Library Workshop ECET 401 Fall, 2009 Librarian: Haymwantee Singh Professors Ron Rockland and Alex Blinder [email protected] , 973-596-8498
Jan 15, 2016
Library Workshop ECET 401
Fall, 2009
Librarian: Haymwantee Singh
Professors Ron Rockland and Alex Blinder
[email protected], 973-596-8498
Library Workshop ECET 401
Assignment 1 – Differentiate between a book and an article.
Book vs ArticleBook: Williams, Karl P., Build your own
humanoid robot, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Citation Elements Of This Book Are:• Author: Williams, Karl P• Title of book: Build your own
humanoid robot• Place of Publication: New York • Publisher: McGraw-Hill • Date: 2004
Article: Adams, B.; Breazeal, C.; Brooks, R.A.; Scassellati, B., "Humanoid robots: a new kind of tool,“IEEE Intelligent Systems and Their Applications, vol.15, no.4, pp.25-31, Jul/Aug 2000
Citation Elements Of This Article Are:• Author: Adams, B.; Breazeal, C.;
Brooks, R.A.; Scassellati, B.• Title of Article: "Humanoid robots: a
new kind of tool," • Source Title: IEEE Intelligent Systems
and Their Applications, • Volume: vol.15• Issue: no.4• Pages: pp.25-31 • Date: Jul/Aug 2000
ObjectivesObjectives
• 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
Workshop TopicsWorkshop Topics
• Library Homepage
• Web Research
• Database Research
• Wikipedia
• Bibliography & Citing Resources
List of Engineering TechnologyDatabases
Research Databases for ETResearch Databases for ET
• ASME journals online – mechanical engineering• Academic Search Premier – general • IEEE Xplore – Electrical and Computer Engineering• Science Direct – science, engineering, etc• Scopus – science, technology, medicine, business• ReferenceUSA – gives company and industry info.• Patents• Business Source Premier – business information• Lexis Nexis – law and ethics
How do I find scholarly information on prosthetic legs?
www.scitopia.org
www.google.com
Scitopia.org is a free federated search tool for scholarly literature of various leading science and technology publishers.
TOPICS
AUTHOR
PUBS
prosthesis
IEEE is a society
ExpandTOPICS
here
Find the pdf of this IEEE article at the library.
Find the IEEE Xplore database
Select the letter “I”
Database isIEEE XPLORE.
Select advancedSearch option.
Type in the title words of the article
PDF is here.
Select this item
Select the productgoogle scholar and execute
the same search.
Notice that your searchset has been reduced.
Page down!
Select this item.
More of the pdf
More of the pdf
More of the pdf – article includes
useful bibliography
Let’s go deeper into googlescholar on the next page.
Select the option “Advanced Scholar Search”.
Add the exact phrase:“state of the art” and select the
subjects engineering and medicine.
Click on each of these items.
Notice that our total has been now reduced
further.
See our journals list:http://library.njit.edu/journals/index.php
How do I find Company Information?How do I find Company Information?
• Find Company profile information in Reference USA database
• Find articles on companies and industry in Business Source Premier database
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ReferenceUSA database is a commercial productavailable at Jersey Clicks via our library at:http://library.njit.edu/databases/index.php
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References and links on Good Manufacturing Practices
Evaluate Web ResourcesEvaluate Web Resources
1. Authority2. Accuracy3. Currency4. ObjectivityFor more go to:
http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php
Types of websites
.edu educational (often contain student pages as well as scholarly research).gov governmental (usually dependable).com commercial (may be trying to sell a product and may have inaccuracies) .net network (may provide services to commercial or individual customers).org organization (non-profit institutions; note the source of funding, may be biased).mil military.biz Commercial use (selling a product)
Purposes of web resources
• Commercial• Informative• Educational• Entertaining• Advocacy – promote, sponsoring, suuport• Persuasive – influence, convince• Hoax• Institutional
How to Evaluate Information – video tutorial
2 websites are compared and discussed with respect to 4 important criteria for evaluating web resources
1. Authority2. Accuracy3. Currency4. Objectivity
http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php(presented by Wolfgram Memorial Library at Widener
University located in Chester Pennysylvania
Questions to ask about a website to determine the quality
• What type of web page is this?• What is its purpose?• Who is the author of this page?• Who is the audience?• When was the page last updated?• Is there a contact? If yes, note the contact.• Does it list scholarly sources?• Does the author have a bias or agenda? (Is this bias
stated or hidden?)
Cite Your Sources
Use programs such as KnightCite, NoodleBib, Express or Citation Machine to create a bibliography in MLA or APA style. See library’s homepage:
http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/cite.php
Cite
Workshop TopicsWorkshop Topics
Select othergoogle products