Below is a list of Winter 2024 College of Engineering course textbooks that are available electronically through the library. Click on your class department abbreviation to see if your textbook is available. To access the electronic version, click on the title of the book, then click on the "Available Online" link that appears in the catalog record. If you run into problems accessing an e-book, please report them to Ask a Librarian.
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TEXTBOOK LIST. Books listed here may be either required textbooks or supplemental texts. Your faculty will provide you the titles of required textbooks for your classes
For a listing of e-textbooks for classes in your department, click on the department abbreviation below.
AEROSP | AUTO | BME | CEE | ChE | CLIMATE | EARTH | EECS | ENSCEN | ENGR | ENTR | IOE | MFG | ME | MSE | NAVARCH | NERS | ROB | SPACE | TCHNCLCM |
AEROSP 315 (Shaw)
Introduction to linear elasticity by Phillip L. Gould and Yuang Feng. 4th ed., 2018. Platform: SpringerLink (To purchase a print copy of this book for $39.99, look for the "buy it now" options at the SpringerLink site).
AEROSP 518 (Shaw)
Theory of elastic stability by Stephen P. Timoshenko. 2009. Platform: Knovel
Principles of structural stability by Hans Ziegler. 1977. Platform: SpringerLink (To purchase a print copy of this book for $39.99, look for the "buy it now" options at the SpringerLink site).
The variational principles of mechanics by Cornelius Lanczos. 1949. Platform: DeGruyter
Energy methods in applied mechanics by Henry L. Langhaar. 1962. Platform: Knovel
AEROSP 588 (Martins)
Engineering design optimization by Joaquim R.R.A. Martins and Andrew Ning. 2022. Platform: Cambridge
AEROSP 740 Section 003 (Cinar)
Engineering design via surrogate modelling: a practical guide by Alexander I.J. Forrester, et al. 2008. Platform: Wiley Online Books
Response surface methodology: process and product optimization using design experiments by Raymond H. Myers et al. 2016. Platform: Ebook Central
Gaussian processes for machine learning by Carl Edward Rasmussen and Christopher K.I. Williams. 2006. Platform: gaussianprocess.org
Complex systems engineering: theory and practice by Shanon Flumerfelt. 1st ed. 2019. Platform: AIAA
Estimation of rare event probabilities in complex aerospace and other systems: a practical approach by Jerome Morio and Mathieu Balesdent. 1st ed. 2016. Platform: ScienceDirect
Quality engineering: off-line methods and applications by Chao-Ton Su. 2013. Platform: ENGnetBASE
Aircraft systems: mechanical, electrical, and avionics subsystems integration by Ian Moir and Allan Seabridge. 3rd ed. 2008. Platform: Wiley Online Library
BME 211 (Panagis)
Fundamentals of electric circuits by Charles K. Alexander. 7th ed. 2021. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users.) Platform: Ebook Central
BME 458 (Liu and Panagis)
Medical instrumentation: application and design by John G. Webster and Amit J. Nimunkar. 5th ed. 2020. Platform: OverDrive
CEE 303 (Jeffers)
Numerical methods for engineers by Steven C. Chapra and Raymond P. Canale. 7th ed. 2014. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users). Platform: Ebook Central
CEE 531 (Kelly)
Basic cost engineering by Kenneth K. Humphreys. 3rd ed. 1996. Platform: ENGnetBASE
CEE 537 (Kelly)
Building codes illustrated : a guide to understanding the 2015 International Building Code by Francis Ching. 5th ed. 2016. Platform: Ebook Central.
CEE 554 (Masoud)
Bayesian reasoning and machine learning by David Barber. 1st ed. 2012. Platform: Cambridge
Machine learning : a probabilistic perspective by Kevin P. Murphy. 2012. Platform: Ebook Central
Probabilistic graphical models : principles and technique by Daphne Koller and Nir Friedman. 2009. Platform: Ebook Central
ChE 341 (Burns)
Fluid mechanics for chemical engineers: with microfluidics, CFD, and COMSOL Multiphysics 5 by James Wilkes. 3rd ed. 2017. Platform: O'Reilly
ChE 344 (Nikolla)
Elements of chemical reaction engineering by H. Fogler. 6th ed. 2021. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users) Platform: Ebook Central
ChE 485 (Tadd)
Chemical engineering design by Ray Sinnott and Gavin P. Towler. 6th ed. 2020. Platform: ScienceDirect
ChE 487 (Tadd)
Chemical engineering design by Ray Sinnott and Gavin P. Towler. 6th ed. 2020. Platform: ScienceDirect
Analysis, synthesis, and design of chemical processes by Richard Turton. 4th ed. 2012. Platform: O'Reilly
ChE 496 (Ziff)
Introduction to percolation theory by Dietrich Stauffer. 2nd ed. 1994. Platform: Taylor & Francis
ChE 528 (Singh)
Reaction rate theory and rare events by Baron Peters. 2017. Platform: ScienceDirect
Elements of chemical reaction engineering by H. Fogler. 6th ed. 2021. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users). Platform: Ebook Central
ChE (Thurber)
