEAOC website (seaoc.org). Anything else can surely be answered here.