new resources for engineers
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New Resources for Engineers. Lizzie Gadd, Becky Jones, Sharon Reid & Steph McKeating Library Engineering Team. Overview of session. Research information at Loughborough Accessing via Metalib Overview of our new (and newish) resources IEEE Xplore Construction Information Service - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New Resources for Engineers
Lizzie Gadd, Becky Jones, Sharon Reid& Steph McKeating
Library Engineering Team
Overview of session
Research information at Loughborough Accessing via Metalib Overview of our new (and newish) resources
IEEE Xplore Construction Information Service SPIE Digital Library SAE Digital Library Standards (British & ASTM)
Hands-on – with hints & tips
The cost of research information: some numbers
£1,752,400the amount spent by Loughborough University Library on electronic information and serials in 2008/2009
240the number of subscribed databases available to search
1,000,000The number of articles downloaded, (from library
subscriptions), by students and staff in 2007/2008
Databases
Our 240 databases provide access to the latest research information: journal articles, conference papers, patents, standards, legislation, and data.
Either abstracts or full-text Each database will contain many
thousands (sometimes millions) of references
How do I access the databases?
The Metalib portal provides access to databases.
there are three elements to ensure a successful Metalib search:
1. select a category 2. select your search terms (keywords)3. select your resources (either by selecting
the check box or clicking on the database name)
remember you can cross search up to 8 databases
Locating the full-text
A Metalib search will provide you with a list of results
Click on the red SFX button for availability of the item.
Either available:
electronically to download in print from the library catalogue
Or not available in the library Use Inter-Library Loan http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/services/ill-home.html
Saving Metalib Results
mark the records you are interested in by clicking on the basket symbol
click on ‘my space’ at the top of the screen click on the check boxes on the left hand side
of the screen then click on either ‘send’ to email the results
or ‘save’ to save the results to your computer or directly to Refworks
E-journals
These can be accessed in two ways: through the library catalogue or through Metalib
IEEE Xplore
All IEEE and IET Journals (143 titles) All IEEE and IET Conferences (850 titles) All IEEE standards (2000+) Historic papers to Vol. 1, issue 1 Weekly updates (12,500 new articles added
each month)
= nearly 2 million articles
What’s available?
IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and magazines from 1988 with select content back to 1913
IEEE conference proceedings from 1988 with select content back to 1953
IEEE standards from 1948 IET journals, letters, and magazines from 1988 with
select content back to 1965 IET conference proceedings from 1988 IEEE books from 1974
Accessing IEEE Xplore
Metalib Under Electrical Engineering
Full access available on campus (IP) Off campus use the Remote Working Portal
Searching Xplore
Basic search plus five others: Advanced Author CrossRef Citation Search Session History
Advanced search Option 1 should suffice
Keeping records
Mark references to: Email Print Download for importing into Refworks
Construction Information Service (CIS)
UK construction industry information
Full-text service Standards Legislation Regulatory & advisory documents
Either scanned facsimiles or Adobe PDF files Can be printed or downloaded
Featured publishers
Key documents
Building Regulations England and Wales Journals
Architects’ Journal New Civil Engineer Construction News
British standards and Eurocodes HSE publications JCT and other contracting publications
How to access CIS
Via MetaLib Under Civil Engineering category or use “Find Database” to search for CIS
Need Athens username and password IHS homepage displayed Select Construction Information Service from
product list by clicking on
SPIE Digital Library
Optics and photonics - the science and application of light
>260,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings
>17,000 new technical papers added annually Full-text service Currently archived from 1990. During 2009 c. 40000
articles to be added taking the archive back to the first SPIE Proceedings published in 1963.
Access and searching
Via MetaLib – locate in Civil Engineering subject category or use Find Database
Available both on and off-campus Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal:
https://vpn.lboro.ac.uk/ Search by: Quick or Advanced options Browse – powerful functionality. Browse by
volume, year, title, conference, technical area
How extensive is the archive?
Proceedings of SPIE - V. 1200, 1990 Optical Engineering - V. 29, 1990 Journal of Electronic Imaging - V. 1, 1992 Journal of Biomedical Optics - V. 1, 1996 Journal of Micro/Nanolithography - V. 1, 2002 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing - V. 1,2007 Journal of Nanophotonics – V.1, 2007 SPIE Letters Virtual Journal – 2005
What subjects does it cover?
Astronomy and astronomical optics Optics and electro-optics Defense and industrial sensing Micro- and nano- technologies Communication and information technologies Biomedical optics and medical imaging Electronic imaging and processing
Other features
Author links to their other publications Supports tables of contents email alerts Full tables of contents for current and back
issues Personalization tool via My Article Collections Quick link to related SPIE products
SAE Digital Library
SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering the latest advances and research in the following areas: ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology, fuels and lubricants, emissions, electronics,
brakes, restraint systems, noise, engines, materials, lighting, and more
Our Subscription
We subscribe to the SAE Technical papers from 1990 onwards, giving full text to over 47,000 papers.
Access on campus only
Abstracts from other publishers
Search Tips
To get all full text from the SAE Digital Library: Select Field Search Change the publisher to SAE International Chose Technical papers Set publication date to >12-31-1997
Standards
Two full-text online services: British Standards (incl. Eurocodes) ASTM
Other individual standards In print - Serials 602 CD-ROM – SAE Handbook for Ground Vehicle
Standards (J-Reports)
British Standards
Metalib – locate via Find Database British Standards – ATHENS U & P Remember the YELLOW BOX!!
BSOL Subscribers
What does it cover?
38,500 current, draft and historic British Standards
16,000 of these are BSI adopted European and International standards
Withdrawn standards from 1999 onwards
Searching
Simple search – input document number, key word or phrase. Use inverted commas for a more focussed set of results – “sky scraper”
Advanced search – additional options to search via publication date, update type (amended, reinstated) or reference (standards replacing/historical version of)
Browse – either by module or subject
ASTM Standards
American Society for Testing and Materials > 12000 standards Coverage includes metals, petroleum,
construction and the environment Access via MetaLib – use ‘Find Database’ Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal:
https://vpn.lboro.ac.uk/
Library subscription
Please be aware:
Loughborough’s subscription allows access to the full text of active ASTM standards documents only
No access to withdrawn, historical or redline standards
How to search
Search options: Enter the alphanumeric number of the standard if known –
an alphanumeric listing of all standards is also provided Enter keyword(s)
Browse: By subject area (here called ‘interest area’) By ASTM Committee By various listings – e.g. withdrawn standards
Other features
Provides a link to related ASTM standards products from each standard (click on tab)
Supports email alerts via Standards Tracker Provides list of corrections and designated
number of corrected standard
Hands-on
Your chance to:
Try out the new electronic resources Get help and advice from staff on any queries
or problems you may have
Contact details
Academic Librarians - Tel 2342 & 2344
Lizzie Gadd - [email protected]
Steph McKeating - [email protected]
Sharon Reid - [email protected]
Becky Jones - [email protected]
Broadcast blog - http://broadcastengineering.wordpress.com/