INTRODUCTION

When I first looked at the text for the Clark Atlanta University, Resources in Science and Technology course, I naturally first turned to the section on my undergraduate major, Industrial Engineering. That was also one of the double majors for my first Masters, Engineering Administration. That text section was so poor that I was furious. The other class text was better but, for most purposes, obsolete. I thank Professor Abdullahi for giving me the chance to fix the problem.

The class text is correct in one regard: "Industrial engineering is broad to the extreme." It overlaps not only every other field of engineering but many areas of management. It requires sources from areas as far afield as English (writing), Computing (too broad a field itself), and Psychology (dealing with people in general). I have therefore excluded the many sources required from other areas unless it is for a field in which IEs often find themselves as the only engineer in an organization. IEs tend to do projects and experiments rather than scholarly research. There are good definitions in the early chapters of the two recommended IE handbooks as well as the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) website. A one word definition is "optimization." A two word definition is "organization optimization."

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GENERAL MATERIAL -- META SITES (Print or Online)

A1. GALILEO. Available from http://www.galileo.usg.edu or http:/www/galileo.peachnet.edu on April 23, 2004. If your state does not have something as good, for databases, you will have to pay to get the databases it does not have. This requires a password from each institution using it but the ones for generic public libraries provide virtually all that most universities have. For general IE research, it is sufficient. Beyond that, there is no limit to what can be obtained for enough money.

A2. Handbook of Industrial Engineering : Technology and Operations Management, 3rd ed. Salvendy, Gavriel (ed.). New York : Wiley, 2001, 2500p. ISBN: 0-471-33057-4, $274.00. This is the IIE sponsored handbook. Until the third edition, they sponsored Maynard’s. The history of these books would be of limited use to anyone but a few IE professors, but is significant. It is safe to say that both are great, Maynard’s is of more use to the practicing IE, and is especially useful in what may be called more traditional areas. Salvendy’s book is better for academic purposes and the most recent areas into which IEs have found work. A library supporting Industrial Engineering must have both.

A3. Help Using Wendt Library - Industrial Engineering Resource Guide. Available from http://www.wisc.edu/wendt/help/ieguide.html on April 23, 2004. This was the winner of my "next best meta site -- only two allowed" competition." Given a different day and orientation, or allowed more than 50 sources, I might have picked UMD Library, Georgia Tech Library, D’Amour Library, AU Libraries, Purdue University Libraries, U. of Pittsburgh, UTA, engineeringvillage2, http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/eng/seminar191.htm , or ASU - Noble. Since users of a library supporting Industrial Engineering will have Google, I can just list those here. Alternatively, those listed in the Source Selection Sources could be put, on a separate page, along with this one, as a sub-bibliography.

A4. IIE. Available from http://www.iienet.org/ on April, 23, 2004. Much of this site is free but quite a bit is for members only. If a library is to support Industrial Engineering they really must join, as an organization, and at least some reference librarians have access to the members only portions. It is likely cheaper than most yearly database fees and is simply the best single meta site.

A5. IE Terminology, 2000 Revised Ed. IIE Membership. Norcross, GA : IIE, 2001, 662p. ISBN: 0-898096-205-5, $135.00. Almost every library has only the obsolete McGraw-Hill version of this. It is dubious if that version is even in print. This one was rewritten and updated from the same ANSI standard that McGraw-Hill used, and is apparently updated continually. It is available online if you are an IIE member. Specific chapters can be purchased separately, such as Engineering Economy or Human Factors. I must apologize for a mistake in previous paper related to this; there are three IE Online Bookstores with IIE published material being the third. I was misleading when I stated that IIE endorsed Wiley material might or might not be preferable. That may or may not apply to IIE published material. This one is a must for any library supporting Industrial Engineering and older versions should be discarded or removed to remote storage with a catalog note such as "for historical purposes only."

