Your access to SME's great depth of manufacturing knowledge and resources.
The SME Librarian can provide a great myriad of technical knowledge and resources for your reference.
This service is FREE to SME members. Submit your questions and receive customized research including technical information, literature searches, vendor lists, materials information, difficult-to-find articles and more.
To help provide information to members, SME has invested in many online resources and subscriptions the Librarian utilizes to answer questions. These resources are not available on Google or the Internet. Here are a few:
- Online systems offering hundreds of databases in all subject fields-engineering, materials, chemistry, financial, company information and much more.
- Ebooks in manufacturing and all other engineering disciplines.
- Market research reports for nearly every NAICS or SIC code.
- Business information from more than 20,000 global news sources.
How to Ask the Librarian
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Simply click here to ask your question. Please include your member number on your request.
To discuss your question with the Librarian before placing your order, call 800.733.4763 or email library@sme.org.
Examples of some questions recently submitted to the Librarian are:
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I need a literature search on tool wear monitoring using neural networks or artificial intelligence.
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My company needs to comply with the EU RoHS Directive. Could you provide documentation for Aluminum 6061-T6, Aluminum 5052-H32, Steel 1010, MIL-C-5541, Sulfuric Anodize MIL-A-8625 and Zinc ASTM-8633?
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What are the tolerancing standards referred to in DIN ISO 8015?
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