Welcome to the Stevens Library!
Library Research Guide: SDOE
S.C. Williams Library, Stevens Institute of Technology
Library home page: www.lib.stevens.edu
Online Catalog:
How to get there: Home page -> Stevens Library Catalog
Search for books, journals, theses, dissertations, senior reports, and microfilm owned by the Stevens Library.
Library Databases:
How to get there: Home page -> e-Resources -> Databases Alphabetical or Databases by Subject
The Library subscribes annually to online research databases. Databases contain many different kinds of information in various formats. Some of these include: abstracts (summaries) and/or the full text of scholarly/academic journal articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, conference proceedings, references to books, references to dissertations and theses, patents, standards, online reference books, and more.
The information you will find in the Library’s databases is consistently more reliable and more cutting-edge than what you will find if you conduct your research using the general Internet using a Google search, for example.
Scholarly and peer reviewed publications
A publication is considered to be scholarly if it is authored by academics for a target audience that is mainly academic, the printed format isn't usually a glossy magazine, and it is published by a recognized society with academic goals and missions.
A publication is considered to be peer reviewed if its articles go through an official editorial process that involves review and approval by the author's peers (people who are experts in the same subject area.) Most (but not all) scholarly publications are peer reviewed. Source: About scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed. http://proquest.umi.com/ (25 Jan. 2006)
- Finding academic/scholarly journal articles & conference proceedings:
-ABI/INFORM – popular and scholarly business and management journal articles; many in full text.
-Academic Search Premier- search for multidisciplinary academic journal articles; many articles in full text.
-ACM Digital Library – full text of all Association for Computer Machinery publications.
-Business Source Premier – management, economics, finance, accounting, & international business journal articles.
-Engineering Village 2, featuring access to Compendex & Inspec –
abstracts of engineering, science, and information technology articles, proceedings.
-FirstSearch – access many multidisciplinary databases through one interface; includes Dissertations database.
-IEEE/IEE – full text of journals, standards, conference proceedings from the IEEE and IEE.
-ScienceDirect – full text of major technical and scientific journals, published by Elsevier Science.
-Scopus – obtain abstracts, references, and “cited by” information for over 14,000 peer-reviewed journals. NEW!
-SpringerLink – multidisciplinary journals from preeminent scientific publisher Springer-Verlag.
…there are many more research databases accessible through the Library web site. Try your searches in many databases to maximize your research results.
- Finding newspaper & magazine articles:
-Lexis-Nexis Academic – newspapers, magazines, legal and business information; international.
-National Newspapers – newspapers from all over the United States.
- Finding online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks:
-Engineering Handbooks Online – full text of reference handbooks from CRC Press.
-knovel Engineering & Scientific Reference – online encyclopedias, handbooks.
-Safari Tech Books Online – full text of leading technology reference books for IT & programming professionals.
- Finding books & dissertations from other university libraries:
-FirstSearch WorldCat and Dissertations – search for books and/or dissertations in libraries worldwide; request them through the Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services department.
How to get there: Home page -> Research -> Patents
The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) database contains searchable full-text of patents issued since 1976; full-page images since 1790, and patent applications published since March, 2001. Also, you can search for patents from the USPTO and the European Patent Office using the new Scopus database.
Full Text Journal Locator:
How to get there: Home page -> Full Text Journal Locator
Use this tool to find out if the full text of a journal, magazine, or newspaper is available in any of the library databases. If it’s not available, request the document you need through Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services.
Accessing Library Databases from Off-Campus:
How to get there: Home page -> Connecting from Off-Campus -> Accessing Databases
Instructions are available for connecting to the library research databases from
off-campus locations. If you have trouble connecting from off-campus, contact a Help Desk Consultant at the Office of Information Technology Computer Center at 201-216-5500.
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services:
How to get there: Home page -> Services -> Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services
If the Library does not have something you need on the bookshelves or in any of the online library research databases, we can get it for you! Read more on the Library web site about requesting and obtaining journal articles, dissertations, standards, reports, conference proceedings, and books.
Citing your sources:
How to get there: Home page -> Research -> Citing Sources
These helpful links will lead you to examples of various citation formats, including MLA, APA, and Chicago. This page also explains why it is so important to properly cite your sources. Also links to the Stevens Writing Instruction Tutorial site, at http://www.stevens.edu/wit/research/links.shtml
If you have any questions regarding library research, please contact:
Linda Scanlon, Information Services Librarian,
201-216-5412, lscanlon@stevens.edu
Valerie Forrestal, Information Services Librarian,
201-216-5361, vforrest@stevens.edu
Barbara Arnett, Librarian Assistant,
201-216-5382, barnett@stevens.edu
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