A6. Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, 5th ed. Zandin, Kjell B., ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001, 2545p. ISBN: 0-07-041102-6, $189.00. This was the IIE sponsored handbook until the third edition, when they switched to Salvendy’s. The history of these books would be of limited use to anyone but a few IE professors, but is significant. It is safe to say that both are great, Maynard’s is of more use to the practicing IE, and is especially useful in what may be called more traditional areas. Salvendy’s book is better for academic purposes and the most recent areas into which IEs have found work. A library supporting Industrial Engineering must have both.

GENERAL MATERIAL -- HANDY REFERENCES -- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AR7. Review for the Professional Engineers’ Examination for Industrial Engineers - 2nd ed. W. J. Kennedy, Ph. D., P.E. Norcross, GA : IIE, 2003, 261p. ISBN 0-9741557-0-5, $75.00. The P.E. exam is more like the CPA exam than certifications in other fields. One must first pass a day long, exhaustive, test, known as the EIT (Engineer In Training), then practice for four years, and after passing the P.E. (or before), collect six signed recommendations from existing P.E.’s.

AR8. Thomas Register. The online version available from http://www.thomasregister.com/ on April 23, 2004, reportedly has about half the information as the print version. There are CD ROM and other versions. Thomas Publishing Company, Thomas Register Circulation Department, 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 (800) 699 - 9822. At one time this was, effectively, the main and final source of information about all significant manufactured products and most services in the United States. It was a monstrous set of volumes which cost a small fortune (and apparently still do, to libraries). There is no ISBN, fixed number of pages, nor date, as it is updated continually. They now appear to be offering it for just the cost of the shipping but there are also now a bewildering selection of versions and related items. It is a "must have" for any library supporting Industrial Engineering, but the persons involved will have to phone Thomas to determine which version is best for them as well as the cost, if any.

AR9. Martindale’s Online Calculators -- Industrial Engineering. Jim Martindale. Available from http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators4_C_Ind.html on April 23, 2004. This is actually part of a complex of reference websites. On the one hand, it is awesome. On the other hand, when the single private individual grows tired of it (not since 1994) or otherwise fails to maintain it, it’s gone.

AR10. SCIRUS For Scientific Information Only. Available from http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/aboutus/ on April 23, 2004. "If you search on Dolly, Google finds Dolly Parton, Scirus finds the cloned sheep."

TRADE MAGAZINES AND FREQUENTLY CITED JOURNALS

B11. Engineering Economist. Customer Services for Taylor & Francis Group Journals, 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Quarterly. ISSN Print 0013-791X ISSN Online1547-2701. Institutional: US$117/£71. Individual: US$63/£38. This is a refereed journal published jointly by the Engineering Economy Division of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). It has switched publishers and editors in the last few months so most bibliographies have the old one. It is possible that subscriptions are available directly through the publishing societies for considerably less.

B12. Ergonomics in Design. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, P.O. Box 1369, Santa Monica, CA 90406-1369. Quarterly. ISSN 1064-8046. $50 for nonmembers. Free to members. Their web page says: "Ergonomics in Design is intended to serve the needs of practicing human factors engineers and ergonomists who are concerned with the usability of products, systems, and environments."

B13. IIE Transactions. See publisher data for B10. Monthly. ISSN Print 0740-817X. Institutional: US$737/£447 Individual: US$234/£142. They say: "This is a refereed journal devoted to the publication of original research in four areas: Design and Manufacturing, Operations Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering, and Scheduling and Logistics. An Annual Index appears in the December issue each year. In that Index, articles are classified according to the Codification System described on page 106 of Volume 25, Number 4 (July, 1993)." IIE members may be able to subscribe at a 70% discount. Like B11, this switched publishers in early 2004 and even much data about it on the IIE website is out of date.

B14. Industrial Engineer Magazine. Institute of Industrial Engineers, 3577 Parkway Lane Suite 200, Norcross, GA 30092. Monthly. ISSN 1542-894X. Also available online. Free to all professional members. Non-member rates, U.S. 1 yr.: $79.00; Library and institution rates: $99.00 within the US. This is easily the single most useful Industrial Engineering magazine.

