An overview of scholarly communication, databases, and other Civil Engineering resources; followed by an Endnote workshop.

1. A brief tour
of Engineering resources - 2012

2. What we know about
scholarly communication...
 Peer review
 journals

3. The Literature
You

4. The Research Process
Define your topic
What information do you need?
Who would have written about it? Where?
Find information
Judge it – is it reliable? relevant?
– does it point in new directions?
– is it enough? or do you still need more?
Analyse and synthesise
Cite all sources!

5. Resources we’ve used...
 GeoScience/GeoRef
 ASCE
 Standards websites
 MultiSearch

6. Getting Started

7. MultiSearch

8. Compendex

9. Web of Science

10. ScienceDirect

11. More databases

12. Open Access
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13. Open Access Sources
journals
individual articles,
papers, theses, etc
aggregates research
repostitories

14. Google Scholar

15. We evaluate results by...
 Look at title, abstract
– does it seem relevant?
 Authors – who wrote it?
 Citations

16. Evaluating Resources
Is it… and...
relevant?
Who is it written for?
basic/advanced?
What kind of research is it?
up-to-date? How far along is the research?
What questions haven’t they answered yet?
accurate?

17. Theses

18. Standards
 Online –
 AS/NZS
 ASTM
 IEEE
 NFPA fire codes
 or
 Print collection
 AS
 BS
 ISO
 Eurocodes

19. Patents

20. Interloans
(image: world map of libraries)

21. We’ve cited with...
 APA
 Zotero

22. Citing

23. Using Endnote

24. Using Endnote

25. Using Endnote
My Grand Chemical Engineering Research Project Thing

26. We’ve learned...
 Databases and how to get citation webs
 That there are lots of different websites that
search from different websites, and it’s free!
 Many databases where I can find what I
need and the way to get access them
 Use Google Scholar to find more
 How to find free journals once I have left uni

27. We’ve learned...
 More efficient way of finding journal articles.
Previously I had searched Google and
individual journal websites
 How to access various databases and
journals.
 The layout of the library website and how
resources within UC repository can be
accessed.

28. Slides and tips
http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/enci

29. Contact me
 Chat
 Meet
 Email