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Karen YapCentral Library

11 Aug 2008

Library Resources Tutorial for Yr 4 Materials Science and Engineering

Students

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ENGINEERS are THE BRIDGE between technology & society

Congratulations on your chosen field of study!

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Slides Hidden during Tutorial3: This List15-22: More on Engineering Village 224: Some Terms Used

28-29 : More on Science Citation Index Expanded31: More on Scopus

33: Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences39: Meaning of Numbers in Citation for Journal Article

50: Getting Materials not in Library53-54: Demo on LION

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Objectives

Help you do your research:Information on MLE4101 B.Eng. Dissertation as taken

from dept web site :

“Every student majoring Materials Science and Engineering is assigned a research project”

This tutorial is designed to help you do THE project

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:1. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to

look for current information2. Understand citations in reading list, etc.3. Know more about LINC+4. Know more about Library services

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OutlineDoing research

Indexes of current information Search statements Demonstrations

Using Engineering Village 2 LION (Library Instruction ONline ) How to find full titles of journals from abbreviations Other sources of information e.g. patents Library services: E-Forms Subject guide in Library Portal

Understanding citations

LINC+

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Research Topic

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Search Statement

3. Formulate your search statement

biomaterial* AND (dental OR tooth OR teeth)

1. Identify concepts

2.. Think of alternative term/s for each concept

Use of biomaterial in dental applications

Concept 1 Concept 2

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Boolean OperatorsOR is used to indicate that either terms may be present

AND is used to indicate that both terms must be present

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Truncation/Stemming

• Biomaterial* retrieves biomaterial and biomaterials

• Fluorid* retrieves fluoride, fluorides, fluoridation, etc.

*is used to truncate/stem the term

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More on Search Statement

If your search statement retrieves no records

E.g. you need articles on membrane reactors, but you can’t find hits

Use a broader concept/term like “Bioreactor*” instead of specifically “membrane reactor*”

Look through references listed at the end of such articles

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Sources of Information

Current Last week Last month Last year

Conference papers

Journal articles

RetrospectiveLast 10 years

BooksTheses

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:

1. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to look for current information

2. Understand citations in reading list, etc.

3. Know more about LINC+

4. Know more about Library services

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Main Index for Engineering (General)

Engineering Village 2 (EV2)Scans over 8,000 journals, conference proceedings

Has over 16 million records

Covers over 190 disciplines : includes related fields in science and management

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Engineering Village 2Provides links to:

USPTO Full text patents from USA

Esp@cenetFull text patents from Europe and Patent Cooperation Treaty

Scirus scientific research tool

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Engineering Village 2Five important index databases are: Chimica, CBNB, Compendex, Inspec and NTISCan be searched individually or togetherSome, i.e. NOT all have links to full text

Updated weeklyDatabase has Search Alert service by emailCan email engineer/librarian for help

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Engineering Village 2Does analysis like

No. of articles an author wrote on a particular subject (If an author wrote 10 articles on your subject, befriend him/her)

Author affiliation (Useful when you choose university/institution for postgrad studies or employment)

No. of articles found in a particular journal/publisher (Useful when you want to publish your work )

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CBNB: Chemical Business NewsBase (1985- )

Indexes articles from 300 core trade journals, newspapers, company newsletters/interim and annual reports, books, market research reports, and press releases

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Chimica (1970-)

Indexes articles from over 600 journals

Covers chemistry and chemical engineering, with emphasis on applied and analytical chemistry

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Compendex (1969-)

Indexes articles from over 5,000 journals, papers in conference proceedings, chapters in books, technical papers, etc.

Over nine million records

Covers topics in the all fields of engineering, as well as related fields in science and management. Over 190 disciplines covered

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Inspec (1969-)

Produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers

Covers physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, IT, etc.

3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings

over eight million records

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NTIS (National Technical Information Service ) 1899-

Database from the U.S. Department of Commerce

Over two million records

Includes unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies e.g. NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense

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Term Used in EV2

Controlled Vocabulary Consistent/standard subject terms used to

describe the content of a document. E.g. “mobile handsets” for mobile phones,

handphones, cell phones, cellular phones

Useful: once you find a good hit, look at the standard terms used to find other good hits.

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Some Terms Used

MeSH or Medical Subject Headings [in PubMed] E.g. “Female” for articles on girls, ladies,

women

CAS Registry Numbers “IC No.” for chemicals American Chemical Society E.g.Number for fluorine is 7782-41-4

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Demonstration

Engineering Village 2 DEMO

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Index for Engineering (Specific)

SciFinder Scholar (SFS) Chemical Abstracts (1967-), etc. Has over 19 million records from journal articles and patents More than 35 million chemical substances can be searched by

chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Numbers, formula.

Offers chemical reaction searching

Check EV2 first

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Main Indexes for Science (General)Science Citation Index Expanded

(via Web of Science), 1980-

150 mainly scientific disciplines

Covers about 5,900 high impact research journals

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

Features included citation index. Provides use of the Analyze tool for search resultsAllows you to navigate: forward in time using Times Cited to discover the

impact a document has had on current research backward in time using References to uncover the

research that influenced an author's workMeasure the influence of colleagues' or competitors'

work Follow the path and direction of today's hottest ideas

and concepts

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

Ranking journals

Related records search capability

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Main Indexes for Science (General)

Scopus 29 million records

Covers life sciences, physical sciences, health sciences, social sciences and business

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More on Scopus

Scopus Indexes journals, conference proceedings, trade publications and quality web sources

Does citation tracking. A researcher can find out how many times a particular article has been cited

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Main Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

PubMed (1950-)

Over 17 million records of journal articles

Medical sciences

BIOSIS (1926-)

18 million records

Covers about 5,500 journals, conference reports, books, and patents

Life sciences

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Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

Zoological Record (1978-)1.8 million recordsCovers 5,000 journals, plus book chapters, meetings, etc.Animal biology

BioEngineering Abstracts (1993-)Over 163,000 recordsCovers journals, conference proceeding, directories, and other sources

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (1967-) About 1.8 million recordsOver 6000 journals, meetings, reports, etc.