B15. Quality Progress. American Society for Quality (ASQ), 600 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203. Monthly. ISSN 0033-524X. $55/year for members, $60/year nonmembers, $120/year institutions, available online or via Proquest (one of the GALILEO databases). They say: "The flagship publication of the quality profession includes in-depth articles describing the application of innovative methods in areas such as knowledge management, process improvement, and organizational behavior."

B16. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research (Formerly ZOR, Zeitschrift fur Operations Research). Springer-Verlag (Physica). Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Journal Fulfillment, P.O. Box 2485 Secaucus, NJ 07096. Three issues per year. ISSN 1432-2994 Electronic version: ISSN: 1432-5217. Apparently one must call 1-201-348-4033 for price. "The journal accepts contributions to mathematics, statistics, and computer science that have special relevance to Operations Research. A special section is devoted to review papers on mathematical methods and models in interesting fields of Operations Research and related optimization theory. All papers are refereed. The emphasis is on originality, quality, and importance."

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT AND METHODS FOR DECISION MAKING

C17. Engineered Work Measurement, 4th ed. Delmar W. Karger & Franklin H. Bayha. New York : Industrial Press, 1987, 503p. ISBN: 0-8311-1170-4, $20.00 (Reduced price, from publisher). This may be ancient but it is still the basis of time study using standard data rather than judgment (a watch and a factor determined by the analyst).

C18. Engineering Economy, 5th ed. Leland T. Blank and Anthony Tarquin. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002, 768p. ISBN: 0-07-243234-9, $130.55. This seems to be one of, if not the, current standard text on the subject. There is an online resource center that goes with it, currently requiring no passcode, at http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072432349/ -- excellent.

C19. Ergonomics: How to Design for Ease and Efficiency, 2nd ed. K. H. E. Kroemer, H. B. Kroemer, & K. E. Kroemer-Elbert. New York : Prentice Hall, 2001, 695p. ISBN 0-13-752478-1, $118.00. Authoritative authors, easy to read, fairly comprehensive, and apparently the most current available.

C20. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis: FMEA From Theory to Execution, 2nd Ed. D. H. Stamatis. Milwaukee, WI : ASQ, 2003, 488p. ISBN 0-873895-98-3, $70.00. Another most current and comprehensive coverage, this one on reliability, by ASQ, whose business it is.

C21. Flowcharts: Plain & Simple: Learning & Application Guide. Joiner Associates Staff. Madison, WI : Oriel (formerly Joiner Associates), 1995, 118p. ISBN 1-884731-03-1, $19.95. Especially useful for both the Industrial Engineer and non-engineer

C22. Forecasting : Methods and Applications, 3rd ed. Spyros Makridakis et al. New York : Wiley, 1998, 656p. ISBN 0-471-34627-6, 153.90. The title is self explanatory. The reviews are all favorable and, overall, it was the best for this slot.

C23. Handbook of Optimization. P. M. Pardalos & Mauiricio G. C. Resende (ed’s). New York : Oxford Press, 2002, 2026 pages. ISBN 0-19512-594-0, $225.00. Reference to all sorts of algorithms. I was unable to find a good scheduling reference so that must be gleaned from pieces of various titles and then use this as the background.

C24. Juran's Quality Handbook, 5th ed. Joseph M. Juran & A. Blanford Godfrey. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1998, 1872p. ISBN 0-07-034003-X, $150.00. Too many sources gave this as a refrence, so it had to be added to the list.

C25. Linear and Nonlinear Programming. David G. Luenberger. Hingham, MA : Kluwer, 2003, 510p. ISBN 1-4020-7593-6, $89.00. Both classic and recent operations research written so that "even an engineer can understand it."

C26. Manufacturing Planning And Control For Supply Chain Management, 5th ed. Thomas Vollmann et al. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2004, 736p. ISBN 0-07-229990-8, $79.95. This appears to be both the standard text and a reference in several areas, newly updated, and with a McGraw-Hill online resource center. Despite the trendy "Supply Chain" added to the title of this edition, it covers all the traditional and unavoidable tasks of production management.

