Article Database Tutorial

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Article Database Tutorial

• (and quick guide to library resources)

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Local UCSC Resources

• McHenry Library
• Science and Engineering Library
• Cruzcat
• Reference Librarians

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UC System

• MELVYL
• Greater variety in filtering capabilities
• Inter-library Loan requests

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Article Databases from home

• From http//library.ucsc.edu/, click on
  Services tab.
• Under Self Service click Log In Here For
  Off-Campus Access.
• (You must have a Library ID - can get this from
  either the McHenry or Science Library)

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Useful Databases

• Web of Science (Also includes Humanities)
• INSPEC
• IEEE XPlore
• Institute of Physics (IOP) Electronic Journals
• MathSciNet
• Infotrac

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INSPEC

• Index of citations for articles and conference
  papers on physics, electrical engineering,
  computers, and information technology.
• Contains abstracts.
• Subject area Science and Engineering.
• Covers 1969 - present

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ISI Web of Science / Web of Knowledge

• Web of Knowledge database provides access to
• Arts and Humanities
• Social Science
• Science. Search by subject, author, journal
  title.
• Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite
  an author or article that you specify.
• Covers 1975 - present

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• You have been given a research grant to
  investigate a topic in one of the following
  disciplines
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Bioinformatics
• Computer Science.

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• Some of this grant money is to be spent on
  student research assistants.
• Specifically, first year college students.

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• One of the tasks you need them to accomplish is
  to look up articles (specifically citation
  information) on the article databases available.
• You may choose either the Web of Science
  article database or the Inspec from OVID
  article database.

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• Your task is to create a written tutorial
  explaining how to use one of these databases.
• These student researchers should be able to rely
  on your tutorial for advice, even when youre not
  there to explain the process.

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Include

• General overview of major tasks, especially those
  available from the database home page.
• How-to tutorial for both simple and advanced
  searches.
• More detailed description of some of the more
  specialized tools. (Saving search history,
  displaying full document text, researching
  citation information, and so on.)

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Good ideas

• Examples of specific searches are helpful.
• So are screenshots.
• If you find a tutorial on your article database,
  you can use it as a general guide, but dont copy
  it directly.

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• Any questions?