Graduate Orientation May 28 & 30, 2014 Dan Sich / Jamie Goodfellow Allyn & Betty Taylor Library

1. Graduate Orientation May 28 & 30, 2014 Dan Sich / Jamie Goodfellow Allyn & Betty Taylor Library Allyn & Betty Taylor Library

2. Agenda • Your Librarian(s) • Library website overview • Information sources • Literature searching tips • Citing sources, RefWorks • InterLibrary Loans • Getting Help • Library tour Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

3. Your Librarians • Dan Sich: Earth Science, Physics & Astronomy • Jamie Goodfellow: CEE, MME • QinqinZhang: Applied Math, Computer Science, ECE, Math, Statistics & Actuarial Science

4. Library website overview • Off-Campus Access • My Library Account • Tutorials • Databases Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

5. Library website overview • Program Guides • Orientation session pagewww.lib.uwo.ca/programs/engineeringscience/orientation.html • Recommend a Purchase • Shared Library Catalogue… Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

6. Shared Library Catalogue • Title • Author • Subject • (Advanced) Keyword Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

7. Primary and Secondary Information Sources Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

8. PrimarySources Source types: • Journal articles • Conference proceedings • Dissertations & theses • Patents Search tools: • Subject-specific databases • Interdisciplinary databases Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

9. Databases Subject-specific databases: • Engineering: EI Compendex, Inspec • Earth Sciences: GeoRef • Chemistry/CBE: SciFinder, Reaxys • CS/ECE: IEEE Xplore, ACM Digital Library • Maths: MathSciNet • Physics/Astronomy: arXiv Interdisciplinary databases: • Web of Science, Scopus Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

10. Databasedemo • Engineering Village (EI Compendex, Inspec & Geobase) • Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) • Get it @ Western Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

11. Dissertations & Theses • Theses page • Western graduates’ dissertations and theses Keyword: dissertations academic uwo [dept] • “Dissertations and Theses” databases • NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)http://www.ndltd.org/(no full text, but helps you find) Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

12. Patents • Grant exclusive rights to inventions, procedures • Contain technical information rarely found elsewhere • Contain drawings, diagrams • Are sometimes available free online • ...but can be tricky to find Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

13. Patents • Patents page • Google Patents • US Patent and Trademark Office • Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) • esp@cenet • Scopus, IEEE Xplore, SciFinder Web, Reaxys • Queen’s U Library’s patents tutorials Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

14. Recap • Primary sources • Journal articles & Conference proceedings • Dissertations & theses • Patents

15. Secondary Sources Source types: • Monographs/Books • Encyclopaedias • Handbooks/Manuals • Review articles Search tools: • Library catalogue • Program guides (links to eBook collections) Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

16. EngineeringHandbooks • CRC ENGnetBASE • Online engineering handbooks • Full text available Quick Demo

17. Standards • Guidelines, procedures, design codes • Details on ways of doing things • Expensive • Sometimes available through the library • Standards page Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

18. Literature searching tips (1) • Break down your topics into concepts • Identify alternate search terms • Use AND, OR, * • Use search limits Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

19. Literature searching tips (2) • Analyse your search results • Modify your search Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

20. Literature searching tips (3) E.g., the impact of hybrid cars on gas consumption Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

21. Citing sources

22. Citing sources properly • helps other researchers find papers • gives credit where credit is due • helps you avoid plagiarism • Citing & Writing page

23. Is this plagiarism? Case studies: • Cutting and pasting from Wikipedia into your essay • Submitting an essay that you have used in the past for another course • Using the same paper for a conference presentation and then for a journal article submission • Building on an idea from your professor to write your paper • Using someone else’s images or diagrams in your paper

24. RefWorks • Online citation management tool • Export/import from databases • Register for account Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

25. RACER • InterLibrary Loans • Free (usually) • Register: Click “First Time Users” • Help Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

26. Need Help? Email, Phone, In-person, ChatTaylor Research Help tayref@uwo.ca 519-661-3167 “Ask a Librarian” Chat Reference Service Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

27. Agenda • Your Librarian(s) • Library website overview • Information sources • Literature searching tips • Citing sources, RefWorks • InterLibrary Loans • Getting Help • Library tour Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation

28. Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/feedback2014summer Taylor Library - Graduate Orientation