Environmental Environmental Engineering Research Engineering Research Resources Resources - Using Library for CEE 8094- Using Library for CEE 8094

Lisha LiGeorgia Tech LibrarySeptember 2009

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Objectives of the SessionObjectives of the Session::

Get to know the valuable resources inside/outside Georgia Tech Library

Effectively access the resources and search for relevant literature

Get exposure to useful internet resources and related search engines

Be familiar with tools and services that are useful for your research

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Environment Engineering - Environment Engineering - DefinitionDefinition

Sections: Air-quality control; Water supply; Wastewater disposal; Stormwater management; Solid-waste management; Hazardous-waste

management.

The division of engineering concerned with the environment and management of natural resources. The environmental engineer places special attention on the biological, chemical, and physical reactions in the air, land, and water environments and on improved technology for integrated management systems, including reuse, recycling, and recovery measures. (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology )

Environmental engineering

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Environmental Environmental EngineeringEngineeringBroad scope and multidisciplinary:

◦ Civil engineering◦ Mechanical engineering◦ Chemical engineering◦ Chemistry◦ Biology◦ Ecology◦ Geology◦ Hydraulics◦ Hydrology◦ Economics◦ Mathematics

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Types of Resources Types of Resources - What to look for? - What to look for?

Books (print/electronic)Journals/articlesConference proceedings/papersGovernment documentsTechnical reportsTheses/dissertationsStandards and codesInternet resourcesData sets (statistical, geospatial…)

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Resources at Georgia Tech Resources at Georgia Tech LibraryLibrary- - Where to start?Where to start?GIL Catalog

◦ Books (print/electronic)◦ Journals (NOT articles)◦ Government documents◦ Technical reports (some)◦ Theses/Dissertations (GT) ◦ Maps/Multimedia materials

Library Web Site:

http://www.library.gatech.edu

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Reference Items Reference Items

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Browse LC Subject Browse LC Subject HeadingHeading

Library 5 Ease8

Browse LC Subject Browse LC Subject Heading (2)Heading (2)

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Resources Outside GTResources Outside GT(Examples: Environmental Engineering - LC Subject (Examples: Environmental Engineering - LC Subject Heading)Heading)

GIL: 1,267

GIL Universal: 1,775

WorldCat: 14,061

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Electronic BooksElectronic BooksKnovelENGnetBASENetLibrarySpringerLinkReferex Engineering

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eBooks: eBooks: ENGnetBASEENGnetBASE

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eBooks: Knovel Library eBooks: Knovel Library

Graphs, Equations, Tables Search Interface

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eBooks: Knovel LibraryeBooks: Knovel Library

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Referex EngineeringReferex Engineering

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eBooks: NetLibrary eBooks: NetLibrary Over 27,000 reference books, scholarly monographs,

publications of many University Presses, and consumer books.

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CompendexCompendexThe most comprehensive bibliographic

engineering database, covering 190 engineering & applied science disciplines

References & abstracts to 5,000+ international journals, trade magazines, conference proceedings & technical reports

9 million records – 1969 to present500,000 records added annuallyWeekly updatesEngineering Index Backfile: 1884-1968

(+ 1.7 million records)17

Compendex (2)Compendex (2)

Refine results

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Compendex (3)Compendex (3)

Using Compendex Thesaurus

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Compendex (4)Compendex (4)((451) WN CL)  > 58,395 records (1884-2009)

Classification search

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Compendex (5) Compendex (5)

Compendex record display 21

Web of ScienceWeb of ScienceIndexes over 10,000 journals

including open access journals across 200 disciplines

Includes◦Science Citation Index Expanded

(1900 -)◦Social Sciences Citation Index

(1956-)

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Web of Science (2)Web of Science (2)

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Web of Science (3)Web of Science (3)

Analyze by author’s institution

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Web of Science (4)Web of Science (4)

The h-index is based on a list of publications ranked in descending order by the Times Cited. The value of h = the number of papers (N) in the list that have N or more citations.

Article impactCreate citation report

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Journal Citation ReportsJournal Citation Reports

Journal impact

Environmental engineering journals ranked by impact factor

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BIOSIS PreviewsBIOSIS PreviewsCovers life sciences and

biomedical research literature.Indexes over 5,000 journals,

conference papers, and books.About 500,000 records added

annuallyCoverage from 1969 on.

