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    1. ECE 4416 Research Skills Workshop Dan Sich, ECE Librarian Allyn and Betty Taylor Library September 17 & 24, 2009
    2. Today you will learn about:
      • literature research process
      • eBooks
      • trade publications
      • peer-reviewed journal articles
      • journal article databases
      • patents & standards
    3. Suggested approach:
      • State the topic as a phrase
      • Identify the individual concepts
      • Search each concept separately
      • Combine concepts
      • Add limits
      • Review results, modify search
    4. Starting out
      • All the info isn’t in one place
      • Type of info determines the search tool
      • Overview of research & publication cycle
    5. Background info
    6. Background info
      • Google
      • Wikipedia
      • web sites
      • Books
      • eBooks (e.g., ENGnetBASE)
      • Google Books
    7. Books are good for finding…
      • introductions
      • reliable info
      • lists of references
      • numerical data
    8. Library Catalogue
      • Everything the library owns, including…
      • Books , journals (no articles), etc.
      • Lots of ways to search
    9. ENGnetBASE
      • CRC engineering handbooks
      • Fulltext (PDFs)
      • Topics covered include: electric power and distributed generation, electric packaging, mechatronics, wireless communication and digital signal processing, etc.
      • E.g., AC Power Systems Handbook
    10. Your turn
      • 2 minutes
      • ENGnetBASE & library catalogue
    11. Magazines & trade publications
      • industry news
      • product news & reviews
      • practical information
      • insights from practicing engineers
    12. Find them using:
      • ProQuest Direct – ABI/Inform – Trade & Industry (fulltext)
      • CBCA Business (fulltext)
    13. In journal articles you’ll find…
      • peer-reviewed, scholarly research
      • narrow topics, focused research, specific information
    14. Peer-review
      • Tutorial
      • Ulrich’s
    15. Use databases to find…
      • Journal articles, conference articles…
      • Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles
      • Review articles
    16. Journal article databases:
      • Inspec & Compendex
      • IEEE Xplore
      • Scopus, Web of Science
      • Google Scholar
      • PubMed
      • others
    17. Search tips
      • use AND, OR, NOT, *
      • use Search History
      • add Controlled Vocabulary and/or Classification Codes
      • add Limits (data, language, etc.)
    18. Getting articles
      • Get it @ Western
      • Journal Title search in library catalogue
      • Is it free on the web?
      • Interlibrary Loan (RACER)
    19. Interlibrary Loan (RACER)
      • Free photocopies of articles (or loan of books) not at UWO
      • Standards and theses are difficult to obtain
    20. Your turn
      • Find relevant news, reviews, etc. in either:
        • ProQuest Direct – ABI/Inform – Trade & Industry
        • CBCA Business
      • Find relevant articles in Inspec & Compendex
      • Get full text or find print in the library catalogue
      • Try more than one journal article database
    21. Off-Campus Access
      • for eJournals
      • for databases
    22. Keeping track of articles
      • create a RefWorks account
      • web app for citation management
      • download selected results from Inspec
      • automatically formats notes, bibliographies
      • use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word
    23. Standards are…
      • guidelines
      • procedures
      • rules
      • details on ways of doing things
      • expensive
      • sometimes available through the library
    24. Patents…
      • grant exclusive rights
      • use technical, legal jargon
      • contain drawings
      • contain technical information rarely found elsewhere
      • are sometimes available free online
      • can be tricky to find
    25. Description
      • What is it?
      • What does it do?
      • What’s it made of?
      • How does it work?
    26. Tips on finding & using patents
      • Google Patents search, describe the thing
      • Canadian, US, European; coverage varies
      • View full text, drawings, claims
    27. Recap
      • eBooks (ENGnetBASE)
      • magazines or trade publications
      • peer-reviewed journals
      • Inspec & other databases
      • Off-Campus Access
      • search tips, Get it @ Western, library catalogue, Interlibrary Loan, RefWorks
      • Standards, Patents
    28. Feedback
      • On a piece of paper, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused by
      • It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session
    29. Questions?
      • Dan Sich
      • [email_address]
      • Subject line: ECE 4416
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