1. Engineering Design HUM 107
Information Resources for Freshman Design Projects
Winter
Drexel University Libraries

2. Overview Library Website Search strategies Scholarly publications
Finding information at the Library
Databases
Ethics and Plagiarism
Citation Style
Welcome to the Library
Today we will be discussing:
Search Strategies
Scholarly publications
Finding information at the library
Databases
Ethics, Citing References, and Plagiarism
How many people have used the library databases?
How many people live off campus and take advantage of electronic resources?
DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT - LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR HUM107
Everything we cover today is summarized on this handout.

3. Homepage: Drexel University Libraries www.library.drexel.edu
< LINKS – Web page image and “Try it!” are links to the library home page >
Briefly discuss – Show On Web Browser But No Sample Searches:
Research Assistance
Catalog (sample search and show a typical catalog record.)
Journal Search
Databases By Subject
Document Delivery
Library Homepage

4. Finding Background Information
Good place to start
Encyclopedias
Handbooks
Engineering codes
E-books
Knovel
ENGnetBASE
ebrary
Good place to start for general background and other practical information on your topic
E-books
Collection of Engineering Handbooks/ Reference books

5. Popular / News Vs. Scholarly
Popular/News Sources
Scholarly Sources
Written by journalists for the general public
Written by experts for other experts
Published quickly (published today!)
Published slowly (may take years)
Based on secondary research
Based on primary research
More likely to have factual errors
More likely to be authoritative and accurate
Rarely includes references
Footnotes, References, Evidence
DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT - IS THIS A SCHOLARLY PUBLICATION?

6. Search Strategies Topic: How are robots used in heart surgery?
Key Concepts:
robots
heart surgery
A Search Strategy is an organized methodology we follow to find information.
Different steps to the Search Strategy - topic, concepts, synonyms, selecting resources…
Sample Topic: How are robots used in heart surgery?
Ask Class - what are the concepts in this topic?
Ask Class - are there other terms besides the ones we have here? (This will lead to next slide)
Heart or cardiac?
Surgery or operation?

7. Concepts and Synonyms robots heart surgery robotic cardiac surgery
robotics
heart
surgery
Different concepts because databases are ultimately organized and maintained by PEOPLE, and people may use different terminology.
So to make sure we find relevant material, we have to try different terminology in our search.
Notice the truncation on robot. We use an * to tell the database we want any variation of a word (in this example, we want articles about robot, robots, robotics, etc.) People refer to this as truncation, and may also refer to the * as wildcard character.
Also notice we split heart surgery into two concepts. This will help improve our search.
We can now join our concepts together using AND and OR.
robot
cardiac
procedure
robot*
operation

8. Concepts and Synonyms… IMPROVED
robot*
heart
surgery
cardiac
operation
procedure

9. Search Strategies - Using OR
Use “AND” or “OR” to focus your search
“OR”
Finds articles that contain either term,
but not necessarily both
heart
cardiac
Use OR to join SYNONYMS
Broader results (more results) but less specific.

10. Search Strategies - Using AND
Finds articles that contain BOTH concepts
robot*
surgery
Use AND to join CONCEPTS.
Narrower results (Fewer results) but more relevant.

11. Use AND and OR robot* heart surgery cardiac operation procedure
robot* AND (heart OR cardiac) AND (surgery OR operation OR procedure)
AND to join CONCEPTS
OR to join SYNONYMS
Use parenthesis to force the proper relationship among concepts.
For example, we would NOT want (robot and heart) or cardiac…

12. What’s the Right Tool For the Job?
NEED
Books
Articles
USE this tool
Catalog
Periodical Indexes and Databases
Library Homepage
Review
We want scholarly information
We have an idea of the concepts and topic
Now - how do we actually get books, articles, etc.?
To find Books, use the Catalog
To find Articles, use the Periodical Indexes and Databases
We will discuss databases in more detail later, but for now we will find Books with the Catalog…
DEMONSTRATION Catalog Keyword: robot and surgery