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BIOSIS Previews (2)BIOSIS Previews (2)

Use Advanced Search

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BIOSIS Previews (3)BIOSIS Previews (3)

BIOSIS record display

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MEDLINE via WOKMEDLINE via WOKThe most comprehensive source

of life sciences and biomedical bibliographic information

Includes about 11 million records.

Covers literature from 1950.

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MEDLINEMEDLINE

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SciFinder ScholarSciFinder ScholarIncludes:

◦CAPlus/CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS ( 1907-)

◦CAS REGISTRY (chemical names and structures, 1957- )

◦CHEMLIST (regulatory information, 1979-)

◦MEDLINE (1951- ).

Register to create your own account

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LexisNexisLexisNexis

Current info.

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LexisNexis (2)LexisNexis (2)

Federal and State codes

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Copyright and Fair UseCopyright and Fair Use

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Open Access Journals Open Access Journals

Open Access Journals: model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Users have the rights to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles.”

Open Access Journals: model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Users have the rights to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles.”

Currently 78 international journals in the subject area: Environmental Sciences

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There are now 4349 journals in the directory. Currently 1649 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 312,967 articles are included in the DOAJ service. (09/09/09)

Government DocumentsGovernment Documents Georgia Tech Library has

been a federal depository for United States federal publications and maps since 1964

Currently selects approximately 82% of publications distributed by the Government Printing Office (GPO)

Uses the Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) classification system which is based on the organization of the federal government

Holds over 900,000 items. Government Information

Subject Guide: http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/govinfo/

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Government Documents in GT: Government Documents in GT: ExamplesExamples

GT: 82% of Gov. Doc. Depository

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Use GPO CatalogUse GPO CatalogGPO Monthly Catalog: Directory

of current and past publications from the U.S. Government Printing Office (1976 - )

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Use GPO Catalog (U.S. Use GPO Catalog (U.S. Government Publications)Government Publications)

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Technical Reports Technical Reports Technical report - a document written by a researcher

detailing the results of a project and submitted to the sponsor of that project. Many of Georgia Tech's reports are government sponsored and are on microfiche. DOE, EPA, NASA and DoD are top sponsors. 

A number of U.S. Government sponsors now make technical reports full text available on the internet, e.g. DOE, NASA, EPA.

Technical reports may be published before the corresponding journal literature

Content may be more detailed than the corresponding journal literature, although there may be less background information since the sponsor already knows it

Technical reports are usually not peer reviewed unless the report is separately published as journal literature

Classified and export controlled reports have restricted access.

Obscure acronyms and codes are frequently used.

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Technical Reports Index: NTIS Technical Reports Index: NTIS (National Technical Information (National Technical Information Service)Service)Citations and abstracts from unclassified

government-sponsored research reports from the DoD, DOE, NASA, EPA and other federal agencies, and international government departments and other international organizations including those from Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European countries.

Some additional older research reports may be indexed in the STAR index, available at call number TL 500 .S35 on the 2nd floor of the East building of the library.

1964 -

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Search technical reports: Search technical reports: Using NTIS databaseUsing NTIS database

Look for MF using Report Number

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Technical Reports: Technical Reports: Full Text: Microfiche on Library 2 East Full Text: Microfiche on Library 2 East

Selected electronic and print technical reports are listed in the GT Catalog (GIL)

GT Library holds over 2.7 million microfiche technical reports, mostly 1960 to 2007 and some older ones from 1900 available (not in GIL). Use NTIS database to search for technical reports.

Most unclassified technical reports with accession/order numbers beginning with the designations given below:◦ PB (NTIS); AD (DOD); DE (DOE); N (NASA)

We order technical report title by title after 2007. Use ILLiad to request it.

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Technical Reports:Technical Reports:Full Text at Georgia Tech Library’s RepositoryFull Text at Georgia Tech Library’s Repository

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Technical Reports: Technical Reports: Other Full Text Online ResourcesOther Full Text Online Resources DOE Information Bridge (1994- ) Provides results of DOE

R&D in energy technologies, physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, and more.

