New Resources for Engineers

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New Resources for Engineers

• Lizzie Gadd, Becky Jones, Sharon Reid
• Steph McKeating
• Library Engineering Team

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Overview of session

• Research information at Loughborough
• Accessing via Metalib
• Overview of our new (and newish) resources
• IEEE Xplore
• Construction Information Service
• SPIE Digital Library
• SAE Digital Library
• Standards (British ASTM)
• Hands-on with hints tips

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The cost of research information some numbers

• 1,752,400
• the amount spent by Loughborough University
  Library on electronic information and serials in
  2008/2009
• 240
• the number of subscribed databases available to
  search
• 1,000,000
• The number of articles downloaded, (from library
  subscriptions), by students and staff in 2007/2008

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Databases

• Our 240 databases provide access to the latest
  research information journal articles,
  conference papers, patents, standards,
  legislation, and data.
• Either abstracts or full-text
• Each database will contain many thousands
  (sometimes millions) of references

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How do I access the databases?

• The Metalib portal provides access to databases.
• there are three elements to ensure a successful
  Metalib search
• select a category
• select your search terms (keywords)
• select your resources (either by selecting the
  check box or clicking on the database name)
• remember you can cross search up to 8 databases

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Locating the full-text

• A Metalib search will provide you with a list of
  results
• Click on the red SFX button for availability
  of the item.
• Either available
• electronically to download
• in print from the library catalogue
• Or not available in the library
• Use Inter-Library Loan
• http//www.lboro.ac.uk/library/services/ill-home.h
  tml

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Saving Metalib Results

• mark the records you are interested in by
  clicking on the basket symbol
• click on my space at the top of the screen
• click on the check boxes on the left hand side of
  the screen
• then click on either send to email the results
  or save to save the results to your computer or
  directly to Refworks

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E-journals

• These can be accessed in two ways
• through the library catalogue
• or through Metalib

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IEEE Xplore

• All IEEE and IET Journals (143 titles)
• All IEEE and IET Conferences (850 titles)
• All IEEE standards (2000)
• Historic papers to Vol. 1, issue 1
• Weekly updates (12,500 new articles added each
  month)
• nearly 2 million articles

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Whats available?

• IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and
  magazines from 1988 with select content back to
  1913
• IEEE conference proceedings from 1988 with select
  content back to 1953
• IEEE standards from 1948
• IET journals, letters, and magazines from 1988
  with select content back to 1965
• IET conference proceedings from 1988
• IEEE books from 1974

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Accessing IEEE Xplore

• Metalib
• Under Electrical Engineering
• Full access available on campus (IP)
• Off campus use the Remote Working Portal

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Searching Xplore

• Basic search plus five others
• Advanced
• Author
• CrossRef
• Citation Search
• Session History
• Advanced search Option 1 should suffice

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Keeping records

• Mark references to
• Email
• Print
• Download for importing into Refworks

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Construction Information Service (CIS)

• UK construction industry information
• Full-text service
• Standards
• Legislation
• Regulatory advisory documents
• Either scanned facsimiles or Adobe PDF files
• Can be printed or downloaded

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Featured publishers
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Key documents

• Building Regulations England and Wales
• Journals
• Architects Journal
• New Civil Engineer
• Construction News
• British standards and Eurocodes
• HSE publications
• JCT and other contracting publications

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How to access CIS

• Via MetaLib
• Under Civil Engineering category
• or use Find Database to search for CIS
• Need Athens username and password
• IHS homepage displayed
• Select Construction Information Service from
  product list by clicking on

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SPIE Digital Library

• Optics and photonics - the science and
  application of light
• gt260,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and
  conference proceedings
• gt17,000 new technical papers added annually
• Full-text service
• Currently archived from 1990. During 2009 c.
  40000 articles to be added taking the archive
  back to the first SPIE Proceedings published in
  1963.