13. How to find articles Databases: Indexes / Abstracts / Full Text
MOST databases contain Citations
MANY databases contain Abstracts
SOME databases contain Full Text
Search by using keywords
Consider: Multidisciplinary vs. Specialized databases
< DEMONSTRATION: SEARCH Engineering Village 2 Compendex for robot* and (heart or cardiac) and surgery>
Mention Full Text, SFX
Demonstrate RefWorks
We’ve found books. Now we need to locate scholarly articles. How do we do this? Use Indexes and Databases.
Indexes to scholarly information are available in print and electronic formats. Prior to the availability of electronic databases, people manually read through printed Indexes and Abstracts to locate scholarly information.
Over the past several years, electronic versions of indexes were created. These databases grew in coverage (number of journals, years of online information) and content (citations, abstracts, and full text).
Now people can search databases to find scholarly information related to their concepts.
A brief discussion about specialized databases:
If you searched an engineering database for “robot surgery”, you would expect results about robot design, performance, results, etc.
If you searched a legal database for “robot surgery”, you may find case law, malpractice lawsuits, lawsuits related to design or patent infringement, etc.
Library Homepage

14. Full Text and SFX
SFX will help you jump from one database that does not have the article to another database that does have the full text.
NOTE - SFX is not just about finding full text. It provides links to information that might also be helpful to your search.
Look for "SFX Links" or the SFX button and logo:
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

15. SFX Illustrated X Found a citation here. Where is the Full Text?
Databases do NOT talk to each other…
…try SFX instead!
SFX
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

16. SFX Step 1 - Find a Citation
Starting in EiVillage2, searching the Compendex Database
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

17. Look for or a link, such as "SFX links"
SFX Step 2 - Click on SFX
Look for or a link, such as "SFX links"
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

18. SFX Step 3 - SFX Displays Results
SFX creates links if it finds the item in other databases.
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

19. SFX Step 4 - Jump to a new database
In this example, SFX led us to the Proquest Database.
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

20. SFX Step 5 - Follow link in new database to full text
SFX could have been demonstrated before this slide.
Either quickly skip through this slide or take more time if necessary.

21. …and more! [Databases by Subject: Engineering]
Useful Databases
INFOTRAC / Expanded Academic
Ei Compendex
ASCE Civil Engineering Journals
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
Now that you have seen one database, you should keep in mind there are more than 20 engineering databases for you at Drexel!
Here is a brief list of useful Engineering Databases:
INFOTRAC / Expanded Academic is a Multidisciplinary database with Good coverage of the Sciences, Technology, Business, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Ei Compendex is a Comprehensive Engineering database.
ASCE Civil Engineering Journals contains information from the American Society of Civil Engineering
Applied Science & Technology Abstracts includes coverage of Scientific and Technological fields.
IEEE Xplore provides full-text access to all IEEE materials – great for Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Bio Med.
Science Direct provides full-text of core journals in the sciences and engineering.
To find more Databases, go to the library home page and choose Database By Subject, or ASK A LIBRARIAN FOR HELP.
Why use these databases instead of Google?
IEEE Xplore
Science Direct
…and more! [Databases by Subject: Engineering]

22. Why Not Just Use The Web? The Web is Good For: Professional Societies
Government Publications
Free Resources From Libraries and Universities
Limitations of the Web:
Little or No Scholarly Content
No Subscribed Content
Too Many Results
Even using Google Scholar you are only finding the CITATION of the information.
The library maintains subscriptions to online resources, but some of the authentication information is embedded in the library website.
IF YOU USE GOOGLE SCHOLAR AN FIND AN ITEM AND YOU ARE TOLD YOU MUST PAY TO SEE THE ITEM - STOP!!! The library may already own it, but since you reached the item using google and not the library links it does not know you are from Drexel.
Talk about Subscribed Content
Is there information that Google can't find? For example, would you use Google to check your grades? No, because that Google can't find that information. There is other information that Google can't find, such as the subscribed content in the Databases available through the library. Google will not pay for you to reach this information, and the information supplier will not give it away - that is where the library comes in!
DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT - EVALUATING INFORMATION FROM THE WEB

