A tutorial for Year 4 Engineering Students

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Library Resources Tutorial for Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Students

Karen YapEngineering/Computer Science Resource Team,

Central Library

4th February 2009

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Slides Hidden during Tutorial2: This List15-22: More on Engineering Village 224: Some Terms Used27: More on Scopus29-30 : More on Science Citation Index Expanded33: Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences41: Meaning of Numbers in Citation for Journal Article46: Demo on Getting Materials not in Library49-50: Demo on LION52: Writing Guides (Samples from Subject Guide)

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Objective of Tutorial

Help you do your research:Objective of Module CN4118 as taken from IVLE:

“.. aims to provide students with training for scientific or technical research .."

This tutorial is designed to help you achieve THE objective

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Learning Outcomes

Be better at doing research:1. How to analyse your FYP research topic

2. use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to look for current information

3. Understand citations in reading list, etc.

4. Know more about Library services

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OutlineDoing research

How to analyse your FYP research topic Indexes of current information

Demonstrations Using Engineering Village 2 LION (Library Instruction ONline ) How to find full titles of journals from abbreviations Other sources of information e.g. patents Library services: E-Forms

Subject guide in Library Portal

Understanding citations

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Research Topic

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Analyse your FYP Research Topic

2.. Think of alternative term/s for each concept Fluoride: fluorides, fluoridate, fluoridation, fluorine, etc. Water Dental: tooth, teeth

1. Identify concepts

Fluoride concentration in water and dental health

Concept 1 Concept 3Concept 2

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Analyse your FYP Research Topic

3. Formulate your search statement

(fluorid* OR fluorine ) AND water AND (dental OR tooth OR teeth)

*is used to truncate/stem the term

Fluorid* represents fluoride, fluorides, fluoridate,

fluoridation, etc.

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Boolean OperatorsOR is used to indicate that either terms may be present

AND is used to indicate that both terms must be present

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More on Search Statement

If your search statement retrieves no records

E.g. you need articles on membrane reactors, but you cannot find hits

Use a broader concept/term like “Bioreactor*” instead of specifically “membrane reactor*”

Read articles and look through references listed at the end of such articles

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Learning Outcome 1: How to analyse your FYP research topic : Summary

1. Identify concepts2. Think of alternative term/s for each concept3. Formulate your search statement using:

Boolean Operators

* for truncation

4. Search under broader concept if necessary

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Learning Outcomes





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Sources of Information

Current Last week Last month Last year

Conference papers

Journal articles

RetrospectiveLast 10 years

BooksTheses

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Main Index for Engineering (General)

Engineering Village 2 (EV2)Scans over 8,000 journals, conference proceedings

Has over 16 million records

Covers over 190 disciplines : includes related fields in science and management

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Engineering Village 2Provides links to:

USPTO Full text patents from USA

Esp@cenetFull text patents from Europe and Patent Cooperation Treaty

Scirus scientific research tool

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Engineering Village 2Five important index databases are: Chimica, CBNB, Compendex, Inspec and NTISCan be searched individually or togetherSome, i.e. NOT all have links to full text

Updated weeklyDatabase has Search Alert service by emailCan email engineer/librarian for help

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Engineering Village 2Does analysis like

No. of articles an author wrote on a particular subject (If an author wrote 10 articles on your subject, befriend him/her)

Author affiliation (Useful when you choose university/institution for postgrad studies or employment)

No. of articles found in a particular journal/publisher (Useful when you want to publish your work )

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CBNB: Chemical Business NewsBase (1985- )

Indexes articles from 300 core trade journals, newspapers, company newsletters/interim and annual reports, books, market research reports, and press releases

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Chimica (1970-)

Indexes articles from over 600 journals

Covers chemistry and chemical engineering, with emphasis on applied and analytical chemistry

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Compendex (1969-)

Indexes articles from over 5,000 journals, papers in conference proceedings, chapters in books, technical papers, etc.

Over nine million records

Covers topics in the all fields of engineering, as well as related fields in science and management. Over 190 disciplines covered

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Inspec (1969-)

Produced by the Institution of Electrical Engineers

Covers physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, IT, etc.

3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings

over eight million records

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NTIS (National Technical Information Service ) 1899-

Database from the U.S. Department of Commerce

Over two million records

Includes unclassified reports from influential U.S. and international government agencies e.g. NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense

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Term Used in EV2

Controlled Vocabulary Consistent/standard subject terms used to

describe the content of a document. E.g. “mobile handsets” for mobile phones,

handphones, cell phones, cellular phones

Useful: once you find a good hit, look at the standard terms used to find other good hits.

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Some Terms Used

MeSH or Medical Subject Headings [in PubMed] E.g. “Female” for articles on girls, ladies,

women

CAS Registry Numbers “IC No.” for chemicals American Chemical Society E.g.Number for fluorine is 7782-41-4

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Demonstration

Engineering Village 2DEMO

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Main Indexes for Science (General)

Scopus 29 million records

Covers life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, health sciences, social sciences and business

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More on Scopus

Scopus Indexes journals, conference proceedings, trade publications and quality web sources

Does citation tracking. A researcher can find out how many times a particular article has been cited

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Main Indexes for Science (General)Science Citation Index Expanded

(via Web of Science), 1980-

150 mainly scientific disciplines

Covers about 5,900 high impact research journals

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

Features included citation index. Provides use of the Analyze tool for search resultsAllows you to navigate: forward in time using Times Cited to discover the

impact a document has had on current research backward in time using References to uncover the

research that influenced an author's workMeasure the influence of colleagues' or competitors'

work Follow the path and direction of today's hottest ideas

and concepts

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

Ranking journals

Related records search capability

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Index for Chemistry

SciFinder Scholar (SFS) Chemical Abstracts (1967-), etc. Has over 19 million records from journal articles and patents More than 35 million chemical substances can be searched by

chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Numbers, formula.

