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| Reference
Sources (Handbooks and Encyclopedias). Ideas for Research Topics. |
A good way to find
ideas
for research topics is to look through indexes
and table of contents of encyclopedias
and
handbooks.
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Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical
and Electronics Engineering. 24 volumes. TK9 .E53. Latest
edition kept in Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner, nearby the current journals.
Comprehensive source. For search topics, try the table of contents
and index in the last volume of the set.
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Handbooks and reference books:
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Selected electrical
and computer engineering handbooks and encyclopedias are listed
at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eceref.htm.
Many recent handbooks are located in the TK's in the Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Knovel.
Handbooks. Subject areas include chemistry and plastics, materials science,
environmental science, microelectronics materials, electrical engineering,
electronic engineering, chemical engineering, systems engineering, food
sciences, and mechanical engineering. Electronic handbooks.
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ENGnetBASE
contains the contents of selected CRC Press engineering handbooks. Chapters
can be searched and displayed, from each title or across the whole range
of titles. Electronic handbooks.
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Referex
Engineering. (Elsevier) Provides access to the full text of over
300 engineering books, including handbooks, reference books and academic
books (materials and mechanical; electronics and electrical; and, chemical,
petrochemical and process). Referex is available through the Engineering
Village platform (Inspec/Compendex).
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Computer Science and Engineering
Handbook. CRC Press. Call Number: QA76 .C57315 . Latest edition
kept in Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Electrical Engineering Handbook.
IEEE Press. Call Number: TK145 .E354. Latest edition kept in
Reference
Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Standard Handbook for Electrical
Engineers. McGraw-Hill. Comprehensive electrical engineering
reference work. Call Number: TK151 .S8. Latest edition kept
at the Reference/Information Services Desk, 1st
floor west.
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Free
Online Dictionary of Computing. Online dictionary of programming languages,
computer architecture, operating systems, networking, electronics, and
any other subjects related to computing.
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IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical
and Electronics Terms. Call Number: TK9 .I478. Latest edition
kept in Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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McGraw-Hill: the Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Edition:
9th ed. 20 volumes. Call Number: Q121 .M3 2002, Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner. Might subscribe to online later.
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Gale's new Directory platform (Encyclopedia
of Associations, Research Centers directory, etc.) will soon
migrate to a new interface. Search the Classic
GT (GIL) Catalog for print versions.
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IEEE
Spectrum. IEEE Spectrum is one of IEEE's journals. It has
news analysis, articles, and other information of interest to electrical
and computer engineers. For ideas of search topics, look at the Table
of Contents.
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Style manuals and technical writing.
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"Electrical & Computer Engineering" Research Guide -- "Style
Guides, Grammar & Writing"
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The Library has a large number of technical
writing books, such as in the T11's in the Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner. Examples
of Library of Congress subject headings include "technical writing," "communication
in engineering," "business writing," "communication in science," "communication
of technical information," and "report writing."
This list provided here is only
a sampling of the reference materials in the Library. To locate additional
electrical and computer engineering reference items, search the Classic
GT (GIL) Library Catalog or browse the Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner under the call
number range TK.
| Getting
Product Information |
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Competitor Company Web Sites.
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Consumer Product Safety Commission.http://www.cpsc.gov/
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Government
Information.
http://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/subject/index.php?/govinfo
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Business and Industry Guides.
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Business,
Industry and Company Information Guide
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Business
databases "Business
& Management"
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ABI/Inform search
example
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Patents, Standards,
Products, and Trademarks guide.
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Research
Guides. General
Business & Management, Company
Information, Georgia
& Atlanta Business, Industry
Information, International
Business, Statistics,
and Legal
Resources.
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Company
Information & Company Directories.
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Thomas Register. TS 199
.T45A (2005), Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. Approximately
145,000 American manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers. Identifies
which companies make what products. Includes some manufacturers'
catalogs. Thomas Register's "Supplier Finder" database http://www.thomasregister.com/
provides access to approximately half the information found in the Library's
print version. The print version is not expected to be updated; access
the web version for recent information.
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MacRAE's Blue Book http://www.macraesbluebook.com/
is an industrial directory sourcing tool for North American industrial
products. Search by company or product. American industrial directory since
1893.
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Reference
USA. Reference USA is one of the Library's company directories.
Company directory of over 13 million U.S. businesses. Create customized
lists ("Data Summary") by combining geographical, size of business and
line of business variables ("Custom Search"). Line of business search options
are: yellow page heading and SIC code.
