Engineering Resources for GPP-E students at UCR

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Michele Potter
Kat Koziar

2.  Areas of research interest?
 What are you most interested in learning today?

3.  guides.lib.ucr.edu/gppe

4.  Books
 Articles
 Patents
 Standards
 Government Documents
 Technical Reports

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6.  What cards do you have?
 Use the Scotty Catalog to find books in the Library
 Get the call number (or follow the link)
 Use a map to locate call numbers
o A-QK 2nd floor
o QL-Z 3rd floor
 Check out
o When enrolled in engineering classes : 90 days
o When not enrolled in engineering classes : 28 days

7.  Sometimes professors put textbooks on reserves
o Limited checkout time
o High fines for overdues
o Only when enrolled in UCR main campus courses

8.  Use Melvyl to find books we don’t have here
 Request the books, when enrolled in main campus
courses
 If not, just ask Kat or Michele and we will see what we
can do.

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10. What are they?
Why are they important?
o Current research & ideas
Where are they published?
o Journals & Conference Proceedings
• In print or online
How to find?
o Search in databases (“Article Search Engines”)
• such as Compendex or Google Scholar
o Reference Lists from an article or book

11.  Some Engineering related databases:
o Compendex
o Web of Science
o Inspec
o Google Scholar
o IEEE Xplore
 Library Home Page > Articles and Databases Tab >
Subject or A-Z List or Most Popular
o Link

12.  Title vs. Topic searching
 Formats for Author searching
 How many is enough?
 Getting articles UCR doesn’t have
 Compendex, Inspec, Web of Science, etc…
o Library Home Page > Articles and Databases Tab >
Subject or A-Z List or Most Popular
o Link

13.  Web of Science
 Cited Article Search
 or

14.  What are the benefits to using Google Scholar?
o Don’t have to know which database to look in…
 What are the disadvantages?
o Google-size results list!
 Tips
o “ ”
o UC-eLinks (look under “More”)
o Capture with Zotero
o Down arrow for advanced search menu
o Scholar Settings
scholar.google.com

15.  Up-to-date reports of the latest in your topic or journal
 Different procedures for different databases
 Email or RSS (email tpyically requires setting up an
account)

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17.  Why would patents be helpful?
o Not reinventing the wheel
o Drawings, diagrams, schematics
 Where
o Patents.google.com
o uspto.gov
 How
o Numbers (x, d, plant, ep)
o Words (“Patentese”)
o Classifications (hidden patents)
 Let’s try it!
patents.google.com

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19.  What types of government documents would engineers
be interested in?
o Codes, Rules (like environmental regulations)
o Methods (e.g. water analysis)
o Environmental Impact Statements
o Army Corp of Engineers, EPA,
o Mil-specs
 How do I find them?
o Google (limit to .gov or agency)
• Site:.gov site:doe.gov

20.  What are they?
o Industry Standards define design specifications, limits, etc. for
standardization, safety, and …
 What type of industry standards do engineers use?
 How do I find them?
o Usually not available in library except ASTM, IEEE
o Interlibrary Loans
• Find in IHS Standards store and request (global.ihs.com)
o Usually called-out in technical specs.

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22. What is WRCA?
o Collection of fresh water information
• Historical and contemporary
o Everything from ground water to irrigation to dams to remediation
to restoration to desalination… fluid dynamics, hydrology…
o Includes reports, maps, books, journals…
library.ucr.edu/wrca/
How do I search?
o Scotty, UCR’s library catalog
o Staff to help out if needed.

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24. When would I use books?
o Background information
o Don’t forget about reference books
How do I find them?
o Scotty, UCR’s library catalog
• UCR has lots of e-books. Find them in the catalog too!
o Melvyl, UC’s catalog
• Request!
o Google Books
 Let’s try it!

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26. What are they?
o Research papers presented to complete doctorate and graduate
degrees.
Why would I want to see them?
o Are you not also needing to write one?
o Don’t want to re-do someone else’s work
How do I find them?
o Scotty for UCR research
o ProQuest Dissertation Database
o See: http://library.ucr.edu/view/find/dissertations.html

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28. How do I keep track of all my research!?
o EndNote Basic/Web or EndNote
o Zotero
o Others…
 Library offers classes.
o Two classes coming up cover EndNote Basic and EndNote!

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Articles, Dissertations, Patents, Government & Industry Documents,
WRCA, Books and Reference Management…

30.  Research Guides on library webpage
o Research Help (pull-down menu)>Class/Subject Guide>Engineering
(or Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, Material Science, Mechanical
Engineering)
 “How Do I Find…” menu on left of library webpage
 Librarians are here to help! Just ask!
 Interlibrary loan will get you articles or books we don’t have!