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TECHNICAL AREAS

• Aerospace Database.  ProQuest, formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. (1962 -   ) Indexes aerospace proceedings and journals, and technical reports.  Includes aerodynamics, energy production and conversion, environmental pollution, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, materials, mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, atomic and molecular, nuclear and high energy, optics, acoustics, plasmas, propellants and fuels, and structural mechanics.  Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search example. Print section called International Aeronautical Abstracts 1942-1962 at Call Number TL501 .A326.  Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• NASA/NACA Technical Reports.  National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (1917+).  Examples of NASA's STI include research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data.  Many NACA reports (1917-1958) and selected NASA reports are full text.
• NASA Thesaurus.
• Technical reports are primarily in the microfiche technical reports collection on the 2nd floor east, or in electronic format.  Selected reports are available full text at Government websites.  Selected NASA/NACA reports are cataloged.  Other reports are available in the new Catalog (Finder/VUFind).  Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports.  (1963 - 1995).  Call Number: TL500 .S35.  Indexes aerospace technical reports. Available in an on-line service, 1962 to present, for a fee.  International Aerospace Abstracts.  (1961-2002) Call Number: TL500 .I57.    U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Index of NACA Technical Publications.  Z5063 .U592  (1915-1956/58) .  U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.  Research Abstracts. TL501 .U5X   (1951-1958).   U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Index of NASA Technical Publications.  Z5063 .U592  (1958-1959). U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Publications Announcements.  TL501.U5895.  (1958-1962).  Location of indexes: 2nd floor East..
• Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE's web page   SAE Technical Paper TL1 .S58X, 1969 to 2004 (partial)  -- microfiche papers by SAE paper#, located on the 2nd floor east.   SAE Papers TL1 .S55X (hard copy 1961-1968). SAE transactions TL1 .S6 (1907-2007).  See the Catalog for other SAE publications. SAE Technical Literature Abstracts  TL1 .S67X (1975 - 2000). Annual Index/Abstracts of SAE Technical Papers TL1.S62X  (1984 - 2007). Cumulative Index of SAE Technical Papers  Z5170 S62X (1965-1993) and Z5170.S612X 1990 (for papers 1906-1964). SAE Publications Catalog Z5170.S6X (1962-1981).   SAE's on-line mobility databases are available for a fee through an on-line database service (1906 -   ). The fee based SAE Global Mobility Bibliographic Database (1MOBILITY) is a bibliographic database that contains information on worldwide literature of technologies for self-propelled vehicles. Vehicles include those for land, sea, air, and space. Contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu for additional information. Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided for free to Georgia Tech students and faculty.

• Inspec (1896 to present) Bioelectronics, biophysics, computers, modeling, automation in any field.  Journals and conferences. Includes a thesaurus. Combine with Compendex (20% overlap)
• Compendex(1884 to present) All areas of engineering. Journals and conferences. Includes a thesaurus. Combine with Inspec (20% overlap)
• Search Inspec and Compendex together (20% overlap).
• NTIS  National Technical Information Service. (1964 to present) Technical research reports.  All topics. The Library own most technical research reports in microfiche (2nd floor east).  Full-text Availability of Technical Reports  (Technical Reports Research Guide)
• Combine multiple databases.  For biological, bioengineering,  and medical topics, combine Web of Science's Science Citation Index , BIOSIS Previews, and Medline into one search, using ISI's Web of Knowledge choosing "All Databases".
• MEDLINE. NLM's medical and biomedical Medline database. NLM (PubMed) provides free access to Medline 1966+ and OLDMedline 1958-1965.  NLM MeSH (Medical Subject Headings).  PubMed(U.S. National Library of Medicine) includes over 16 million citations from Medline and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources. PubMed help. Medline (1950 to present) is available through ISI Medline.  PubMed Central -- NLM's life sciences journal literature. Older print index: Current list of medical literature; Call Number: Z6660 .C8; library has: v. 1-36 (1941-1959). Cumulated Index medicus; Call Number: R11 .C86; library has: 1960-1965. Web of Knowledge combines BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science's Science Citation Index, and Medline together; use the "All Databases" tab..
• BIOSIS Previews. (1969 to present) Biological sciences. Journal papers, meeting abstracts and books.  Biological Abstracts (1926-2003) Call Number: QH301 .B37. Bioresearch Index/BA/RRM (1967-1988) Call Number: Z5321.B672.  Web of Knowledge Portal combines BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science, and Medline together; use the "All Databases" tab.
• Science Citation Index (1900 to present).  Web of Science. Institute for Scientific Information. ISI. Web of Science's Science Citation Index indexes major science and technology journals, including major medical and major biomedical journals.  Web of Knowledge Portal combines BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science's Science Citation Index, and Medline together; use the "All Databases" tab.
• PsycINFO. (1887 to present) Psychological Abstracts.
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

• Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder Scholar (1907 to present). SciFinder Scholar. CAPlus (Chemical Abstracts) (1907- ) provides access to journal articles, patents, conference proceedings and selected technical reports/dissertations in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and related sciences.CAS Registry (1957- ) provides access to over 20 million records for organic and inorganic substances and more than 24 million sequences. Records include CAS Registry Numbers, CA index names, synonyms, molecular formulas and structures.CASREACT (1907- ) provides access to more than 6 million single and multi-step reactions of organic substances including organometallic and biomolecules. CHEMCATS (Chemical Catalogs Online) (1996- ) provides access to catalogs and chemical libraries containing information about commercially available chemicals and their worldwide suppliers. CHEMLIST (Regulated Chemicals Listing) (1979- ) provides access to information about regulated chemical substances listed on National inventories.
• Registration is required. With this web version you can create "Keep Me Posted Alerts" for both references and substances. SciFinder Scholar Help, Support and Training
• Complex and efficient searches using Boolean operators, proximity operators and manipulation of previous search statements are available in the STN Chemical Abstracts 1907+ database. Contact Bette Finn, bette.finn@library.gatech.edu. Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided for free to Georgia Tech students and faculty.
• The Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. Call Number: Z5523.A525. Location: Location: reference, 2nd floor east. CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool (not as complete as the print version).
• A SciFinder Scholar slide presentation with examples is available at  http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/7cas.pdf.
• Reaxys.  The reaxys database replaces both Beilstein and Gmelin CrossFire as the source of experimentally validated chemistry data. Organic and inorganic chemistry handbooks.
• Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology. (1999 to present). The Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology is a comprehensive account of polymer sciences and technology. Coverage includes physical and chemical properties, manufacture, uses, economic aspects, methods and processes and general subjects. The online version began with the 3rd edition and will be updated regularly as changes occur.
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (1999-)  An important chemistry encyclopedia with a major emphasis on the applied aspects of chemistry and chemical engineering. Coverage includes chemical substances including properties, manufacture of the substances and uses. Other coverage includes industrial processes, unit operations and unit processes, fundamentals, analytical  methods and general subjects such as patents and regulatory agencies. The online version began with the 4th edition and will be updated regularly as changes occur.
• Springer Materials (Landolt-Börnstein). Excellent resource for physical and chemical data in materials science: substances & material systems; properties; literature citations.

