ASME E-Library expands to 75 titles

ASME's E-Library, which debuted last year offering three free engineering titles to Society members, will undergo a considerable expansion this month by adding 72 engineering reference books to its collection.

The ASME E-Library — available through ASME.ORG — is a members-only benefit that allows you to access online engineering publications to help answer questions and find practical solutions to daily on-the-job problems.

Last year, the ASME E-Library offered three titles without charge and two separate collections on a paid subscription basis. After some 7,000 members registered during the first year, ASME decided to expand the free collection to 75 titles.

To gain access to the newly expanded ASME E-Library, members simply need to visit the ASME Web site and log onto the Members-Only page. ASME members pay no charges for access.

Once in the E-Library, members may select from a large, diverse collection of engineering publications, including "Mark's Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers," "The Handbook of Materials Selection," "The Mechanical Engineer's Reference Book," "Structural and Stress Analysis," "Pipeline Rules of Thumb," "The Mechanics of Materials," and "The Manufacturing Engineer's Reference Book."

The E-Library also offers members additional benefits that are unavailable from printed references. Using embedded analysis software, members can quickly locate data, analyze it, and export the results. For a complete listing of available titles, visit www.asme.org/Membership/Benefits/ELibrary_List_Titles.cfm.

Members using the expanded ASME E-Library for the first time will need to log onto the Member-Only page and register for access to the service. For future sessions, visitors will just need to log onto the Members-Only page and click on an icon, which opens the collection for use.

The E-Library is powered by Knovel Corp., one of the most comprehensive providers of Web-based information services. Knovel integrates reference books from more than 40 publishers into virtual libraries used by over 490 major corporations, universities, and government agencies worldwide.

To use the ASME E-Library, just visit https://members.asme.org/myasme/login/myasme.cfm? to get started.

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