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The subject headings and keywords listed below can also be used as search terms in databases and the internet. Check the help section in each database or search engine for details.

Subject headings group resources by topic. 

• automobile detailing
• automobiles - bodies - maintenance and repair
• automobiles - painting
• gas metal arc welding
• metal - cutting
• plasma arc cutting
• plastics - repairing
• plastics in automobiles
• welding

Keywords can also find relevant resources.  

• autobody
• automobiles bodies
• automobiles parts
• automotive plastics
• mig or GMAW
• plasma cutting

Call numbers help you find the areas of the library shelves relevant to your program. You can also use them to virtually browse the Library's shelves. 

• 629.26 Motor Land Vehicles - Bodies
• 629.260288 Motor Land Vehicles - Bodies - Maintenance and Repair, Bodywork
• 629.287 Motor Land Vehicles - Bodies - Maintenance and Repair - Customizing, Detailing
• 671.5 Joining and Cutting of Metals

Selected titles important to your program are listed here.

Auto Body Repair Basics
Library Audiovisual Desk: 629.260288 A939 2005 (DVD)

Auto Body Repair Technology
Library Main Book Shelves: 629.260288 D858 2004

Auto Construction
Library Audiovisual Desk: 629.26 A939 2005 (DVD)

Automotive Collision Repair Technology - Video Series
There are several videos in this series. Titles and call numbers include: 

• Safety (VTC 3594 2003)
• Vehicle construction (VTC 3595 2003)
• Hand tools (VTC 3596 2003)
• Power tools (VTC 3597 2003)
• Estimating repair costs Part I (VTC 3598 Pt.I 2003)
• Estimating repair costs Part II (VTC 3598 Pt.II 2003)
• Measuring vehicle damage. Part I (VTC 3599 Pt.I 2003)
• Measuring vehicle damage. Part II (VTC 3599 Pt.II 2003)
• Minor repairs : straightening (VTC 3600 2003)
• Minor repairs : plastics (VTC 3601 2003)
• Minor repairs : R&I : hoods, bumpers, and fenders (VTC 3602 2003)
• Minor repairs : R&I : doors and glass (VTC 3603 2003)
• Major repairs : body frame realignment (VTC 3604 2003)
• Major repairs : welded panel repairs (VTC 3605 2003)
• Major repairs : sectioning (VTC 3606 2003)
• Major repairs : interior service (VTC 3607 2003)

Automotive Painter
Library Main Book Shelves: 331.702 O15Aup 1996

Blocking and Smoothing
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 3875 1997

Bucks, Patterns and Forms
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 3876 1997

Estimating for Collision Repair
McNally Library Main Book Shelves: 629.2872029 C891 1999

GMAW Welding - Made Simple
McNally Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 1170 1990

I-CAR Professional Auto Collision Repair
Library Main Book Shelves: 629.260288 D858 2001

Materials for Automobile Bodies
Library Main Book Shelves: 629.26 D255 2003

MIG Welding Mild Steel with Low Current Sets
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 927 1987

Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal & Paint)
Library Main Book Shelves: 331.702 O15 Mvb

National Standards and Guidelines for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds from Canadian Commercial / Industrial Surface Coating Operations: Automotive Refinishing
Library Special Collections: CCME PN 1278

National Standards for the Volatile Organic Compound Content of Canadian Commercial / Industrial Surface Coating Products: Automotive Refinishing
Library Special Collections: CCME PN 1288

The Oxy-acetylene Handbook: A Manual on Oxy-acetylene Welding and Cutting Procedures
Library Main Book Shelves: 671.5222 U58 1976

Painting for Collision Repair
Library Main Book Shelves: 629.260288 C891 1999

Plasma Arc Cutting
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 2473 1997 

Plasma Cutting and Gouging
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 2474 1997

Recommended Practices for Welding: Part 1: Basic Oxy-acetylene Welding
Library Audiovisual Desk: VTC 2888 Pt.1 2000

Welding for Collision Repair
Library Main Book Shelves: 629.2872 J47 1999

The most effective way to find articles is to search the appropriate database.  Databases may include articles from scholarly journals, trade journals, newspapers and magazines. Try the databases listed here first. If you don't find what you need, ask us for more suggestions. You can also browse all of the databases by category.

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Applied Science & Technology
Covers a wide range of interdisciplinary fields in science, engineering and technology. Includes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Indexes over 400 core English-language scientific and technical publications.

 Autobody Online
An online magazine with some fulltext on the autobody industry. The site includes a message board and parts finder resources.

The Bodyshop
Library Periodicals Area: Shelved alphabetically by title.

Collision Repair Industry Insight Magazine
A site with some fulltext, based on the print magazine. Good links to associations, other publications, and industry suppliers.

 Results of a search of NAITCat for relevant journals.

Note: To the right of each title is the Publication Date. This tells you what years the library has. If the date is followed by a dash, the library has that year up to and including the current year.

To locate print and online journals by title check our Journal Title List.  It lists all of the journals that you can access through the Library.

To search for articles remember to use the databases listed under the Articles tab.

Alldata Online
Covers automotive diagnostic and repair information by providing access to information from manufacturers’ automotive repair manuals from 1982 to the present. Useful features include parts, labour and repair information, printable diagrams for almost all makes and models of automobiles, OEM part numbers, diagnostic charts and trouble codes, component locations and diagrams, and factory recall and Technical Service Bulletins (TSB) provide information on reliability and performance, special warranty provisions and extensions, fixes for common problems and updated factory repair procedures.

OnDemand5.com : Automotive Repair and Estimating System
Covers information on automotive repair, automotive diagnostic data, vehicle maintenance, estimating and service information. Also includes TSBs (Technical Service Bulletins and recalls), maintenance requirements, parts prices, labor times, vintage information, fluid types and volumes that have been reproduced directly from the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) published works. Information is accessed by year, make and model of the vehicle.

Automotive Body Repair News
Industry and insurance information with columns, ASE study guides, and technical service bulletins.

I-CAR : Uniform Procedures for Collision Repair (UPCR)

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