ENGR 102/103 Researching Information for Engineering Design Jay Bhatt Librarian for Engineering Hours M-F: 9am-6pm Hagerty Library, Room

Overview Drexel Engineering Library Online Reference Page, Research Guide, Blog Using the Library Online Catalog to locate: Books (Electronic & Print) Databases and Journal Articles Using Internet Resources to locate: Patents Technical Papers, Statistics, Specifications Citations and References Common Missteps

Useful Links Handouts/ Guides Quick Search Chat Reference

ENGR Blog Entry Examples of search results within specific resources and for specific topics Links to resources covered in instruction, tutorials and other recommended information resources logs/engineeringlibraryinstructio n/?p=42

Descriptions of Engineering Library resources Links to recommended sources Links to specialized Research Guides in other engineering disciplines sources/guides/engineeringguide s/?page_id=19 ENGR Research Guide

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ENGnetBASE Electronic Books Collection for Engineering Browse and Search by subject area and keyword Allows searching at the book and chapter level Check Full Access Content to search available titles Advanced Search option

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Interdisciplinary Research / News

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Engineering Research

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Finding Patents Patent Quick SearchPatent Quick Search Google Patents

Technical Papers Science.gov: Federally-funded reports and papers Globalspec or ENGnet Locate corporate pricing catalogs and product specs Technical Papers Research Guide Technical Papers Research Guide

Citing Resources IEEE / ASMEASCE / Author - Date In text: It was shown by Author [#] that the evidence leads to... [1] J.K. Author, Name of Manual/ Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, year, pp. xx-xx. [2] J. K. Author, Name of paper, Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx, Abbrev. Month, year. In text: One recent report (Author date) finds evidence that… Author, J. K. (year). Name of Manual/ Handbook, x ed., Abbrev. Name of Co., City of Co., Abbrev. State, pp. xx-xx. Author, J.K. (year). Name of paper, Abbrev. Title of Periodical, vol. x, no. x, pp. xxx-xxx.

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