A Selection of Print

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A Selection of Print Electronic Library
Resources For MAE 4344
Edmon Low LibraryOklahoma State
University Kevin DreesEngineering
LibrarianJuly 2002 Edmon Low Library

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK



KD 7/02
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Purpose demonstrate the following

• Print Sources
• Electronic Resources
• Library Homepage Index and Databases Page
• Compendex
• Applied Science Technology Index
• Web of Science
• IEL (IEEE/IEE Electronic Library)
• ASM Metals Handbook
• Knovel
• Standards
• Patents

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Print Resources
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Electronic Resources

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Searching techniques To focus or broaden a
searchgenerally applicable to any database or
catalog

• Boolean operators
• Synonyms similar terms with Boolean OR
• Truncation
• Proximity operator Not detailed here see
  database help menu

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Boolean Logic
IDEA A(1) TERM(S) OR IDEA A(2) TERM(S)
OR Retrieves all records including
either term. -- usually used to connect synonyms
in a search Example column OR pillar IDEA
A TERM(S) AND IDEA B TERM(S) AND Retrieves
only those records containing both terms. --
usually used for contrasting terms in a search
Example brittle AND elastic IDEA A TERM(S)
NOT IDEA B TERM(S) NOT Excludes records
containing a particular term. Example brittle
NOT elastic
 
A1 OR A2
A AND B


A NOT B
 

CD-ROM WORKSHOP u.wisconsin, madison njb, mmc,
pjh 12/89 rev. for IIT, cbw 2/99

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Synonyms Similar terms

• Used with the Boolean operator OR
• method OR technique OR approach
• design OR create

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Truncation

• Truncate the term
• The use of or ? and the truncated term
• For example design for designs,
  designation etc.

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• Demonstrate Online Sources

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Compendex

• search the same topic in
• Applied Science Technology Index.
• Web of Science,
• IEL
• ASM Metals Hdbk,
• Knovel

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Compendex

• Search slider crank

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Compendex

• Boolean OR with synonyms

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slider or pin or shaftcrank or mechanism
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Note increase in output
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Truncation searching

• Design should locate documents with
• Design
• Designer
• Designation

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Search retrieved over 487,000 items
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Locating full text

• Study abstracts
• Make decisions about usefulness
• Plug journal title, conference title, etc into
  FTPL and Catalog to determine OSU full text
  availability
• Determine if full text found meets needs

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If you found useful abstract(s) but the FT did
not meet the need

• Try new search
• Boolean AND restricts search
• Synonyms with Boolean OR widen search
• Truncation (design) widens search
• Proximity operator restricts search
• If you just need more of the same
• Use same or similar search terms in another
  database
• Index terms in the abstract
• Also called controlled terms in Compendex
• See the flow chart for full text availability

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If you did not find useful abstracts

• search the same topic in
• Applied Science Technology Index.
• Web of Science,
• IEL
• ASM Metals Hdbk,
• Knovel

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Applied Science Technology Index

• Search slider crank

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slider and crank retrieves 22 records
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Locating full text

• Study abstracts
• Make decisions about usefulness
• Plug journal title, conference title, etc into
  FTPL and Catalog to determine OSU full text
  availability
• Determine if full text found meets needs

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If you found useful abstract(s) but the FT did
not meet the need

• Try new search
• Boolean AND restricts search
• Synonyms with Boolean OR widen search
• Truncation (design) widens search
• Proximity operator restricts search
• If you just need more of the same
• Use same or similar search terms in another
  database
• Index terms in the abstract
• Also called descriptors in ASTI
• See the flow chart for full text availability

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If you did not find useful abstracts in Compendex
or Applied Science Technology Index

• Consider
• Web of Science,
• IEL
• ASM Metals Hdbk,
• Knovel

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Web of Science

• Web of Science is the electronic version of
  Science Citation Index
• Coverage from 1981 to the present
• Search slider crank

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Locating full text and obtaining satisfactory
results

• Go through the same process as before to locate
  full text
• If not satisfied with output modify the search
  terms as indicated previously
• Also consider
• design notes
• Engineering handbooks
• faculty/instructor

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IEL (IEEE Electronic Library)

• Database for electrical engineering, physics,
  computer science
• Main advantage to mechanical and aero engineers
  is that there are a lot of electo-mechanical
  devices and related information which is
  available in this database
• Full text PDF available
• Journals, conference proceedings, standards
• ____________________________
• Search automotive engine

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Obtaining satisfactory results

• Add search terms to focus a search if getting a
  lot of vague or unrelated results
• Or, delete search terms to increase results
• Or, use synonyms to increase
• Pull index terms from an article that is useful.
  Go to the bottom of the abstract to locate index
  terms

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Add the term, vibration, to previous search
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20 items. Fewer results with an additional term
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Locate and search with an index term vibration
reduction
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Searching Multiple Databases

• Divide the class into groups to search the same
  topic in CDX, ASTI, WoS, and IEL, ASM Metals
  Hdbk, Knovel.
• Search aluminum and fatigue and strength.

