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Discover a wealth of resources for Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University, covering online catalogs, e-books, journal articles, patents, and ethical information. Utilize databases like IEEE Xplore and Engineering Village for advanced research on topics such as sensor networks. Learn how to navigate library resources effectively, access engineering standards, and find statistical data for your projects. This guide also provides insights on starting a business in engineering and offers citation resources to maintain academic integrity.
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Overview • Online Catalog • Find Print and Online Books • Develop background information • Finding information at the Library(Example: Sensor Networks) • Electronic handbooks and encyclopedias • Databases, Journal Articles • Patents • Standards • Business Information • Marketing • Small business – Starting a company • Ethical Information • Data and Statistics • Citations and References
Finding Print and Electronic Books Electrical and Computer Engineering – Computer Science Senior Design Use Library catalog to locate print and electronic books Search here: Advanced Keyword Searching http://innopac.library.drexel.edu/search/X Try Keyword:Sensor Networks Use Subject Searching to limit results
Finding Electronic Books • ELECTRICALENGINEERINGnetBASE and other ENGnetBASE collections • Engineering electronic books from ENGnetBASE and other netBASE collections • Keyword: • Sensor Networks • Searching within e-book resource returns chapter-level results
Finding Electronic Books Using Knovel Knovel – Engineering and Scientific online reference books What is Knovel? How can I access it? How can I keep updated with new features? Keyword: Sensor Networks Search My Subscription to access full text, search All Content as a discovery tool
Finding Journal Articles • Electrical and Computer Engineering – Computer Science Senior Design • See also: • Electrical & Computer Engineering Research Guide • Computer Science & Software Engineering Research Guide • Electrical and Computer Engineering Databases
Using IEEE Xplore • A graduate student finds IEEE Xplore and ACM Digital Library useful for his class project • Keyword: • Wireless sensor networks and environmental monitoring • Larger collection of materials requires more precise search strategy • Use database limiters to modify search results and identify active researchers
Using Engineering Village (EiCompendex/INSPEC) • How do I obtain an article from a citation found in EiCompendex/INSPEC databases or (Engineering Village) when it is not available in full text? • Keyword: • Sensor networks and MAC protocol • Use SFX to locate full text, identify print holdings, or request via interlibrary loan
Finding Patents • Electrical and Computer Engineering – Computer Science Senior Design • See also: • Patents Research Guide • Patent Searching • Patents, FDA approved medical devices and Intellectual Property • Scitopia – Search over 3.5 million documents, plus patents and government data • 1. Search for a patent in USPTO2. Find its patent number • 3. Go to pat2pdf.org and get the full patent using patent number
Finding IEEE Standards • How do I access IEEE Standards? • Engineering Standards Research Guide • See also: • How do I subscribe to RSS feeds from IEEE Xplore? How do I receive regular email notification of recently posted journals, magazines or standards? • How Do I access ASTM, SAE, ASHRAE, ISO or ANSI standards? Any other standards?
Finding Ethical Information • Resources for Biomedical, Engineering Ethics, and Law • See also: • Emerging Technologies and Ethical Issues in Engineering: • ETHX on the Web – Bioethics and Professional Ethics Database
Finding Data and Statistics • Statistical Resources Research Guide • See also: • Statistical Resources Blog entries • Lexis/Nexis Statistical • Useful Data Sets from various compilations • SimplyMap
Business Infornation • Business Research Guides • Company Information • Marketing Information • Business Databases
Understanding Citations • Tutorial: Citation Style Resources • Tutorial: Deciphering Citations • See also: • Citing your Sources: Giving Credit where Credit is Due (and avoiding Plagiarism)
Managing Citations RefWorks Overviewhttp://www.library.drexel.edu/gethelp/tutorials/refworks RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool. It can help you organize citations for the books, journal articles, web sites, etc. that you find while doing research. Best of all, it can generate a properly formatted bibliography for your papers. This site guides you through the process of setting up a RefWorks account and getting started with this great tool. Highly recommended.
Thank You! • Jay BhattLibrarian for EngineeringHours M-F: 9am-6pmHagerty Library, Room 132 bhattjj@drexel.edu215-895-1873Gmail IM drexeleng