• Inspec (1896 to present)
• Inspec provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, computer engineering, communications, optics, photonics, electronics, computers and control, simulation and modeling, biomedical technology, radar, electrical power, robotics, telecommunications, radio, mechanical and production engineering, and information technology for business.  Includes Inspec Thesaurus online.
• Inspec database search hints are available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eintis.htm
• Database search examples from class presentations are available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/3ei.pdf
• Engineering Village "Help" (upper right corner) Ei Training
• Information is derived primarily from journals and conference papers published in all countries and languages of the world, and also include some information from reports, books, and dissertations.
• Search Inspec and Compendex together ("Select Database"): about 20% overlap between Inspec and Compendex.
• "Remove Duplicates" --  using "Database Preferences" -- choose "Inspec" (fewer errors in Inspec).
• IEEE Xplore.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).  Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) is now Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
• The IEEE Xplore full image database contains the following collections: IEEE (Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) journals, transactions, letters, and magazines from January 1988 with select content back to 1893. IET/IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers/Institution of Engineering and Technology) journals, letters, and magazines with select content back to 1965.  IEEE conference proceedings from January 1988 with select content back to 1953. IET/IEE conference proceedings back to 1988.  IEEE technical standards and specifications, including superseded standards but excluding draft standards, dating from January 1948. Educational courses in an interactive format.  Selected IEEE-Wiley eBooks from 1974.
• IEEE Xplore includes one-hour long interactive educational online courses developed by leading experts recognized in their field and draft standards.
• Some joint publications may not be in IEEE Xplore. Some full text searching is possible in IEEE Xplore.
• Use Inspec/Compendex  (1896+/1884+) for searching! IEEE Xplore is a subset of the Inspec database.
• Inspec is the world's foremost electronics and electrical engineering index, far superior to IEEE Xplore's capabilities of searching only IEEE/IEE/IET publications. Inspec's abstracts are in IEEE Xplore records; IEEE Xplore uses Inspec Controlled and Inspec Non Controlled Indexing, in addition to IEEE Terms.
• Search Inspec/Compendex and use IEEE Xplore as document delivery for IEEE, IEE and IET papers.
• Inspec/Compendex index a very large number and wide variety of Library owned electronic and print publications (such as ACM, SPIE, ASME, OSA, AIP, IOP, IPC, APS, SIAM, MIT Press, Elsevier, MSA, Pergamon Press, Springer, Kluwer, Wiley, North Holland, Academic Press, Chapman and Hall, Taylor and Francis, VNU, and many others) not covered by IEEE Xplore.
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• IEEE style manual.  Other citation style and writing guides.
• ECE Professional Communications Program Writing Resources lists three "IEEE Formatting" guides: IEEE Editorial Style Manual ; How to Prepare Papers for IEEE Journals ; Information for Authors
• Georgia Tech ECE PhD Preliminary Examination Information.  Past Exams and Solutions. Preliminary exam study guide.  http://www.ece.gatech.edu/internal/students/graduate/prelim_exam/index.html
• PapersFirst. (1993 to present).  Galileo database.  Index to conference papers received by the British Library.  Good for conference paper verifications.
• NTIS National Technical Information Service. (1964 to present) Technical research reports. Full-Text Availability (electronic or 2nd floor east microfiche). Combine with other ProQuest databases, such as Aerospace, Materials, Disseratations.

• Energy Citations Database (ECD). (1948 to present)  Energy and nuclear energy.  Free DOE database. Energy Citations contains bibliographic records for energy and energy related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies, the Energy Research and Development Administration  (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The Database provides access to DOE publicly available citations from 1948 through the present, with continued growth through regular updates. Energy Citations includes bibliographic records of literature in disciplines of interest to DOE such as chemistry, physics, materials, environmental science, geology, engineering, mathematics, climatology, oceanography, computer science and related disciplines.  It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.  Energy Citations Database indexes selected full text reports (overlaps full text DOE Information Bridge 1996+).  Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• Although selected reports are in the GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind), most DOE reports before 1996 are in the microfichetechnical reports collectionon the 2nd floor east.
• ETDE World Energy Base -- ETDE Web (1995 to present).  In addition to information from International Energy Agency countries, ETDEWEB contains worldwide information in the nuclear, coal, and global climate change areas. This broader coverage comes through cooperative alliances with the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Nuclear Information System (INIS) and IEA Coal Research - The Clean Coal Centre. This database is available free to U.S. citizens, but registration is required to obtain an account and password for remote access.  It contains much of the same information as DOE's Energy Science and Technology Database.
• Energy Science and Technology. (1974 to present)  The free Energy Citations Database and the free DOE Information Bridge are both subsets of the fee-based Energy Science and Technology database 1974- (which corresponds to the print indexes Energy Research Abstracts, INIS Atomindex, and others such as Coal Abstracts).  For information about the comprehensive fee based database Energy Science and Technology contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.  Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided for free to Georgia Tech students and faculty.  Description of this fee-based database
• DOE Information Bridge. (1996 -   ) Full text DOE research and development reports. Subset of Energy Citations Database.
• IAEA Nuclear Information database available online for free.  INIS is a leading international database on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. INIS Atomindex International Atomic Energy Agency (1970 - 1996)  Call Number: Z7144 .N8 I18; location:  storage; available through a fee-based on-line database service, 1974 to present.
• Nuclear Science Abstracts QC770 .U64 (1948-1976). Energy Research Abstracts Z5853 .P83 U5441X (1976-1995). See IAEA and free Energy Citations Database.
• Compendex 1884+, Inspec 1896+, NTIS 1964+ technical reports.  Combine Inspec and Compendex together.

• Compendex.(1884 to present).  Major engineering journal and conference papers. Database search hints and database search examples. About 20% overlap with Inspec (search together).  Ei Training
• Inspec electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, controls, information technology journal and conference papers (1896+). Search Inspec and Compendex together (20% overlap).
• NTIS(1964 to present). NTIS technical research reports database.  Most are owned by the Library in electronic or microfiche on the 2nd floor east.  NTIS search hints.  NTIS search example. Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (Wilson/EBSCO) (1913+) Provides bibliographic references in major scientific, trade, and technology periodicals. Coverage spans many specialties.  Library owns many of the periodicals.

• 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. Can click on "My Subscription"
• CRCnetBASE. CRC Press' engineering handbooks
• ASM Handbooks Online. ASM International, the Materials Information Society.
• Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
• A large number of reference sources are listed in the Library's Classic Catalog at https://gil.gatech.edu/; and sample catalog searches.
• Selective electrical and computer engineering handbooks and encyclopedias are listed at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eceref.htm.
• Referex Engineering. (Elsevier) NOTE:  This database currently only covers the publications years before 2008. Referex is available through the Engineering Village platform. Do not search with Inspec/Compendex; search along -- with "eBook Search."
• Springer Materials (Landolt-Börnstein). Excellent resource for physical and chemical data in materials science: substances & material systems; properties; literature citations.