National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS) (1997- ) Over 31,000 archival and current documents, including:◦ 400 Series (Air and Radiation, OAR)◦ 500 Series (Solid Waste and Emergency Response,

OSWER)◦ 600 Series (Research and Development, ORB) ◦ 700 Series (Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances,

OPPTS) and ◦ 800 Series (Water, OW) and more.

NTRS NACA and NASA Technical Reports Server (1915- ) 90,000 full text reports.

DTIC: STINET (Scientific and Technical Information Network): Provides access to citations of unclassified, unlimited documents, as well as the electronic full-text of selected documents. Covers over 2 million public release records.

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Technical Reports Access: NSCEP/NEPIS - Technical Reports Access: NSCEP/NEPIS - EPA's Gateway to Free Digital & Paper EPA's Gateway to Free Digital & Paper PublicationsPublications

National Environmental Publications Internet Site (NEPIS)

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Technical Reports Access: Technical Reports Access: DOE Information BridgeDOE Information Bridge

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Technical Reports Access: NASA Technical Reports Access: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

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Theses/DissertationsTheses/Dissertationsby GT Authorsby GT Authors

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Theses/Dissertations Theses/Dissertations by Other Authorsby Other Authors

Dissertation Abstracts (1861 to present): ◦Contains abstracts of doctoral

dissertations and some masters theses from all accredited U.S. Colleges and Universities.

◦Some dissertations and theses offer a preview option of the first 24 pages.

◦Order full text using ILLiad

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Search ProQuest Search ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Dissertations & Theses

Use ILLiad

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Industry Standards (ASTM)Industry Standards (ASTM)

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Industry Standards (2)Industry Standards (2)

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Use ILLiad for Interlibrary Use ILLiad for Interlibrary LoanLoan

For articles, papers, book chapters

For books, proceedings, dissertations

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Internet Resources & Search Internet Resources & Search EnginesEnginesGovernment web

sites:◦ EPA◦ DOE◦ USGS◦ NOAA◦ USDA◦ DOT◦ CDC◦ ATSDAR◦ NIEHS◦ GaEPD…

Search Engines:◦ Science.gov◦ Intute◦ Scirus.com◦ Scitopia.org

Society Web Sites:◦ A&WMA; ◦ ASM; ◦ EEGS; ◦ SETAC; ◦ WEF; ◦ WQA…

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Science.govScience.gov

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Science.gov (2)Science.gov (2)

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EPAEPA

The Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET)

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EPA (2)EPA (2)

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EPA (3)EPA (3)

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AIRNOWAIRNOW

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AIRNOW (2)AIRNOW (2)

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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

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USGS Water DataUSGS Water Data

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USGS: Real-Time Data: USGS: Real-Time Data: Water QualityWater Quality

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TranStats: Bureau of Transportation TranStats: Bureau of Transportation StatisticsStatistics

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TranStats: Bureau of Transportation TranStats: Bureau of Transportation StatisticsStatistics

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GPO AccessGPO AccessSearch for Federal codes

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GPO Access (2)GPO Access (2)

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Geodata.govGeodata.gov

Search for spatial data

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ECOTOXECOTOX(Single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial (Single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife.)plants and wildlife.)

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Web Soil SurveyWeb Soil Survey

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Water Data from The World’s WaterWater Data from The World’s Water

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SCIRUSSCIRUS(350 million scientific items indexed) (350 million scientific items indexed)

Search engine for scientific info. on the web

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SCITOPIA SCITOPIA (over over 3.5 million documents)(over over 3.5 million documents)

Search engine for sci-tech info.

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IntuteIntute Intute is a free web service for the discovery

of academic Internet based information.

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The European Pollutant Emission The European Pollutant Emission RegisterRegister

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EndNote – Citation EndNote – Citation ManagerManagerEndNote is a bibliographic

management tool (available for download from the OIT Software Distribution list, paid for by the Georgia Tech Technology Fee)

Allows you to organize your references and automatically create bibliographies.

Other similar products free online: ◦Zotero◦Citation Machine

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GT Web LocalizerGT Web Localizer

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Library Resources & ToolsLibrary Resources & Tools The library resources page for CEE 8094:

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~ll117/8094e.htm

Citation styles guide:http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/citation_guide.php

Down load EndNote:http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/endnote.php

GT Web Localizer: http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/web_localizer.php

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QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?

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