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Other Sources of Information

1. For patents : SciFinder Scholar and others

2. For standards : various

3. For theses : Proquest Digital Dissertations

DEMO Subject Guide

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Learning Outcome 1Use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to look for current information: Summary

Form of Current Info

Source to Check:

1 Journal articles /conference papers

Databases like

EV2, PubMed

2 Patents SciFinder Scholar, etc.

3 Standards BSI, etc4 Theses Proquest Digital

Dissertations

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:1. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to look for

current information

2. Understand citations in reading list, etc.3. Know more about LINC+

4. Know more about Library services

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Decoding CitationsReference

Brown, John 2007. Elasticity In Materials science primer, 2nd ed. 20-30. London : Spon Press.

Robinson, Alan. 2007. Effects of thermal forces. Advanced materials , v 97, no. 1, 2007, p 46-52.

Material Type Book

Chapter

Journal article

When checking LINC, search by Title, key in words in yellow

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How to Find Full Title of Journal from its Abbreviation

E.g. : MRS BullMove mouse to E-ResourcesChoose EJournalsscroll down a bit to Useful LinksChoose Journal Abbreviations

http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ecoll/ej/ejabbrev.htmlClick on third link:

Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Key in MRS Bull, click Search

Another good link is the sixth link: Institute of Science Information (ISI)

DEMO

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Meaning of Numbers in Citation :

MRS Bull 32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95

32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95

32 means volume 32

6 means number or issue 6

pp. 87-95 means pages 87-95

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Understanding Less Common References

Reference(a) US5,719,665. Yamazoe Feb17,1998

(b) BS EN ISO 291:2008 Plastics. Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing

Material Type

US Patent

British Standard

(a) Check free website at USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) Web Patent Databases 

(b) Check British Standards Online (database bought by Library)

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:1. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to

look for current information

2. Understand citations in reading list, etc.

3. Know more about LINC+4. Know more about Library services

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Changes in Library Portalhttp://www.lib.nus.edu.sg

Search the Library Catalogue using •LINC+ or•LINC

Use our E-resources to look for journal articles & more

•Exam Papers•What’s in your Reading Lists

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LINC+ via NUS Libraries Website

Find job

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LINC+ via NUS Libraries WebsiteSubject headings of books in list

298 hits: •too many•some not relevant

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LINC+ via NUS Libraries Website

17 relevant hits

•Which Library

•Publication date

•Etc

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LINC via NUS Libraries Website

Format: Videocassette

Format: Books

Summary

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:1. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to

look for current information

2. Understand citations in reading list, etc.3. Know more about LINC+

4. Know more about Library services

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Online renewals : twice

4TH Year, Honours & Graduate Students : 15 items

Library Services: Loan Entitlement

Materials

RBR

Main Shelves book

Closed Stacks book

Bound periodical

Closed Stacks periodical

Loan Period

2 Hours/Overnight

4 weeks

1 day

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Library Services Via E-Forms

DEMO

Request materials NOT in Library Books Parts of book or journal issue

Student advisory service

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Materials NOT in the Library

Via E-Forms after login

For books or theses, request the Library to buy

For copy of journal article, use Document Delivery Service (limited to three a year for Year 4 students) Requests to be forwarded to Supervisor for approval &

then onward to Library requesters will incur charges if they do not collect their

requested articles within a month For more information, please email ddslib@nus.edu.sg

or call 6516-3472

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Email:askalib@nus.edu.sg

clbyapym@nus.edu.sg  

Student Advisory Service

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Other Library Services

LION (Library Instruction ONline )

Item 5) How to Search Databases

Item 9) EndNote Web

Subject Guide

DEMO

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LION (Library Instruction ONline )

i) Go to library homepage at www.lib.nus.edu.sg

ii) Click here

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LION (Library Instruction ONline )

Read before you start doing your research

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List of Hidden Slides in no. 3

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Subject GuideBookmark as a FavouriteSection on: Library Instructions & Tips

Whole tutorial and more Databases:

you can access EV2, etc. from here get help on how to use databases from here

Reference sources Research & Citation (writing guides) & more

Theses Patents & Standards

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Writing Guides(Samples from Subject Guide)

Instructions on format of thesis as given in Research Handbook for Engineering for Masters & PhD students: http://www.eng2.nus.edu.sg/proj/eeintranet/student/Grad/Handbook_4Jan07.pdf Good call numbers to browse: T11

e.g. T11 Lan 2008 Technical communication TA158.5

e.g. TA158.5 Sor 2006 An engineer's practical guide to technical communication

PN171 Fooe.g. PN171 Foo.Li 2006 Cite right : a quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more

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Loan Entitlement

Library services via E-Forms

LION

Subject Guide How to find whole tutorial Etc.

Learning Outcome 4:Learn about Library Services: Summary

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