Georgia
Tech Library Databases. GTRI
For one-on-one database search assistance and for group instruction
contact:
Bette
Finn, Subject Librarian for the Georgia
Tech Research Institute
E-mail: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu
Georgia Tech Library, mail code 0900
Phone 404/894-1790, 1-888-225-7804, Fax 404/894-8190
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Aerospace
& High Technology Database. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
(CSA) Aerospace & High Technology Database (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 CSA databases at one time: to the
right of "Change:" click on "Specific Databases" "Mark"
then "Continue to Search." Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
search
hints
and CSA search
example.
CSA Illumina "Help & Support" (top right corner, blue bar). Print
section called
International Aeronautical Abstracts
1942-1962 at
Call
Number TL501 .A326. Full text technical
reports.
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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.
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NASA Thesaurus.
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Technical
reports are primarily in the microfiche
technical reports collection
on the 2nd
floor east, or in electronic
format. Selected NASA and NACA reports are listed in the
Classic
GT Catalog, and selected reports are available full text at Government
websites. Selected reports are available in the Library's local
Government
Funded Technical Reports
databases. Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
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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.
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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.
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Agricola.
National Agricultural Library. Covers every
major subject in agriculture and veterinary science including agricultural
marketing, entomology, environmental pollution, pesticides, rural sociology
and more. Cited works include journal articles, book chapters, books, conference
proceedings and technical reports. Free National Agricultural Library
Agricola.
NAL Agricultural
Thesaurus.
Print Bibliography of agriculture begins in 1942, Call Number S493
.B53.
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BIOSIS
Previews. (1969 to present) BIOSIS
Previews is a comprehensive reference database for life science research.
Coverage includes traditional areas of biology such as botany, zoology,
and microbiology, as well as related fields such as biomedical, agriculture,
pharmacology, and ecology. Also included are interdisciplinary fields such
as medicine, biochemistry, biophysics, bioengineering, and biotechnology.
The database covers content summaries, books, meeting abstracts, papers,
and posters. Biological Abstracts (1926-2003) Call Number:
QH301 .B37.
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For biological or medical topics, combine Web
of Science’s Science Citation Index, BIOSIS
Previews, and Medline
into one search, using ISI’s Web
of Knowledge Portal (choose "All Databases").
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NTIS National Technical
Information Service. (1964 to present) NTIS
technical research reports. All topics. Own most reports
in microfiche
(2nd floor east). Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
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Society of Automotive Engineers. SAE's
web page http://www.sae.org/jsp/jsps/advancesearch.jsp.
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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).
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SAE Technical Literature Abstracts TL1 .S67X (1975 - ) Annual
Index/Abstracts of SAE Technical Papers TL1.S62X
(1984 - ). Cumulative Index of SAE Technical
Papers Z5170 S62X (1965-1993), Z5170.S612X 1990 (papers 1906-1964).
SAE
Publications Catalog. Z5170.S6X (1962-1981). Annual Index/Abstracts
of SAE Technical Papers TL1.S62X.
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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.
| Association
and Research Center Directories and Periodicals Directory |
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Association and Research Center Directories
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Gale's new Directory database
platform (Encyclopedia of Associations directory of associations,
Research
Centers directory, etc.) will eventually migrate to a new online
interface. Temporarily, search the Classic
GT Catalog for print versions.
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Ulrich's
International Periodicals Directory. Directory of journals
(periodicals), grouped by general subject areas.
| Bioengineering,
Biological Sciences and Medicine |
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Inspec (1896 to present) Bioelectronics, biophysics,
computers, modeling, automation in any field. Journals and conferences.
Includes a thesaurus.
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Compendex (1884 to present)
All areas of engineering. Journals and conferences. Includes a thesaurus.
Search
hints
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Combine Inspec and Compendex
together ("Select Database"); 20% overlap. "Remove Duplicates" --
"Database Preferences:" -- choose Inspec.
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NTIS National Technical
Information Service. (1964 to present) Technical research reports.
Full-Text
Availability of technical reports.
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Web
of Knowledge Portal. ISI. Combines
multiple databases. For biological, bioengineering, and
medical topics, combine Web
of Science’s Science
Citation Index , BIOSIS
Previews, and Medline
into one search (choose "All Databases").
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MEDLINE. NLM's
medical and biomedical Medline database. NLM provides free access to Medline
1966+ and OLDMedline
1958-1965 (PubMed).
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.
Also available through ISI's Web
of Knowledge Portal for Medline "All Databases" (1950's+), Galileo's
Ebscohost's
Medline, Galileo's FirstSearch
Medline (1964 to present), and SciFinder
Scholar's Medline. PubMed
Central NLM's digital archive of life sciences journal literature;
access to the full text of articles in PMC is free, except where a journal
requires a subscription for access to recent articles. Print begins
1941 -- Current List of Medical Literature, Call Number: Z6660 .C8.
Web
of Knowledge Portal combines BIOSIS Previews, Web of Science's Science
Citation Index, and Medline together.
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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.
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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.
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PsycINFO.
(1887 to present) Psychological Abstracts.
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Encyclopedia
of Life Sciences
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Chemical Abstracts,
SciFinder
Scholar (1907 to present).
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SciFinder Scholar.
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CAPlus (Chemical Abstracts) (1907- ) provides access to journal
articles, patents, dissertations, conference proceedings and technical
reports in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and
related sciences.
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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.
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CASREACT (1907- ) provides access to more than 6 million single
and multi-step reactions of organic substances including organometallic
and biomolecules.
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CHEMCATS (Chemical Catalogs Online) (1996- ) provides access to
catalogs and chemical libraries containing information about commercially
available chemicals and their worldwide suppliers.
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CHEMLIST (Regulated Chemicals Listing) (1979- ) provides access
to information about regulated chemical substances listed on National inventories.
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With the web
version you can create "Keep Me Posted Alerts" for both references
and substances.
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Instructions for downloading
the client
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"Exit" when finished. Simultaneous user limitations. SciFinder
Scholar Help,
Support
& Training
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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.
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The Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. Call Number: Z5523.A525.
Location: Information Services Desk, 1st
Floor West.
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A SciFinder Scholar slide
presentation with examples
is available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/7cas.pdf.
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CrossFire.
The Georgia Tech Library provides access to CrossFire's Beilstein
organic chemistry handbook and to Gemlin's
inorganic chemistry handbook.
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NTIS 1964+ technical
reports, Compendex 1884+ and Inspec
1896+
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Encyclopedia
of Polymer Science and Technology. (1999 to present). The online
version began with the 3rd edition and will be updated regularly as changes
occur.
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Kirk-Othmer
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (1999 to present) The
online version began with the 4th edition and will be updated regularly
as changes occur.
| Citation
Indexes (Cited References in Bibliographies and Footnotes) |
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Web
of Science. Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
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Science
Citation Index (1900 to present)
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Social
Science Citation Index (1956 to present)
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Arts
& Humanities Search (1975 to present)
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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.
Please "Log Out" when finished.
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Web of Science Science Citation Index search
example is at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/5sci.pdfISI
Web of Science "Help"
(top, upper right corner).
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"Cited Reference Search." Use "first author" name. "Cited Author"
(with and without middle initial). If too many records, use "Current
Limits" -- "Timespan" before using "Cited Year(s)" -- conferences can be
held one year and published 1-3 years later. 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. Click on "Finish Search"
then "Output Records" -- "Records _ to _" then Print, Email or Save To.
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Science
Citation Index. (1900 to present) Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI). Web of Science
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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 "Limit to Timespan." If necessay
use Cited Year. (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.
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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.
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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.
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Other sources:
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SciFinder Scholar's
Chemical
Abstracts includes "Get Related" "Citing References" -- Get references
that cite the selected document(s).
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Selected Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases (Metadex,
etc.) have limited linking -- the searchable "References, RE=" field, the
["Cited by x"] hyperlink, and the "References" brief format link.
PsycINFO has "Times Cited in this Database."
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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 (Search/Advanced "Full Text & All Fields" or view
"AbstractPlus" --"Citing Documents"), U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office "Referenced
By" patent numbers,
PROLA
(APS; "Cited Author"), SPIN
(physics "Cited Author"), OpticsInfobase, IOP, etc. Google "Scholar"
indexes selected references in bibliographies.
| Company,
Product & Industry Information, Management, Business, and Economics |
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Business & Management Research
Guides (includes "Databases"
left column): See relevant categories in the Research
Guides list. General
Business & Management, Company
Information, Georgia
& Atlanta Business, Industry
Information, International
Business, Statistics,
and
Legal
Resources.
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Company
Directories. Business Databases
and Company
Subject Guide. See also categories in Research
Guides
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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
2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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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"). 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).
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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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Georgia and Regional Directories.
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D & B Regional Business Directory Atlanta area HG4058.A4D86
Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Dun's Regional Business Directory Georgia (Excluding Atlanta) HG4057.G4
D86 Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Regional Industrial Buying Guide Southeast HD39.5.S647 Reference
Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Georgia Business Directory HF5065 .G4 G46 Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner, Georgia Manufacturers Register HD9727
.G4 G43 Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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ReferenceUSA
geographic search
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Atlanta Business Chronicle "Book of Lists," Georgia Trend's
Largest Public Company or Largest Private Company issues.
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Other Directories: LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations HG4057 .A219
Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. International Directory of Company Histories
HD2721 .I56X 1988 Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. D&B Principal International Businesses
HF54.U5 P74 Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Business
and Industry Databases. See also categories in Research
Guides
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Business & Management Databases
and Business & Management Research
Guide.
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Computer
Database. Gale. Business/computer trade industry database.
(1980+)
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ABI/Inform
Complete
indexes U.S. and international journals covering all aspect of business
and management. Covers 1971+ and full text from 1991+ (about half full
text). Boxes for "Show Results with Full Text Availability Only," "Show
Peer Reviewed Articles," and "Show Total Number of Articles."
ABI/Inform
search example
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Search
Hints for ABI/Inform and Ebsco Business Source Premier. ABI/Inform
search example
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Gale
Business and Company Resource Center databases. Business and Company
Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing together company
profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories,
chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company
and industry news and information.
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Wilson
Business Abstracts (1913+). Provides abstracts to articles in 6000
major English-language business magazines.
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Business
and Industry. 1994+ Contains important facts and key events dealing
with public and private companies, industries, products and markets
for all manufacturing and service industries at an international level.
Approximately 700 trade magazines, newsletters, and general business and
international business dailies are covered. RDS
TableBase for statistical tables.
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LexisNexis
Academic. Newspapers, legal news, general interest magazines, trade
publications, company financial information, transcripts, wire service
reports, government publications, law reviews.
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Mergent
Online. Company Data Direct, which offers Internet access to information
on more than 15,000 U.S. public companies (active and inactive) listed
on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges (including EDGAR® (SEC) filings
back to 1993).
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Business
Source Premier EBSCOhost 1984+ Provides
company profiles, country reports, industry profiles, and abstracts and
indexing.ABI/Inform
and EBSCO Business Source Premier search example
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EconLit.
1969+ Economics. Print titles begins in 1886, various call numbers
such as HB1 .I53 and HB1 .J6.
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Executive
Briefing. Industry and strategic intelligence for the world's 60
leading markets, organised around automotive, consumer goods, energy, financial
services, food and drink, healthcare, miscellaneous, telecoms and IT, travel
and transport industries.
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Factiva.
Factiva covers global business information from 8,000 sources from 118
countries, including more than 120 newswires.
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Statistical
Universe. 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.
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ABI/INFORM
Dateline is a full text database (1985+) that focuses on local and
regional business news.
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Business, management and economics databases -- see
Research
Guides "Databases" on left column
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Associations and Research Centers
Directories.
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Gale's new Directory platform
(Encyclopedia of Associations, Research Centers directory,
etc.) will soon migrate to a new online interface. Temporarily, search
the Classic GT Catalog for print versions.
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Industry/Company profiles
and rankings. See also categories
in Research Guides
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Company
Overviews; Industry
Overviews; Market
Share & Rankings.
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Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys HC106.6 .S74, Reference
Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. In-depth analysis for 50 major industries.
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Market Share Reporter HF5410 .M35, 1st
Floor West
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Hoover's Company Capsules & Profiles in ProQuest
or Factiva
or Lexis/Nexis
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Encyclopedia of American Industries HC102 .E53 2001, Reference
Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Business Rankings Annual HG4050 .B88, Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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D & B Business Rankings HG4057.A237 Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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RDS
TableBase (text of tables from
Business
and Industry database)
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Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies ranking
sales/SIC. HG4057 .A46X, Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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Manufacturing USA ranking, HD9721 .M364
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Handbook of Common Stocks in Mergent
under tearsheets
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Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries HC102 .E54 2000 and also Encyclopedia
of Global Industries HD2324 .E53 (1998) Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner --selective text in Business
and Company Resource Center
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U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook C61.48: (2000).
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Value
Line Investment Survey (one page industry information for 97 industries)
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Patent,
Standards and Trademark Information. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/patprod.htm
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Government Information. The Georgia
Tech Library is a depository for United States federal government publications.
Government
Information Research Guide. GPO
guide.
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Consumer and business information through SKS
WebSelect's online database of internet resources, such as consumer,
career, job, etc.
| Contract
Announcements and Awards |
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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 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. FedBizOpps replaces Commerce Business Daily.
Commerce
Business Daily
and FedBizOpps are also available on-line 1982
to present, for
a fee.
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Funding Opportunites
includes Grants.gov and Community of Science's
Funding
Opportunities and other funding information. Georgia
Tech Office of Sponsored Programs. Finding
Funding.
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Technical reports,
federal government sponsored research reports
| Copyright
and Scholarly Communication |
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Electronic Press At Georgia Tech.
Scholarly Communication
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SMARTech
is GT's trusted repository for archiving the intellectual output of campus
(pre-prints, post-prints, technical reports, research reports, etc.) http://smartech.gatech.edu/
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EPAGE@Tech
(Electronic Publishing At Georgia Tech) is a suite of journal, conference
proceedings, and lecture recording services. http://epage.gatech.edu
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Publishing (electronic books, journals,
conferences)
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Capturing (instructional materials,
multimedia)
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Hosting (conferences, symposia, lecture
series)
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Scholarly
Communication
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Open
Access @ GT
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Copyright
| Doctoral
Dissertations and Masters Theses |
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Dissertation
Abstracts On-line (UMI), (1861 to present).
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Dissertation
Abstracts On-line covers Ph.D. dissertations accepted at accredited
U.S. institutions since 1861. 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. Updated monthly. Abstracts
earlier than July 1980 are in the printed
Dissertation Abstracts InternationalatCall
Number Z5053 .D57 (1938-2001, 1861-2001). Borrow
many through interlibrary loan
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Theses & Dissertations
by GT Authors
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Theses & Dissertations by
Other Authors
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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.
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Free Georgia Tech PDF 1997+. Users affiliated with participating
doctoral granting institutions may download for free PDF copies of dissertations
granted by their own institutions (but not from institutions other than
their own). Georgia
Tech authors.
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NTIS.
National
Technical Information Service. (1964 to present). Indexes
selective masters theses and selective doctoral dissertations.
U.S. government sponsored research reports. Library owns most NTIS reports
in microfiche
on the 2nd
floor east. Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
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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.
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Library's "Search & Locate" dissertation
and theses guide
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Georgia Tech masters theses and doctoral dissertations (electronic
and print copy) are listed in the GIL
Library Catalog http://gil.gatech.edu/.
Beginning in Fall 2003, students have the option of submitting their theses
or dissertations electronically. These theses and dissertations are available
using the Georgia Tech Electronic Thesis
and Dissertation Collection and through the library
catalog. The ETD collection also contains Dissertations prior to 2000
from the former Institute of Paper and Science Technology. Selected Georgia
Tech theses and dissertations are available electronically before Fall
2003. Many older Georgia Tech theses and dissertations have been
scanned and are now in SMARTech.
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ERIC.
(1966 to present). The ERIC, Educational Resources Information Center,
database covers all aspects of education and educational research, includes
both abstracts of published and unpublished sources on thousands of educational
topics (including educational technical reports).
-
Free ERIC government database (links
to selected full-text). Galileo ERIC databases: FirstSearch
and Ebscohost.
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ERIC provides users with free online access to the full-text
of
over 107,000 ERIC documents published from 1993 in PDF image format.
Selected pre-1993 full text documents are available. Search
ERIC
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Kennesaw State University, Georgia State University and the University
of Georgia libraries (microfiche) have large holdings of documents indexed
in ERIC.
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ERIC
Thesaurus.
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ERIC corresponds to the printed indexes of RIE (Resources in Education)
and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education).
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NTIS 1964+ technical
reports (index educational reports)
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ProQuest
and Galileo EbscoHost
databases (index educational papers)
| Electrical
Engineering, Control Theory, Computers, Automation, Modeling |
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Inspec
(1896 to present)
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Inspec
provides access to the world's scientific and technical literature in physics,
electrical engineering, computer engineering, communications, optics, photonics,
control engineering, theory, electronics, computers, computing, automation,
simulation and modeling, biomedical technology, radar, electrical power,
robotics, telecommunications, radio, systems theory, artificial intelligence,
manufacturing and production engineering, and information technology.
Includes Inspec Thesaurus online.
-
Inspec database search
hints are available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/eintis.htm
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Database search
examples from class presentations are available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/3ei.pdf
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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.
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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).
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IEEE
Xplore.
-
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Institution
of Electrical Engineers (IEE) is now Institution of Engineering & Technology
(IET).
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Full image content available in IEEE
Xplore: IEEE journals, transactions, letters, and magazines from 1988
with select content back to 1913; IEEE conference proceedings from 1988
with select content back to 1953; IEEE standards from 1948 and draft standards;
IET (earlier IEE) journals, letters, and magazines from 1988 with select
content back to 1965; IET (IEE) conference proceedings from 1988. IEEE
books are indexed from 1974.
-
IEEE
Xplore includes one-hour long interactive educational online courses
developed by leading experts recognized in their field .
-
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 writes the abstracts for IEEE Xplore. Inspec is the world's
foremost electronics and electrical engineering index, far superior to
IEEE Xplore's capabilities of searching only IEEE/IEE publications.
-
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, MSA, Elsevier, Pergamon Press, Springer, Kluwer, Wiley,
North Holland, Academic Press, Chapman and Hall, Taylor & Francis,
VNU, and many others) not covered by IEEE Xplore.
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Please "Log-Out" when finished (simultaneous users limit).
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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)
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IEEE Standards Style
Manual. Other
style guides.
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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 &
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 Catalog,
most DOE reports before 1996 are in the microfiche
technical reports collection
on
the 2nd
floor east
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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 & 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
-
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.
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Nuclear Science Abstracts QC770 .U64 (1948-1976). Energy Research
Abstracts Z5853 .P83 U5441X (1976-1995). See IAEA
and free Energy Citations
Database.
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Compendex
1884+, Inspec 1896+, NTIS
1964+ technical reports. Combine Inspec and Compendex
together.
-
Compendex.
(1884 to present). Major engineering journal and proceedings
papers database. Produced by Engineering Information. Search Inspec and
Compendex together (Select Database): about 20% overlap with Inspec.
-
Inspec (1896 to present). Journal
and conference paper index. electrical engineering, radar, computers, controls,
control engineering, automation, physics, optics, electronics, simulation
and modeling, biomedical technology, robotics, systems theory, artificial
intelligence, communications, telecommunications, manufacturing and production
engineering, and information technology. Inspec slide examples.
Inspec search hints
-
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).
-
NTIS (1964 to
present). NTIS technical
researchreports
database. Most are owned by the Library in electronic
or miicrofiche on the 2nd
floor east. NTIS search hints.
NTIS search example.
Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
-
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.
-
PapersFirst.
(1993 to present). Galileo database. Index to conference papers
received by the British Library. Good for conference paper verifications.
-
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Indexes
-
ASME Seventy-Seven Year Index Technical Papers 1880-1956. Section
One 1880-1939 and Section Two 1940-1956. Call Number: TJ1 .A774, TJ1.A7741X.
Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner.
-
Subject & Author Cumulative Index to Transactions of the ASME, 1957/70.
Call Number: TJ1.A7741X. Reference Stacks, Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner.
-
ASME Indexes to Publications. (1968-1981) Call Number: TJ1
.A7745. Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. Composed of three sections:
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ASME Miscellaneous Papers
-
Index to Mechanical Engineering
-
Index to Transactions of the ASME.
-
Index to Place of Publication of ASME Papers 1950-1977 Call number:
Z5853 .M2 I52X 1981. Information Services Desk 1st
Floor West.
-
ASME Technical Paper Number List Call Number: Z5853.M2 S33, 1979+
No longer updated after 1987. Information Services Desk Ready Reference
1st
Floor West.
-
Applied Mechanics
Reviews. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. (1948 -
) Call Number: TA1 .A63953. Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East; SE corner. Online
is from 2001 issue: 4.
-
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section II - Materials. Selected
electronic versions available in Knovel, linked in Classic
GT Catalog record.
-
American Society of Civil Engineers. Online
index 1970-present and selected non-abstract records extend to 1956.
Print index begins in 1930 Call Number Z5852 .A42X. Print abstracts
begin 1966, Call Numbers TA1 .A48X and Z5852 .A421X
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Royal Society (Great Britain). Catalogue of Scientific Papers.
19 volumes. Z7403.R88 1800-1900. Author index. German literature
Call Number: Z2221 .K23 1750-1876.
| Environment
and Pollution |
-
NTIS (1964 to
present). 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 Library owns most of
these reports in microfiche
on the 2nd floor east or in electronic format. Search
hints. Full
text.
-
BIOSIS
Previews. (1969 to present)
-
Compendex (1884 to present). Major
engineering conference and journal papers (approximate 20% overlap with
Inspec). Search
hints.
-
Inspec (1896 to present) Modeling and simulation,
automation, electrical and computer engineering, physics, information theory,
controls. Journal and proceedings papers database. Search
hints. Search Inspec and Compendex together (20% overlap)
-
Dictionary
of Substances and their Effects (DOSE). Specialist data on chemicals
with environmental impact.
-
TOXNET. NLM. A cluster
of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related
areas.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
-
EPA. EPA's web site
provides access to over 6,000 technical and public information publications
distributed by EPA (note: many EPA publications are distributed only by
NTIS).
An alphabetical list of the available titles is available at National
Environmental Publications Information System (NEPIS). NTIS is
one index to EPA publications. "Major
Indexes" and "Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports."
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GeoRef
(1785 to present) and GeoBase
(1980 to present). Geophysics, geochemistry and geoscience.
-
Toxline. NLM
Toxline.
Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Toxicology, chemicals,
pharmaceuticals, antidotes
-
Science
Citation Index (1900 to present). Web
of Science. Institute for Scientific Information. Indexes major science
and technology journals, including major environmental journals. ISI
Web of Knowledge Portal.
-
Multiple
database search. For biological, medical, and environmental topics,
combine
Web
of Science’s Science Citation Index, BIOSIS
Previews, and Medline
into one search, using ISI’s Web
of Knowledge Portal. Choose "All Databases"
-
Biological,
agricultural,
chemical,
geophysics
databases
| Geophysics
and Geoscience |
-
GeoRef
(1785 to present). 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.
-
GeoBase
(1980 to present). Geophysics, geochemistry, geography, geology,
ecology, international development, and their related disciplines, Subject
coverage includes cartography, climatology, energy, environment, geomorphology,
hydrology, meteorology, photogrammetry, sedimentology, geophysics, paleontology,
petrology, volcanology.
-
Inspec
database (1896 to present) indexes physics and geophysics journals
and proceedings.
-
USGS
| Handbooks
and Encyclopedias |
-
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.
-
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 (along with Inspec and Compendex).
-
ENGnetBASE.
CRC Press' engineering 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.
-
Electronic
encyclopedias.
-
Selective handbooks
and encyclopedias in electrical
and computer engineering.
-
A large number of handbooks are listed in the Library
Classic GT Catalog at http://gil.gatech.edu/.
-
Books. Handbook databases Knovel,
EngNetBase,
Referex
Engineering and
Referex.
Electronic
books such as Netlibrary
and Safari.
Electronic
encyclopedias such as the Encyclopedia
Britannica Online. Chemistry
and other
encyclopedias
-
WorldCat (Galileo):
Search “Advanced Search” “Limit type to” “Internet Resources.”
-
SKS
WebSelect is an online database of Internet resources.
-
Finding
Information on the Internet (tutorial). Primary
Sources on the Web. Search
Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching. Search
Engine Watch, SearchEngines.com
-
Library Research Guides.
-
Electronic subscription, aggregator and open access journals are linked
in the Catalog "Internet"/"Electronic
Version:" "Get fulltext copy." "Find It GT" field
gives coverage after "Available from." The E-Journal
list and the Catalog electronic
journal records contain aggregator e-journals with selective
coverage and embargo date restrictions (EBSCOhost, ProQuest,
GaleGroup, Factiva, Lexis Nexis, etc.). Check title changes
(separate records) and the years (holdings) of the Library's print
subscription in the "Library has:" fields (General collection, Storage,
Recent issues). "Find It GT" can fail when in fact the the Library
owns
the publication, such as a conference proceedings
in the Classic GT Catalog, a
patent,
or a report in the technical
reports collection. Separate records may exist for print and electronic
volumes; electronic records may be listed before print records.
-
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts -- "Specific Databases"
-
Search multiple materials and metals databases at one time: To the
right of "Change:" click on "Specific Databases" then
"Mark" then "Continue to Search."
-
CSA materials and metals databases:
-
Aerospace & High Technology Database 1962+
-
CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX set 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}
-
WELDASEARCH 1967+
-
Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts search hints http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/csa.htm
-
Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts search examples http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/4camb.pdf
-
CSA Illumina "Help & Support" (top right corner, blue bar)
-
Chemical Abstracts 1907+ (SciFinder Scholar) and
CrossFire
Beilstein & Gmelin organic and inorganic chemistry handbooks
-
Compendex 1884+, Inspec
1896+ Aerospace 1962+. Combine Inspec
and Compendex together ("Select Database");
choose Inspec when removing duplicate records . Combine CSA databases.
-
NTIS 1964+ technical
reports
-
Alloys Digest. v.1-v.7. Looseleaf. (current subscription)
Call Number: TA483 .A4X. Reference Collection, 2nd
Floor East SE corner. Alloys property handbook.
-
MathSciNet.
Mathematical Reviews' Web gateway to MathSciNet (1940 to date); updated
daily. MathSci contains evaluative reviews and abstracts of the international
research literature in mathematics, computer science, statistics, simulation/modelling,
econometrics, and applications in areas such as physics, engineering, biology,
and information systems. It has seven subfiles online. "Quick
Links" "Databases"
-
PaperChem
via PaperVillage2 (1967 to present). The PaperChem
database covers international journal literature related to pulp and paper
technology. PaperChem includes abstracts of journal articles, conference
papers and technical reports with more than 480,000 records. Produced by
Elsevier Engineering Information, Inc. PaperChem was formerly produced
by the Institute of Paper Science & Technology.
-
Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry (Institute
of Paper Science and Technology). Sept 1930 - June 1998. Call
Number: TS1105 .I57
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PIRA
(Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)
is a fee based database. Contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided for free to Georgia
Tech students and faculty.
-
Thesaurus of pulp and paper terminology. [3rd ed.] Atlanta, Ga.
: Institute of Paper Science and Technology, 1991. Call Number: Z695.1
.P83 T483X 1991
-
Georgia Tech’s Institute of Paper Science & Technology (IPST). http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/
-
Chemical Abstracts,
SciFinder
Scholar (1907 to present).
-
Patents, Standards,
Products,
and Trademarks. Detailed
patent guide.
-
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
and Trademarks Research Guide Patent Research Guide
-- Tutorials and
Guides.Patents
Searching Tutorial
-
Patent
and product information guide is at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/patprod.htm
-
Patent search examples
(USPTO and EPO). Additional,
detailed patent and trademark information
-
How to Conduct a Preliminary
Patent Search computer based training module (USPTO PTDLP)
-
Conducting
a Patent Search at a Patent and Trademark Depository Library (PTDL): 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.
United
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.
-
CASSIS. CASSIS
CD-ROM system. 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. 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.
-
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).
-
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 Information
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. Detailed
patent guide. http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/patprod.htm
-
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.
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
-
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.
-
Inspec
database (1896 to present) “Quick Links” “Databases” electrical
engineering, radar, computers, controls, control engineering, automation,
physics, optics, electronics, simulation and modeling, biomedical technology,
robotics, systems theory, artificial intelligence, communications, telecommunications,
manufacturing and production engineering, and information technology.
-
Combine Inspec and Compendex
together, removing duplicate records ("Select Database"); 20% overlap.
Duplicate "Database Preference" -- use Inspec ("Remove Duplicates").
-
Selected AIP, IOP, OSA electronic journals go back before 1969, such Proceedings
of the Physical Society 1874+ or Physical review 1893+.
-
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers. SPIE.
Optics & 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
Classic
GT Catalog for earlier years.
-
NTIS 1964+ technical
reports
-
GeoRef
(1785 to present) and GeoBase
(1980 to present). Geophysics, geochemistry and geoscience.
| Scholarly
Communication and Copyright |
-
Electronic Press At Georgia Tech.
Scholarly Communication
-
SMARTech
is GT's trusted repository for archiving the intellectual output of campus
(pre-prints, post-prints, technical reports, research reports, etc.) http://smartech.gatech.edu/
-
EPAGE@Tech
(Electronic Publishing At Georgia Tech) is a suite of journal, conference
proceedings, and lecture recording services. http://epage.gatech.edu
-
Publishing (electronic books, journals,
conferences)
-
Capturing (instructional materials,
multimedia)
-
Hosting (conferences, symposia, lecture
series)
-
Scholarly
Communication http://www.library.gatech.edu/scholarlycommunication/index.html
-
Open
Access @ GT http://www.library.gatech.edu/scholarlycommunication/openaccess.html
-
Copyright
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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.
-
"Standards
at Tech" or "Standards
Vendors" or "Society
Standards." Standards
Subject 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
GT Catalog at
http://gil.gatech.edu/
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Index
to standards. The Library subscribes to a bibliographic IHS
database with indexing to identify standards produced by over 730 organizations
from around the world at "Databases" "Specs" (IHS). IHS's standards
database has a limitation of one simultaneous user.
-
Standards which are set by the federal
government.
-
A selected list of groups of standards or standard producing organizations
follows:
-
American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) issues test methods for
all kinds of materials, products, systems, etc. Available full image
at http://www.library.gatech.edu/gtonly/policy_astm.php.
Database is limited to one simultaneous user.
-
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.
-
Department of
Defense DTIC Specifications and Standards
-
Code of Federal Regulationscodifies
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.
-
Consumer Product Safety
Commission
-
DOE (Department of Energy)
Technical Standards
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European Computer Manufacturers
Association
-
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
-
Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS)
-
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 at http://www.nist.gov/
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
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OSHA
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AGARDographs (Advanced Guidance for Alliance R&D) - selective coverage
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NATO TR (Technical
Reports of NATO Research and Technology) - selective coverage. RTO
publications.
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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
(ARI)
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Building
Codes.
| Technical
Research Reports & DTIC Classified and Limited Distribution Reports |
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Defense Technical
Information Center. DoD classified and limited distribution
technical research reports.
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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). Classified
and limited distribution DTIC
Research
Summaries and Technical Reports.
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The Library owns a large collection of public microfiche
DTIC AD/ADA reports and selected public
DTIC reports are available full
text online. Contact
Bette
Finn for fee-based ordering of hard copy unclassified/unlimited distribution
DTIC
reports.
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NTIS.
National Technical Information Service database (1964 -
) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=gitec&access=gitec303&cat=ntis
CSA Illumina "Help & Support" (top right corner, blue bar)
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Library’s Technical Report Collection Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
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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
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PDF copies and print enlargements and email
scans can be made from the 2nd
floor east microfiche technical reports.
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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."
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Selected NTIS database records have an extra "check digit" at the
end of the CSA report number (ignore it). Watch for irrelevant
zeros at the beginning of selected NTIS report numbers (after agency code).
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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. Report numbers "PBs to Zs" are shelved out of order on the
back wall, 2nd floor east.
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The largest areas in the Library's microfiche
technical reports collection include AD,
ADA,
DE,
N,
PB,
TI and Y technical
research reports.
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Print and Electronic. A few selected technical reports are listed
in the
Catalog (VUFind)
{repository searching coming soon}. Selected reports are available
full text at
Government
websites. Some selected reports are available in the Library's
locally loaded
Government Funded
Technical Reports databases.
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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 & Maps Department, 2nd
floor east, to verify that the Library does not own the microfiche
report.
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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
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Major
Indexes for Technical Reports.
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Unclassified Georgia Tech research project reports from GTRI
and academic departments. For recent Georgia Tech project reports not
listed in the Classic GT 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 Classic
GT Catalog "Electronic Version"/Internet field.
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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 Research Guide.
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RAND reports. The majority of publicly available RAND research
documents
1998+ have free downloads. Searchable RAND
archive back to 1948.
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World Textiles. For fee-based electronic database (1970 to present),
contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
Description
of Dialog's fee-based
World Textiles. Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided
for free to Georgia Tech students and faculty. International coverage
of scientific, trade, technical, and economic publications. World
Textiles covers a broad range of topics including plant development, computer
control, manufacturing and finishing processes, commercial development,
performance of textile products, and environmental concerns. It is also
a source of American, British, and European patents and international standards
information.
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World Textile Abstracts (1969-Nov 2004) Call Number: TS1300 .W94,
6th
floor east. Various other titles and call numbers TS1300 .T2151X
1922-1969; Z5701 .S5X 1921--1968 ; TS1300 .T215, 1910- Jan. 1969.
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Textile Technology Digest/Index (1944-2002). Formerly published
by the Institute of Textile Technology (now by Ebsco). Call Number: TS1300
.T35, Reference Collection,
2nd
Floor East SE corner.
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World Translations Index. (1967 to 1997). Call Numbers: Z7401
.W622X and Z7401 .T7X. World Translations Index is available
through an on-line database service, 1984 to present, for a fee (contact
bette.finn@library.gatech.edu).
Fee-based database
description.
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Transdex: bibliography and index to the United States Joint Publications
Research Service (JPRS) translations/Bell & Howell transdex v.9--v.12,
July 1970--June 1974 Call Number: Z7403 .C38 2nd East, and microfiche
Z7403 .C38 july 1974--1989. Index to the United States Joint Publications
Research Service JPRS, Technical Translations (1959 - 1967)
Call Number: Z7401 .T712. Translations Register-Index.
(1967 - 1986) Call Number: Z7401 .T7X. Consolidated
Index of Translations into English National Translations Center
(U.S.) Call Number: Z7401.W63X 1969. Consolidated
Index of Translations into English II: 1967-1984, Cumulation
of Translations Register-Index National Translations Center Call Number:
Z7401.W63X 1986. World transindex Z7401 .W62X 1978--1981.
World
index of scientific translations Z7401 .W6X 1967-1977.
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NTIS. (1964 -
) indexes selected translations.
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Transportation
Research Information Service (TRIS Online). The TRIS Database
contains almost half a million records of references to books, technical
reports, conference proceedings, journal articles and on-going research
in the field of transportation.
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The free TRIS Online
database is a subset of the larger, fee-based
Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) database. The major
fee-based Dialog TRIS subfiles are HRIS, IRRD, TLIB, UMTRIS, ATRIS, HSL,
MRIS, and RRIS. Contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
Description of the comprehensive fee-based
TRIS database. Preliminary "title only" searches can often be
provided for free to Georgia Tech students and faculty.
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Search the TRB Research in Progress (RIP)
Database for current research projects. Transportation
Libraries Catalog.
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Fee based International
Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Database -- international transportation
material. Contact bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
Preliminary "title only" searches can often be provided for free to Georgia
Tech students and faculty.
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NTIS government funded
technical reports 1964+ Full-text
Availability of Technical Reports
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Compendex 1884+ and Inspec
1896+
| Proxy
Server and GT Account ID |
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Linking to
Library Resources: Add GT Proxy Bookmark; LinkMaker, link to a Library
resource, prefix http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url=
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GT
Web Localizer
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"DOI"
Citation Linker
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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 PASSPORT, BuzzPort, or GT email, etc.).
Enter at
http://www.library.gatech.edu
"Articles (Databases)"
"eJournals" "Classic
GT Catalog – Electronic Version" 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. Note: the GT "Active
Directory" password has stricter rules than does the "GT
Account" password. 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,
phone: 404.894.7173. OIT Help.
OIT FAQ.
OIT User Accounts.
How
do I change my "GT Account" password? Your password is set to
expire every 90 days.
| Current
Awareness Searches and Alerts |
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Free automatic current awareness searches are available in most Library
databases. For assistance contact Bette Finn at bette.finn@library.gatech.edu.
| Fee-Based
Online Database Searches |
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Defense Technical Information Center's DTIC STINET
classified
and limited distribution Technical Reports and Research Summaries databases
(only for Georgia Tech researchers).
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Several STN
or Dialog databases
can be searched at one time, removing duplicates. STN and Dialog databases
include Derwent World Patents (1963+), RAPRA (polymers,
1972+), CAB (agriculture, 1972+), Food Science &
Technology (1969+),
World Surface Coatings (1976+), Chemical
Engineering and Biotechnology (1970+), Enviroline (1975+), Environmental
Bibliography (1973+),
FLUIDEX (1973+), Textile
Technology Digest (1978+), Jane's Defense & Aerospace News/Analysis,
PASCAL,
TEME
- Technology and Management, JICST-EPlus - Japanese Science &
Technology, World Textiles (1970+), Cambridge Scientific's
Life Sciences Collection
(1982+), and many others.
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Examples of vendor databases that overlap free databases are Chemical
Abstracts (1907+, boolean logic and proximity operators),
Aerospace
Database (1962+), Inspec
(electrical engineering, computer science,
controls, automation, physics), Compendex,
NTIS (technical
research reports, 1964+), FedBizOpps &Commerce Business Daily
(1982+ contract awards),
U.S. Claims Patents (1950+), Dissertation
Abstracts (1861+), Energy Science and Technology
(1974+), Transportation Research Information Services(1968+),
Medline
(biomedicine, 1966+),
Metadex (alloys and metals), Engineered
Materials Abstracts (1986+), MathSci (1940+), Psychological
Abstracts (1887+), Biosis/Biological Abstracts (1969+), and
management databases. Contact Bette Finn at email bette.finn@library.gatech.edu
or phone 404-894-1790.
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) biological and environmental databases
are available for a fee
through STN.
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GT CrossSearch. Search multiple Library databases at one time.
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Databases with simultaneous user restrictions must be searched using the
original platform, such as IEEE Xplore or SciFinder Scholar.
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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.
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Can result in large numbers of irrelevant records. The best database may
not be listed first (such as Inspec for ECE).
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Does not utilize advanced search capabilities of native platforms. Conduct
in-depth or complex searches using the original vendor platforms (Ei Village
Inspec/Compendex, CSA NTIS, etc.).
GTRI
Library
Services, Database Search Hints and Database Search Examples
Library Home Page
Classic GT Catalog
All Library Research
Guides
All Library
Databases
ILLiad Interlibrary
loan
GTRI
Professor Bonnie Heck Ferri's ECE 8010 library
orientation lecture recorded by DLPE/Distance Learning (temporary file)
Services for
student assistants. Log-in GT Account ID information, etc.
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/