Materials Research Database.  ProQuest (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

• Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search example.
• Materials Research Database 1966+
• Aluminium Industry Abstracts 1972+ ; Ceramic Abstracts/World Ceramics Abstracts 1975+ {Print Ceramic Abstracts begins in 1922, Call Number TP785 .A621X.  Print World ceramics abstracts begins 1954, Call Numbers TP785 .C422X and  TP785 .C42X} ; Copper Data Center Database 1965+ ; Corrosion Abstracts 1980+ {Print Corrosion Abstracts begins 1954, Call numbers TA462 .C651 and TA462 .C652; TA462 .C65 special section called Corrosion Abstracts begins 1945} ; Engineered Materials Abstracts set 1986+ [set contains: Advanced Polymers Abstracts 1986+, Composites Industry Abstracts 1986+, Engineered Materials Abstracts Ceramics 1986+] ; Materials Business File 1985+ ; METADEX/metals 1966+ {Print call numbers TN1 .A58 years 1944-1963 and TN1 .I58 years 1931-1967}
• Search hints http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/csa.htm
• Search examples  http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/4camb.pdf

Aerospace Database 1962+ (ProQuest)

Chemical Abstracts 1907+ (SciFinder Scholar). See also Reaxy ; Landolt-Börnstein ; Kirk-Othmer ; Ency of Polymer Sci & Tech chemistry handbooks and encyclopedias

ASM Handbooks Online. ASM International, the Materials Information Society. ASM Handbooks Online features the complete content of twenty ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk Editions.

Combine Inspec and Compendex together ("Select Database"); choose Inspec when removing duplicate records .

• MathSciNet. (1940 to present).  MathSciNet contains evaluative reviews and abstracts of the international research literature in mathematics, computer science, statistics, econometrics, and applications in areas such as physics, engineering, biology, and information systems.

Inspec database (1896 to present) Journals and conference papers in physics, optics, photonics, computing, automation, simulation and modeling, biomedical technology, electrical and computer engineering, communications, etc. Includes Inspec Thesaurus online.

Inspec search hints and database examples are at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eceguides.htm

Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers.  SPIE. Optics and photonics.  Indexed in the Inspec and Compendex databases.  SPIE Digital Library SPIE Proceedings and Journals 1990+ (full coverage 1998+). Search.  Library owns print volumes in the Catalog for earlier years.

Selected AIP, IOP, OSA electronic journals go back before 1969, such Proceedings of the Physical Society 1874+ or Physical review 1893+.

GeoRef  (1785 to present).  ProQuest. Geoscience literature of the world, including geophysics and geochemistry. Geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses. North America from 1785 to the present and the geology of the rest of the world from 1933 to the present. Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search example. Search hints.  Search example. search hints and search example.

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

• Georgia Tech Library Classic Catalog.  Contains books, journals, conference proceedings, maps, microforms, most government documents, and other materials owned by the Georgia Tech Library. Classic Catalog tip sheet. Classic Catalog search hints.  Classic Catalog search examples. The GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind) is an overlay to the Classic Catalog.
• WorldCat.  This Galileo database indexes over 35 million bibliographic records of books and other types of materials catalogued by OCLC libraries worldwide (2150 B.C. to present).

• Web of Science. Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
• Science Citation Index (1900 to present)
• Social Science Citation Index (1956 to present)
• Arts and Humanities Search (1975 to present)
• Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990 to present); Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990 to present). CPCI: cited references and cumulative citation counts from 1999.
• Web of Science provides access to research literature through standard access points and to cited references (bibliographies, footnotes) published with a scholarly paper.  A tutorial is available.  Use the first author named in the bibliography reference or footnote; use author initials.  Web of Science has simultaneous user restrictions.
• Presentation slide ISI database search example is at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/5sci.pdf
• "Cited Ref Search." Use "first author" name.  "Cited Author" (with and without middle initial).  If too many records, add "Cited Year(s)" -- conferences can be held one year and published a different year. Avoid using "Cited Work" search box.  Review all screens, looking for all possible title variations.  Watch for typographical errors -- incorrect page numbers, volume numbers, years etc.  "Finish Search"  "Marked List"
• Science Citation Index.  Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Web of Science.
• Cited reference searching locates articles that have cited a previously published work. Through a cited reference search, one can determine how a known idea or innovation has been confirmed, applied, improved, extended, or corrected. Steps for Cited Reference Search: (1) Enter the name of a Cited Author (FIRST AUTHOR). Then click Search. (2) If you too many hits are retrieved, return to the form and add a Cited Year or a limited range of cited years. (3) After clicking Search, note references from the citation index that contain the cited author/cited work data entered. Look for variants; papers are sometimes cited incorrectly.  (4) Select reference(s) from the citation index, and then click Finish Search.  Clicking on "Finish Search" will retrieve records of articles that cite the references selected from the citation index. Tips: Enter the name of the first author of a multi-authored article or book. Try doing the cited reference lookup without entering a cited year in order to retrieve variations of the same cited reference.
• The Citation Index is a useful way to find articles that cite classic references.  The "classic reference" can be of any date and from any source, such as patents, dissertations, books, conference paper, technical reports, or from journal articles.  The Citation Index is also used by scientists and engineers to determine whether their work has been applied or criticized by others.
• Author names.  Web of Science captures full author names as they are listed in original records.  This feature is NOT available for records prior to 2006. These full author names are not searchable. Later, ISI plans to make the full names searchable.  The full author names will not be retrospective (old records will remain author initials only).After ISI begins to make full names searchable (at a future date), both author full names and author initials should be searched.
• Other sources:
• SciFinder Scholar's Chemical Abstracts includes "Get Related" "Citing References" -- Get references that cite the selected document(s).
• Selected ProQuest (fomerly CSA) databases have limited citation searching.   PsycINFO has "Times Cited in this Database."
• Full text.  Cited references searched in the "References" field in Elsevier "In Press/Corrected Proof" journal articles will appear in ScienceDirect, before they are formally published and then indexed by Web of Science's Science Citation Index. Other full text searchable databases may search bibliographic references at the end of "full text" articles --  such as IEEE Xplore ("Cited by IEEE" ; Search/Advanced "Full  Text and All Fields" or AbstractPlus Citing Documents), U.S. PTO "Referenced By" patent numbers, Scitation/Spin, PROLA, OpticsInfobase, IOP, etc.  Google "Scholar" indexes some references in bibliographies.  Amazon's Search Inside this Book program.

• ProQuest Dissertations (ProQuest; UMI),  1861+ ; (selected 1639+)
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses covers Ph.D. dissertations accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861+ (selected 1639+). Detailed abstracts.  It selectively covers masters theses, Canadian dissertations, and British and other European dissertations.  The full range of academic subjects is found in this index.  Abstracts for doctoral dissertations begin July 1980, and masters theses begin spring 1988. Simple bibliographic citations are available for a few selected dissertations dating from 1637. Updated monthly. Abstracts earlier than July 1980 are in Dissertation Abstracts International Call Number Z5053 .D57 (1938-2001, 1861-2001). Borrow many through interlibrary loan
• Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search examples
• ProQuest Digital Dissertations offers subscribers access to dissertations in digital format starting with titles published from 1997 forward. Free preview copies of the first 24 pages of many dissertations 1997 to present are available to all users of the database. UMI Express. Georgia Tech authors.
• Theses & Dissertations by GT Authors      Theses and Dissertations by Other Authors
• Few new Georgia Tech dissertations are likely to be added to the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A&I and Dissertations and Theses @ Georgia Institute of Technology databases after fall 2012.
• Full text Georgia Tech dissertations and theses are linked in SMARTech and the Catalogs (https://gil.gatech.edu/ or https://portal.library.gatech.edu/), and are indexed by WorldCat.
• NTIS. National Technical Information Service. (1964 to present). NTIS indexes many U.S. government sponsored masters theses and doctoral dissertations.  U.S. government sponsored research reports. Library owns NTIS reports in microfiche on the 2nd floor east, or selected reports in electronic or print format. Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search examples
• WorldCat.  Galileo database. Indexes bibliographic records of books and other types of materials catalogued by OCLC libraries worldwide.  Includes master theses and doctoral dissertations.  Borrow many through Interlibrary Loan.
• Georgia Tech masters theses and doctoral dissertations (electronic and print copy).  The most recent Georgia Tech electronic theses and dissertationsare are in the SMARTech repository Electronic Theses and Dissertation Collection. They will be added to the Classic Catalog http://gil.gatech.edu/ and the GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind).

• Electronic journals are linked in the Classic Catalog print "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It GT" field. Note the publication years covered by the Library's electronic journal subscription ("Available from"). The E-Journal list and the Classic Catalog electronic journal records contain aggregator journals with selective coverage and embargo date restrictions (EBSCOhost, ProQuest, GaleGroup, Factiva, Lexis Nexis, etc.).  Check the years (holdings) of the Library's print subscription in the "Library has" fields (General collection, Storage, Recent issues).

• Electronic and Print Course Reserves. Georgia Tech's Course Reserve system makes course reading materials accessible 24 hours a day. Examples of materials on course reserves include class notes, homework solutions, course syllabi, articles, "Word" (previous exams), books, videotapes and DVDs.

• Database Alerts. Free current awareness alerts are available in most library subscribed databases.  Alerts can incorporate subject keywords, author names, or journal names. For assistance setting up a customized automatic alert on a specific research topic contact Bette Finn at bette.finn@library.gatech.edu

• Interlibrary Loan.
• Information Delivery will try to provide book loans and photocopies of items not owned by the Georgia Tech Library.  You can request photocopies in PDF format; electronically received interlibrary loan articles are accessible from patrons' ILLiad accounts rather than sent as PDF attachments to their email.  Borrowing and Requesting from other Libraries
• Please submit your interlibrary loan request using the ILLiad online interlibrary loan system.  If you have never used ILLiad before,
• Go to the Library's home page at http://www.library.gatech.edu
• Click on "ILLiad"
• "Borrow from other Libraries"  "Submit an ILL Request/Access Your ILLiad Account"
• Logon with your "GT Account" ID and password (used for Spectrum email), fill out the one-time new user registration form, and place your interlibrary loan book or photocopy request.
• Borrow using the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan System. "Submit an ILL Request/Access Your ILLiad Account"
• Questions? Contact Information Delivery (delivery@library.gatech.edu, phone 404-894-4511, fax 404-894-8190)
• Obtain photocopies and loans of books, theses, videos, etc. from other libraries or commercial vendors.
• Available to currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff.
• Most loans and photocopies are free. However, you would be responsible for any charges in excess of $25.00 per item.  In the ILLiad "Note" field, you can include a note that you wish to be notified if the interlibrary loan is not free to you.
• 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 even if the material is received after your deadline.
• You have the option of purchasing an unbound copy of most dissertations through Dissertation Express. Orders usually arrive within 5 business days. ILLiad Request a Photocopy option and put “ Order from Dissertation Express” in the Notes field. Note Express charges.
• Most book loans and photocopies from University System of Georgia libraries are free.  Most interlibrary loans from ARCHE and ASERL regional consortial libraries are free. Some libraries can charge more than $25/item, such as MIT, the British Library or CISTI.  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.
• U.S. Ph.D. Dissertations (UMI or ILL)
• Borrow dissertations through the Library's Information Delivery interlibrary loan department.
• Generally the Georgia Tech Library tries to obtain a loan of dissertations; however you have the option of requesting a purchase of an unbound copy from Dissertation Express.  Use the ILLiad "Request a Photocopy" option and put “Order from Dissertation Express” in the "Notes" field.  Borrowed dissertations will arrive either in paper or in microform format.  Can order your own fast UMI Dissertation Express dissertation copy through interlibrary loan (Library Information Delivery) with your ECE PeopleSoft Project number and ECE Document ID number. Note Expresscharges.
• Can order a copy yourself directly through UMI with a credit card.
• A very small number of libraries do not use UMI, such as MIT (can cost more than $30).
• Notes.  Fill out all empty field boxes and also copy and paste the entire Library bibliographic database record into the “Notes” field box.
• Item Pick-Up.  Pick up loaned items and photocopies at the "Library Services Desk" ("Access Services Department" - Circulation), 1st floor east.
• 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.
• Time. Interlibrary loan turn around time is usually 2-3 weeks.
• Distance Learners. Document delivery and interlibrary loan for Georgia Tech Savannah, Center for Distance Learning, GT Lorraine, and other off-campus
• Document Delivery in-house service is available to GT graduate students for photocopies only (not for books located in the Library building); graduate students must come to the Library building to retrieve their in-house books. Interlibrary loan is available for both book loans and photocopies.
• Interlibrary Use
• All Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff can check materials out from every other University System of Georgia library (Georgia State University, University of Georgia, etc.) by using their Georgia Tech ID card.  In addition, Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff are eligible to check out materials at Emory University's main Woodruff library.
• Interlibrary Use Cards (ILU) cards are needed to check materials out from the following private college/university libraries: Emory University's Health Sciences Library, Emory University's Law Library, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta University, Agnes Scott, Columbia Theological Seminary, Mercer University, and Oglethorpe University.  "LU cards are requested at the Georgia Tech "Library Services Desk" ("Access Services Department - Circulation) Desk 1st floor west and the ILU cards are taken to the library that the patron wants to check materials out from."
• Borrowing and Requesting from other Libraries

• GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind).
• The new GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind) is an overlay to the Classic Catalog.   Next Generation.
• Use the new GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind)for
• Searches of selected non-catalog records.
• GT Catalog (Finder/VUFind) searching hints:  (a) Use quotes to search for phrases example: "Windows 2000 Server" (b) Use an * for wildcard searches example: biochem* will return biochemisty and biochemical; (c) AND, OR and NOT can be used for boolean logic example: ((biomedical AND engineering) NOT nuclear) Boolean operators must be ALL CAPS.
• Use the Classic Catalog for journal name searches ("Narrow Your Search" to Serials).  Books (monographs, not journals) usually sort correctly in the Classic Catalog, and may not sort correctly in the GT Catalog. For comprehensive searches, search both the Classic Catalog and the GT Catalog.
• Classic Catalog   http://gil.gatech.edu/
• The Classic Catalog contains books, journals, conference proceedings, maps, many government documents and other materials owned by the Georgia Tech Library.  Patents and most technical reports are not in either Catalog.
• Classic Catalog slide examples used in class presentations are at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/2gil.pdf    [Get Acrobat]
• Detailed Classic Catalog Searching the Classic Catalog Tip Sheet
• "Search hints" are available near the top of the Classic Catalog search screen.
• Georgia Tech project reports (technical research reports from GTRI and academic departments).  For recent unclassified Georgia Tech project reports not listed in the Catalog, contact Records Management (http://www.library.gatech.edu/about/archives.php).  Recent Georgia Tech project reports are available electronically, or in hard copy in Records Management remote storage (one copy).  Most older Georgia Tech project reports are in the General Collection and Archives (two copies).  Selected GT project reports are available electronically in the Catalog "Get fulltext copy" ("Internet" or "Electronic Version") field.

• Exact Search in Classic Catalog (GIL Library Catalog)
• Use the Classic Catalog "Exact Search" screen for exact word-for-word phrases, left anchored. Do not use initial articles ("The").
• Copy and paste journal "ISSN" numbers from databases such as Inspec and Compendex records to the "Exact Search" screen box and choose "ISSN (XXXX-XXXX)."
• Copy and paste the entire journal title to the "Exact Search" screen box and choose "Journal Title * (e.g., Georgia Review)," if the ISSN number search is unsuccessful.
• Searching by Call Number is also possible using "Exact Search," choosing "Call Number" Browse.
• Keyword Search in Classic Catalog
• Use the "Keyword Search" screen for subject searches or author/title searches in the Classic Catalog.
• Truncation symbol is a question mark (?). Example: http? or aeronaut?   Truncation overflow is possible.
• "Narrow My Search," if used, can be applied before entering the search or from a results screen. You can narrow your search by publication date or by format, such as narrowing your search to Journals by choosing "Serial" (magazines, journals)").
• Do not use quotation marks (" ").
• Leave out both OR, NOT (Boolean operators). Searching "NOT" results in "The system could not interpret your search statement."  Searching "OR" - results in a Boolean "AND" instead of a Boolean OR
• Use the drop down menu to narrow your search. "Any of these" is similar to OR. "All of these" is similar to AND. "As a phrase" is the third option.
• Book Status
• Recalls. A book checked out for 21+ days can be recalled by Circulation ("Access Services Department") immediately. If a non-Reserve book is checked out less than 21days, a recall will be sent on the 22nd day.  Graduate and Undergraduate Borrowing Privileges -- See "Recalls:"
• Locates can be requested at the 1st floor west Library Services Desk for items that have been missing from the shelves for an extended period of time, and checked on at least two separate occasions.
• Journals (Periodicals and Magazines)
• Use the truncation symbol (?) when guessing journal abbreviations in the Keyword Search box (possible truncation overflow). The Library owns journal abbreviation reference books that convert journal abbreviations to complete titles.
• To limit a search to journals use "Serial (magazines, journals)" click on the "Narrow My Search" button (lower left corner of Classic Catalog search screen).
• Copy and paste the journal "ISSN" number from the database record (such as Inspec or Compendex records) into the "Exact Search" search box, choosing "ISSN (XXXX-XXXX)."
• If the ISSN number search is unsuccessful, and you have an exact journal title, copy and paste the complete, exact journal title (exact, word-for-word phrase, left anchored) to the "Exact Search" screen box and choose "Journal Title * (e.g., Georgia Review)."
• Publication coverage, electronic and print.
• E-journal publication dates are listed in the Classic Catalog "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It GT" field, after "Available from."  For example, you may need a 1991 volume of an e-journal, but the Library's e-journal subscription may not begin until 1995. The E-Journals list and Classic Catalog e-journal records contain aggregator e-journals with selective coverage and embargo date restrictions (EBSCOhost, ProQuest, GaleGroup, Factiva, Lexis Nexis, etc.).  Choose the Library subscription e-journal before the aggregator e-journal.
• Always check the years (holdings) of the Library's print subscription in the "Library has" fields (General collection, remote Storage, Recent issues).
• The Library's Classic Catalog contains records for print (hard copy) and electronic subscription, aggregator and open access journals.  Search the Classic Catalog to obtain print holdings (years) in the "Library has:" field.  Separate electronic and print records may exist; print (hard copy) Classic Catalog records will often be listed after the electronic journal records.
• Title changes.  Each time a journal changes its name, there may be a separate Classic Catalog record for each title change. The Classic Catalog fields "Continued By" and "Continues" and "Split into" indicate title changes. Holdings information (years/volumes) is in the Classic Catalog print "Library has:" field and in the "Electronic Version: Get fulltext copy. Find It GT" -- "Available from" field.  Each "title change" record will have its own holdings information (years).
• The Classic Catalog print "Library Has:" fields indicate which print/hard copy journal volumes are owned by the library and shelved under the "Call Number." Separate print "Library has" fields may be present for "Storage" volumes, for "General Collection" volumes, and for "Recent Issues."
• Loose, non-bound "Recent Issues" are shelved on the 2nd floor east.
• Journals (periodicals) published before 1980 are housed in remote "Storage."
• Catalog records provide instruction for locating specific print journal volumes published through 1979.  Journals have been moved from in-house storage to remote storage, due to a serious mold problem
• Journals (periodicals) published before 1980 are housed in remote "Storage." Please fill out separate ILLiad request forms for each pre-1980 journal paper. For print journal volumes published through 1979, the Catalog record will say "Remote Storage, request articles via your ILLIAD account)."  Each journal paper request will either be filled in remote storage or will be requested through interlibrary loan.
• Volumes which are at the "Bindery" are indicated in the print "Status" field. Journals are not currently being bound, due to budgetary reasons.
• "Find It GT" works for most (but not all)  journal records (not for most conference proceedings or reports) in databases such as Inspec and Compendex.
• Request an entire volume of a pre-1980 journal in remote storage. Request an individual article in a pre-1980 journal through ILLiad.
• Conference Proceedings
• Searching for conference proceedings in the Classic Catalog can be very difficult. Please do not hesitate to ask us for help. Contact the first floor west reference1st floor West for very quick easily answered questions and contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu for in-depth reference or verification questions.
• Conference proceedings are cataloged in the Classic Catalog as either monographs (books) or as serials.
• Classic Catalog "serial" records combine all volumes and years into one record, making searching of specific conference years or unique conference titles impossible; only the title which occurs every year can be searched.
• Classic Catalog "monograph" (book) records are for a specific conference proceedings, held on a specific date and at a specific location, with an unique monographic title.
• Many database conference/proceedings records (from Inspec, Compendex, etc.) contain more than one conference information field -- serial title/source fields, conference name/monograph title fields, conference date/location/sponsor fields and publication year fields. Note all of the information provided in all conference fields, such as the Inspec or Compendex database "Source/Serial/Journal" field and the "Conference Name" field.
• ISSN Problem.  "ISSN number" conference proceedings searches in the Classic Catalog may not work, although the conference is in the Classic Catalog.
• Proceedings can require viewing of all database conference fields (Source/Serial/Journal, Conference Name fields; title that occurs every year, specific title of a specific date and location) in Inspec and Compendex or other database records.
• "Find It GT" often will NOT work properly.  Use the Classic Catalog "Keyword Search" screen for conference proceedings and questionable journal names, leaving out the keywords "and" "or" "not." Ask for help.
• "Find It GT" often will not work for conference proceedings, technical research reports, or patents.  Even though owned by the Library, "Find It GT" may only list the option "ILLiad Interlibrary Loan."  The "Find It GT" Print "GT Catalog (GIL) GO" link may return "Not Available" or "Your search failed!" when the item is owned by the Library. Ask us for help!
• Conference Proceedings Research Guide (including conference search hints).   Society Papers Research Guide.
• Search the most significant and/or unique words in the conference name or title of collection; use the [all of these] drop down option.   Search for the proceeding's title not the article/paper title.  If too many results, in a second search box, search {conference? proceeding? symposia  symposium meeting? congress? transactions} using the drop down menu [any of these] option.
• IEEE Xplore for IEEE and IEE and IET Journal and Conference Papers
• IEEE and IEE/IET.  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) -- now Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).  If the database (Inspec, Compendex etc.) record has the keyword "IEEE" or "IEE" or "IET" for the years 1988 to present (and for selected papers before 1988), try finding out if the Library owns the electronic version of the journal or conference paper by going to the database called "IEEE Xplore," Look for IEEE and IEE/IET in the index database Journal/Source/Serial and Conference Name fields.
• Many older and some joint IEEE and IEE/IET papers are not in IEEE Xplore, but are owned by the Library and are cataloged in the Classic Catalog.
• IEEE Xplore is a relatively small subset of the Inspec database. Inspec writes the abstracts for IEEE Xplore.
• IEEE Xplore contains most full text IEEE and IEE/IET conference and journal papers after 1988 (and selected papers before 1988), but does not include many joint conferences, for copyright reasons, etc.  Always search the Classic Catalog.
• Use IEEE Xplore's "Search" "Advanced" screen. Include one word per box for "Author" and "Document Title" fields, taken from database (Inspec, Compendex etc.) fields.

Inspec/Compendex index a very large number and wide variety of Library owned electronic and print publications (such as ACM, SPIE, ASME, OSA, AIP, IOP, IPC, APS, SIAM, MRS, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, North Holland, Taylor and Francis, MIT Press, Pergamon Press, Kluwer, Academic Press, Chapman and Hall, and many others) not covered by IEEE Xplore.

• 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.
• Compendex (1884 to present).  Indexes major journals and conference proceedings in most engineering disciplines.
• Sort by: (Newest).  SORT BY: Publication year
• Display 100 results per page (Abstract or Detailed record (for DOI).
• Compendex and Inspec search examples     http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/3ei.pdf
• Format for marked records (email, print, download). "Choose Format." Default is "Citation." Change to "Detailed record" or "Abstract" Format.
• "Limit By." Publication Year.  Earliest possible publication date is 1896/1884.  Reverts to default date for each new search.
• Truncation (*) and Wild Cards.
• Truncation (*) and wild cards cannot be used within quotation marks or braces or used with the near or onear command.
• The asterisk (*) is the right and left hand truncation symbol.
comput* returns computer, computerized, computation, computational, computability
*sorption returns adsorption, absorption, desorption
• 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/#.
• Wild cards:     wom?n finds woman, women.      t??th finds tooth, teeth, truth, tenth.     h*emoglobin finds haemoglobin.
• Phrases (" ") and Proximity (NEAR/# ONEAR/#)
• Phrases. Use quotation marks (" ") or braces for exact, word for word phrases, with no truncation or wild cards.  Examples:  "International Space Station"   {solar energy}
• The NEAR/# and ONEAR/# commands do not work with truncation, wildcards, parenthesis, quotes or braces.
• Search for terms that are within 0-x terms of one another in any order: laser NEAR/4 diode.
• Search for terms that are within 0-x terms of one another and searched in the order entered: laser ONEAR/5 diode
• Search for terms that are near and within the same index:   (laser ONEAR/5 diode) wn TI
• Search for terms that are adjacent:   Space NEAR/0 stations
• If no number of words if specified, four is assumed:  laser NEAR diode is the same as laser NEAR/4 diode
• Fields.  Can restrict to field names.  "Search In"
• Title.  TI=
• Controlled Term is a thesaurus subject heading term.  CV=
• Controlled thesaurus terms and uncontrolled identifier subject terms differ in each database (Inspec and Compendex).
• Publication year coverage for controlled terms can vary.
• Uncontrolled Term is the Uncontrolled Identifier subject heading term selected by an indexer (not a thesaurus term).  FL=
• Example: (((model* or simulat* or algorithm*) WN TI) AND (("signal processing") WN CV)), 1980-2004
• Subject/Title/Abstract retrieves from Abstract, Title, Translated title, Ei and Inspec controlled terms, Ei main heading, and Uncontrolled terms.
• 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.
• Browse Indexes.  Author.  Search AU=(Clough). Spaces and commas are both important. The format for author name differs for each database.
• Inspec only uses initials for first names.  Compendex cites authors' names as they appear in the original document (either initials or full first name).
• If you need to use the author's first name, use "Expert Search," browse "Author" (under "Browse Indexes") using a space after the author's last name, such as browse by "Gaylord T" and "Gaylord, T" (browsing for Gaylord, Thomas). Author surnames can be followed by either a space or by a comma, before the author's first name (try both a space and also a comma).
• 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.
• Author names can be truncated by using an asterisk (*) as the truncation symbol [such as Smith, A*]. Be aware that this strategy may lead to false hits because there are many authors with the same last name and first initial. Searching on Smith, A. B. will not retrieve articles with the author cited as Smith, A.
• Compendex "Author Affiliation" Field
• Prior to 2001, the official Compendex policy was to provide the institutional affiliation of the first author or editor. Since 2001, the affiliation of the Compendex corresponding author has been given instead (Compendex).
• Beginning March 16, 2009, for Compendex and PaperChem:  Multiple authors will be listed in the author affiliations field.  A corresponding author and email field will be added to the detailed record display. For those Compendex/PaperChem records with multiple author affiliations, the contact information of the lead author will appear.
• "Search History" combines previous search statements with Boolean operators "and" "or" "not."  Can add search terms with item numbers (#).
• Example: #5 and ((simulat* or model*) wn CV).     Example: (#1 or #2) and #3.
• Only searches run in the same database, or combination of databases, are combinable.
• Combined searches allow you to search multiple databases (Inspec and Compendex) databases simultaneously.
• 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."
• Journals.
• Can copy journal ISSN numbers to the Classic Catalog "Exact Search" screen, choosing ISSN (xxxx-xxxx).
• When the journal ISSN search is not successful, copy and paste the exact,left anchored journal name to the Classic Catalog "Exact Search" box and choose "Journal Title."  The Classic 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.
• Conference Proceedings.    Please ask us for help!
• "Find It GT" seldom works properly for conference proceedings and technical research reports.
• Use Classic Catalog "Keyword Search" screen for conference proceedings and questionable journal names.  Remember that the words "and" "or" "not" are not allowed in a Classic Catalog "Keyword Search."  Try major conference name keywords first.
• Note "Journal/Source/Serial" field and "Conference Name/Monographic title" fields. Conferences can be cataloged in the Classic 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).   "Find It GT" will often fail when in fact the conference is in the Classic Catalog.
• ISSN problem. Many conference proceeding ISSN numbers will not work with "Find It GT," although the proceedings are in the Classic Catalog.  The Library may own all volumes of a particular conference proceedings in the Classic Catalog, but the Inspec and Compendex or other database "ISSN number" will not work in the Classic Catalog.
• 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 Classic Catalog.  Some IEEE and IEE/IET papers are not in IEEE Xplore, but are owned by the Library and are cataloged in the Classic Catalog.
• "Find It GT".  Use "Find It GT" (located at the end of each record) for most "journal article" document types.  SFX "Find It GT" links to electronic full text or to the Classic 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.  A high percentage of SFX "Find It GT" search results will indicate 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.  SFX "Find It GT" seldom works for most conference proceedings -- the conference is in the Classic Catalog even though "Find It GT" fails.
• "Refine Search" keeps current settings.  "New Search" erases all settings and return to defaults.
• 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*).
• Session expiration.   Your session will expireafter 20 continuous minutes of inactivity.  Mark and send records to email or save in a file.
• 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."
• 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.
• Stop words.   Place the phrase within braces or quotation marks. {block and tackle} "water craft parts and equipment"  {near earth objects}
• 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
• "Quick Search" and "Expert Search" screens are available.
• Post Search results can be sorted by date (publication year), relevance, author or source.
• 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).
• 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.
• Database commands comparison chart. Compares search commands across selected library databases, such as search limits, proximity operators, truncation, wild cards, defaults, etc.
• Search Assistance. For customized one-on-one database search assistance on your research topic, contact Bette Finn (email: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu).
• QuickSearch EBSCOhost Discovery Service.  Search multiple Library databases at one time.
• Databases with simultaneous user restrictions must be searched using the original platform, such as SciFinder Scholar.
• Good for very simple, quick, brief, limited searches across multiple databases. Good for short phrases, such as new terminology.  Can use to quickly identify a few papers on a general topic.
• Can result in large numbers of irrelevant records. The best database may not be listed first.
• Does not utilize advanced search capabilities of native platforms. Conduct in-depth or complex searches using the original vendor platforms (Ei Village Inspec/Compendex, NTIS, etc.).

