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1 Library Workshop IE335 Fall, 2009 Librarian: Haymwantee Singh Professor: Dr. Athanassios Bladikas singhh@njit.edusinghh@njit.edu, 973-596-8498

2 Objectives Determine your information requirements for your research question Locate and retrieve relevant information using scholarly websites and resources Evaluate the quality of a website Use bibliographic tools for citing your sources

3 Workshop Topics Web Research Library Homepage Database Research EndNote

4 www.google.com

5 Evaluate Web Resources 1.Authority 2.Accuracy 3.Currency 4.Objectivity Tutorial on how to evaluate web resources: http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php

6 Useful Websites For Energy Research Scitopia.org The PEW Center on The States http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/ Earth Policy Institute - http://www.earth-policy.org/ U.S. DoE - http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/fuels/index.html “A vision for Infrastructure in the 21st century” – National Science Foundation Bridges to the Future webcast conference http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/bridges08/index.jsp EPA (www.epa.gov). See green grid Popular Mechanics - Magazine Algae Startups Confront Promise of Miracle Fuel With Big Summer

7 Scitopia.org is a free federated search tool for scholarly literature of various leading science and technology publishers.

8 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TOPICS AUTHOR PUBS

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13 Statistical Abstract of the USA Statistical Abstract of the United States

14 Table 890: Energy Expenditures and Avg

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24 List of Industrial Engineering Databases

25 List of Industrial Engineering Databases

26 Research Databases for IE Academic Search Premier – general Science Direct – science, engineering, etc SCOPUS – science, technology, medicine, business IEEE XLPORE – engineering and management ReferenceUSA – gives company and industry info. Patents TRIS - transportation Business Source Premier – business information Lexis Nexis – law and ethics

27 Question How do I find scholarly information on geothermal energy?

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33 vvv Make a bibliography in MLA style in html format

34 vvv xx Print or save or email the bibliography

35 Cite Your Sources

36 EndNote is a commercial reference management program developed by Thomson Scientific to assist authors in managing bibliographies when writing articles, dissertations, etc.

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38 Downloading EndNote via NJIT VPN is required for remote download. See: Information Services & Technology web site http://ist.njit.edu/software/index.php

39 Gather and Manage References Open EndNote Create a library Select bibliographic style Search and select references for your library Export citations into EndNote Manage references in Endnote

40 Gathering Citations SCOPUS IEEE Scifinder Scholar Google Scholar Manual data entry

41 Cite While You Write Using MSWORD Open MSWORD document and insert references Change citation style in MSWORD, Example from APA to MLA

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45 Select References

46 Search and select references Export selected items to EndNote library from Scopus

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49 Google Scholar – set preferences download cites one at a time

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51 Select Bibliographic Manager In scholar preferences, select bibliographic manager option for EndNote and save

52 Import into EndNote from google


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