C27. Methods, Standards, and Work Design, 11th ed. (Formerly Motion and Time Study). Benjamin W. Niebel & Andris Frievalds. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002, 768p. ISBN: 0-07-246824-6, $130.93. Many people swear at this book and "efficiency experts" while others swear by them. Either way, a library supporting Industrial Engineering must have this to see what the fight is about and as a reference.

C28. Probability, Statistics, and Reliability for Engineers and Scientists, 2nd ed. Bilal M. Ayyub & Richard H. McQuen. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2002, 656p. ISBN: 1-58488-286-7, $99.95. All three items in the title and simulation too.

C29. Project Manager’s Desk Reference, 2nd ed. James P. Lewis. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1999, 546p. ISBN 0-07-134750-X, $70.00. This covers CPM (Critical Path Method) and PERT (Program Evaluation Review Technique).

C30. Quality Essentials: A Reference Guide from A to Z. Jack B. Revelle. Milwaukee, WI : ASQ, 2004, 272p. ISBN 0-873896-18-1, $30.00. A mini-encyclopedia by what may be the best professional organization for this area. The popular Six Sigma is in here and/or Failure Mode.

TECHNOLOGY, MORE TECHNIQUES, & TROUBLE AVOIDANCE

D31. Handbook of Jig and Fixture Design, 2nd ed. William Boyes & Ramon Bakerjian. Dearborn, MI : SME, 1989, 1192p. 0-87263-365-9, $126.00. In an area untouched by time since 1989, but still needed, this book is by the leading society for this type work.

D32. Legal Aspects of Architecture, Engineering & the Construction Process, 6th ed. Justin Sweet. Florence, KY : Brooks Cole, 1999, 1024p. ISBN 0-534-95323-9, $130.95. Apparently the most comprehensive book on law for engineers, it still does not really cover labor relations and several other areas. That has always been the case (with the first course almost always being one most relevant to Civil Engineers). It effectively takes at least three books and two or more semesters to cover all issues of law with which Industrial Engineers must cope.

D33. Manufacturing: Design, Production, Automation, and Integration. Beno Benhabib. New York : Marcel Dekker, 2003, 448p. ISBN 0-8247-4273-7, $165. This covers everything except a bit more on information systems and controls for more fluid-like processes.

D34. Plant Engineer’s Reference Book, 2nd ed. Dennis A. Snow. Norwich, NY : Elsevier/Knovel, 2002, 863p. ISBN print 0-7506-4452-4, online 1-59124-448-X, $153.00. While I was unable to locate a satisfactory "Plant Layout / Facilities Design" book, this volume covers every aspect of operating the plant as well as site selection.

D35. Safety Engineering, 3rd ed. Marshall Gilbert & Richard T. Beohm. Des Plaines, IL : American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), 2000, 450p. ISBN 1-885581-28-9, $89.95 non-members. Who would you trust as your reference source if your life depended on it?

D36. Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook (9 vol. set, various ed. for each vol.). Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Staff et al.. SME, PO Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121, 1998, aprox. 3600p in set. No ISBN for the set -- SME product number PK98PUB1, $971.00. nonmembers special package price when purchased directly from SME.

LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTION, SUPPLY CHAINS, ETC.

E37. Handbook of Materials for Product Design, 3rd ed. Charles A. Harper (ed.). NY : McGraw-Hill, 2001, 1000p. ISBN 0-07-135406-9, $105.00. While other books seem to be marketed on the basis of the latest buzz words, this concentrates on actual reference material.

E38. Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis : Modeling in the E-Business Era. David Simchi-Levi, S. David Wu, Zuo-Jun (Max) Shen (ed’s). Boston : Kluwer Academic, 2004, 832p. ISBN 1-4020-7953-2, $120.00. This was another instance of having to take only part of what was needed because all the authors and publishers have concentrated on the latest buzz words. The key words required were "Inventory Model." The needs for handbooks on transportation and distribution must be met, in these 50 titles, in bits and pieces, if at all.

