• Search for Information on Engineering Ed
  • Library Catalogs (Real & Virtual)
  • Databases for articles, conference proceedings, etc.
  • Websites
• Assessment & Statistics: Where does your institution stand?
• Book & Journal List
  • Examples from the Library
    • On: Case Studies as Educational Tools
    • On: Intellectual Property--How to use others'  works in teaching

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Library Catalogs (Real & Virtual)

Catalyst. The CSM Library's catalog.

Prospector. Colorado's Unified Library Catalog, including most of Colorado's universities and the Denver Metro public libraries.

• Tip: You can order your own interlibrary loans via Prospector and have them delivered to the Mines Library for pick-up.

EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library). Catalog of Web resources in engineering.

WorldCat (Connect from the CSM Library's Databases webpage. Union catalog of thousands of libraries in the US and internationally.

Databases

Websites: Classroom aids, explanations, case studies and best practices, and forums for sharing your own ideas and the tools you've developed

• *Center for Engineering Education, Colorado School of Mines
• ASEE (American Association for Engineering Education)
• DLESE (Digital Library for Earth System Education)
• Gateway Engineering Education Coalition
• How Stuff Works
• Links to a Better Education
• MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
• MIT School of Engineering Educational Innovation Program
• NEEDS: A Digital Library for Engineering Education
• NSF Engineering Education Coalition
• Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science, Case Western Reserve University
• Richard Felder's Resources in Science and Engineering Education (Felder's personal webpage with links to engineering education resources)
• World Lecture Hall

• Center for Engineering Education
• Career Center: Includes information on placement rates, job outlooks, industry trends, potential employers.
• Graduate Studies & Research, Academic Programs, Admissions and Enrollment Facts & Figures: Includes enrollment and demographic statistics for graduate students currently enrolled for each program.
• Office of Research and Technology Transfer, Research Programs
• Registrar's Office
• Student Life
  •  Minority Student Enrollment Trends
  • Admission Requirements, New Student Profile, listing SAT scores, high school class ranking, etc.
  • CSM Facts (a quick facts list of stats)
• WISEM (Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics), Statistics: Includes both student and faculty/staff data.

State of Colorado:

• Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE)
• Colorado Education Statistics: Focus on K-12 education, includes graduation rates.
• Colorado Higher Education Information & Research, Colorado Department of Higher Education: Search for enrollment data, degrees awarded, and degrees offered.
• College websites (Some listed at CCHE Four-Year Public Institutions.)

ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)

Chronicle of Higher Education statistics, including enrollment, faculty productivity.

Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST). Includes links to online publications on employment trends, salaries, and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Engineering and Technology Degrees (annual). Engineering Workforce Commission, American Association of Engineering Societies, Inc. Includes national statistics, individual institutions by degree, population, and program. AAES also has publications on educational enrollments and salaries of engineers in education.

Engineering Education: Assessment Methodologies and Curricula Innovation, a collection of assessment information by the University of Pittsburgh.

National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Science Resources Statistics. Includes statistics on budget, student and faculty demographics,  undergraduates, graduates and post-docs by institution and field.

Richard Felder's Resources in Science and Engineering Education (Felder's personal webpage with links to engineering education resources).

US News and World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools 2007."  Available at the USN&WR homepage.

In addition:

• Industry journals publish "trends" articles annually, for example Chemical & Engineering News, which has published several annual "Trends in Academic R&D Spending" articles.

• Higher education journals publish articles on assessment and productivity. For example the Chronicle of Higher Education's: Fuyg, Piper. 2007. A new standard of measuring doctoral programs. Jan 13, A8-A13. Available online.

• State agencies for higher education may have detailed statistics, particularly on student demographics and graduation rates, available via their websites.

• University websites may include budget, enrollment, and faculty or student demographics.

Case Studies as Educational Tools

In addition to the CSM Library's Case Studies webpage,

• Case Studies in Engineering Design. 1998. Matthews, Clifford. NY: Wiley.
• Cases on Engineering Practice Ethics. Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University.
• Design Paradigms: Case Histories of Error and Judgment in Engineering. 1994. Petroski, Henry. NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Engineering and Environment Ethics: A Case Study Approach. 1998. Wilcox, John R.; Theodore, Louis. NY: Wiley.
• Engineering Case Studies, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Catalog and information on using case studies.
• Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases. 2000. Harris, Charles E., et al, eds. Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publications.
• Failed Technology: True Stories of Technological Disasters. 1995. Freiman, F. L. NY: ITP.
• Failure Analysis Case Studies: A Sourcebook of Case Studies Selected from the Pages of Engineering Failure Analysis 1994-1996. 1998. NY: Elsevier.
• Forensic Engineering: Environmental Case Histories for Civil Engineers and Geologists. 1992. Shuirman, Gerald. San Diego CA: Academic Press.
• Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis. 1992. Materials Park OH: ASM International.
• Introducing Ethics Case Studies into Required Undergraduate Engineering Courses. Texas A&M University. Includes links to the text of specific case studies.
• LITEE (Laboratory for Innovative Technology and Engineering Education). Auburn University. Catalog of case studies available.
• When Technology Fails: Significant Technological Disasters, Accidents, and Failures of the Twentieth Century. 1994. Detroit MI: Gale Research.

Intellectual Property--How to Use Others' Works in Teaching

In addition to the CSM Library's Intellectual Property webguide,

• Checklist for Fair Use [form]. 2003. IUPUI Copyright Management Center.
• Common Scenarios for Fair Use Issues: Posting Material on Course Management Systems. Crews, K. D.; Wong, D. 2002. IUPUI Copyright Management Center.
• Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web. 2003. University of Maryland University College.
• Copyright Essentials for Librarians and Educators. Crews, K. D. 2000. Chicago IL: ALA.
• The Copyright Handbook. How to Protect and Use Written Works.  Fishman, S. 2000. 5th ed. Berkeley CA: Nolo.com.
• Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Litman, J. 2001. Amherst NY: Promethius Books.
• Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights
• Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Material Online & Off. Stim, R. 2000. Berkeley CA: Nolo.com.
• U.S. Code Title 17 - Copyrights.