1. Engineering Postgraduate Library session Christine Purcell Faculty Support Librarian November 2008

2. Aims of the session To discover the range of engineering resources available To Identify and find relevant resources for your research To be able to search Engineering databases effectively To know where to get help

3. Library basics http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/  Using the library University Library - 4 libraries Opening hours Loan entitlements Durham University email Contacts / support

4. Library web pages http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/  Information for… Postgraduate Research  Subject information - Engineering  Databases / journal indexes  Using other libraries in the UK

5. Library catalogue How to search  Author / title  Keyword  Advanced searching  Marking records  Journals – print and online Your library record New books

6. Effective searching Synonyms  e.g. computer-aided design, CAD  Hydrology, water engineering Use British and American spellings  Eg. Humour / humor Wildcards e.g. organi*ation, colo*r Boolean operators: AND, OR & AND NOT

7. design AND manufacturing AND design OR manufacturing OR design NOT manufacturing NOT Boolean Operators

8. Effective searching Truncation  e.g. hydr* -- hydrology, hydrological Limits eg. Year, language Search options Advanced search option / help Searching advice http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/ http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/

9. Bibliographic databases Journal services include: IEEE All-Society Periodical Package ScienceDirect Databases include: Web of Knowledge  Web of Science, including Conference Proceedings Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM) FirstSearch (ArticleFirst and WorldCat)

10. Other resources Standards Patents Theses & dissertations News and news archives E-prints

11. Intute Engineering resources

12. eFunda eFunda www.efunda.com/home.cfm an online destination for the engineering community  MaterialsMaterials  Design CenterDesign Center  ProcessesProcesses  Unit ConversionUnit Conversion  FormulasFormulas  MathematicsMathematics

13. Support and help Engineering liaison librarians Ben Taylorson benjamin.taylorson@durham.ac.uk benjamin.taylorson@durham.ac.uk Christine Purcell c.w.purcell@dur.ac.ukc.w.purcell@dur.ac.uk Enquiries desk and online form

14. Before you go… Please complete a short online evaluation form: www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/engpg08 Also accessed from Library home page | Subject Information | Engineering | Information skills