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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New for 2003/2004

• Inspec and Compendex can be searched at the same
  time.
• AuthenticationUser id is the last 9 digits of
  the barcode and password is date of birth and
  last four numbers of SS. Need to bring ID to the
  libraries.
• 12 computers on 2nd floor, 6 on the ground floor.
  (26 on 1st floor 15 laptops)

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Important URLs

• WVU Libraries site www.libraries.wvu.edu
• Databases and other resources www.libraries.wvu.e
  du/databases
• Interlibrary loan http//illiad.lib.wvu.edu/
• Electronic Journals http//www.libraries.wvu.edu/e
  journals/
• Instant Answers (9-5, Monday-Friday)
  http//chat.lib.wvu.edu/cgi-bin/irc.cgi?evan

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WVU Libraries Services

• Online renewal (MountainLynx)
• Online recall, hold, requests from the depository
  (MountainLynx)
• BookExpress (MountainLynx)
• ILLiad (web various databases)
• Electronic resources (web page)
• http//www.libraries.wvu.edu/

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WVU students

• Need to bring ID to the libraries to use
  computers, check out books, reserve items,
  laptops card can be used to pay for copies and
  prints
• May renew books online (by day before due date),
  check to see if a recall or hold item is
  available, request items from the depository, all
  through the online catalog
• Request items we do not own through Interlibrary
  Loan web form

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Electronic Resources

• Electronic journals (Science Direct, Kluwer, AIP,
  APS, AMS, Jstor, BioOne, health sciences related
  titles)
• Inspec (Physics, Electrical Electronics,
  Computer Science)
• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• MathSciNet (Mathematical Reviews)
• ProceedingsFirst
• PapersFirst
• SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)

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Electronic Resources (2)

• EngNetBase (185 CRC handbooks)
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• TRIS (Transportation)
• WorldCat
• SAE
• SPE
• PubMed (Medline, Index Medicus)
• Science Citation Index (in Health Science Lib
  only)

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Other services

• Research consultation (individual, groups,
  class-related, email lessons)
• Instant Answers (9-5, M-F), http//chat.lib.wvu.ed
  u/cgi-bin/irc.cgi?evan
• Evansdale Reference email accounts
  Evansdale_Reference_at_mail.wvu.edu

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Remember..

• When you need to access a database or electronic
  journal that WVU subscribes to, always come in
  through our web page.

• If you have any trouble with access, contact us
  so we can look into the problem (by phone, email,
  Instant Answers)