Offers chemical reaction searching

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Main Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

PubMed (1950-)

Over 17 million records of journal articles

Medical sciences

BIOSIS (1926-)

18 million records

Covers about 5,500 journals, conference reports, books, and patents

Life sciences

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Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

Zoological Record (1978-)1.8 million recordsCovers 5,000 journals, plus book chapters, meetings, etc.Animal biology

BioEngineering Abstracts (1993-)Over 163,000 recordsCovers journals, conference proceeding, directories, and other sources

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (1967-) About 1.8 million recordsOver 6000 journals, meetings, reports, etc.

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Scopus

Scopus covers journals covered by: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) PubMed

SCIE

PubMedSCOPUS

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Why SCIE & PubMed when there is Scopus?

SCIE’s citation index feature covers over 100 years. Scopus’s covers less than 15 years

SCIE is more selective: covers ONLY high impact journals

SCIE ranks journals and has other features not found in Scopus

PubMed is free

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Other Sources of Information

1. For patents : SciFinder Scholar and others

2. For standards : various

3. For theses : Proquest Digital Dissertations

DEMO Subject Guide

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Learning Outcome 2Use the best source/s (better than Google Scholar) to look for current information: Summary

Form of Current Info

Sources to Check:

1 Journal articles /conference papers

Databases like

EV2, Scopus

2 Patents SciFinder Scholar, etc.

3 Standards BSI, etc4 Theses Proquest Digital

Dissertations

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Learning Outcomes





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Decoding CitationsReference

Brown, John 2003. Chemical hazards In Safety in factories , 2nd ed. 20-30. London : Spon Press.

Robinson, Alan. 2004. Effects of thermal forces. Chemical engineering , v 97, no. 1, 2004, p 46-52.

Material Type Book

Chapter

Journal article

When checking LINC, search by Title, key in words in yellow

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How to Find Full Title of Journal from its Abbreviation

E.g. : MRS BullMove mouse to E-ResourcesChoose EJournalsscroll down a bit to Useful LinksChoose Journal Abbreviations

http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ecoll/ej/ejabbrev.htmlClick on third link:

Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Key in MRS Bull, click Search

Another good link is the sixth link: Institute of Science Information (ISI)

DEMO

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Meaning of Numbers in Citation :

MRS Bull 32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95

32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95

32 means volume 32

6 means number or issue 6

pp. 87-95 means pages 87-95

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Understanding Less Common References

Reference(a) US5,719,665. Yamazoe Feb17,1998

(b) BS EN ISO 291:2008 Plastics. Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing

Material Type

US Patent

British Standard

(a) Check free website at USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) Web Patent Databases

(b) Check British Standards Online (database bought by Library)

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Learning Outcomes



3. Understand citations in reading list, etc.4. Know more about Library services

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Online renewals : twice

4TH Year, Honours & Graduate Students : 30 items

Library Services: Loan Entitlement

Materials

RBR

Main Shelves book

Closed Stacks book

Bound periodical

Closed Stacks periodical

Loan Period

2 Hours/Overnight

4 weeks

1 day

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Library Services Via E-Forms

DEMO

Request materials NOT in Library Books Parts of book or journal issue

Student advisory service

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Materials NOT in the Library

Via E-Forms after login

For books or theses, request the Library to buy

For copy of journal article, use Document Delivery Service (limited to three a year for Year 4 students) Requests to be forwarded to Supervisor for approval &

then onward to Library requesters will incur charges if they do not collect their

requested articles within a month For more information, please email [email protected]

or call 6516-3472

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Email:[email protected]

[email protected]

Student Advisory Service

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Other Library Services

LION (Library Instruction ONline )

Item 6) How to Search Databases

Item 9) EndNote Web

Subject Guide

DEMO

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i) Go to library homepage at www.lib.nus.edu.sg

ii) Click here

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Read before you start doing your research

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Writing Guides(Samples from Subject Guide)

Instructions on format of thesis as given in Research Handbook for Engineering for Masters & PhD students: http://www.eng2.nus.edu.sg/proj/eeintranet/student/Grad/Handbook_4Jan07.pdf (p. 22-28)

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Writing Guides(Samples from Subject Guide)

Good call numbers to browse:

T11e.g. T11 Lan 2008 Technical communication

TA158.5e.g. TA158.5 Sor 2006 An engineer's practical guide to technical communication

PN171 Fooe.g. PN171 Foo.Li 2006 Cite right : a quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more

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Subject GuideBookmark as a FavouriteSection on: Library Instructions & Tips

Whole tutorial (HIDDEN SLIDES) and more Databases:

you can access EV2, etc. from here get help on how to use databases from here

Reference sources Research & Citation (writing guides) & more

Theses Patents & Standards

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Library services via E-Forms

LION

Subject Guide How to find whole tutorial Etc.

Learning Outcome 4:Learn about Library Services: Summary

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