23. Databases Google vs. Compendex Topic: Robot Heart Surgery
Google - 45,100 items
BBC NEWS | Health | Robot heart surgery set for UK ... Monday, 8 January, 2001, 16:57 GMT Robot heart surgery set for UK. The daVinci system in operation in Germany. A pioneering system ... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/ stm
Compendex - 26 items
Optimal planning of robotically assisted heart surgery: First results on the transfer precision in the operating room Coste-Maniere, Eve (ChIR Medical Robotics Group, INRIA Sophia Antipolis); Adhami, Louai; Mourgues, Fabien; Bantiche, Olivier Source: International Journal of Robotics Research, v 23, n 4-5, April/May, 2004, p
Let's discuss more of the drawbacks to Google:
Google has limited access to scholarly information.
You want to easily identify how current the information is, or when the information was published.
You don't want to look through 45,000 results! Subscription databases will help you save time - you want a few useful ARTICLES, not thousands of WEBSITES.
Can't easily sort or manage your results in Google - in our databases you can sort by most recent first, and sometimes by author or other criteria.
Search executed October 29, 2004

24. Ethics and Plagiarism
Engineering Ethics
Plagiarism See the Plagiarism online tutorial
Every engineering design has ethical considerations. Engineering ethics encompass material selection, safety, manufacturing, privacy… it could even impact copyright - ex. Napster. Napster was a technical creation with social and legal implications.
Proper Citations are essential for any project or paper, but they are also essential in the 'real world'. Failure to cite properly could lead to accusations of plagiarism, failing grades, and expulsion.
Plagiarism essentially falls into two categories - deliberate and accidental. Both are serious offenses, and there is ample information on the library website to help you avoid plagiarism and submit acceptable work.
RefWorks is a new tool the library purchased to help curtail plagiarism and make citations easier to manage. Let's talk more about citations and RefWorks.

25. Citations - Introduction
Citations identify sources
Author
Article Title and Journal Title OR Book Title, etc.
Date item was published
Citations must follow a specific STYLE (ex. MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.).
There are DIFFERENT STYLES!

26. Citation Styles - Examples
APA, 5th Edition
Tokuyasu, T., Oota, S., Tokuyama, T., Asami, K., Kitamura, T., & Sakaguchi, G. et al. (2003). Mechanical modeling of a beating heart for a cardiac palpation training system. Advanced Robotics, 17(6),
MLA, 6th Edition
DISTRIBUTE HANDOUT - DECIPHERING CITATIONS
Tokuyasu, Tatsushi, et al. "Mechanical Modeling of a Beating Heart for a Cardiac Palpation Training System." Advanced Robotics 17.6 (2003):

27. Citation Styles - More Info.
ONLINE - Citation Styles Resources (library home page, click on Tutorials/Online Instruction, scroll down to Citations Styles Resources link).
PRINT - Inquire at Reference Desk or Search Library Catalog by Keyword for APA manual, MLA manual, etc.
RefWorks - citation management tool, also creates bibliographies for you

28. RefWorks Introduction
RefWorks - citation management tool, also creates bibliographies for you
Sign-up while on on-campus
After sign-up you can use it from any computer on the web.
No special downloads (unless you want to use the RefWorks Write-N-Cite feature)
If RefWorks was demonstrated with Engineering Village 2 you can skip this slide.

29. RefWorks Screen Picture
If RefWorks was demonstrated with Engineering Village 2 you can skip this slide.

30. Additional Help Reference Assistance, Subject Guides, & Sample Projects
Reference Assistance link
Subject Guides link
Engineering Design HUM 107 web page
Material Properties
Patents and Patent Searching (use USPTO Patent Database and alternatiff plug-in)
Sample Design Projects: Reserve Book Room
For more information, take time to browse the resource guides and review sample design projects.
Spending 20 to 30 minutes now reviewing these materials will inspire you and equip you for the coming challenges in your design project.

31. Additional Help - Contact:
Jay Bhatt Information Services Librarian - Engineering W.W. Hagerty Library Suite 127, Office 121 (215)
Andy Wheeler Information Resources Technician - Engineering W.W. Hagerty Library Suite 127
(215)

32. THANK YOU AND SEE YOU IN THE LIBRARY!
Questions?
Ask a Librarian
Visit in Person
Reference Desk - Visit or Call : (215)
Us: Ask a Question
Home Page  Reference Assistance  Engineering
THANK YOU AND SEE YOU IN THE LIBRARY!
And finally…
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