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SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Refsheet

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Technical papers 

SAE publishes several hundred Technical Papers annually. Each paper has an assigned accession number, with the first two digits indicating the year of publication. The complete set of Technical Papers makes up the Technical Papers series.

Selected Technical Papers are published as part of the Special Publication (SP) series.

Some Technical Papers are published in the Proceedings of the SAE series.

TheSP and Proceedings series are published throughout the year. A paper presented at a conference will be published as part of the Proceedings of the SAE soon after the conference is held. The complete Technical Papers series will also contain that conference paper.

 Standards

SAE publishes three groups of industry standards:

• SAE Ground Vehicle Standards, sometimes known as "J" standards
• SAE Aerospace Standards
• SAE Aerospace Material Specifications
  

Virginia Tech's SAE Publications

SAE Technical Papers series - full runs 

• Microform 1965 - 1993. Call number TL1 S6. Arranged by accession number. If the patron does not know the number, search by subject, author, etc. using the SAE Global Mobility Database CD-ROM, Call number TL240 G5 in the Sci-Tech reference area on the fourth floor. Or use online index from SAE.
• CD-ROM 1994 - 2002. Call number TL1 A612 at the Sci-Tech reference area. Use the index loaded on the computer next to the SciTech desk to search for the paper and then access the paper from the appropriate CD.
• Online 2003 - present by request using the photocopy form at Interlibrary Loan.

SAE standards 

• SAE Ground Vehicle Standards (J Standards): Complete holdings. Contained within the SAE Handbook at Call number TL151 S62 until 2005. Beginning in 2006, contained on CD-ROM in the Sci-Tech reference area on the fourth floor, Call number TL151 S623.
• SAE Aerospace Standards and SAE Aerospace Material Specifications: No holdings. Patron should request through ILL. See the Engineering Standards page for info.

Incomplete holdings of the Special Publication 

Classed as a set, with individual cataloging after #704

Call number TL1 S25

Addison Series title: SP (Society of Automotive Engineers)

This series was cancelled in 1998, but all papers are contained within the SAE Technical Papers. If a patron needs a Technical Paper and it is cited as an SP, and the patronb does not have the accession number and we do not have the SP, it is still possible to retrieve the paper from the SAE Technical Papers. For papers before 1995, do a search, (author, title, whatever you have) on the SAE Global Mobility Database CD-ROM, available at the SciTech Reference Desk, get the accession number, and then retrieve the paper via the accession number from microfiche. For papers from 1995 - 2002, do a search on the CD-ROM index, and retrieve the full text from the CD-ROM full text disks. For papers after 2002, do a search at the SAE site, and have the patron order through ILL. Recent SAE papers are NOT indexed in Compendex, so don't try to find them there.

Incomplete holdings of the Proceedings 

Classed individually, cataloged individually.

Cancelled in 1998, but all papers are contained within the SAE Technical Papers series. If a patron needs a paper and does not have the accession # and we do not have the Proceedings, use the same procedure as above for Special Publications.