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D&B
Million Dollar Database is a directory of over 1.6 million U.S. and
Canadian public and private businesses.
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Patents, Standards,
Products,
and Trademarks. Detailed
patent guide.
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Patents are a valuable source of information. Therefore, the patent
document is often the first place an invention is described. Patents can
be useful for cutting edge technology. Also the patent must be written
in enough detail that another person, familiar with that area, could reproduce
the invention.
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Patents
Subject Guide is at http://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/subject/index.php?/patents.
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Patent
and product information guide is at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/patprod.htm
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United States Patent and Trademark Office
(PTO) Home Page.
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General
Information Concerning Patents USPTO.
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U.S. Patent Databases.
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USPTO Patent Database.
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.htmlUnited
States patents.
Full Page Images 1790 to present. Full
text is searchable back to
1976. The USPTO
Web Patent Database is now searchable in five year blocks back to 1976,
and in one additional block covering the years 1790-1975. The full text
of a patent includes all bibliographic data, such as the inventor's name,
the patent's title, and the assignee's name, as well as the abstract,
the full description of the invention, and the claims; all of the words
(text) in the patent are searchable from 1976 to present. Current
US classifications have been added to the Full Text Database in place of
issue classifications. However, the 1790-1975 block contains
only
patent numbers and current U.S. Classifications, and thus will produce
search results (hits) in only those two fields. Remember to change
the year (“Select years”) on the search screen.
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CASSIS. CASSIS
CD-ROM system. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/ptdl/ptdlcdrm.htm
The Georgia Tech Library has a complete collection of full image U.S. patents
(DVDs) from 1790 to the present. The Georgia Tech Library is a USPTO
Depository Library http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/ptdl/index.html.
Patents BIB contains searchable bibliographic information for utility patent
grants issued from 1969 to the present and for other types of patent
documents issued from 1977 to the present. In addition, bibliographic information
for patent application publications is provided starting in March 2001.
There are 15 searchable fields including patent title, patent abstracts
from September 1988 to present, current classifications, assignee at time
of issue, date of issue, serial number, inventors' names and full addresses
(if not assigned at time of issue), and status. Classes are searchable
back to 1790. Ask at the Information Services Desk 1st
floor West for the CASSIS system.
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PubWEST Patent Searching. Contact Bette
Finn at bette.finn@library.gatech.edu
for information about searching the USPTO PTDL's PubWEST patent search
system. The PubWEST system uses powerful BRS search software -- proximity
operators, field searching, manipulation of previous search statement lines,
etc. Available databases include USPT (full text of most patents
1971+), USOCR (Optical Character Recognition to scan patent copies 1920-1970
and 1971-1976 that are missing from the USPAT file), PGPub (utility applications
that have been pending for 18 months), JPAB (English language abstracts
of unexamined Japanese patent applications, Oct 1976+), and EPAB (published
documents from the European Patent Office, selected EPO member countries,
USPTO, and the World Intellectual Property Organization; dates vary).
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U.S. Patent Classification Guides
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The Manual of
Classification is used to determine the appropriate U.S.
patent classification. Classes/Subclasses are hierarchical. The print
(paper) version, located in the Library's patent area (ask at the Information
Services Desk 1st
Floor West), may be easier to use than the online
version
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The Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System is available in paper
copy or online.
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Classification Definitions are available online
or in microfiche. Detailed
patent guide. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/patprod.htm
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Class Subclass Searching. Although searching by keywords can
be easier than searching by classes and subclasses, classification searches
will often retrieve patents that are right on target. Searching by
classification is more thorough than searching by keywords.
Keyword searches will miss relevant patents and will also retrieve irrelevant
patents.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office homepage: http://www.uspto.gov
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Full Image Patents.
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
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Commercial on-line searches of U.S. and international patent databases
are available for a fee. Contact Bette Finn at bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
Description of patent fee-based
databases.
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Patent
Web Resources.
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Foreign Intellectual Property Offices Web Sites.
| Databases
for In-Depth Research |
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Inspec
database (1896+). Institution of Electrical Engineers. INSPEC
is the foremost international English language abstracting service covering
the field of electrical engineering and electrotechnology. It indexes journal
articles and conference proceeding papers in the areas of physics,
electrical
engineering, computer engineering, electronics, telecommunications,
communications, optics, control engineering, computers and computing, automation
in any field, manufacturing and production engineering, simulation and
modeling, and information technology.
