Dictionary of Engineering

Rating:
Summary: A Good Resource for the PE Exam
Review: I found the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering to be a valuable resource when taking the Chemical Engineering PE Exam (Principles & Practice of Engineering). Having this resource with me on Exam Day enabled me to bag several of the 80 questions that I probably would have missed otherwise.

The publication lists a lot of acromyms, many of which don't appear as such in the index of Perry's Handbook, or in the indices of any of my textbooks.

Even if you decide it's not much good for anything else, it's still worth the purchase price just to have it with you on Test Day.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Resource for the PE Exam
Review: I found the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Engineering to be a valuable resource when taking the Chemical Engineering PE Exam (Principles & Practice of Engineering). Having this resource with me on Exam Day enabled me to bag several of the 80 questions that I probably would have missed otherwise.

The publication lists a lot of acromyms, many of which don't appear as such in the index of Perry's Handbook, or in the indices of any of my textbooks.

Even if you decide it's not much good for anything else, it's still worth the purchase price just to have it with you on Test Day.

Rating:
Summary: Let down
Review: I purchased this book for specific use on the PE Exam (an engineering dictionary is recommended) and was dismayed that NONE of the terms I looked up during the 8-hour test was in this book. The book is heavy into electronic/electrical terms and probably covers the mechanical arena as well, but for civil engineering terms, environmental processes, anything to do with hydrology or water resources, this book is a loser. I do not recommend it unless you are taking the electrical or mechanical PE exam, or just wish to have a general reference handy in your office.

Rating:
Summary: Let down
Review: Not very helpful. Way too generic and focused on mechanical/electrical engineering. Being a civil engineer I don't find it very useful.

Rating:
Summary: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK
Review: Other web sites may praise this reference as a must for the PE exam, but I did not find any words in this book that would have helped me on the exam. ...