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Free Trade Magazines

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Trade magazines are a great way to keep current with trends in your field, software advancements and other technology information. We have a page set up to help you subscribe to the ones you already know about, as well discover some new ones you may not have seen. The page is located at:

iCrank Free Trade Magazines

The obvious favorites are listed (Machine Design, Design News, etc.) as well as some really good…

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iCrank Library Updated

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Looking for a book? We’ve assembled a collection of what we think are the most needed books for a Mechanical Engineer. Check out our selections at this link: iCrank Engineering Library

You can buy these books through association with amazon, so you can use your existing amazon account. Browsing through our selection might lead you… Read the rest of this entry »

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Google Patent Searching

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

One of our more dreaded tasks…patent searches. Has anyone ever used the USPTO site? - very painful. Lately we have been using the freepatentsonline.com site instead. While it is much better, we think there is finally an even better alternative - Google Patent Search. Google has leveraged their search technology… Read the rest of this entry »

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