researching sustainable transportation what would the librarian do?
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Researching Sustainable Transportation
What Would the Librarian Do?
Fred O’BryantApplied Sciences Librarian
Brown Science and Engineering Library
October 2007
Sample RefWorks Folder
Bibliography Created by RefWorks
Look for a Good Overview Article
Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 2005, pp.31-50
Search VIRGO
Some VIRGO Hints
• Use single quotes to search for phrases:‘sustainable transportation’
• Use the truncation symbol $ and Boolean connectors to improve results:
sustain$ and transportation
• Try various combinations of terms and synonyms to insure best coverage and specificity
VDOT Library
National Transportation Library
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan
Journal Article Databases
Journal Article Databases
Journal Article Databases
Journal Article Databases – Citation Referencing
Reference Books
Dissertations
Scholar’s Lab in Alderman Library (for Statistical and GIS Data)
Government Information Resources in Alderman Library
Search Engine for U.S. Government Resources
Technical Report Literature
Technical Report Literature
Pictures and Graphics
Courtesy AP Photo Archive
Socio-Economic Aspects of a Topic
Systemic Practice and Action Research, Vol. 14, No. 5, October 2001, pp. 597-613.
Web Searching
Web Searching
And if you have questions later, you should always…
Ask a librarian!
Phone 924-3628
E-Mail [email protected]
Research Tutorial
Researching Sustainable Transportation – What Would the Librarian Do?
Fred O’BryantApplied Sciences Librarian
Brown Science and Engineering Library
October 2007