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Compendex
database (1884+). Compendex indexes major engineering journal articles
and conference papers.
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Inspec
and Compendex
can be "combined" and searched together (about 20% overlap).
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List of databases
related to electrical and computer engineering. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eceindex.htm
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Technical
Research Reports. A technical
report is a document written by a researcher detailing the results
of a project and submitted to the sponsor of that project.
| Databases
for General Research |
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General science and technology databases
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Applied
Science and Technology Abstracts (1913+) Provides bibliographic
references in major scientific, trade, and technology periodicals. Coverage
spans many specialties. Library owns many of the periodicals.
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Web
of Science's Science Citation Index.
(1900 to present for Science Citation Index) Institute for Scientific Information.
Web of Science provides access to research literature through standard
access points and to cited references (bibliographies, footnotes) published
with a scholarly paper. For cited reference searches, search by first
author. Search example.
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NTIS
technical reports database (1964+). NTIS
provides citations and summaries of U. S. government sponsored research,
development and engineering reports as well as many reports prepared by
foreign government agencies and their contractors or grantees. Coverage
includes all disciplines, including science and engineering. The
Georgia Tech Library owns a very large collection of microfiche
United
States government
sponsored research reports. Selected technical reports are available
in electronically
or in print format.
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Trade, industry and management indexes
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General interest indexes
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Access to Library electronic resources requires authentication through
the Library’s
Proxy server: a Georgia Tech "GT Account"
ID
and password is required (used for Spectrum email, WebCT, etc.).
Enter at http://www.library.gatech.edu
“Databases”
“E-Journals” “Electronic
Version Get fulltext copy Find It @ GT" field, Galileo
Password or “Course
Reserves.” If you have never activated your "GT Account" ID,
or if it has been inactive for four months or longer, you will need to
activate or reactivate it. The PASSPORT
website https://passport.gatech.edu/
offers tools for GT Account and GT Active Directory password changes, student
activation, email aliasing and GT Directory options. OIT Support Walk-in
Support: Resource Center, Library West (ground floor) Hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm,
Monday - Friday E-mail:
support@oit.gatech.edu,
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. OIT FAQ.
OIT User Accounts.
How
do I change my "GT Account" password? Your password is set to
expire every 90 days. The GT "Active
Directory" password has stricter rules than does the "GT
Account" password.
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Linking to
Library Resources (http://www.library.gatech.edu/services/linking.php):
Add GT Proxy Bookmark; LinkMaker, prefix http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=
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GT
Web Localizer (http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/web_localizer.php)
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Search
Assistance.
| Search
Hints. Classic GT (GIL) Catalog and Inspec |
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Log-in
for proxy server.
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Search
examples for Classic GT Catalog records, using information from Inspec
fields.
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/gilei.pdf
[Get Arobat
Reader]
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Inspec
(1896 to present). Indexes journal articles and conference
proceeding papers in the areas of physics, electrical engineering,
computer engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering,
computing, manufacturing and production engineering, and information technology.
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Compendex
(1884 to present). Indexes major journals and conference proceedings
in most engineering disciplines.
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Compendex and Inspec
search
examples http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/3ei.pdf
[Get Acrobat]
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Inspec
and Compendex
can be "combined" and searched together (about 20% overlap).
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Format for marked records (email, print, download). "Choose Format."
Default
is "Citation." Change to "Detailed record" or
"Abstract" Format.
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Fast searches in Inspec & Compendex for a few
papers on a topic: Limit By (drop down menus) (1) "Journal article" (Document
Type) -- Find It @ GT works properly for most journal papers, but often
does not work for conference papers; (2) Only Inspec "Treatment
Types" (General Review, etc.) are current; Compendex "Treatment Types"
apply only to 1985 to 2008; (3) "English" (Language); (4) recent date.
Add synonyms to your search strategy by checking: Title, Abstract, Subject
Heading fields; thesauri (online); bibliographies/references at the end
of similar papers and footnotes.
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"Limit By." Publication Year. Earliest possible publication
date is 1896/1884. Reverts to default date for each new search.
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Truncation (*) and Wild Cards.
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Truncation (*) and wild cards cannot be used within
quotation
marks or braces or used with the near or onear command.
