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UCL LIBRARY SERVICES
Library resources for EEEproject students
Martin Moyle
e-mail: [email protected]
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Overview
Getting startedElectronic resources
bibliographic databaseselectronic journalse-books and other full-text collectionspatents and standards
Off-site access to electronic resourcesInterlending and other libraries
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Notes from this session
Handout on electronic Library resourceshttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/EEE2/EEE2notes.doc
Copy of slides:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/EEE2/EEE2slides.ppt
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Getting started
Library web site: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/LibraryeUCLid, UCL Library Catalogue: http://library.ucl.ac.ukUse eUCLid for books.
Includes many e-books, but see also http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ebooks.shtml
JournalsUse eUCLid to find print journals held at UCLFor electronic journals, use the listings at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/
Subject guides at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/subjguide.shtml
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Bibliographic databases
Allow you to find references to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, etc
Not usually full-text databases, but often you can link directly out to papers you want to read
Support very precise and/or complex searching; other features can include download of results in reference formats, weekly alerts to new content, etc
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Bibliographic databases for Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Engineering Village 2. Includes:Compendex - c.7 million records covering all aspects of Engineering from 1970.Inspec - IEE database covering physics, electronics, computing and control from 1969.
ISI Web of Knowledge. Includes:ISI Science Citation Index - general science database with over 17 million records. Covers 1945 onwards.ISI Proceedings - multidisciplinary index to conferences, workshops, symposia etc. 4 million records, 1990-date.
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Engineering Village 2
For Compendex and InspecAccess from http://www.engineeringvillage2.orgExample...
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ISI Web of Knowledge
For ISI Science Citation Index and ISI ProceedingsSee http://wok.mimas.ac.ukExample - Science Citation Index...
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Electronic journals
UCL Library Services offers full text access to c.10,000 titlesSee http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/
Browse A-Z by titleSearch for particular titlesBrowse by subject: pages for EEE, Comp Sci, Physics
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/ejeleceng.phphttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/ejcompsci.phphttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/ejphys.php
Holdings information is displayed
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E-books and other full text collections
UCL's e-book holdings are increasingSee lists at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ebooks/sciebooks.shtmlIncludes
KnovelFull ACM and IEEE/IEE journal and conference archivesOther conference proceedings, eg AIPBook series such as Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Topics inApplied Physics
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E-books: Knovel
http://www.knovel.comCurrently holds >650 handbooks and reference worksPowerful search:
keywordsproperties
Interactive tools - graph plotter, equation plotters, graph digitizer, equation solver, spectra viewer, phase diagram viewer, unit converter...
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Standards
Detailed instructions about how something is to be manufactured, managed, designed or otherwise handled
UCL Library subscribes to British Standards OnlineSearchable database holding 39,000 BSI StandardsSee http://www.bsonline.bsi-global.comDownloadable guidehttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/guides/BSonline.pdf
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Patents
Granted to give an inventor the right to stop others from making, using or selling an invention (whether a product or a process) for a limited period. You can check patents servers for the very latest technological developments.
Example: esp@cenet - 70 countries, 30 million patents. See http://ep.espacenet.comDownloadable guide to patents searching:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/guides/patents.pdf
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MetaLib
For cross-searching different electronic resourceshttp://metalib.ucl.ac.ukHas an "electrical engineering and computer science" subject page, listing different resources in these subjectsSelect up to 10 resources to cross-searchA good place to start a literature search
results will show you which are the most relevant resources
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Off-site access
ATHENS-protected resourcesSet cookieUCL IS username and password required thereafterMore at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/athens.shtml
EjournalsProxy server now installedUse the links at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ejournal/index.shtmlUCL IS username and password will be required
For other resources not available off-site, eg Knovel, consider downloading and installing Remote Cluster WTS client from IS
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/IS
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Interlending and other libraries
Interlending£3 per satisfied requestno e-deliveryhttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ids.shtml
Other librariesreference access to University of London libraries and British Libraryalso to most University libraries in vacations - check first!IEE Library membership for £10 pa - see http://www.iee.org/TheIEE/Research/LibSvc/index.cfmMore at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/otheraccess.shtml
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Reminder: notes from this session
Handout on electronic Library resourceshttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/EEE2/EEE2notes.doc
Copy of slides:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucylamm/EEE2/EEE2slides.ppt
Contact [email protected] for further assistance