• NTIS. National Technical Information Service database (1964 -  ) ProQuest
• Try searching the NTIS database before requesting items through interlibrary loan (theses, dissertations, papers).  Search author last names ("or") and important title keywords.
• Search multiple ProQuest databases at one time, removing duplicate records; click on "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Search hints and search examples.
• Most technical reports are available in microfiche on the 2nd floor east, or available in electronic format.  A few selected reports are listed in the Catalog; selected locally loaded reports are in the new Catalog (VUFind) or in the locally loaded selected Government Reports Repository.  Government websites have selected full text reports. GT students and faculty/staff can request the purchase of missing reports for the Library's collection (ask the Special Formats and Maps staff to verify that the Library does not own the microfiche report).
• NTIS slide examples for class presentations http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/4camb.pdf
• NTIS search hints are at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/csa.htm.
• NTIS's Database Guide.
• NASA Thesaurus
• Dept of Defense DTIC Thesaurus
• Library's Technical Report Collection   Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• Microfiche. The Georgia Tech Library holds over 2,500,000 microfiche technical reports, located on the 2nd floor East. The period from 1960 to 2007 is the most heavily represented, although older reports dating from 1900 are available. Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• PDF copies and print enlargements and email scans can be made from the 2nd floor east microfiche technical reports.
• NTIS indexed microfiche technical reports are shelved on the 2nd floor east by the NTIS "Accession Number."  Other reports may be shelved under the "Report Number."
• Selected NTIS database records have an extra "check digit" at the end of the ProQuest NTIS report number (ignore it).  Watch for irrelevant zeros at the beginning of selected NTIS report numbers (after agency code).
• Microfiche technical reports indexed by non-NTIS databases might be shelved on the 2nd floor east by the Report Number listed in the "Report Number" field.
• The largest areas in the Library's microfiche technical reports collection include AD, ADA,DE, N, PB , TI and Y technical research reports.
• Print and Electronic. Most technical reports are available in microfiche on the 2nd floor east, or available in electronic format.  Selected reports are listed in the Catalog; a few reports are in the locally loaded selected Government Reports Repository.  Government websites have selected full text reports.
• Purchase.  For individual technical reports that are not currently held in the Georgia Tech microfiche collection, a request (bette.finn@library.gatech.edu) may be made to add a title to the Library's collection. This service is free of charge for Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff.  Ask the Special Formats and Maps Department, 2nd floor east, to verify that the Library does not own the microfiche report.
• Government sites have selected full text: Department of Defense/DTIC, Department of Energy/DOE, World Energy Base,  Environmental Protection Agency/EPA, NASA, NACA.   Full-text Availability of Technical Reports
• Major Indexes for Technical Reports
• Unclassified Georgia Tech research project reports from GTRI and academic departments. For recent Georgia Tech project reports not listed in the Catalog, contact Records Management (http://www.library.gatech.edu/about/archives.php).  Recent Georgia Tech project reports are available electronically or else in Records Management remote storage.  Many older Georgia Tech project reports are in the General Collection and Archives (two copies).  Selected GT project reports are available in the Catalog "Electronic Version"/Internet field.
• Technical Reports Research Guide - full text availability, databases and indexes
• Government Reports Announcements and Index and various title changes.  (1946 to 1996) Call Number: Z7916 .B47, 2nd floor East.  Available through NTIS database 1964 to present. Major technical reports indexes (before 1964, such as NTIS Reference Files Z1223 .A1 N85X 1943-58--1964/67 microfilm, 2nd floor East).  Technical Reports Subject Guide.
• Defense Technical Information Center.  Contact Bette Finn (bette.finn@library.gatech.edu, phone 404-894-1790) for information about searching DTIC's bibliographic Department of Defense classified and limited distribution Technical Reports and Research Summaries databases (only for Georgia Tech researchers).
• RAND reports.  The majority of publicly available RAND research documents 1998+ have free downloads. Searchable RAND archive back to 1948.
• NTIS indexes many U.S. government sponsored masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
• Funding Opportunities: (1) FedBizOpps is a list of U.S. Federal Government procurement invitations, contract awards, subcontracting leads, and foreign business opportunities published each business day. FedBizOpps website.  FBO Vendor Guide  "Search Field Tips" ; "Search Agents" or "Search Agent Emails" (Advanced searches can be saved as "search agents" that can be scheduled for recurring exploration, or executed on an ad hoc basis') approximately page 54, section 4.9 or 4.10. Search: "Active Documents"; "Archived Documents" (up to Last 365 Days); or "Both." FedBizOpps replaces Commerce Business Daily; also available for a fee 1982 to present. (2) Grants.gov (3) COS Pivot (Community of Science). Only active funding (no awards granted). COS Pivot unifies global COS Funding Opportunities and Profiles. Georgia Tech subscription. Register to access remotely and update alerts. Funding; Search Tips; Profiles; Support Guides. Includes academic, commercial, federal, state, province/national and local government, multinational organization, private foundation, and professional society or association funding sponsor types. (4) Government Information - Grants/Funding Research Guide for Private Sector (such as Foundation Directory) and other funding, compiled by Patricia Kenly. (5) Georgia Tech Office of Sponsored Programs Finding Funding; Funding Opportunities
• Contracts and Grants.  Funding Opportunites  includes Grants.gov and other funding information. Georgia Tech Office of Sponsored Programs. Finding Funding.

