Dictionaries:

Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary
The Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary is suitable for a wide variety of beginning professionals in fiber optics, as well as students and instructors.  The book covers historical antecedents, network protocols for telephone and computer networks, satellite technologies, telephone terminology, basic physics concepts, as well as units of measure important in optics.
REF TK5103.592.F52 P47 2003

The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics
A revised and updated edition which provides definitions of electronic terms.  Its appendices include standard symbols used in electrical and electronic diagrams, conversion between electrical systems, mathematical functions and operations, and an alphabetical listing of hundreds of abbreviations commonly used in electronics and related industries.
REF TK7804 .G497 1997

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
This revised edition caters to communities of scientific engineering specialists and their students as well as to non-specialists.  Besides information on how to use the Dictionary, it contains notes on pronunciation as well. 
REF Q123 .M15 2003

Communications Standard Dictionary
This edition covers all aspects of communications applications, communications media, propagation media, the complete communications system life cycle, and most of the codes, protocols, procedures, computer programs and arrangements associated with all these aspects.
REF TK5102 .W437 1996

Encyclopedias:

The Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits
This encyclopedia features a variety of circuits, with brief explanatory text.  It also includes the Common Schematic Symbols chart which helps the reader identify circuit components.
REF TK7867 .G66 1985

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (Vols. 1-4)
This 4-volume set contains articles written and reviewed by specialists from all over the world.  It is a unique source of reference to the entire field of polymer science and technology.
REF TP1110 .E53 2003

Materials Science and Engineering Handbook
Contains property data of materials including structure; composition; thermodynamic; thermal; mechanical; electrical; optical and chemical properties.
REF TA403.4 .C74 1994

The Control Handbook
The Control Handbook covers control theory and implementations from the output of the sensor to the input to the actuator.  It is organized in three major sections -- Fundamentals, Advanced Methods, and Applications - and explains everything from the basics of control engineering to more difficult and specialized control problems.  The last section comprises chapters which illustrate the diversity of control systems.
REF TJ213 .C642 1996

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
This 20-volume set contains some of the most up-to-date information about the sciences. with coverage of all the major disciplines of science and technology.  It is a good place to start for background research on any scientific topics, especially in engineering and technology.
REF Q121 .M3 2007