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Finding Information for Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering related Research Areas
(Presentation for CAEE faculty and students, Drexel University)
Jay BhattDana Denick
Drexel University
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Overview• Engineering Reference Page• Find Print and Online Books– Develop background information
• Finding information at the Library(Example: Sustainable Development) – Electronic Handbooks and Encyclopedias– Databases, Journal Articles– Standards, Codes & Patents– Statistical Data
• Citations and References
Introduction Engineering Reference Assistance pagehttp://www.library.drexel.edu/services/refengineer.html
Engineering Reference Assistance
Finding Print and Electronic Books
CIVE 790/380 - Life Cycle Assessment I- Intro and Conventional Process Model Approach
http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?cat=13
Search here:Advanced Keyword Searchinghttp://innopac.library.drexel.edu/search/X
Try Keyword:Sustainable Development
Try Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Blog entry under ‘Categories’
Finding Electronic Books
Engineering electronic books from ENGnetBASE and other netBASE collections http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=127
Try Search:Green Building
Finding Electronic Books
CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE
Try Search:Green Building
Finding Electronic Books
Using KNOVELKnovel - Engineering and Scientific online reference books
Try Keyword: Sustainable Development
Finding Databases and Journal ArticlesFundamentals of Engineering Research Guide
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/engineeringguides/?page_id=3
Databases:Engineering Village
Ei CompendexINSPEC
IEEE XploreWeb of Science
Finding Databases and Journal ArticlesEngineering Village User’s Guide http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=8
Using Engineering Village,Try Keywords: Green Roof
Click on ‘SFX’ to get Full Paper when available
Download citations to ENDNOTE or REFWORKS
Create your RSS feeds for your research topic.
Or Create your email alerts using My Alerts
Web of Science
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/engineeringguides/?page_id=3#keydatabases
Using Web of Science,Try Keywords: ‘Green Building’
Click on ‘SFX’ to get Full Paper when available
Download Citations to either ENDNOTE or REFWORKS.
Use My Citation Alerts and Saved Searches to stay up-to-date.
Finding Databases and Journal Articles
How do I keep current with new research using Web of Science Database?
What is Citation Report?
How do I access?
Explore various online tutorials available. For example, Web of Science Tutorial, Citation Alerting
Finding Databases and Journal ArticlesWeb of Science Tutorialshttp://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=201
Finding Databases and Journal ArticlesCivil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Research Guide
http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/engineeringguides/?page_id=13
Databases:ASCE Civil Engineering DatabaseGeoRef
See also ‘Finding Building Codes using Library Resources’.
Try ‘MAD CAD’.
Standards must be picked up in person.
Finding Standards and CodesImportant Resources for Codes and Regulationshttp://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=172
1. Search for a patent in USPTO
2. Find its patent number
3. Go to pat2pdf.org and get the full patent using the patent number
Finding PatentsHow do I find patents?http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/engineeringlibraryinstruction/?p=10
Finding DataStatistical Resourceshttp://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?cat=11
Lexis Nexus http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/englibrary/?p=200
Example: Find key data for commonly used “exterior wall materials”
Managing Citations - EndNote
Thank You!Contact Engineering Librarians for research assistance, group
consultations or help using EndNote.– Jay Bhatt
Librarian for EngineeringHours M-F: 9am-6pmHagerty Library, Room 132 [email protected] IM drexeleng
– Dana DenickLibrary Assistant for Engineering and ScienceHagerty Library, Room [email protected] M-F: 8am-5pm215-895-2782
