LibGuides: Collision Repair Technology: Outside Resources

NOTE: Some of these might be commercial sites that offer free resources.

Alternative Fuels Data Center
U.S. Department of Energy site.
The Auto Channel
Car news, reviews, guides, and prices.
Automobile in Life and Society
Essays on the automobile’s impact on American life, from the University of Michigan.
Car Type
Features a comprehensive collection of emblems, car company histories, logos, reviews of typographical & graphical applications, design features and just about anything car related.
Driving Tests
Manuals, handbooks, forms and practice tests for obtaining a license in Pennsylvania.
The Engineering ToolBox
Tools and basic information for design, engineering and construction of technical applications.
Fuel Economy
The official U.S. government source for fuel economy information.
Kelley Blue Book
Car values, listings, reviews, and repair pricing.
Kevin Sullivan's Autoshop 101
Training and resource site for automotive electronics.
MatWeb
Searchable database of material properties; includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
OSHA: Autobody Repair and Refinishing
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's guide to a variety of chemical and physical hazards associated with autobody work.
PennDOT Driver & Vehicle Services
State government portal.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Industrial buying and specifying guide; offers access to an enormous database of industrial information; free registration.

Calculators

CalculatorEdge
Dozens of special calculators for solving complex equations and formulas in fields including: electrical, mechanical, chemical, electronics, civil, metallurgy, plastics, physics, and math.
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Free graphing calculator that can be used both as a web application and mobile application.
Mathematics Statistics and Analysis Calculators
Free calculators that can be used on a variety of browsers as well as mobile and tablet devices.
MegaConverter2
Calculator that handles conversions (fractions to decimals, Fahrenheit to Celsius, Roman numerals to Arabic numerals, etc.)
Texas Instrument Graphing Calculator - TI-83 (Advanced Tutorial)
This tutorial by Russ Baker from Howard Community College (Maryland) gives more functions of the TI-83.

General

Creative Commons
Not-for-profit organization that helps develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure to maximize digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
Google Scholar
Restricts web searches to scholarly literature.
Hathi Trust Digital Library
Public-domain books/articles from libraries around the world.
Internet Archive
Books, movies, and musical performances plus the famous Wayback Machine.
National Science Digital Library
Resources for teaching and learning, with emphasis on the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
NIOSH Hearing Loss Simulator
Training and communication tool for promoting hearing loss prevention. It allows a user or trainer to demonstrate the effects of noise exposure on hearing without experiencing an actual noise-induced hearing loss.
NY Public Library Digital Collections
Books, prints, photographs, and historic magazines.
Open Library
Provides digital copies of public domain books.
Project Gutenberg
Free e-books for which U.S. copyright has expired.
U.S. Government Manual
Programs/activities within the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
Wikipedia
Crowd-sourced encyclopedia.