Trades Tool Box

CONESTOGA
Trades Tool Box
November 2011
Library News for Trades and Apprenticeship Students and Faculty
New Cambridge Campus Library
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Seating for 78
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18 Student workstations
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Printer
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Wireless connectivity
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2 viewing/meeting rooms
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Group study area
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8 study carrels
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Photocopier (Coming Soon)
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Scanner
At just over 3200 square feet, the new Cambridge Library Resource Centre (LRC)
provides services to students in the School of Engineering Technology and Trades.
With window seating looking out onto green space, our new library space provides a
great study area for students at Conestoga’s Cambridge campus.
Fall 2011 Service Desk & Collection Hours
Date
Open
Closed
Starting September 2011
Cambridge Campus LRC
Room #A1109
Contact us: 519.748.5220 x4526
Email: lrccamb@conestogac.on.ca
Monday – Tuesday
& Thursday – Friday
8:30 AM
4:00 PM
Wednesday
NOON
7:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday
CLOSED
*Cambridge Library study area is open when
the campus is open.
Update: Look INSIDE
Reading E-Books in the LRC’s collection is easier than ever before.
Just click Look Inside when you find an E-Book in the LRC Catalogue.
New E-Resources
ASTM Standards
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
(basic/active) provides access to +12,000 active technical
standards for materials, products, systems, and services.
Emerald Built Environment
Find academic articles in areas such as construction,
property management, disaster resilience, cultural
heritage and sustainable development.
IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package (ASPP)
Provides access to the IEEE core collection
of engineering, electronics and computer
science periodicals. Over 145 IEEE online
society-sponsored journals, transactions and
magazines.
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library
Access to more than 400 eBooks via the IEEE
Xplore® digital library. The e-books collection
spans numerous content areas, including
Bioengineering, Power & Energy and
Communication technologies among other
growing areas of research.
Contact Melanie Parlette, Trades and Apprenticeship Liaison, to book
a Library Session for your students on any of these databases. +
eBooks
Codes Now Available Online
Ontario Building Code 2006
Use your Conestoga Network Login and Password
to access the secured login details for this
resource.
Access the Ontario Building Code 2006 online. Includes
a full table of contents, complete index and the core of
the new objective based code – Building Code Act,
Ontario Regulation 350/06, and conversion tables. New
amendments are updated within one week.
Ontario Electrical Safety Code, 24th Edition, 2009
Use your Conestoga Network Login and Password
to access the secured login details for this
resource.
The Ontario Electrical Safety Code 24th
Edition/2009 contains the complete Canadian Electrical
Code, Part 1, 21st Edition, plus the 46 Ontario
Amendments.
Updated Mastercam X5
Online Course Modules
camInstructor
Mill 2D Course:
 This course covers how to use Mastercam X5
Software to create 2D geometry and 2D
toolpaths for milling parts on a Vertical CNC
Milling Machine.
Mill 3D Course:
 This course covers how to use Mastercam X5
Software to create 3D surface geometry and
3D solids geometry as well as 3D toolpaths
for milling parts on a Vertical CNC Milling
Machine.
Lathe Course:
 This course covers how to use Mastercam X5
Software to create 2D geometry and
toolpaths for turning parts including C-Axis
milling on a Lathe.
Solids Course:
 This course covers Intro to Solid Modeling,
Solid Model Creation including: Extrude, Cut,
Revolve, Sweep, Boulean Add and Remove.
All Courses include:
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Detailed instruction on a variety of geometry creation and toolpath functions.
Multimedia instruction complete with demonstrations on using Mastercam from
part design to toolpath creation to G-Code output.
New Books
Welding: skills,
processes and practices
for entry-level welders
Taunton's complete
illustrated guide to
tablesaws
Jeffus, L.F.
Anthony, P.
Print reading: for
welding and fabrication
Basic construction
materials
Corgan, K.
Marotta, T.
Principles of welding:
processes, physics,
chemistry, and
metallurgy
Stickmaking handbook
Jones, A.
Messler, R.W.
Woodworker's guide to
veneering & inlay
The joint book: the
complete guide to wood
joinery
Benson, J.
Noll, T.
Understanding wood
finishing: how to select
and apply the right
finish
CNC machining
handbook: building,
programming, and
implementation
Flexner, B.
Overby, A.
The LRC welcomes your suggestions
for books or other library resources.
Please use our suggestion form to request an item.
Spotlight On
McGraw-Hill Evil Genius Series
50 green projects for
the evil genius
Electronic circuits for
the evil genius: 64
lessons with projects
Shariff, J.
Cutcher, D.
Fuel cell projects for
the evil genius
Recycling projects
for the evil genius
Harper, G.D.J.
Gehrke, R.
TinyAVR
microcontroller
projects for the evil
genius
Gadre, D.
The LRC has recently
acquired books from the
McGraw-Hill Evil Genius
Series of do-it-yourself
projects for science &
technology enthusiasts.
Research Guides
Guides have been created to help Faculty and Students conduct research in their fields.
Click your guide and discover the top LRC resources for your program area.
Construction and
Renovation
Industrial Mechanic
(Millwright)
Welding Technology
Mechanical
Techniques
Woodworking
Technologies
Motive Power and
Transportation
Standards and
Patents
Melanie Parlette, BA, MLIS
Program Liaison
 Engineering
 Information
Technology
 Trades &
Apprenticeship
CONESTOGA
Library Resource Centre
W www.conestogac.on.ca/lrc
P 519.748.5220 x3605
E mparlette@conestogac.on.ca
The Library Resource Centre
supports and enriches learning,
teaching, and research at
Conestoga.