Quantitative fundamentals of molecular and cellular bioengineering by K. Dane Wittrup. Platform: Ebook Central
ChE 696 (Ziff)
Introduction to percolation theory by Dietrich Stauffer. 2nd ed. 1994. Platform: Taylor & Francis
CLIMATE 105 (Kachuck)
The climate crisis : an introductory guide to climate change by David Archer. 2010. Platform: Cambridge
CLIMATE 321 (Pettersen)
Mid-latitude atmospheric dynamics: a first course by Jonathan E. Martin. 2006. Platform: EBSCOHost
An Introduction to dynamic meteorology by James R. Holton and Gregory J. Hakin. 5th ed. 2013. Platform: ScienceDirect
CLIMATE 485 (Ruf)
Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing by Charles Elachi. 3rd ed. 2021. Platform: Wiley Online Library
EECS 203 All Sections
Discrete mathematics and its applications by Kenneth Rosen. 8th ed. 2019. (Access to this e-book is limited to 6 concurrent users.) Platform: Ebook Central
EECS 334 (Willingale)
Introduction to optics by Frank L. Pedrotti, Leno M. Pedrotti and Leno S. Pedrotti. 3rd ed. 2018. Platform: Cambridge
EECS 351 (Ali)
Signal processing for communications by Paulo Prandoni and Martin Vetterli. 2008. Platform: ENGnetBASE
Understanding digital signal processing by Richard Lyons. 3rd ed. 2011. Platform: O'Reilly
EECS 458 (Liu and Panagis)
Medical instrumentation: application and design by John G. Webster and Amit J. Nimunkar. 5th ed. 2020. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users.) Platform: OverDrive
EECS 524 (Giebink)
Organic electronics : foundations to applications by Stephen Forrest. 1st ed. 2020. Platform: Oxford
EECS 536 (Mathieu)
Fundamentals of power system economics by Daniel S. Kirschen. 2nd ed. 2018. Platform: OverDrive
Power generation, operation, and control by Allen J. Wood. 3rd ed. 2013. Platform: Knovel
EECS 539 (Galvanauskas)
Laser physics by Peter W. Milonni. 2nd ed. 2010. Platform: Wiley Online Library All Obooks.
EECS 598, Section 012 (Kira)
Semiconductor quantum optics by Mackillo Kira. 2012. Platform: Knovel
EECS 620 (Mi)
Electronic and optoelectronic properties of semiconductor structures by Jasprit Singh. 2003. Platform: Cambridge Core
IOE 316 (Saigal)
Introduction to probability models by Sheldon M. Ross. 12th ed. 2019. Platform: ScienceDirect
IOE 373 (Garcia)
Excel 2019 Power Programming With VBA by Michael Alexander. 1st ed. 2019. Platform: Wiley Online Library All Obooks
Beginning Database Design by Clare Churcher. 2nd ed. 2012. Platform: SpringerLink Books
Data Mining For Business Analytics by Galit Shmueli. 2020. Platform: Skillsoft Books ITPro
IOE 552 (Saigal)
Arbitrage theory in continuous time by Tomas Björk. 4th ed. 2020. Platform: Oxford
ME 311 (Barber)
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials by James Barber. 2nd ed. 2011. (To purchase a print copy of this book for $39.99, look for the "buy it now" options at the SpringerLink site). Platform: SpringerLink
R. D. Mindlin and applied mechanics; a collection of studies in the development of applied mechanics by George Herrmann. 1974. Platform: Elsevier
ME 335, Sections 001 and 002 (Kaviany)
Essentials of heat transfer: principles, materials, and applications by Massoud Kaviany. 2011. Platform: Cambridge
ME 360, Section 002 (Koller)
System dynamics by William J. Palm. 4th ed. 2021. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users). Platform: Ebook Central
ME 512 (Barber)
Elasticity by J. R. Barber. 4th ed. 2022. (To purchase a print copy of this book for $39.99, look for the "buy it now" options at the SpringerLink site). Platform: SpringerLink
NAVARCH 321 (Maki)
Fundamentals of ship hydrodynamics : fluid mechanics, ship resistance and propulsion by Lothar Birk. 2019. Platform: Wiley Online Library
NAVARCH 510 (Wei)
Energy and finite element methods in structural mechanics : SI units by Irving H. Shames. 2017. Platform: ENGnetBASE
NERS 250 (Todd)
Fundamentals of nuclear science and engineering by J. Kenneth Shultis and Richard E. Faw. 3rd ed. 2017. Platform: Ebook Central
NERS 442 (Radaideh)
Nuclear reactor physics and engineering by John C. Lee. 2020. Platform: Wiley Online Library
Nuclear systems. Volume 1, thermal hydraulic fundamentals by Neil E. Todreas. 3rd ed. 2021. Platform: Ebook Central
NERS 590, Section 5 (Z)
Elementary stochastic calculus with finance in view by Thomas Mikosch. 1998. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users). Platform: Ebook Central
Introduction to stochastic calculus with applications by Fima C. Klebaner. 2nd ed. 2005. (Access to this e-book is limited to 3 concurrent users). Platform: Ebook Central
Stochastic differential equations : an introduction with applications by Bernt Øksendal. 6th ed. 2003. Platform: SpringerLink
SPACE 485 (Ruf)
Introduction to the physics and techniques of remote sensing by Charles Elachi. 3rd ed. 2021. Platform: Wiley Online Library