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BUSINESS AND CAREER INFORMATION

• Business and Management Research Guides.  All guides are compiled by Patricia Kenly, including information given below.
• TABS:Databases. Industry Profiles.     Business Rankings. Georgia/Atlanta. Company Profiles.      Company Directories.
• ABI/Inform Complete covers 1971+ and full text from 1991+ (about half full text). ABI/Inform Archive 1905-1985. Index to U.S. and international journals covering all aspect of business and management. ProQuest database (multiple databases can be searched at one time).  These two databases can be combined and searched together - "Searching: 1 database" (blue, top row); check boxes - "Use selected databases." Periodical articles (3000 full-text). Summaries link to Hoover's company profiles (click on "i" icon). Has Wall Street Journal full-text.
• Business Abstracts with Full Text (Wilson/EBSCO) (1913+). Provides abstracts to articles in 6000 major English-language business magazines.
• Business Rankings (Business & Management Research Guide tab)
• Company Profiles (Business & Management Research Guide tab)
• Industry Profiles (Business & Management Research Guide tab)
• Market Share (Business & Management Research Guide tab)
• Georgia & Atlanta Business Research Guide
• 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"). Geographical search options are: zip code, MSA, county, city, state and area code. Size of business search options are: sales volume and number of employees. Line of business search options are: yellow page heading and SIC code. Can also search directly by company name or ticker symbol. Each record also contains contact name(s). Company directories (Business & Management Research Guide tab)
• Thomas Register's ThomasNet.com"Supplier Finder" database http://www.thomasnet.com/. Industrial companies are listed free; about ThomasNet. Call Number: TS199 .T45A (2005) reference collection and Floor East SE corner.
• 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.
• Gale's directories (Encyclopedia of Associations, Research Centers directory, etc.): search the Classic Catalog for print versions.
• Government Information Research Guide, compiled by Patricia Kenly. The Georgia Tech Library is a resource center for United States federal government publications.
• Statistical Information Research Guide, compiled by Patricia Kenly
• ProQuest Statistical Insight (formerly LexisNexis Statistical Insight) Statistics produced by the U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, and universities.
• ProQuest Statistical Datasets (formerly LexisNexis Statistical Datasets)   .
• Patent, Standards and Trademark Information
• Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory.  Directory of journals (periodicals), grouped by general subject areas.
• Georgia Tech Career Services

• Government Information. The Georgia Tech Library is a resource center for United States federal publications and maps.

• Patents are a valuable source of information.  Two main reasons are:  1.  if you are developing a new machine, process, product, chemical substance, etc, it is important to be sure that you are not infringing on someone else's legal rights (even if you do not plan to get a patent yourself).--Therefore, you need to be sure that no one else has a patent on the invention.  2.  the patent document can give you valuable information about other people's inventions, which you could use in the development of your product.  The invention cannot have been publicly described or sold for more than one year before the patent application is submitted.--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.
• Patents Subject Guide.  Patents Searching Tutorial. Patents and Trademarks Research Guide compiled by Lisha Li
• How to Conduct a Preliminary Patent Search computer based training module (USPTO)
• Conducting a Patent Search (USPTO): A Seven Step Strategy
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Home Page.
• General Information Concerning Patents USPTO.
• U.S. Patent Databases.
• USPTO Patent Database. Full Page Images 1790 to present.  Full text is searchable back to1976.   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.
• CASSIS. CASSIS CD-ROM system.  The Georgia Tech Library is a USPTO resource center library.  No longer current.
• PubWEST Patent Searching.  Contact Bette Finn at bette.finn@library.gatech.edu for information about searching the USPTO 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).
• U.S. Patent Classification Guides
• 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 library services desk 1st floor west), may be easier to use than the online version
• The Index to the U.S. Patent Classification System is available in paper copy or online.
• Classification Definitions are available online or in microfiche.
• 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.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office homepage: http://www.uspto.gov
• Full Image Patents.
• Free sites for printing patents:
• pat2pdf.org U.S. patents
• Google
• Patent Fetcher U.S. Patents
• espacenet  many worldwide patents
• USPTO Patent Database
• How to Access and View Full-Page Images -- USPTO full page patent images in TIFF format
• 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.
• Patent Web Resources.
• Foreign Intellectual Property Offices Web Sites.
• Foreign patent databases.
• European Patent Office search  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) PatentScope Search
• Foreign patents and treaties. Rights granted by a United States patent extend only throughout the territory of the United States and have no effect in a foreign country.

• Selected ECE Professional Organizations: Search the Catalog list for Library society subscriptions to journals and conferences, many of which may be electronic, such as IEEE, IET/IEE, ACM, AIP, SPIE, AIAA, etc.)
• Society papers guide
• ACM.  Association for Computing Machinery.
• AIP. American Institute of Physics
• ATTW.  Association of Teachers of Technical Writing
• IEE and IET (London).  The Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) merged with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) in 2006 to form the Institution of Engineering and Technology, or IET. IEE/IET's Inspec is the major indexing service for electrical and computer engineering and physics.
• IEEE Computer Society.
• IEEE.  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 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.
• 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, (3) 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.
• IEEE style manual.  Other style guides. IEEE Information for Authors
• OSA.  Optical Society of America.
• SPIE.  SPIE is the International Society for Optical Engineering. SPIE Web search page.
• STC.  Society for Technical Communication.

• Gale's new Directory platform (Encyclopedia of Associations, Research Centers directory, etc.) will soon migrate to a new online interface.  Temporarily, search the Classic Catalog for print versions.

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.
• Standards at Georgia Tech" or "Standards Vendors" or "Society Standards." Standards Research Guide.
• The Library's print and electronic standards.   Standards and Building Codes Research Guide
• 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 Catalog at http://gil.gatech.edu/
• Standards which are set by the federal government.
• A selected list of groups of standards or standard producing organizations follows:
• ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) issues test methods for all kinds of materials, products, systems, etc.  Active standards.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards are available full image at IEEE Xplore (log-out when finished). Published standards, redline versions, and draft standards.
• Department of Defense DTIC Specifications and Standards. assistdocs.com provides access to the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Standardization Program documents obtained from the official DoD repository, the ASSIST database (https://assist.daps.dla.mil/online/start/).
• 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.  The Rules and Regulations section of the Federal Register contains final rules and regulations; most rules are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• DOE (Department of Energy) Technical Standards
• International Telecommunication Union standards produced by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
• National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) (formerly National Bureau of Standards (NBS)) develops national standards to ensure product reliability, to promote public health and safety, to improve the environment, to maintain the national measurement system, etc.  One large set of NIST standards are the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) which deal with computer hardware, software, data representations, ADP operations, and telecommunications. The NIST site contains indexing to and/or fulltext of some Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) and Standards Reference Data material.
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is a nonprofit association, accredited ANSI to identify, develop, maintain, and publish voluntary, consensus based technical standards for managing information. Most NISO standards and technical reports are available for FREE download at NISO Press Online
• AGARDographs (Advanced Guidance for Alliance R and D) - selective coverage
• NATO TR (Technical Reports of NATO Research and Technology) - selective coverage.  RTO publications.
• Selected other society standards organizations
• Building Codes.

• Trademarks. Trademarks are words, phrases, symbols or designs, or combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, which identify and distinguish the sources of the goods or services of one party from those of others. Service marks are the same as trademarks, except that they identify and distinguish the sources of services rather than products.
• Federally Registered ® Trademarks.  Federal trademarks generally must be used in interstate commerce.
• U.S. Federal Government trademark information
• Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS).  U.S. Federal trademark full image database.
• Library's Trademark Home Page.
• Georgia Tech Library's Trademarks Subject Guide.
• States.
• Contact the appropriate state agency for state registered ™ or SM trademarks.

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Acknowledgements: The author of this Guide used significant business, copyright and government information material from previous Georgia Tech Library Research Guides compiled by Patricia Kenly.