New Resources for Engineers

Lizzie Gadd, Becky Jones, Sharon Reid& Steph McKeating

Library Engineering Team

Overview of session

Research information at Loughborough Accessing via Metalib Overview of our new (and newish) resources

IEEE Xplore Construction Information Service SPIE Digital Library SAE Digital Library Standards (British & ASTM)

Hands-on – with hints & tips

The cost of research information: some numbers

£1,752,400the amount spent by Loughborough University Library on electronic information and serials in 2008/2009

240the number of subscribed databases available to search

1,000,000The number of articles downloaded, (from library

subscriptions), by students and staff in 2007/2008

Databases

Our 240 databases provide access to the latest research information: journal articles, conference papers, patents, standards, legislation, and data.

Either abstracts or full-text Each database will contain many

thousands (sometimes millions) of references

How do I access the databases?

The Metalib portal provides access to databases.

there are three elements to ensure a successful Metalib search:

1. select a category 2. select your search terms (keywords)3. select your resources (either by selecting

the check box or clicking on the database name)

remember you can cross search up to 8 databases

Locating the full-text

A Metalib search will provide you with a list of results

Click on the red SFX button for availability of the item.

Either available:

electronically to download in print from the library catalogue

Or not available in the library Use Inter-Library Loan http://www.lboro.ac.uk/library/services/ill-home.html

Saving Metalib Results

mark the records you are interested in by clicking on the basket symbol

click on ‘my space’ at the top of the screen click on the check boxes on the left hand side

of the screen then click on either ‘send’ to email the results

or ‘save’ to save the results to your computer or directly to Refworks

E-journals

These can be accessed in two ways: through the library catalogue or through Metalib

IEEE Xplore

All IEEE and IET Journals (143 titles) All IEEE and IET Conferences (850 titles) All IEEE standards (2000+) Historic papers to Vol. 1, issue 1 Weekly updates (12,500 new articles added

each month)

= nearly 2 million articles

What’s available?

IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and magazines from 1988 with select content back to 1913

IEEE conference proceedings from 1988 with select content back to 1953

IEEE standards from 1948 IET journals, letters, and magazines from 1988 with

select content back to 1965 IET conference proceedings from 1988 IEEE books from 1974

Accessing IEEE Xplore

Metalib Under Electrical Engineering

Full access available on campus (IP) Off campus use the Remote Working Portal

Searching Xplore

Basic search plus five others: Advanced Author CrossRef Citation Search Session History

Advanced search Option 1 should suffice

Keeping records

Mark references to: Email Print Download for importing into Refworks

Construction Information Service (CIS)

UK construction industry information

Full-text service Standards Legislation Regulatory & advisory documents

Either scanned facsimiles or Adobe PDF files Can be printed or downloaded

Featured publishers

Key documents

Building Regulations England and Wales Journals

Architects’ Journal New Civil Engineer Construction News

British standards and Eurocodes HSE publications JCT and other contracting publications

How to access CIS

Via MetaLib Under Civil Engineering category or use “Find Database” to search for CIS

Need Athens username and password IHS homepage displayed Select Construction Information Service from

product list by clicking on

SPIE Digital Library

Optics and photonics - the science and application of light

>260,000 technical papers from SPIE journals and conference proceedings

>17,000 new technical papers added annually Full-text service Currently archived from 1990. During 2009 c. 40000

articles to be added taking the archive back to the first SPIE Proceedings published in 1963.

Access and searching

Via MetaLib – locate in Civil Engineering subject category or use Find Database

Available both on and off-campus Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal:

https://vpn.lboro.ac.uk/ Search by: Quick or Advanced options Browse – powerful functionality. Browse by

volume, year, title, conference, technical area

How extensive is the archive?

Proceedings of SPIE - V. 1200, 1990 Optical Engineering - V. 29, 1990 Journal of Electronic Imaging - V. 1, 1992 Journal of Biomedical Optics - V. 1, 1996 Journal of Micro/Nanolithography - V. 1, 2002 Journal of Applied Remote Sensing - V. 1,2007 Journal of Nanophotonics – V.1, 2007 SPIE Letters Virtual Journal – 2005

What subjects does it cover?

Astronomy and astronomical optics Optics and electro-optics Defense and industrial sensing Micro- and nano- technologies Communication and information technologies Biomedical optics and medical imaging Electronic imaging and processing

Other features

Author links to their other publications Supports tables of contents email alerts Full tables of contents for current and back

issues Personalization tool via My Article Collections Quick link to related SPIE products

SAE Digital Library

SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering the latest advances and research in the following areas: ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology, fuels and lubricants, emissions, electronics,

brakes, restraint systems, noise, engines, materials, lighting, and more

Our Subscription

We subscribe to the SAE Technical papers from 1990 onwards, giving full text to over 47,000 papers.

Access on campus only

Abstracts from other publishers

Search Tips

To get all full text from the SAE Digital Library: Select Field Search Change the publisher to SAE International Chose Technical papers Set publication date to >12-31-1997

Standards

Two full-text online services: British Standards (incl. Eurocodes) ASTM

Other individual standards In print - Serials 602 CD-ROM – SAE Handbook for Ground Vehicle

Standards (J-Reports)

British Standards

Metalib – locate via Find Database British Standards – ATHENS U & P Remember the YELLOW BOX!!

BSOL Subscribers

What does it cover?

38,500 current, draft and historic British Standards

16,000 of these are BSI adopted European and International standards

Withdrawn standards from 1999 onwards

Searching

Simple search – input document number, key word or phrase. Use inverted commas for a more focussed set of results – “sky scraper”

Advanced search – additional options to search via publication date, update type (amended, reinstated) or reference (standards replacing/historical version of)

Browse – either by module or subject

ASTM Standards

American Society for Testing and Materials > 12000 standards Coverage includes metals, petroleum,

construction and the environment Access via MetaLib – use ‘Find Database’ Off-campus login to Remote Working Portal:

https://vpn.lboro.ac.uk/

Library subscription

Please be aware:

Loughborough’s subscription allows access to the full text of active ASTM standards documents only

No access to withdrawn, historical or redline standards

How to search

Search options: Enter the alphanumeric number of the standard if known –

an alphanumeric listing of all standards is also provided Enter keyword(s)

Browse: By subject area (here called ‘interest area’) By ASTM Committee By various listings – e.g. withdrawn standards

Other features

Provides a link to related ASTM standards products from each standard (click on tab)

Supports email alerts via Standards Tracker Provides list of corrections and designated

number of corrected standard

Hands-on

Your chance to:

Try out the new electronic resources Get help and advice from staff on any queries

or problems you may have

Contact details

Academic Librarians - Tel 2342 & 2344

Lizzie Gadd - e.a.gadd@lboro.ac.uk

Steph McKeating - s.f.mckeating@lboro.ac.uk

Sharon Reid - s.d.reid@lboro.ac.uk

Becky Jones - r.jones2@lboro.ac.uk

Broadcast blog - http://broadcastengineering.wordpress.com/