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The asterisk (*) is the right and left hand truncation symbol.
comput* returns computer, computerized, computation, computational,
computability
*sorption returns adsorption, absorption, desorption
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Stemming allows retrieval of variants of a word using the word root
as the stemming basis. Search terms are automatically stemmed in Easy Search
and Quick Search except terms searched in the author field. In Expert
Search, stem terms using $-- $management returns managing, managed, manager,
manage, managers, etc. Truncation, wild cards and stemming
cannot
be used within quotation marks or braces, but stemming can be used
with the proximity operators NEAR/# ONEAR/#.
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Wild cards: wom?n finds woman, women.
t??th finds tooth, teeth, truth, tenth. h*emoglobin
finds haemoglobin.
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Phrases (" ") and Proximity (NEAR/# ONEAR/#)
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Phrases. Use quotation marks (" ") or braces for exact,
word for word phrases, with no truncation or wild
cards. Examples: "International Space Station"
{solar energy}
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The NEAR/# and ONEAR/# commands do not
work with truncation, wildcards, parenthesis, quotes or braces.
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Search for terms that are within 0-x terms of one another in any order:
laser NEAR/4 diode.
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Search for terms that are within 0-x terms of one another and searched
in the order entered: laser ONEAR/5 diode
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Search for terms that are near and within the same index: (laser
ONEAR/5 diode) wn TI
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Search for terms that are adjacent: Space NEAR/0 stations
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If no number of words if specified, four is assumed: laser NEAR diode
is the same as laser NEAR/4 diode
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Fields. Can restrict to field names. "Search In"
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Title. TI=
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Controlled Term is a thesaurus subject heading term. CV=
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Controlled thesaurus terms and uncontrolled identifier subject terms differ
in each database (Inspec and Compendex).
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Publication year coverage for controlled terms can vary.
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Uncontrolled Term is the Uncontrolled Identifier subject heading
term selected by an indexer (not a thesaurus term). FL=
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Example: (((model* or simulat* or algorithm*) WN TI) AND (("signal processing")
WN CV)), 1980-2004
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Subject/Title/Abstract retrieves from Abstract, Title, Translated
title, Ei and Inspec controlled terms, Ei main heading, and Uncontrolled
terms.
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Limiting to "Document Type" or by "Treatment Type" will exclude records
from Compendex added before 1985. Each database offers unique "types"
not available in the other database.
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Browse Indexes. Author. Search AU=(Clough). Spaces
and commas are important. The format for author name differs for each
database.
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Inspec only uses initials for first names. Compendex
cites authors' names as they appear in the original document (either
initials or full first name).
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Surnames can be followed either by a "space" or followed by a "comma."
Example: In "Expert Search," browse Author Index by both "Clough,
G" and by "Clough G" or browse Author Index by both "Clough, W"
and by "Clough W."
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Use the "Expert Search" screen for "Browse Indexes," such
"Author" box. In Quick Search, if more than three terms are selected,
the fourth term will overwrite the term in the third search box. In Expert
Search, as many terms as needed can be selected.
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"Search History" combines previous search statements with
Boolean operators "and" "or" "not." Can add search terms with item
numbers (#).
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Example: #5 and ((simulat* or model*) wn CV). Example:
(#1 or #2) and #3.
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Only searches run in the same database, or combination of databases, are
combinable.
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Combined searches allow you to search multiple databases
(Inspec and Compendex) databases simultaneously.
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Duplicates. Click on "Remove Duplicates" then choose Inspec
at "Database Preferences: Inspec" (Inspec has fewer record
errors than does Compendex). Duplicate records will be removed from
the first 1000 records in the result set. Inspec is the "database
that you prefer to see results from."
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Journals.
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Can copy journal ISSN numbers to the Classic
GT Catalog "Exact Search" screen, choosing ISSN (xxxx-xxxx).
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When the journal ISSN search is not successful, copy and paste the exact,left
anchored journal name to the GIL Library
Catalog "Exact Search" box and choose "Journal Title."
The Classic GT Catalog
may contain separate records for electronic and print volumes. Note publication
year coverage and title changes. Electronic records are often listed
before
print records. "Find It GT" works for most, but not all, journals.
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Conference Proceedings. Please ask us for help!
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"Find It GT" often will not work for conference proceedings
and technical research reports.
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Use the Classic GT Catalog "Keyword
Search" screen for conference proceedings and questionable journal names.
Remember that the words "and" "or" "not" are not allowed in a Classic
GT Catalog "Keyword Search." Try major conference name keywords
first.
