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Scholarly Research

Engineering & Physical Sciences Division

Main Library

[email protected]

[email protected]

662 2002: Extensions: 2244; 3594

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/

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Objectives

At the end of this seminar you will be able to:

Distinguish the complexity of resources of the information environment

Evaluate and select the appropriate sources for your discipline

Develop search strategies and successfully complete a search

Academic/Scholarly research Academic and scholarly (reviewed by peers)

Written by and for researchers/academics What is the reputation of the book/journal and its publisher & author(s)? If there is an abstract, is it well-written? Is there a clear research problem statement and are there objectives? Are the organization of the article and its rationale and style clear and appropriate? Is the quantity, quality and validity of the data acceptable? Are the instrumentation and analytical techniques clearly described and used

appropriately? Do the conclusions and interpretations follow from the data?

Include references and bibliography

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Primary Information Sources

Personal correspondence (including emails)

Diaries Manuscripts Works of art and literature Speeches Oral histories Interviews

Company documents and reports

Newspaper ads and stories

Census or demographic records

Specimens (Plant, animal, etc)

Hearings (e.g. legislative proceedings)

Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters

A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person or work of art. They are generally contemporary to the events and people described and may be written and non-written, the latter including sound, picture, and artifact. Examples:

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Secondary Information Sources A secondary source, in contrast, lacks the immediacy of a primary

record. As materials are produced sometime after the event, these sources contain information that has been interpreted, commented, analyzed or processed in such a way that it no longer conveys the freshness of the original.

Text books, Handbooks, Directories Book Reviews Encyclopedias Serial articles (journals, newspapers) Theses Technical Reports

Patents Standards Conference proceedings Government Documents Maps, Plans, Charts Websites Television and radio

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Dissecting Your Search

Identify the main topics/terms:

What words and phrases express key concepts? Look up terms in

appropriate index(es), e.g. dictionaries, thesauri, database manuals etc.

What terms are synonymous with others?

Are there any foreign language terms?

Should you include scientific names/terms?

Database Tools: Thesaurus, Index, Subjects, Topics, Dictionary Limit your search: Document Type by Geography; publication date,

Language, Author, Publication; Company etc

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Dissecting Your Search

E.G. Evaluating the potential impact of

global warming in the Caribbean

Key concepts: Global Warming ; Global Temperature Changes ;

Climatic Changes ; Renewable Energy Sources ; Greenhouse Effect; Energy Policy; Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Caribbean; Small Island States; Islands; Sea Level; Natural Disasters; Hurricanes, Tornadoes; Treaties; Carbon Management; Tourism

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The Main Library’s Website

http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/

Authenticating to the network

User Name: 06784009Default password: YYYYMMDD

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Finding resources in the Library:- The OPAC

http://stalibweb01.sauwi.uwi.tt/F

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Engineering Databases

ACM Digital Library American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals Citeseer - Scientific Literature Digital Library CRC Engnetbase (E-books only)

Electrical Engineering Netbase Mechanical Engineering Netbase Civil Engineering Netbase Telecommunications Netbase


Encyclopedia of Database Technologies & Applications

Engineering Village CompendexReferex (e-books only)

Chemical, Petrochemical & ProcessMechanical & MaterialsElectronics & ElectricalCivil & EnvironmentalComputingSecurity & Networking

Georef Geoscienceworld

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IEEE Xplore IET Knovel E-books Lyell Collection Mathscinet MIT's Digital Repository Netlibrary Petroleum Abstracts Discovery Science Direct Web Editions Scifinder Scholar (CAS; Chemical Abstracts) SPE E-Library SPIN Springer Link


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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry

Web of Knowledge - ISIScience Citation Index Expanded - Web Of Science, Journal Citation Reports Science Edition, Essential Science Indicators and ISIhighlycited.Com

Wiley Interscience


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Multidisciplinary Databases

EbscoHost Computers & Applied Sciences Complete; CAB Abstracts;

Environment Complete; EJS E-Journals; Inspec & Inspec Archive; NTIS; Academic Search Complete; MasterFile Premier;

ProquestABI/Inform Global; Dissertations & Theses ; Academic

Research Library

OCLC FirstSearchWilsonselectplus; ECO;

Emerald Library

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SFX

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If you have a citation and need to locate the full-text of the article use the E-journals link which takes you to SFX, the Main Library’s link-server:

Mastel, Greg, Stephen Kho and Bernd Janzen. 2009. The Developing World and Climate Change. The International Economy 23 (2): 53-64.

SFX

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Finding Hard-copy Journals in the Main Library

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What to do if the Main Library has not received the most recent hard-copy issue of a journal

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Searching for Ancestors

Examining the reference lists of documents

Ancestry searching - using the reference lists from relevant

publications to find earlier research studies.

Working your way back through the literature until either the

important concepts disappear or the studies become obsolete.

Offers the probability of uncovering a fairly complete set of

archival references to the subject literature

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Searching for Descendents

Seeking documents that were influenced by or sprang from the original publications

Author based approach

Citation frequency is a consistent indication of the importance of a paper.

Also an indication of the influence of one work upon the work of others

Keeping up-to-date RSS Feeds Alerts Creating an Account

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Need help locating the full-text?

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http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/services/users/forms/InterlibraryLoanRevFeb27.pdf

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Useful Sources for Standards

Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards, Standards Database at:http://www.ttbs.org.tt/Standards_Database.php

IHS Standardshttp://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=131073#

TechStreet Standardshttp://www.techstreet.com/STD.tmpl?tabName=STD

British Standards Institution (BSI) Catalogue: http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.com/server/index.jsp

ASTM Catalogue: http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystore

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Useful Sources for Patents

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/

Google Patents http://www.google.com/patents

•Patent Lens (Initiative for Open Innovation.)http://www.patentlens.net/daisy/patentlens/patentlens.html

United States Patent Office (USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov/patft/

European Patent Officehttp://www.espacenet.com

For further information please contact the staff at the Engineering & Physical Sciences Division of the

Main Library

Email: Librarian: [email protected] Staff: [email protected]

Tel: 662 2002, Extensions 2244; 3594

Web: http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/divisions/eps/indexeps.htm

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