E39. Manufacturing Facilities Design and Material Handling. 3rd ed. Fred E. Meyers & Matthew P. Stevens. New York : Prentice Hall, 2004, 528p. ISBN 0-13-112535-4, $113.33. While I was unable to locate "the" world’s best Material Handling reference, this doubles as a "Plant Layout" references. In many similar problem cases, the SME multi-volume handbook will backstop reference requirements if no "handbook," or "encyclopedia" is available. The same applies to references from other fields (e.g. electrical or mechanical engineering) or general "encyclopedias of science and technology."

E40. Supply Chain Logistics Management. Donald J. Bowersox, David J. Closs, & M. Bixby Cooper. New York : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002, 678. ISBN 0-07-235100-4, $128.55. This covers the role of logistics in the supply chain.

SPECIFIC FIELDS

F41. Handbook of Technical Textiles. A.R. Horrocks & S.C. Anand (ed’s), S.C. Abbingdon Hall, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2000, 576p. ISBN 1-85573-385-4, $290.00. Considering that most textile manufacturing is now performed only in the lowest wage nations with no concern for engineering, it is appropriate that this handbook concentrates on specialty textiles of such low volumes that they can be produced in nations that need Industrial Engineers. This is available online from Kluwer, which has a "support center" for many of its titles, but not like McGraw-Hill’s.

F42. Improving Healthcare With Control Charts. Raymond G. Carey, Larry V. Stake, & Lee V. Roberson. Milwaukee, WI : ASQ, 2002, 297p. ISBN 0-873895-62-2, $44.00. Finding IE materials for specific fields was more difficult than anticipated but ASQ is using IE methods so here is one good example. The catch is that anyone can transfer this to service organizations other than healthcare!

F43. Maintenance Engineering Handbook, 6th ed. Lindley R. Higgins & Keith Mobley (ed’s). New York : McGraw-Hill, 2001, 1504p. ISBN 0-07-028819-4, $150.00. This should take care of reference about this subject for Industrial Engineers except for time standards data. The handbook itself has sections on that but work measurement of maintenance is a field unto itself.

F44. Ullmann's Processes and Process Engineering. Wiley VCH Staff. Somerset, NJ : Wiley Australia, 2004, 2301p. ISBN 3-527-31096-7, $715.00 (possibly Australian dollars -- check source for US cost). This is another example of why libraries and others do not have current needed reference material. While a life saver for any Industrial Engineer or related researcher who must deal with chemical or similar "process engineering," it may only be available in Australia. However, it appears that a real library, not depending on a contractor who only orders from limited sources, could get this via the NJ office of the publisher.

F45. Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 2nd ed. Aaron L. Brody. NY: Wiley, 1997, 1040p. ISBN 0-47-106397-5, $350.00. The technology may have advanced but that will be covered in other books on this list. The terminology will have changed little enough that this will do for an Industrial Engineer who is the sole engineer in an organization or someone doing research for something else in Industrial Engineering.

F46. Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, 2nd ed. Staffs of the American Geological Institute & U.S. Bureau of Mines. Alexandria, VA : American Geological Institute, 1997 (reprint of 1996 CD-ROM), 800p. ISBN 0-922152-36-5, $49.95. Many of these words now have legal definitions. An Industrial Engineer, researcher or not, in the mines will need this to learn the terminology. These are still the most current published definitions.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS & TECHNICAL REPORTS

G47. Atlanta University Center Government Documents Department. Available from http://www.auctr.edu/dept/ref/gov.html on April 25, 2004. One of the vanishing Government Documents sites still staffed by full time humans, much less librarians. While difficult to use, in person, unless you are experienced with it, and utterly non-specialized in sci/tech, it still has a live staff who will search for you, and its electronic gateways are hard to beat.

G48. Auburn University Technical Reports Links. Available from http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/humweb/reference/techreports.html on April 25, 2004. You will probably have to special order technical reports. This is one of the best sites to tell you about them.

DATABASES

H49. EBSCOhost via GALILEO, q.v. (source A1). It may not be the best but it improves with time and is free to Georgia residents, even those not at GA Tech.

H50. Proquest via GALILEO, q.v. (source A1). This may not be the best but it is free to Georgia Residents, whereever they may be.

TOOLS USED IN THE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

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