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Note "Journal/Source/Serial" field and "Conference Name/Monographic
title" fields. Conferences can be cataloged in the Classic
GT Catalog as either monographs (books, with an unique monographic
title, a specific date and specific location) or as serials (similar
to journals; all conferences listed in one "serial" record).
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"Find It GT" link can incorrectly indicate non-ownership (Find It
"ILLiad Interlibrary Loan" or Catalog error "Not Available" or "Your search
failed!") when in fact the the Library owns the publication, such
as a conference proceeding in the Classic
GT Catalog, a report in the reports
collection, or a patent.
Ask us for help!
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ISSN problem. Many conference proceeding ISSN numbers will not
work with SFX "Find It GT," although the proceedings are in the
GIL
Catalog. The Library may own all volumes of a particular conference
proceedings in the Catalog, but the INSPEC and Compendex or other database
"ISSN number" will not work in the Catalog.
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IEEE and IEE/IET. Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) -- Institution
of Engineering and Technology (IET). If the keywords "IEEE"
or "IEE" or "IET" are in the Inspec or Compendex "Journal/Source/Serial"
field or in the Inspec or Compendex "Conference Name" field, search both
IEEE
Xplore ("Advanced Search" one word in each box, such as author last
name and title keyword) and the Catalog.
Some IEEE and IEE/IET papers are not in IEEE
Xplore, but are owned by the Library and are cataloged in the Catalog.
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"Find It GT". "Find It GT" (located at the end of each record)
works for most (but not all) "journal article" document types.
"Find It GT" links to electronic full text or to the Catalog record.
Note that aggregator databases can have
selective full text
coverage and embargo date restrictions (ProQuest, EBSCOhost,
Factiva, GaleGroup, Lexis Nexis, etc.). Some joint and many pre-1988
IEEE/IEE/IET conference papers are not in IEEE Xplore. "Find It GT"
often indicates that the Georgia Tech Library does not own the record's
publication (such as technical reports, conferences, patents) when in fact
the Library actually
does own it. "Find It GT"
often
will not work for conference proceedings or reports -- the
conference proceeding may be in the Catalog.
Check journal title changes (Continues Continued by Spilt into) in the
Classic
GT Catalog.
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"Refine Search" keeps current settings. "New Search" erases
all settings and return to defaults.
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Spellings. Remember British and American spellings
of words and alternative spellings, and spell out acronyms
and abbreviations (fiber/fibre, modelled/modeled, AGV/automated guided
vehicle*).
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Session expiration. Your session will expire
after 20 continuous minutes of inactivity. Mark and
send records to email or save in a file.
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Mark your records and E-mail, Print or Download them.
Remember to change "Choose format" from the default "Citation" to either
"Abstract" or "Detailed record."
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Select range. You can add up to 400 records in "Select range"
before choosing to e-mail or download. "Choose format" email,
print, or download selected records. Check "Clear Selected Records" on
new search. Choose either "Detailed record" or "Abstract" under "Change
format." Only 5,000 results can be retrieved from any search.
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Stop words. Place the phrase within braces or quotation
marks. {block and tackle} "water craft parts and equipment" {near
earth objects}
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Thesaurus. Use "Exact Term" if you know a controlled
vocabulary term and want go directly to its thesaurus entry which contains
broader, narrower and related terms as well as scope notes, prior terms
and lead-in terms
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"Quick Search" and "Expert Search" screens are available..
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Post Search results can be sorted by date (publication year), relevance,
author or source.
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Saved searches. Up to 125 saved searches are available.
Only one search statement line is saved. Search History then
Save. You can save up to 50 records within each personal folder (3
folders)..
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Alerts. Create up to 125 weekly E-mail Alerts from the Search
History. Up to 25 records are sent within an e-mail alert. If more records
were retrieved from the weekly update, a hyperlink appears in the body
of the e-mail alert linking you to the Engineering Village 2.
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Classic GT Catalog
slide class presentation examples, using Inspec and Compendex
field information http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/2gil.pdf
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Classic GT Catalog
search hints http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/gilei.htm
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The Library subscribes to a substantial
numer of electronic journals by publishers such as IEEE, IEE, SPIE, ASA,
AIP, OSA, Academic Press, Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley.
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Note that the E-Journal
list and the Classic GT (GIL) Catalog
electronic "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy" "Find
It GT" records contain
aggregator journals (EBSCOhost, ProQuest,
Lexis Nexis, Factiva, GaleGroup, etc.) with
selected coverage and
embargo
date restrictions.
