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Finding background information in handbooks

Knovel handbooks
Use Knovel to look up properties and other engineering data in a variety of engineering handbooks.
ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE
Electrical engineering books and handbooks from CRC.

Electronics Handbook by Jerry C. Whitaker
ISBN: 0849318890
Publication Date: 2005
The Electrical Engineering Handbook by Richard C. Dorf
ISBN: 084932274X
Publication Date: 2006-01-20

Finding parts and specs

Digi-Key
Includes lots of tutorials and the Reference Design Library search engine as well as a huge catalog of parts with spec sheets.
Octopart
Searches across many distributors to find electronic components. You can search by specification as well.
Octopart: prototyping library
A library of common prototyping parts, with many links to projects and more information.
Adafruit: Learn
Lots of information on choosing components, plus lots of small project ideas.
EEM.com
Search for electronics components across manufacturers.

Finding research papers and patents

Use a library database to find published research journal articles and conference proceedings.

Compendex/Inspec
All fields of Engineering, plus physics, electronics, control, and more.
Scopus
A general database of articles, books, reports, and patents in science, engineering, social science, and arts and humanities.
Google Scholar
See tips here for configuring Google Scholar to access MIT-licensed resources: http://libguides.mit.edu/google/googlescholar
Guide to finding patents

Verilog & FPGA design references

The Verilog® Hardware Description Language by Philip R. Moorby; Donald E. Thomas
ISBN: 9781402070891
Publication Date: 2002-06-30
Verilog HDL by Samir Palnitkar
Call Number: Barker Library - Stacks | TK7885.7.P35 2003
ISBN: 0130449113
Publication Date: 2003-02-21
Introduction to Logic Synthesis using Verilog HDL by Robert B. Reese, Mitchell A. Thornton
Publication Date: 2006
VLSI Design by Vikram Arkalgud Chandrasetty
ISBN: 9781461411192
Publication Date: 2011-08-20
FPGA-Based Implementation of Signal Processing Systems by Roger Woods; John McAllister; Richard Turner; Ying Ye; Gaye Lightbody; Ying Yi
ISBN: 9780470030097
Publication Date: 2008-11-24
Handbook of Image and Video Processing by Al Bovik (Editor)
ISBN: 9780121197926
Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Advanced Digital Design with the Verilog HDL by Michael D. Ciletti
Call Number: Barker Library - Stacks | TK7885.7.C5485 2011
ISBN: 9780136019282
Publication Date: 2010-01-21
Computer Arithmetic and Verilog HDL Fundamentals by Joseph Cavanagh
ISBN: 9781439811245
Publication Date: 2009-11-24
Data Processing on FPGAs by Jens Teubner, Louis Woods
Publication Date: 2013

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