Searching appropriate e-resources with guidance available from liaison librarians. Introduction to the Library’s Maori, Pasifika and special collections; and to citation and reference management using EndNote.
2. We already know...
Journals
Databases – Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus,
Compendex, Google Scholar, IEEEXplore, ACM, Sage,
ASCE
Interloan
Google
Multisearch
General books
Patents
Standards – ASTM, ISO, British, Eurocodes, NZS
3. We need to know...
AASHTO – Transportation
Number of renewals
Finding theses
Pay-for-view articles
Access off-campus
Waiting for interloans
Formats of digital files
Trouble downloading ebooks
5. The Research Process
Define your topic
What information do you need?
Who would have written about it? Where?
Find information
Judge it – is it reliable? relevant?
– does it point in new directions?
– is it enough? or do you still need more?
Analyse and synthesise
Cite all sources!
25. Using Endnote
My Grand Chemical Engineering Research Project Thing
26. One thing we’ve learned...
Use of databases for doing literature review
Using Web of Science
The customization available with the databases and the
variety available
Smaller, specialised databases
Creating an email alert for Compendex and Google Scholar
Interloans, Standards
library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis
Useful tips for organizing research data
Using Endnote for referencing
27. One thing we still want to know
Citation analysis
See
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=161219&sid=1363008
Various Endnote questions
Come to a session at
http://webapps.libr.canterbury.ac.nz/webdb/course.php?course=236
Latex & Bibtex - importing citations in there
Most databases have an option to export to Endnote. Deborah may be
able to answer some other questions
28. One thing we still want to know
I couldn’t get what should I do to get access on AASHTO?
We don’t have direct access to everything, but for specific
standards/documents ask us and we’ll find a way to get what you need.
How to deal with online books efficiently
More information about difference between databases
For all these more in-depth questions, contact your liaison librarian –
we’d love to talk more with you and answer your questions.
The “literature” is the written conversation between scientists about what they’ve found out (by reading or experimenting).Searching the literature is all about learning who the cool people are and where they hang out.
Research process is iterative – as you learn more, you constantly refine your strategies and even your research question.For the best research questions, the answer doesn’t exist yet! You’re looking for clues that will let you piece together the puzzle yourself.
Library website > Subject guides > your subjectcontact details for liaison librarian reference materialstextbooks subject databases for journals, standards resources for specific topics writing and citing
Refine results - optionsFull text – available of link to article linkerRefs for articles plus cited byUse of controlled and uncontrolled terms
Subject guide -> databases -> Web of Science looking up a known article title following citation trails looking at keywords keyword searching author searching finding full text button
Availability of material from open access sources eg Canterbury IRSet preferences to show if held by UC librarySet preferences to export to Endnote
Lots of specialised databases. Good to do your search in a variety to make sure you don’t miss anything important.
Can be a good starting point though it doesn’t have all the advanced search features of specialised databases
Request to retrieve
FreeE-delivery for most journal articles; books take longer
Nearly 100 collections containing research potential for students at the College of Engineering. Contact Jeff Palmer, Macmillan Brown Library
M. Hamilton papers, engineer and designer of the Callendar-Hamilton bridge, ENSOC archives, Engineering drawings and papers e.g. Robert Julian Scott (engineering professor at UC) papers cover the period 1884-1915, JD Dell Papers Engineering reports, papers on Richard Pearse and the first powered flight in New Zealand School of engineering records
Numerous photograph collections relevant to engineering research : transport, buildings and site constructions.
Over 120, 000 catalogued drawings and plans from Christchurch’s most notable architects including Samuel Hurst Seager, Miles Warren, Peter Beaven, Paul Pascoe, Collins and Harmon, Don Donnithorne
Manages your references – makes citing easy!Instruction at http://wiki.canterbury.ac.nz/display/LIBRARY/EndNoteTutorials available – book from library homepageInstall on your own computer