REVAMP REU: Research Tools, Assistance, Databases

• Research Process: A Step-by-Step Guide [Thanks to Lori Micho of Johnson and Wales University for permission to use their guide as a template for this guide]
• Research/Writing/Citing Sources
• Citation Styles, Tutorials, and Tools

• Research Guides. Guides are compiled by Georgia Tech librarians. Organized by Subject and by Type
• Databases. Index individual articles in journals and other sources.  Bibliographic and full text databases
  • Selected databases for REVAMP REU, listed alphabetically (see right column of this screen)
  • Selected engineering databases, by topic
  • All Databases
• Library Catalog lists books/e-books, theses, journal TITLES, and other material in the Library collection, both print and electronic
  • Click on "Request" to have print books retrieved (after "Sign-in")
  • "View It” or “View Online” – view electronic full text
  • For circulation questions, ask the Public Services associates at the Library Store (Crosland Library, Grove Level, Ground Floor). Phone 404-894-4500..
  • A checked-out book is subject to recall after 21 days.
• Library Classes
• Evaluating Internet Resources. Ethics
• Book databases

Subject Librarians. Provide quick and in-depth assistance searching the Library's databases. Quick assistance by e-mail and in-depth assistance in-person by appointment.

• Isabel Altamirano, Email: isabel.altamirano@library.gatech.edu  phone 404-385-5391
• Bette Finn, Email: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu  phone: 404-894-1790.

For circulation (book check-out) assistance, contact Public Services at the Library Store, Crosland Tower, Grove Level, Ground Floor. Phone: 404-894-4500. 

• Quiet Reading Rooms: Crosland Tower sixth and seventh floors.
• Ideation Studio tables: Crosland Tower 2nd floor
• Computer clusters, 3rd and 4th floors
• Scanning is available
• Check out (pick-up) books at the Library Store (Public Services), Library's Crosland Tower, Grove Level, Ground Floor. GT Library Catalog record:Get It, SIGN IN to request books

http://libguides.gatech.edu/az.php?q=abi/informPrimary Databases

• Georgia Tech Library Catalog: books, titles of journals, and other material in the Library collection; print and electronic
• Compendex and Inspec (Engineering Village): search together: check both boxes: Subject areas include all areas of engineering, physics, electronics, computers, manufacturing and more. Indexes to individual journal/conference articles. 
• Selected engineering databases, arranged by topic (with detailed descriptions)
• Web of Science Core Collection (Thomson Reuters) provides access to research literature through standard access points (keyword and author searches) and to Cited References (bibliographies, footnotes) published with a scholarly paper.

Selected Databases and Research Guides:

Search hints comparison charts: Advanced (Engineering Village, ProQuest, Web of Science); EBSCO

Georgia Tech Library's Catalog (books, etc.)

• Library Catalog searches for books, e-books, theses, journal TITLES, media, archival materials, maps, and other material in the Georgia Tech Library collection. Print and electronic
• "Get It" "SIGN IN to request books" to retrieve print books
• Recall checked-out books. You can ask an associate at the Library Store (Crosland Tower, Grove Level, Ground Floor, 404-894-4530)  to recall a checked out print book.  A checked-out book is subject to recall after 21 days
• "View It" "Online access" "View Online" for electronic holdings.
• Some records contain holdings for both electronic and print formats
• Catalog search hints: slides http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/2gil.pdf or http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~bw21/gilei.htm

Engineering and Technology

• Primary engineering databases (combine together - check both boxes): Compendex and Inspec
• Compendex (Engineering Village). Engineering 1884+ Contains almost 7.5 million records referencing 5,000 major engineering journals and major engineering conference materials. Combine with Inspec database (20% overlap)
• Inspec (Engineering Village). 1896+ Over 3,500 scientific and technical journals and some 1,500 conference proceedings, as well as selected books, reports and dissertations in the areas of electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, electronics, communications, computers and control, mechanical and production engineering, and information technology in business. Combine with the Compendex engineering database (20% overlap)
• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (EBSCO) 1913+ Indexes major applied science technology journals and other publications
• Materials Science and Engineering Database (ProQuest)   1966+ Materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers, and composites used in engineering applications. Can combine with other ProQuest databases such as Aerospace Database
• Advanced Technologies and Aerospace Database (ProQuest) 1967+ Aerospace and automotive
• NTIS (ProQuest) Technical research reports NTIS 1964+ Citations and abstracts from unclassified government-sponsored research. See the Technical Reports Research Guide for full text options
• Engineering databases by subject (drop down menu, top left): Aerospace ; Biomedical ; Civil and Environmental ; Electrical and Computer ; Industrial and Systems ; Materials Science ; Mechanical and Nuclear.
• Selected engineering databases, arranged by topic
• Engineering Research Guides: Aerospace Engineering ; Biomedical Engineering ;  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering ; Civil Engineering ; Environmental Engineering ; Industrial & Systems Engineering ; Logistics & Transportation ; Mechanical Engineering ; Nuclear Engineering ; Operations Research ; Optimization ; Patents & Trademarks ; Standards ; Technical Reports ; Transportation Engineering

Handbooks

• The Georgia Tech Library Catalog contains a large number of electronic and print reference books, such as handbooks and guides
• Knovel Library. (Elsevier) Engineering and science handbooks  With a focus on engineering and scientific references, the collection contains over 800 books
• Taylor & Francis, formerly CRCnetBASE, Engineering collection subset, handbooks  Selected full text CRC Press engineering handbooks
• AccessEngineering.  McGraw-Hill handbooks

Business, Industry, Company, Product, and Management Information

• ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest). Management science, company information, and business. Scholarly and trade journal articles, market reports, industry reports, business cases and global and trade news. Use "NOFT" to search bibliographic fields ("Anywhere except full text - NOFT"). Can conduct narrow customized searches.
• Research Guides: Business & Management ; Company Information ; Georgia & Atlanta Business ;  Industry Information ; International Business
  • Note "TABS" (top row) for Company Profiles, Industry Profiles, Market Share, Business Rankings, Company directories. Industry surveys are good for broad industries
• Databases: Business & Management, Company, Industry, Directories, Georgia & Atlanta Business

Technical Reports

• NTIS (ProQuest) 1964+ Technical research reports
  • Citations and abstracts from unclassified government-sponsored research reports from the Department of Energy, Department of Defense, NASA, EPA, and other federal agencies, and selected international government departments and organizations
  • Do NOT limit to Full Text and do NOT limit to Peer Reviewed or Scholarly
  • The Find It @GT command does NOT work, since nearly all reports are NOT in the Library Catalog
• See the Technical Reports Research Guide for full text options
• The Georgia Tech library owns over 2,500,000 technical reports (microfiche collection)
• