Library: Electronic & Electrical Engineering: Learning at Bath

Library Lists: recommended reading

Many reading lists are now available in Moodle courses for individual units, via the 'Library Lists' system.

Past exam papers

Past exam papers
The Library provides you with access to Semester 1 and Semester 2 exam papers from the last 5 years, to help with revision. If you can't find the paper you are looking for it may be because:
• The unit code has changed
• It has been restricted by your Department
Please be aware that older papers might not be relevant to current course content.

Academic Skills

Skills for Study This link opens in a new window
Description: Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: academic study skills, reading and note-making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.

Academic writing skills
Courses and one-to-one sessions for all students are provided by the Skills Centre.
Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH)
MASH helps all students at the University with mathematics and statistics problems.
Library DoctoralSkills training events
Library training events for postgraduate researchers and staff.

JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments) This link opens in a new window
JoVE provides 12,000+ science and engineering videos. These cover core concepts and experimental techniques, divided between its Science Education platform and peer-reviewed, video research Journal. Itincludes a number of engineering topics and resources.

JoVE engineering videos
The current list of engineering videos are available via this link.
JoVE Electrical Engineering videos
JoVE Mechanical Engineering videos
JoVE Aeronautical Engineering videos
JoVE Biomedical Engineering videos
JoVE Bioengineering videos
JoVE Materials Engineering videos
JoVE Chemical Engineering videos
JoVE Structural Engineering videos

Skills training and support

LinkedIn Learning Guide
An online skills platform offering an extensive library of over 21,000 high-quality video courses in business, technical, creative and personal development skills. Free access to all current staff/students is provided by the University of Bath Library. Trial access until 30 Nov 2025. Detailed guidance on using the platform with suggested video courses for staff and students e.g. study skills, career development, employability, wellbeing, GenAI and many more.
LinkedIn Learning - register and access
SU skills
Aimed at undergraduates and Masters students.
DoctoralSkills
Workshops and courses for doctoral students, organised by The Doctoral College and delivered by specialist university staff or external trainers.

Guide to using EndNote Online for Engineers

Boost: Maths for Engineers This link opens in a new window
Database of hundreds of mathematical theory and tutorial videos plus practice questions, tailored for engineers.

MIT OpenCourseWare - Electrical Engineering
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides access online to its learning materials for Electrical Engineering and other courses - featuring syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, links and more.
MIT OpenCourseWare - Mechanical Engineering
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides access online to its learning materials for Mechanical Engineering and other courses - featuring syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, links and more.
Web search guide
A guide to using internet search engines, Google databases and alternative tools.

Useful websites for Electronic & Electrical Engineers

Professional bodies
Subject gateways

Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)
ATI is an organisation that develops technology strategy for the UK aerospace sector and funds world-class research and development. The publications, offered on the website, include the ATI FlyZero reports.
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Some FlyZero reports are restricted and must be requested via the Library. Please e-mail library@bath.ac.uk and use the subject heading "ATI Restricted reports."
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Educational and Scientific computing society. Includes extensive Digital Library.
CIGRE
Information on the activities of CIGRE, the Council on Large Electric Systems. CIGRE is an international non-profit Association promoting collaboration between more than 3500 electrical power systems experts from all around the world. CIGRE’s aims include designing and deploying the power systems of the future, optimizing existing equipment and power systems, respecting the environment, and offering access to information.
CIGRE publications are available from the e-CIGRE library.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Information about the Institute and its societies, including membership, publications, careers and conference.
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Information about the Institution, including publications, membership, events and careers. Student membership allows access to IET Library services and the site has a dedicated student zone.
Institute of Physics (IoP)
Information about the Institute and its activities, especially that of its active publishing division. The IOP publishes major research journals in pure and applied physics, including materials science, microengineering, semiconductors and biophysics.

Intute Virtual Training Suite - Electrical Engineering
Free tutorial for developing internet search skills and awareness of important high-quality sites and sources online.
TechXtra
TechXtra is a search interface providing access to freely available full-text content from articles, websites, theses and dissertations, books, industry news, new job announcements, technical reports, e-prints, learning and teaching resources and the latest research, in engineering, mathematics and computing.
Engineering 360
Engineering search and industrial supplier catalogue. Product and suppliers directory includes more than 122 million parts from suppliers across the industrial sector, searchable by specification.