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Access and searching

• Via MetaLib locate in Civil Engineering subject
  category or use Find Database
• Available both on and off-campus
• Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal
• https//vpn.lboro.ac.uk/
• Search by Quick or Advanced options
• Browse powerful functionality. Browse by
  volume, year, title, conference, technical area

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How extensive is the archive?

• Proceedings of SPIE - V. 1200, 1990 ?
• Optical Engineering - V. 29, 1990 ?
• Journal of Electronic Imaging - V. 1, 1992 ?
• Journal of Biomedical Optics - V. 1, 1996 ?
• Journal of Micro/Nanolithography - V. 1, 2002 ?
• Journal of Applied Remote Sensing - V. 1,2007 ?
• Journal of Nanophotonics V.1, 2007 ?
• SPIE Letters Virtual Journal 2005 ?

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What subjects does it cover?

• Astronomy and astronomical optics
• Optics and electro-optics
• Defense and industrial sensing
• Micro- and nano- technologies
• Communication and information technologies
• Biomedical optics and medical imaging
• Electronic imaging and processing

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Other features

• Author links to their other publications
• Supports tables of contents email alerts
• Full tables of contents for current and back
  issues
• Personalization tool via My Article Collections
• Quick link to related SPIE products

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SAE Digital Library

• SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE
  Technical Papers covering the latest advances and
  research in the following areas
• ground vehicle,
• aerospace,
• off-highway, and
• manufacturing technology,
• fuels and lubricants, emissions, electronics,
  brakes, restraint systems, noise, engines,
  materials, lighting, and more

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Our Subscription

• We subscribe to the SAE Technical papers from
  1990 onwards, giving full text to over 47,000
  papers.
• Access on campus only

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Abstracts from other publishers
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Search Tips

• To get all full text from the SAE Digital
  Library
• Select Field Search
• Change the publisher to SAE International
• Chose Technical papers
• Set publication date to gt12-31-1997

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Standards

• Two full-text online services
• British Standards (incl. Eurocodes)
• ASTM
• Other individual standards
• In print - Serials 602
• CD-ROM SAE Handbook for Ground Vehicle
  Standards (J-Reports)

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British Standards

• Metalib locate via Find Database
• British Standards ATHENS U P
• Remember the YELLOW BOX!!

BSOL Subscribers
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What does it cover?

• 38,500 current, draft and historic British
  Standards
• 16,000 of these are BSI adopted European and
  International standards
• Withdrawn standards from 1999 onwards

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Searching

• Simple search input document number, key word
  or phrase. Use inverted commas for a more
  focussed set of results sky scraper
• Advanced search additional options to search
  via publication date, update type (amended,
  reinstated) or reference (standards
  replacing/historical version of)
• Browse either by module or subject

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ASTM Standards

• American Society for Testing and Materials
• gt 12000 standards
• Coverage includes metals, petroleum, construction
  and the environment
• Access via MetaLib use Find Database
• Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal
• https//vpn.lboro.ac.uk/

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Library subscription

• Please be aware
• Loughboroughs subscription allows access to the
  full text of active ASTM standards documents only
• No access to withdrawn, historical or redline
  standards

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How to search

• Search options
• Enter the alphanumeric number of the standard if
  known an alphanumeric listing of all standards
  is also provided
• Enter keyword(s)
• Browse
• By subject area (here called interest area)
• By ASTM Committee
• By various listings e.g. withdrawn standards

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Other features

• Provides a link to related ASTM standards
  products from each standard (click on tab)
• Supports email alerts via Standards Tracker
• Provides list of corrections and designated
  number of corrected standard

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Hands-on

• Your chance to
• Try out the new electronic resources
• Get help and advice from staff on any queries or
  problems you may have

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Contact details

• Academic Librarians - Tel [phone]
• Lizzie Gadd - e.a.gadd_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Steph McKeating - s.f.mckeating_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Sharon Reid - s.d.reid_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Becky Jones - r.jones2_at_lboro.ac.uk
• Broadcast blog - http//broadcastengineering.wordp
  ress.com/