Subject Guides: Heavy Duty Equipment, Diesel, Truck and Transport Repair: Find your sources

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Overdrive Cars & Motorcycles magazine titles
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CSA OnDemand
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CSA OnDemand is a searchable library of standards from the Canadian Standards Association. It provides continually updated standards for online viewing and downloadable PDFs. Select "My Library" to access available content.
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Chilton Library
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The Chilton Library application allows you to browse through a robust list of vehicles in order to obtain vehicle
specific information including:
- Repair Procedures
- Technical Service Bulletins/Recalls
- Labor Estimation
- Vehicle specific Maintenance schedules and much more.
CCOHS Databases
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Access to a wide variety of resources on the topic of occupational health and safety provided by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS). Includes MSDS, CHEMINFO, CSA Standards and the Canadian Electrical Code as well as environmental legislation at the federal and provincial level.
Career and Technical Education Database
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The definitive source for vocational information and career search resources. The database includes nearly 600 titles, with more than 500 available in full text for quick access to research on virtually any technical topic.
ProQuest Central
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A large single periodical resource, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
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eBook LEGO® Action Vehicles by Chanh Ngoc Truong; Francesco Frangioja; Enrico Lavagno (Translator)
Just because you deserve a break!
Create a fleet of emergency and heavy-duty vehicles, including a police helicopter, a fire tanker truck, an ambulance, a SWAT team truck, and dozens of others.
Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles by Shashank Arora; Alireza Tashakori Abkenar; Shantha Gamini Jayasinghe; Kari Tammi
Heavy-duty electric vehicle design is challenging due to a lack of clear understanding of the government policies, R&D directions and uncertainty around the performance of various subsystems in an electric powertrain. Therefore, this book discusses key technical aspects of motors, power electronics, batteries and vehicle control systems, and outlines the system integration strategies necessary for design and safe operation of electric vehicles in practice.
Heavy Duty Equipment Technology by Scott Heard (Contribution by)
Heavy Duty Equipment is designed to be a primary reference tool, using common language and real work experiences that students and instructors can relate to,
Heavy Duty Truck Systems by Sean Bennett
This comprehensive, best-selling guide will help you gain the essential knowledge and skills needed to service medium- and heavy-duty trucks.
Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems by Owen C. Duffy; Gus Wright
Fundamentals of Medium/Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicle Systems, Second Edition offers comprehensive coverage of basic concepts and fundamentals, building up to advanced instruction on the latest technology coming to market for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses.
Medium/Heavy Duty Truck Engines, Fuel and Computerized Management Systems by Sean Bennett
Medium/ Heavy Duty Truck Engines covers the full range of commercial vehicle diesel engines (from light- to heavy-duty), electric drivetrains, and the most current management electronics used in the industry.
eBook Data Acquisition from HD Vehicles Using J1939 CAN Bus by Eric Walter; Richard Walter
The focus of Data Acquisition from HD Vehicles Using J1939 CAN Bus is to guide the reader on how to acquire and correctly interpret data from the in-vehicle network of heavy-duty (HD) vehicles.

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Canadian Trucking Alliance
A national federation of provincial trucking associations. Find profiles of the trucking industry, news, reports on important topics, and links.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) - Large Trucks
A nonprofit educational US organization dedicated to making roads and vehicles safer for everyone.
Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency - Blue Seal
A continuing education program for Atlantic journeypersons to advance their business and leadership skills.
Transport Canada - Safety Standards for Vehicles
Find out more about safety requirements affecting all vehicles regulated under the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations, including specific vehicle classes such as low-speed vehicles, trailers and multi-purpose passenger vehicles.
Truck and Transport Mechanic Red Seal page
Exam information and trade descriptions.
Truck Parts and Service blog
A US blog discussing the business, workforce, economic trends, and maintenance of transport trucks.

SafetyHub
A collection of videos covering work safety topics.

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