The document provides an overview of library resources for an ECE 4416 project. It discusses different sources of information like journals, books, standards, and patents. It also demonstrates how to search databases like Inspec and Compendex to find scholarly articles, export citations to RefWorks, create bibliographies, and get full text articles or locate print versions. Tips are provided on searching techniques and limitations of various resources.

1. Library Resources for ECE 4416 Project Dan Sich ECE Librarian Sept 11, 2008

2. I want you to be able to… find articles using journal article databases look critically at what you’ve found get article fulltext get patents & standards build a list of reference, bibliography teach your friends how to do (some of) this

3. Schedule RefWorks account set up overview of different sources search tips library catalogue , EngNetBase Inspec (find articles) & getting article full text RefWorks (exporting to) Standards, Patents RefWorks (create bibliography) Questions & feedback

4. Register for RefWorks You’ll use your RefWorks account later in the session

7. @uwo.ca works best

8. (Some) Types of Information Sources Websites Books, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias Magazines / Trade Publications Scholarly Journals Standards Patents

9. This diagram has been adapted from Evolution of Scientific Information . [From Allan Kent and Harold Lancour, eds., Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (New York, 1979), s.v. ”Scientific Literature,” by K. Subramanyam, 394]. Available at http:// library.wooster.edu/sciref/Tutor/EvSciInfo/evsciinfo.php (retrieved Sept 3, 2008). Thanks to Timken Science Library, College of Wooster.

10. Websites are good for… verifying information finding company & product information bridging gaps in the search process

11. Books are good for finding… introductions to topic reliable information lists of references numerical data

12. Library Catalogue Where the books are, along with… Everything the library owns, including… Search by keyword, author, publisher, etc. Note: you can’t search for journal articles here, but you can search for journals (print and online versions)

14. Your turn 5 minutes Find something interesting in the library catalogue Ask us questions Help each other

15. ENGnetBASE CRC engineering handbooks Fulltext (PDFs) Topics covered include: electric power and distributed generation, electric packaging, mechatronics, wireless communication and digital signal processing, etc.

22. Note: you need to click on Table of Contents hyperlinks to see chapter PDFs

23. Your turn 5 minutes Find something interesting in ENGnetBASE Click on links in Table of Contents to see chapter PDFs Ask us questions Help each other

24. Magazines & trade publications are good for finding… industry news product news & reviews practical information insights from practicing engineers

25. Interlude: scholarly vs. popular publications availability audience aesthetics authors topics length language advertizing sources, credits

26. You can find magazines & trade publication articles using: ABI/Inform – Trade & Industry CBCA Business You can search both at the same time by clicking “Select multiple databases” … or ask me about other appropriate search engines Note: the above two databases are fulltext

27. Your turn 10 minutes Find relevant news, reviews, etc. in ABI/Inform – Trade & Industry , CBCA Business and/or others Ask us questions Help each other

28. Journal Articles are good for finding… peer-reviewed , scholarly research narrow, focused, specific information

29. Interlude: the peer-review process author writes paper, sends to publisher publisher sends to referees (experts) referees send feedback to publisher publisher decides to publish or not paper is published journal is distributed

30. Scholarly Journal Articles & Databases are good for finding… Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles and conference articles Review articles: overview of what has been published to date

31. A few Journal Article Databases relevant to your project Inspec (ECE) & Compendex (eng) IEEE Xplore (fulltext) Web of Science (cited reference searching – powerful feature) Google Scholar (easy to use, but incomplete; don’t use this exclusively, or you may miss important research & developments related to your topic) … or ask me about other appropriate search engines

32. Search tips identify key words use synonyms, AND, OR, NOT, * E.g., mouse AND emulat* AND disab* emulat* = emulation, emulator, emulate, emulates… (Note: Inspec & Compendex have ‘autostemming’ feature, so no need for *) limit date, language, document type(s)

34. Finding relevant articles Select Controlled Vocabulary Select Classification Codes Search within your results, or search entire database Click “include” at bottom of page

36. Abstract = concise description of contents of article Get it @ Western links to fulltext (when it exists) and/or print versions

37. We have this article online (The online journal will show up in the library catalogue as well)

38. We don’t have this journal issue online; check the library catalogue for print version; if we don’t have print, use Interlibrary Loan ($5 per article)

39. Interlibrary Loan (RACER) For articles (photocopies) and books (loans) that UWO doesn’t have $5 per article Takes 4-10 business days (on average) Standards and theses are difficult to obtain through ILL

40. Exporting citations to RefWorks You can do this from Inspec & Compendex, Web of Science, and a lot of our other databases Instructions are on my ECE 4416 webpage

43. Your turn 10 minutes Find interesting journal articles, conference proceedings, etc. in Inspec and/or Compendex Get fulltext articles or find out if print is in catalogue Export citations to RefWorks Done? Try other journal article databases Ask us questions Help each other

44. RefWorks Web app for citation management automatically formats notes, bibliographies works with many of our databases (not just Inspec & Compendex) Database-specific export & import instructions are linked from my ECE 4416 page Use the Write-N-Cite plugin for Word; it’s linked under “Tools” in RefWorks

46. We want to make a Bibliography, IEEE-style

47. We need to add IEEE-style to our list of Favorites

48. Find IEEE on the left Highlight it Click “Add to Favorites” Click “Back to Previous Page”

49. Select IEEE Output Style Select File Type Select which References to Include Note: you can put references into Folders Click “Create Bibliography”

51. Your turn 5 minutes Create a bibliography using RefWorks Use IEEE Output Style Note: you don’t have to create a bibliography every time you add references to your RefWorks database Ask questions Help each other

52. Standards are… guidelines procedures rules details on ways of doing things expensive sometimes available through the library

53. We have ASTM, CSA and IEEE standards

54. Patents… grant exclusive rights use technical, legal jargon contain drawings contain technical information rarely found elsewhere are sometimes available free online are difficult to describe when you don’t know exactly what you’re looking for

56. Inventor: George Van Eps Key words: guitar, damper…? From Google: George Van Eps' Patent for a Guitar Damper, 1950. Patent Number: 2,628,524 Describe the thing

57. Canadian Intellectual Property Office US Patent Office European Patent Office … all have their own websites There are many free patent databases

58. Questions & feedback On a cue card, briefly describe the one thing that you’re still confused about It doesn’t have to be something I covered in the session Ask questions now Take my business card

59. Questions? Contact info: Dan Sich, ECE Librarian phone: 519.661.2111 ext. 80962 eMail/MSN: [email_address] use eMail subject: ECE 4416 question Skype: dansich