Key Resources of the ISU Library Eric Schares Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian eschares@iastate.edu 150 Parks Library 3010 Black, Wednesdays 3-5pm June 1, 2018

About Me Graduate of Iowa State University Intel B.S. Electrical Engineering, 2005 Emphasis on Microelectronics and Semiconductor Physics Intel Folsom, CA (2 yrs) and Portland, OR (8 yrs) Senior Array Reliability Engineer NAND flash memory for solid state hard drives (SSDs) Engineering Librarian at ISU since summer of 2015 Master of Library and Information Science, Rutgers, 2012

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Parks Library

Parks Library Collections Open 7 days/week; 5 nights until 2 am 5 floors 7 tiers Open 7 days/week; 5 nights until 2 am Standards Center Free Scanners Bookends Café

Research and Consultation Ask at the Research Help Desk for help related to… Where to search? How to search? What have I found? Does the library have it? How do I get it? Need more help? Ask your librarian, Eric Schares Other ways to contact the library Chat (9am-5pm, M-F) Phone Email – eschares@iastate.edu

Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery If we don’t have something you need, don’t give up! Request it through ILL Books, journal articles, conference papers, etc. Free, unlimited requests to borrow items we don’t own Document Delivery If we have something you need, but in print only, you can request it be converted to electronic form Book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, etc. 30 times/calendar year free, $5/request after that

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lib.iastate.edu My Library Card Quick Search Articles & Databases

Quick Search Call number to find book on shelves, Tier 6 Online access, no call number If the book is checked in, find it on the shelf by call number and check it out with your ISUCard If the book is checked out, you can place a recall online Extended loan privileges Online book renewals Growing numbers of web-accessible e-books

Article Indexes & Databases Pick an index to the research literature in your field Indexes often have search options that are specific to the field of research covered Look over results—revise and refine search terms Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) or other methods for combining terms Try variations—and keep track of what you try Finding articles from citations Possibilities: An online index links directly to the article or full-text online journal—look for An online index or another article gives the citation information without a link—look up the journal name in Quick Search or e-Journals

Key Databases for HCI Research Scopus Abstract and citation database of journals (23k), conference papers (7.7M), and books (34k) PsycINFO American Psychological Association 1800s to present, with unique Advanced Search Compendex Engineering database,14M records 1884-present ASEE PEER American Society for Engineering Education Google Scholar

Cited Reference Searching Starting with a relevant journal article “seed” gives you two things List of references cited in the paper List of future papers that cited it

Reference Management Software Endnote Mendeley LaTeX Zotero

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Dissertations & Theses Iowa State dissertations can be accessed through Dissertations & Theses (in the Article Indexes & Databases list) or Quick Search Full text of Iowa State Ph.D. dissertations since 1916 and recent master’s theses available online Print copies of many ISU master’s and Ph.D. theses can be found in Parks Library Full text of many non-ISU Ph.D. dissertations in Dissertations & Theses database Digital Repository – full text of all Iowa State dissertations, theses (2007+), all open access Print copies of older D&T’s can be found in Parks Library, lower level D&T Database – full text of all Iowa State dissertations, master’s theses (2007+) available to ISU community only Also includes non-ISU D&T’s

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Questions? Eric Schares Engineering & Physical Sciences Librarian 150 Parks Library 294-2117 eschares@iastate.edu