Research Options for Engineers

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Research Options for Engineers

• Mary L. Strife
• Director, Evansdale Library
• West Virginia University
• Mary.Strife_at_mail.wvu.edu
• 293-4696 x5112

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Important URLs

• WVU Libraries site www.libraries.wvu.edu
• Databases and other resources www.libraries.wvu.e
  du/databases
• Palci E-Z Borrow http//palci.library.pitt.edu/7E
  ursa/WVU_login.html
• Interlibrary loan http//illiad.lib.wvu.edu/
• Electronic Journals http//www.libraries.wvu.edu/e
  journals/

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WVU Libraries Services

• Online renewal, recall, hold, depository requests
  (MountainLynx)
• BookExpress (MountainLynx)
• PALCI E-Z Borrow
• ILLiad (web various databases)
• Article Linker
• http//www.libraries.wvu.edu/

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Electronic Resources

• Electronic journals (ACM Digital Library, Science
  Direct, Kluwer, AIP, APS, AMS, Jstor, BioOne)
• EngNetBase (198 CRC handbooks)
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• Knovel (500 books related to engineering,
  sciences, medical sciences)
• Inspec (Physics, Electrical Electronics,
  Computer Science)
• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• MathSciNet

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Electronic Resources (2)

• ProceedingsFirst
• PapersFirst
• WorldCat
• TRIS (Transportation Research)
• SAE (Society of Automotive Engineering)
• SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers)
• SciFinder Scholar

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Search Tips

• Keyword vs subject
• Author name
• Book, journal, conference paper
• Basic vs assisted (or advanced) search
• Selecting right search tool and using HELP

• Relevance vs most recent
• Article title vs Journal/Conference title
• Subject vs descriptor
• Truncation (?, )
• Thesauri/index

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Options for Assistance

• Research consultation (individual, groups,
  class-related, email lessons)
• Instant Answers (real time chat)
• http//chat.lib.wvu.edu/evan/
• Evansdale Reference email account
• Evansdale_Reference_at_mail.wvu.edu
• Phone number 293-4696 x5113