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Analysis of results/comparison
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Compendex 1033 hits

• Emphasis on fatigue strength, aluminum, and
  aluminum alloys (in this search)
• a great number of Japanese journals for this
  search
• as well as Elsevier as a publisher

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ASTA 102 hits

• emphasis on materials and metallurgy sources (in
  this search)
• a subset of ASTA is found in Compendex (can
  replicate this using in CDX, serial title lookup
  on right hand side of the screen, checking
  against the title list in ASTI)

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Web of Science 407 hits

• emphasis on materials, metallurgy, fatigue, and
  composites journals (in this search)

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IEL 11 hits

• emphasis on aluminum as an electrical component
  as you might expect
• IEEE OSU receives most of the IEEE and and a
  few IEE publications through this one database.

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ASM Metals Handbook 177 hits

• Properties, materials selection, metallurgy of
  aluminum, fatigue and fracture.

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Knovel

• There are 1121 match(es) in 90 book(s) found for
  (aluminum) AND (fatigue) AND (strength)
• Including Aluminum Alloy Database
• Tabular data can be easily exported to Excel.

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Knovel Advanced Search
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Conclusions

• Searching in only one database limits the amount
  of information retrieved.
• So then, it is better to search in more than one
  database results will likely be more
  comprehensive.
• ASM Metals Hdbk and Knovel add to the results
  efficient searching.

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Standards

• Defined
• A standard is a rule or requirement that
  establishes the
• size,
• shape
• uniformity,
• quality,
• performance
• definition,
• testing methodology
• for any given material, chemical, process, etc.
• (Figa, 1998), (CSSINFO, 2000)

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Standards -

• Standards are written for, but not limited to
• raw materials
• manufactured products. (Figa, CSSINFO)
• methods of analysis
• chemical
• electrical
• mechanical
• nondestructive
• units of measure (National Bureau of
  Stds)/(NIST)
• time
• distance
• mass
• information privacy issues
• environmental considerations
• C.B. Wenger, personal communication, March 2000

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Standards Why

• Safety
• Reliability Expectations are established
• Quality
• Ease of use
• Interchangeable parts price reduction
• Commerce - standards influence the buyer-seller
  transaction.
• quality and stability of product influences
  market.
• recurring Problems establishment of standards
  usually
• implements the most practical and appropriate
  solution
• Benchmarks
• (CSSINFO, 2000)

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Why Charge for Standards?

• 1. Supporting the standards development process.
  Expenses incurred
• operational costs of standards organizations
• technical development, writing, etc.
• creation of catalog and indexes
• print electronic distribution
• 2. Supporting the standards users
• Telephone assistance is free -- this aids in the
  dissemination of information user expectation
• user assistance cost is part of the whole package
• 3. Education, court costs, global acceptance
• 4. Intellectual property and commercial value
• standard is intellectual property of an
  organization
• Users have to pay a fair value to use it.
• ( American National Standards
  Institute (ANSI) http//www.ansi.org/public/why_ch
  arge.html , 1997-2002)

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Standards Producers

• Over 350 societies in the the U.S. produce
  standards
• Over 40 non US national and International
  societies
• and organizations
• military and government
• U.S.
• Outside the U.S.

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Some Standards Sources of Importance to OSU

• ANSI American National Standards Institute
• NSSN -- National Standards Systems Network
• Electronics Standards Store http//web.ansi.org/
• ASTM -- American Society of Testing and Materials
  http//www.astm.org/
• ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• http//www.asme.org/
• DOE -- Department of Energy
• IEEE -- Institute of Electrical and Electronics
  Engineers
• NIST National Institute of Standards
  Technology (formerly NBS-National Bureau of
  Standards) http//www.nist.gov/search.htm
• World Standards Services Network
  http//www.wssn.net/WSSN/

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How do I locate standards

• Locate the organization that produces the
  standard
• Look at the application objective
• Industrial guidelines suggest standard(s)
• Consumer goods
• Many organizations standards are searchable on
  the web.
• It does not cost you anything use the index to
  locate the title of the standard
• Full text - cost

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Look for a standard on friction testing machines

• ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials)
• Search the ASTM website (index) for the standard
• OSU Library owns the print in full text, not the
  electronic.
• Locate the print set on the 2nd floor, Reference
  area, Call 620.112 A512bs

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Click search for individual standards
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Locate the item in print at the OSU Library

• Simply take the standard number shown and locate
  the full text of the standard, using the index of
  the first volume of the set.

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Look for a standard/code on elevators

• ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
• Search the ASME website (index) for the code
• Full text of very few of the ASME codes are
  available in the library, and most of them are
  not current.

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Type elevator
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ASME

• A17 - Standards Committee on Elevators and
  Escalators.
• The website gives information regarding the
  standard and how to obtain it.

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Iterative nature of the search process

• One of the things you should realize from the
  presentation is the iterative nature of the
  search process is similar to that associated with
  the design process
• the two can be intertwined
• A change in design may require a change in
  information needs going online or to the
  library

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Summary

• Print sources
• Handbooks, etc
• Electronic Resources
• Use more than one for comprehensiveness
• Standards
• ASTM in print electronic
• ASME
• Handouts
• Search Process/Full text availability, etc
• Patents see Patents Powerpoint Presentation.