This document outlines an instruction session for UAH engineering students on beginning research. The session will cover learning outcomes, search tips, general and discipline-specific research resources like databases and journals, citation management tools, and contact information for library assistance. Students will learn to access resources like Compendex, Scopus, and IEEE Xplore and search strategies to utilize for an upcoming journal assignment.

1. UAH Engineering:
Beginning Research
UAH Salmon Library
Seth M. Porter: Instructional & Reference
Librarian

2. Learning Goals
 Students will be able to list general library research
resources
 Students will be able to describe how to access discipline
specific databases and journals
 Students will utilize search strategies for future research
 Students will apply search strategies and specific
resources for their upcoming journal assignment

3. Plan
 Learning Outcomes
 Search Tips
 General Research
 Specific Research Resources
 Engineering Journals
 Q&A

4. Research Strategies

5. OneSearch, ILL & LIBguide
 ILLIAD: http://libguides.uah.edu/ill
 OneSearch: http://www.uah.edu/library
 LibGuide:http://libguides.uah.edu/ee

6. Engineering Databases
 Compendex (Engineering Village)
 Scopus
 Science Direct
 NASA Technical Reports Server
 IEEE Xplore
 Materials Research Databases
 Web of Science

7. Searching for Journals
Journal A to Z list (“Find a Journal Title”)
E.G:
 Journal of Propulsion and Power
 Combustion and Flame
 AIAA Conference Papers

8. Citation Management
 Endnote: http://endnote.com/
 Zotero: https://www.zotero.org/
 OWL Purdue: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
(when in doubt check the Owl)

9. Contact Information
 Call us: (256)824-6529
 Text us: (256) 286-2368
 Chat with us: http://libanswers.uah.edu/
 https://twitter.com/uahlibrary
 https://www.facebook.com/uahlibrary
 Seth Porter: Instructional, Reference & Distance Librarian 256.824.6130
 smp0024@uah.edu