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Welcome
This guide is intended to connect you to our library resources and reliable websites to assist you in your research. Click on the tabs above for information on how to find books, articles, streaming videos, citation assistance, and more. Contact your librarian with any questions.
Diesel Books
Click on the cover to view the book in the catalog. Click here to view all diesel and heavy machinery books at SPC.
Books
Library Catalog
Find books, DVDs, government documents, and more from any of the 5 CAC Libraries and all of the Pinal County Public Libraries.
If the book you want is at a different campus or one of the public libraries, hit the request button and enter your login information. Your barcode is found on your ID (not your 880 number) and your password is the last 4 numbers of your phone number.
Your student or staff ID is your library card. Twenty items can be checked out at one time, books for 3 weeks and DVDs for 10 days.
Use the call number to find items on the shelf.
- T – Technology
- TA – Engineering (General). Civil engineering
- HD6050-6305 Classes of labor. Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities
- TE – Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
- TF – Railroad engineering and operation
- TJ – Mechanical engineering and machinery
- TJ751-805 Miscellaneous motors and engines. Including gas, gasoline, diesel engines
- TK – Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
- TL – Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
- TL1-484 Motor vehicles. Cycles
- TN – Mining engineering. Metallurgy
- TA – Engineering (General). Civil engineering
Instructional Videos
Here are some instructional videos on using your library account online and access the library’s eBooks. You can view more of our instructional videos on our YouTube page.
WorldCat
Lists materials from libraries worldwide and can be checked out through InterLibrary Loan. Come and speak to a library staff member to request books.
eBooks*
eBook Collection (EBSCO)
A growing collection of books covering a wide range of topics. Search by keyword(s).
Gale eBooks
Complete, full-text eBooks covering most topics including subject-specific encyclopedias. Search by keyword(s).
*Articles, eBooks, and streaming videos accessed through our databases are available only to CAC students, faculty, and staff. For this reason, authorized users who are off-campus must log in through Blackboard. Once in Blackboard, select CAC Library Page under Your Institution or Student Library Resources under Organizations, then select Databases: Articles, eBooks, and Streaming Videos.
Journal Articles*
Academic OneFile
In addition to using search terms in a keyword search, Academic OneFile lets you search in a way that gives you a good overview of the number of articles on a certain subject. For example: click on Subject Guide Search and enter diesel engines to auto-populate appropriate search terms. Click on the link for Subdivisions to find articles on specific topics within the overall subject or click on Related Subjects to find broader, narrower, and related terms.
OmniFile
Access journal articles by entering your keyword(s) into the Search box. OmniFile also lets you search by subject. Click the Advanced Search link and select SU Subject from the drop-down Select a Field (optional) menu to the right of the search box.
Chilton Library
Search Chilton Library’s thousands of year, make and model combinations covering the most popular vehicles of the past 30 years to service or repair virtually any system on your vehicle.
*Articles, eBooks, and streaming videos accessed through our databases are available only to CAC students, faculty, and staff. For this reason, authorized users who are off-campus must log in through Blackboard. Once in Blackboard, select CAC Library Page under Your Institution or Student Library Resources under Organizations, then select Databases: Articles, eBooks, and Streaming Videos.
Gale Power Search
Search by keyword(s) all available Gale databases and modules from just one place.
Streaming Videos*
Films on Demand
Find full length streaming videos by entering a keyword in the Search box.
Digital Magazines
Automotive Magazine
Automobile examines automobiles, automotive culture and design, and the personalities that shape the industry.
Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics covers a variety of topics, including home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness, and science and technology.
Popular Science
Popular Science is the “What’s New” magazine of modern science and technology. Each issue covers the latest developments in cars, electronics, communications, tools, energy, aviation, science, space exploration, and much more.
Suggested Search Terms
Diesel engines, Diesel motors, Diesel fuels, Diesel automobiles, Agricultural diesel engines, Automotive diesel engines, Diesel generators, Internal combustion engines, Automotive engines, Diesel emissions, Diesel vehicles, Fuel injectors
Instructional Videos
Scroll through to view our research and database instructional videos or check them out on our YouTube page.
Websites
Association of Diesel Specialists
Worldwide professional diesel trade association dedicated to the service on diesel fuel injection and related systems. Find news about the happenings in the diesel technology industry as well as continuing education (training) opportunities.
Clean Fuels Alliance America
Clean Fuels Alliance America, formerly The National Biodiesel Board, is the national trade association representing America’s first Advanced Biofuel. The group works to create sustainable biodiesel industry growth through education, communication, governmental affairs, technical and quality assurance programs and serves as the coordinating body for research and development in the US. Find biodiesel overviews, fact sheets, and technical reports and check out information on using biodiesel from purchasing and current markets to handling and use. Biodiesel production statistics, policy information on a federal and state level, and industry news also available from this site.
Here are some helpful and reliable websites. Remember that anyone can put information online so it is always important to verify that what you find is accurate and unbiased.
Diesel Technology Forum
The Diesel Technology Forum highlights improvements to reduce emissions from new and existing diesel engines, and advancements in clean diesel technology.
Dieselnet
DieselNet the only information service exclusively devoted to internal combustion engines and emissions, is an internet knowledge base for technical and business information on diesel engines, fuels, emissions and technologies required by the clean and efficient diesel engines of the future.
Truckload Carriers Association
The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is the only national trade association whose collective sole focus is the truckload segment of the motor carrier industry
MLA 9th ed.
Books
Last Name, First Name, and First Name Last Name. Title of Book. Edition if needed, Publisher, Publication Date.
Example:
Haenfler, Ross. Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls: Deviance and Youth Subculture. 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2016.
Journal Articles from a Library Database
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Publication Date, Page Range (p. for 1 page, pp. for multiple). Title of Container, URL (without the https://).
Example:
McDermott, Jim. “My Inner Zombie: Living with ‘The Walking Dead.” America, vol. 213, no. 12, 26 Oct. 2015, p. 29. Academic OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA436232268&v=2.1&u=cazc_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=
w&asid=259323757322497d07e6671fa5267b47.
Here are handouts with additional examples and further assistance can also be found on our Citation Guide.
APA 7th ed.
Books and eBooks
Author, A. A., Second, B. B., & Third, C. C. (Year of publication). Title of book: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI or URL if available.
Example:
Wilson, F. (1998). The hand: How its use shapes the brain, language, and human culture. Pantheon.
Print and Electronic Journal Article
Author(s), A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year of Publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), pages. DOI or URL if available.
Example:
Craner, P. M. (1991). New tool for an ancient art: The computer and music. Computers and the Humanities, 25(3), 303-313.
Here are handouts with additional examples and further assistance can also be found on our Citation Guide.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an easy to use citation manager that can help you…
- Access and manage research information online, from any browser.
- Import references from CAC Library databases and websites.
- Generate and format bibliographies in virtually any style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) in seconds.
RefWorks is offered free to all CAC students and you can set up your account any time you are ready. Simply follow the link below and create your account using your campus e-mail address. After you create your account, RefWorks offers an easy tutorial when you get started. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact a librarian or the Learning Center staff with any other questions you might have.
