Maximise the screen and click on JMU student. These give various starting points for your search. You can find out more about these by clicking on the relevant heading. Be aware that you may find large amounts of information of dubious relevance, so make sure you've checked local sources first. Other Sources of Information Reports, Patents and Standards You will probably not have much contact with these three types of literature in the earlier part of your course but later on they may be of value.
City libraries have a collection of UK, USA, Europe and World patents.
Booking is not necessary. Standards are rules which define the quality, size, shape, etc. of products, processes, methods, terminology, etc. The LRC has a complete set of these standards on microfiche. These are the written versions of talks given at conferences. They can be useful, acting as reviews of a subject from different angles by experts in that field.