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Note the publication years covered
by the Library's electronic journal subscription. The Library may
not pay for all years available electronically, but may own the volumes
in
print, hard copy form, shelved under the Classic
GT (GIL) Catalog Call Number (print record "Library has:" fields).
Search the Classic GT (GIL) Catalog.
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Take special note of the
publication years covered by the Library's
electronic
journal
subscription. For example, you may need a 1991 volume of an e-journal,
but the Library's subscription may not begin until 1995. Always check
the dates of the Library's
print subscription in the "Library
has:" fields.
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Electronic journals are linked in the print Classic
GT (GIL) Catalog "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It
GT" field. Years of electronic subscription coverage are indicated
in the Classic GT (GIL) Catalog or
E-Journals
list "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It GT" "Available
from" field. Note title changes ("Continues" and "Continued
by" and "Split into"). The Catalog may contain separate records for
print and electronic journals; print (hard copy) Classic
GT (GIL) Catalog records will often be listed after the electronic
journal records.
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IEEE
Xplore. Most 1988
to present IEEE and IEE journal articles and conference papers indexed
by the Inspec
database can be accessed for free (full images) through IEEE Xplore. IEEE
Xplore covers the years 1988 to present (and selective journal
papers back to 1950). Please log-out when finished (simultaneous
users limitation).
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Use the Inspec
database for searching! IEEE Xplore is a subset of the Inspec
database. IEE's Inspec
database is the world's foremost electronics and electrical engineering
index, superior to IEEE Xplore's limited capabilities of searching of only
IEEE/IEE publications. IEEE Xplore's abstracts written by Inspec.
Inspec
indexes a large number and variety of Library owned electrical and computer
engineering publications not published by IEEE or IEE (IEEE Xplore), such
as ACM, SPIE, OSA, AIP, ASA, ASME, IPC, MIT Press, Elsevier, Pergamon Press,
Kluwer, Wiley, North Holland, Academic Press, Chapman and Hall, Taylor
and Francis, Butterworth, VNU, and many others.
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Science
Direct. ScienceDirect offers access to the Elsevier Science journal
collection. Full text for Elsevier only subscribed scientific, technical
and medical journals. Note subscription year coverage.
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Aggregator Full-Text Journal/Newspaper
Articles. Selected aggregator databases contain some full text
and full images in business, humanities, social sciences, legal, and general
sciences journal and newspaper articles (EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Lexis
Nexis, Factiva, GaleGroup, etc.). Aggregator
databases with full text coverage can be selective in coverage and
can have
embargo
year restrictions.
| Electronic
and Print Reserves |
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Georgia Tech Library's Electronic
Reserve (Services
-- Course Reserves) System makes course reading materials accessible
24 hours a day. Faculty place both scanned and print [book] material on
Reserve.
Class notes, homework solutions, "Word" (old tests and exams), journal
articles, and book chapters are the components of Electronic Reserves.
| Evaluating
Internet Resources |
| Interlibrary
Loan (Borrow from other libraries) |
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Information Delivery will try to provide loans or photocopies of items
not owned by the Georgia Tech Library.
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Electronic interlibrary loan
ILLiad forms are at http://illiad.library.gatech.edu/.
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Borrowing
& Requesting from other Libraries: "OPTION 2 - ILLiad
Interlibrary Loan System"
Service is available to currently enrolled students and currently employed
faculty and staff.
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Most loans and photocopies are free. However, you would be responsible
for any charges in excess of $25.00 per item.
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You can indicate in the "Notes" field that you want to be notified
if the item is not free.
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Delivery can range from a few days to several weeks, so allow enough time
when requesting material. If you need something in a hurry, indicate a
specific deadline. You would still be responsible for charges in excess
of the $25 per item limit, even if the material is received after your
deadline.
Use the service to obtain:
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Photocopies and loans of books, theses, articles, conference papers, etc.
from other libraries or commercial vendors.
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Dissertations from other schools. Generally we try to obtain a loan
of dissertations; however you have the option of requesting a purchase
of an unbound copy ($30.00)
from Dissertation Express. Use the ILLiad Request a Photocopy option
and put “Order from Dissertation Express” in the Notes field.
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Audio-visual materials. We will do our best to borrow these for you,
but many libraries will not lend them or will lend them with restrictions.
