1. Quick Start Guide Version 2.0

2. Focused around 15 major areas of engineering, AccessEngineering features comprehensive coverage and fast title-by-title access to our engineering collection in the following subject areas: / Biomedical / Chemical / Civil / Communications / Construction / Electrical / Energy / Environmental / Green/Sustainable / Industrial / Material Science / Mechanical / Nanotechnology / Optical / Software Welcome to AccessEngineering 2.0! AccessEngineering is McGraw-Hill’s premiere online resource of world-renowned engineering content, and will support all levels of scientific and technical research in the corporate, industrial, government and academic sectors.

3. AccessEngineering offers the complete content from an outstanding collection of McGraw-Hill books, including the latest editions of: ▪ Handbook of Optics ▪ Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers ▪ Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook ▪ Radar Handbook ▪ Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain Articles from McGraw-Hill’s Engineering News-Record (ENR) covering Environment, Water, Power, and Infrastructure. New articles will be posted weekly, and approximately 500 articles will be archived and available immediately. New titles are added biweekly.

4. Key in search term here to “Search All Content” or “Search Dictionary” The complete contents of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Science and Technology is embedded on all search pages and includes more than 50,000 terms containing synonyms, acronyms, and abbreviations; a pronunciation guide is included for each term. Search or browse AccessEngineering The simple search… “Search All Content” searches across the complete contents of the entire collection of outstanding McGraw-Hill books.

5. Keyword searches return results with keyword highlighted in context. Clicking on the highlighted page number brings the user directly to the page that the keyword appears on. Searching AccessEngineering The simple search…

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7. Searching AccessEngineering The advanced search… Enter keywords or phrases using Boolean operators. Refine searches with Stemming and Proximity parameters. Narrow searches to specific topics.

8. Browsing by topic Choose from 14 major areas of engineering… Click on any of the 15 major areas of engineering for a compete list of books.

9. Clicking on a book title presents the user with a list of the book’s chapters, as well as a link to a PDF for each of the chapters in the book.

10. Clicking on an individual chapter link provides the user with the chapter exactly as it appears in the book. The “Full Text” link takes you to an XML rendered page that has hyper linking to references in the book and enables you to add bookmarks, annotate the page, and email a link to a colleague (with a “My AE” personal account). The PDF link opens a PDF view of the chapter for those users who prefer working with PDFs.

11. Annotate – users can add their own personal notes and comments to the text. Bookmark Text – users can quickly return to content of interest at a later date. Sophisticated tools and personalization features allow content to be easily integrated into user workflow. Highlighting– allows users to highlight material of particular importance in up to four colors. Email to a friend – email content that may interest a colleague.

12. My AE – any time access to all of your online Annotations and Bookmarks! You can also modify your individual profile.

13. My AE – All of your Annotations and Bookmarks – as well as user profiles – are accessible from the My AE screen. From there users can easily link directly to personalized content.

14. From the Librarian Menu you can update your profile, view subscription details, access usage data, download the current AccessEngineering title list, and access MARC records. Librarian Resource Center - valuable tips and tools for librarians. Keep up-to-date with AccessEngineering promotional materials, Alerts, and the McGraw-Hill library conference schedule.

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