Resource Guide to Automotive Technology
This guide provides a summary of the information resources (print, electronic and web-based) that are available through the Ivy Tech Libraries. They are not meant to be all-inclusive; there may be alternative resources available which are not listed here. Please ask a librarian for assistance if you do not find the information you need through this guide.

Articles -- You may find information in magazine and journal articles. Articles may be found in either print, electronic or online versions of periodicals to which the Ivy Tech Libraries subscribe.

In-print copies:
Current issues of magazines and journals held by the library may be found shelved in the Periodicals section.

Motor Magazine Location: Muncie Campus

Electronic article databases:
To search electronic databases for articles, please use the Virtual Library homepage and click Find Articles, or just click the link of a database listed below. Access to specific magazines and journals online can be found using IvyJo. (For a list of electronic magazines and journals related to automotive technology, use the subject headings dropdown box and select "Engineering and Applied Sciences."  Look for "Automotive Engineering" under "Mechanical Engineering.")

EBSCOhost: MasterFILE Premier
EBSCOhost: Business Source Premier
ProQuest: Career and Technical Education

Auto Repair Reference Center (EBSCO) -- not an article database, but has auto repair information

Google Scholar results are now linking to library databases! This is new, so we don't recommend it as your first or only step in research -- but can be a useful tool to explore:

Google Scholar Guide (explains what this search tool is and how to use it to find
scholarly material on the Web, or locate articles cited in our library databases). The first time you use Google Scholar at home -- set up your "Preferences" to find the Ivy Tech library, and save.

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Books IvyCat is the Ivy Tech Libraries' online catalog. You can perform a search in IvyCat using a set of keywords or subjects (or any of several other criteria if needed).

In general, browse the TL section of the collection to find books about cars, motorcycles, and the automotive industry.  Some examples of related automotive terms for a keyword or subject search include:

• Automobiles - maintenance and repair
• Motorcycles
• Mechanic certification
•Transportation
• Automobile racing

Automotive Technology Knowledge Base Thomas G. Sticht, Barbara A. McDonald Call Number:TL152 .S7737 1993 Location: Anderson, Marion, Muncie General Collections Automotive Technology Knowledge Base Thomas G. Sticht, Barbara A. McDonald Call Number:TL152 .S7737 1993 Location: Anderson, Marion, Muncie General Collections Automobile test: advanced engine performance specialist (Test L1) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 L1 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: automatic transmissions and transaxles (Test A2) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A2 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: brakes (Test A5) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A5 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: electricity and electronics (Test A6) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A6 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: engine repair (Test A1) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A1 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: exhaust systems (Test X1) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 X1 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: heating and air conditioning (Test A7) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A7 Location: Muncie General Collection

Automobile test: manual drive trains and axles (Test A3) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A3 Location: Muncie General Collection Automobile test: steering and suspension (Test A4) (Delmar) Call Number: TL157 .A939 2004 A4 Location: Muncie General Collection Dodge brothers: the men, the motor cars, and the legacy / Charles K. Hyde Call Number: HD9710 C68 2005 Location: Muncie General Collection Modern Automotive Technology Call Number: TL146 .D84 2000 Location: Muncie General Collection Oil: anatomy of an industry / Matthew Yeomans Call Number: HD9560.5 .Y46 2004 Location: Muncie General Collection People's tycoon: Henry Ford and the American century / Steven Watts Call Number: HD9710 .U52 F6684 2005 Location: Muncie General Collection Toyota way: 14 management principles from the world's greatest manufacturer / Jeffrey K. Liker Call Number: HD56 .L727 2004 Location: Anderson, Marion, Muncie General Collections Voice of the people : primary sources on the history of American labor, industrial relations, and working-class culture / [compiled by] Jonathan Rees, Jonathan Z.S. Pollack Call Number: HD8066 .V65 2004 Location: Muncie General Collection

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A few of the reference books available for automotive technology are:

Transportation: America's Lifeline Call Number: HE203 .T72 2004 Location: Anderson and Muncie Reference

Industry norms and key business ratios, one year. Agriculture, mining, construction, transportation, communications, utilities. Call Number: HF5681 .R25 I42a 1999-2000 Location: Anderson, Marion, Muncie Reference

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Ebooks -- Ebooks are electronic texts from Ivy Tech's collection of full-text online books. In general, ebooks about automotive technology may be found in NetLibrary and eBrary, both accessible from the Virtual Library homepage on the on Select Resource Collections page. ASE test preparation materials are also available online through LearningExpress Library. Below are a few sample titles available from each service.

NetLibrary:

Autowork, edited by Robert Asher and Ronald Edsforth

End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market
edited by Micheline Maynard

Making and Selling Cars: Innovation and Change in the U.S. Automotive Industry
edited by James Rubenstein

Complete Idiot's Guide to Motorcycles
edited by Darwin Holmstrom

Future Drive Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Transportation
Daniel Sperling

LearningExpress Library: ASE Certification Practice

Videos -- Videos do not circulate; they must be used in the library. Below are a few of the videos available at the Library:

Auto emissions explained--4 10-minute videos, 1993. (VHS 532 1-4) Automotive air conditioning systems explained--4 videos, 1995. (VHS 533 1-4) Automotive computer--4 videos, 1990. (VHS 537 1-4) Automotive engine overhaul--4 20-min. videos, 1992. (VHS 540 1-4) Automotive suspension explained--4 15-min. videos, 1994. (VHS 534 1-4) Drivability troubleshooting--3 videos, 1992. (VHS 539 1-3)

Electricity for auto technicians--5 15-min. videos, 1990. (VHS 535 1-5) Auto emissions explained--4 10-minute videos, 1993. (VHS 532 1-4) Electronics for auto technicians--5 videos, 1991. (VHS 536 1-5) Troubleshooting the electrical system--5 15-min. videos, 1993. (VHS 538 1-5) Troubleshooting anti-lock brakes--4 videos, 1996. (VHS 531 1-4) Working safely in the automotive shop--4 videos, 1997. (VHS 530 1-4)

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Websites The following websites are not affiliated with Ivy Tech Community College. For more websites related to automotive technology, please see IvyLynks.

The Auto Channel http://www.theautochannel.com/ Indiana Dept. of Transportation (INDOT) http://www.ai.org/dot/index.html National Transportation Library http://ntl.bts.gov/

Hemmings Motor News http://www.hemmings.com/ Car Design News http://www.cardesignnews.com/

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