ECE 4445 Tools for gathering information Dan Sich, ECE Librarian Allyn and Betty Taylor Library

Overview Background info in books In-depth info in articles Articles in databases Highly-cited articles Getting full text

Background info in books

In-depth info in articles

Articles in databases

Highly-cited articles

Getting full text

Background info Google, Wikipedia Books & eBooks

Google, Wikipedia

Books & eBooks

Library catalogue Everything the library owns Books, eBooks, journals, eJournals No journal articles

Everything the library owns

Books, eBooks, journals, eJournals

No journal articles

Library catalogue What is the most relevant book Taylor Library has on “image segmentation”? What is the date of publication, title, call number, location and availability? What is the newest book the library has that contains the Subject “ Human face recognition (Computer science) ”? What is the ISBN?

What is the most relevant book Taylor Library has on “image segmentation”? What is the date of publication, title, call number, location and availability?

What is the newest book the library has that contains the Subject “ Human face recognition (Computer science) ”? What is the ISBN?

ENGnetBASE Online engineering handbooks Many CRC handbooks Full text PDFs

Online engineering handbooks

Many CRC handbooks

Full text PDFs

ENGnetBASE What is the most relevant eBook chapter or article in ENGnetBASE on the topic of “face recognition”? What book is it in? In the same chapter or article, where is the first occurrence of the phrase “image processing”? Who is the author(s) of the first reference given at the end of Chapter 9?

What is the most relevant eBook chapter or article in ENGnetBASE on the topic of “face recognition”? What book is it in?

In the same chapter or article, where is the first occurrence of the phrase “image processing”?

Who is the author(s) of the first reference given at the end of Chapter 9?

Journal articles Peer-reviewed, detailed information Article databses: Google Scholar IEEE Xplore SPIE Digital Library Inspec & Compendex Scopus Web of Science

Peer-reviewed, detailed information

Article databses:

Google Scholar

IEEE Xplore

SPIE Digital Library

Inspec & Compendex

Scopus

Web of Science

Google Scholar Easy to use Set Scholar Preferences > Library Links Link to Get it @ Western Shows number of citations

Easy to use

Set Scholar Preferences > Library Links

Link to Get it @ Western

Shows number of citations

Google Scholar Search for the phrase “centre-line tracking”. What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating? Is everything in Google Scholar? Is everything in Google Scholar peer-reviewed? Is everything in Google Scholar available online?

Search for the phrase “centre-line tracking”. What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating?

Is everything in Google Scholar? Is everything in Google Scholar peer-reviewed? Is everything in Google Scholar available online?

IEEE Xplor e IEEE publications Journal articles, conference proceedings Full text IEEE only

IEEE publications

Journal articles, conference proceedings

Full text

IEEE only

IEEE Xplore Search for “deformable models”. What’s the article and journal title for the first result? When was it published? Who published it? Can you access full text? Once you graduate, will you still have access?

Search for “deformable models”. What’s the article and journal title for the first result? When was it published? Who published it?

Can you access full text? Once you graduate, will you still have access?

SPIE Digital Library SPIE publications Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Journal articles, conference proceedings Full text SPIE only

SPIE publications

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

Journal articles, conference proceedings

Full text

SPIE only

SPIE Digital Library Search for “deformable models”. What’s the article and journal title for the first result? When was it published? Who published it? Can you access full text? Once you graduate, will you still have access?

Search for “deformable models”. What’s the article and journal title for the first result? When was it published? Who published it?

Can you access full text? Once you graduate, will you still have access?

Inspec & Compendex Inspec: ECE, IT, Physics Compendex: Engineering Search both at once Refine Results Get it @ Western

Inspec: ECE, IT, Physics

Compendex: Engineering

Search both at once

Refine Results

Get it @ Western

Inspec & Compendex Search for the phrase “deformable models” AND “3D” from 2000-present, English language only. How many results do you get? Who are the top 3 authors? What are the top 10 publishers For the first result, can you get full text? Do we have full text access to everything in Inspec & Compendex? Will you be able to access Inspec & Compendex after graduation?

Search for the phrase “deformable models” AND “3D” from 2000-present, English language only. How many results do you get?

Who are the top 3 authors? What are the top 10 publishers

For the first result, can you get full text?

Do we have full text access to everything in Inspec & Compendex?

Will you be able to access Inspec & Compendex after graduation?

Scopus Multi-disciplinary Find references Find citations Number of citations? Highly cited articles? Get it @ Western

Multi-disciplinary

Find references

Find citations

Number of citations?

Highly cited articles?

Get it @ Western

Scopus Search for the phrase “image segmentation.” How many results? What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? How many times has it been cited? How old is it? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating? How many references does it have? Of those references, which one is the most highly cited? When was this reference published?

Search for the phrase “image segmentation.” How many results? What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? How many times has it been cited? How old is it? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating? How many references does it have? Of those references, which one is the most highly cited? When was this reference published?

Web of Science Multi-disciplinary; narrow to Science Citation Index Find references Find citations Number of citations? Highly cited articles? Get it @ Western

Multi-disciplinary; narrow to Science Citation Index

Find references

Find citations

Number of citations?

Highly cited articles?

Get it @ Western

Web of Science Search for the phrase “image segmentation.” How many results? What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? How many times has it been cited? How old is it? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating? Of those articles that have cited this article, which one is the most highly cited? How many references does it (the first article) have?

Search for the phrase “image segmentation.” How many results? What are the article title and journal title for the most highly-cited article? How many times has it been cited? How old is it? Does UWO have access to it? Could you access it after graduating? Of those articles that have cited this article, which one is the most highly cited? How many references does it (the first article) have?

Getting articles Get it @ Western  Library catalogue   Free on the web?  Interlibrary Loan 

Get it @ Western 

Library catalogue  

Free on the web? 

Interlibrary Loan 

Off-Campus Access for eBooks, ENGnetBASE for databases for eJournals You can’t do this after graduating

for eBooks, ENGnetBASE

for databases

for eJournals

You can’t do this after graduating

Recap Background info in books In-depth info in articles Articles in databases: Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, SPIE Digital Library (full text), Inspec & Compendex (engineering), Scopus, Web of Science (citations) Highly-cited articles Getting full text

Background info in books

In-depth info in articles

Articles in databases:

Google Scholar, IEEE Xplore, SPIE Digital Library (full text), Inspec & Compendex (engineering), Scopus, Web of Science (citations)

Highly-cited articles

Getting full text

Questions? Dan Sich dsich2@uwo.ca Subject line: ECE 4445 question

Dan Sich dsich2@uwo.ca

Subject line: ECE 4445 question