Please contact Information Delivery for further information.
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For charges in excess of $25 per item, ask your ECE advisor if you are
eligible to use an ECE PeopleSoft Project Number and its corresponding
ECE Document ID Number.
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Notes. Fill out all empty field boxes and also copy and paste
the entire Library bibliographic database record into the “Notes”
field box.
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Item Pick-Up. Pick up loaned items and photocopies at the
Circulation Desk, 1st
floor east.
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Questions. For questions about your interlibrary loan, ask
the Information Delivery Department, located on the 2nd
floor east (office door). Phone 404-894-4511. Hours are Monday-Friday
8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Email: delivery@library.gatech.edu
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Time. Interlibrary loan turn around time is usually 2-3 weeks.
Interlibrary Loan FAQ
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Distance
Learners Document Delivery and interlibrary loan for Georgia
Tech Savannah, Center
for Distance Learning, GT
Lorraine, and other
off-campus.
http://www.library.gatech.edu/services/distance.php
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Professional Organizations
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IEEE
Spectrum. IEEE Spectrum is one of IEEE's journals. It has
news analysis, articles, and other information of interest to electrical
and computer engineers. For ideas of search topics, look at the Table
of Contents.
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IEEE Standards Style
Manual. Other
style guides.
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IEEE Professional Communication Society.
The primary mission of PCS is to help engineers and technical communicators
develop skills in written and oral presentation, through promoting advanced
practices and theories for writing technical and scientific documentation
that achieve both technical accuracy and user friendliness, developing
presentation skills that capture the audience and deliver information across
technical and cultural boundaries, provide information about state-of-the-art
technologies for document design and publication, exploring the integration
visual communication tools (e.g., drawings, diagrams, 3-D models, animation)
with written and spoken communication, and conducting research on how to
ensure effective communication in a modern engineering environment
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IEEE Home page. Home page for
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Includes
membership information, publications, job listing service, standards server,
society web pages, and more. IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas
ranging from electrical and computer engineering, biomedical technology
and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics,
among others.
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IEEE Computer Society. Home Page
for the IEEE Computer Society. Includes membership information, publications,
job listing service, and more.
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Gale's new Directory platform (Encyclopedia
of Associations, Research Centers directory, etc.) will migrate
to a new interface. Search the Classic
GT Catalog for print versions.
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Electrical
and Computer Engineering Internet sites http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/ecesites.htm
| Standards
and Specifications |
Standards and specifications are documents that stipulate or recommend
minimum and/or optimal levels of performance, quality, conditions and procedures
for production, evaluation, distribution, and use of materials, products,
and services. Standards can be set by law. Others are voluntary and
are established by societies with particular interest in the field in question.
Specifications are usually narrower in scope than standards.
Search example
for Standards. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/p4stand.pdf
The Library's
print and electronic standards. http://www.library.gatech.edu/search_locate/techres/standtech.htm
"Standards
at Tech" or "Standards
Vendors" or "Society
Standards." Standards
Subject Guide. http://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/subject/index.php?/building_codes
The Library
subscribes to full image electronic ASTM
and IEEE
standards and has access to many free governmental
electronic standards.
Selected standards are cataloged in the Classic
GT Catalog at
http://gil.gatech.edu/
Index
to standards. The Library subscribes to a bibliographic IHS
database with indexingto identify standards produced by over 730 organizations
from around the world at "Databases" "Specs and Standards"
http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtonly/policy_astm.php
(IHS). IHS's standards database has a limitation of one simultaneous
user.
Standards which are set by the federal
government. http://www.library.gatech.edu/search_locate/techres/standgov.htm
A selected list of groups of standards or standard producing organizations
follows:
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American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) issues test methods for
all kinds of materials, products, systems, etc. Available full image.
Database is limited to one simultaneous user.
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Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards are available
full image at IEEE Xplore http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org
(log-out when finished). Database is limited to 15 simultaneous users.
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Department of Defense.
Specifications
and Standards http://stinet.dtic.mil/str/dodiss.html
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Code
of Federal Regulations codifies federal government rules and regulations.
These are set by law and cover a very wide range of subjects, including:
agriculture, energy, financial practices, aerospace, commerce, food and
drugs, housing and urban development, national defense, education, environmental
protection, public health, telecommunications, transportation, etc. http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html
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Consumer Product
Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/pub_idx.html.
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DOE Technical Standards http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/
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OSHA http://www.osha.gov/
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