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Materials Science research and the Library

Materials Science research and the Library. Cynthia Bail Science and Engineering Librarian. What resources does the library have?. Image credit : http:// video.mit.edu /channel/materials-science/. eBooks. Journals. Databases. ACM Digital Library ASME Digital Library

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Materials Science research and the Library

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  1. Materials Science research and the Library Cynthia Bail Science and Engineering Librarian

  2. What resources does the library have? Image credit: http://video.mit.edu/channel/materials-science/

  3. eBooks

  4. Journals

  5. Databases • ACM Digital Library • ASME Digital Library • Compendex • IEEE Xplore • Inspec • SAE Digital Library • Scopus • SPIE Digital Library • SpringerMaterials • Web of Science Image credit: http://www.engineering.uottawa.ca/downloads/pdf/mcg_rsch_mat_eng.pdf

  6. How do you discover these resources? Image credit: http://video.mit.edu/channel/materials-science/ Image credit: http://news.discovery.com/tech/a-3-d-display-made-bubbles-120703.htm

  7. Library catalogue subjects

  8. Catalogue title or keyword searches

  9. Library guides • Suggested article databases • Links to ebook collections • Hints about searching for: • Dissertations • Conference proceedings • Standards • Patents

  10. Engineering and Scientific data • Handbooks and reference books are found as print and e-books • Searching within an ebook collection means digging deep into chapters of a wide range of handbooks (not just one). Examples: • Knovel • CRCNetBase

  11. Knovel sample ebook

  12. Materials Science –titles from Knovel collection

  13. Knovel subjects

  14. Publishing trends in engineering • Subjects are multidisciplinary • Indexing of journal articles can span several databases • Journals, ebooks sold by 3rd party vendors and publishers • Search interfaces for articles and ebooks have powerful features • Search interfaces for articles and ebookshave flaws • Companies are buying each other up

  15. Materials science can include…

  16. Publishing trends • Journals indexed inmultiple databases

  17. Publishing trends More databases provide citation counts • Citation counts measure the impact of a journal or an author. • Many databases count the number of times an article is cited by other works. • Each database or search engine’s counts can be different.

  18. Publishing trends Personal accounts • Search alerts • Cited by alerts

  19. Journals with impact • What are the top journals in the field • Do we subscribe to these? • How do we know who is citing these? • Are we publishing in these? • Are we citing these?

  20. Top journals in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Note: Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database provides rankings by Impact Factor and other indices of journal quality.

  21. Does we subscribe to top journals? • We have 100% of the top 10 titles with highest impact in the field (according to JCR) • A further analysis of the top 50 showed that we have subscriptions or open access to current and some or all backfiles for 94% or 47 titles.

  22. How do we know who is citing these?

  23. Citation counts

  24. Are we publishing in these journals & citing them? A few searches with a small sample of materials researcher names showed articles in 2 of the top 50 journals • ACTA MATERIALIA • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLASTICITY Who is citing one or more articles: • Set an autoalert • Use the option “View Citation overview” (SCOPUS) • Create a citation report (Web of Science)

  25. Review and questions

  26. Are library resources exploited to their full potential? • Top journals by impact factor • Citations in two sample databases illustrated some of your materials colleagues publish in top journals

  27. Materials related citations discovery @ the library • Journals • Article Databases • Ebook collections

  28. Publishing trends in engineering disciplines make discovery options more complex. • Journals may be indexed in multiple databases • Database interfaces have different search, display and cited search features

  29. Are you aware of all the journals and databases that could be used in your teaching and research? • Working with you to discover appropriate journals, databases, ebooks • Can embed links to the library resources within your course website

  30. Are your students using library resources or just Google? • Bringing the relevant literature closer to your students could enrich the discovery process and further improve the quality of literature reviews.

  31. How well do materials science journals, databases, ebooksmeet your needs? Gaps in our resources: • ASM handbooks within Knovelebookscollection • METADEX (METals Abstracts/Alloy InDEX) database covering literature on metallurgy and materials Have you experienced situations where articles, proceedings or other materials were not easily discoverable or accessible?

  32. Enhance the understanding of resources available to Materials Science researchers • Was this goal achieved? • Would you recommend any significant resources that we are missing? • Do you see the benefits of embedding library content in course websites?

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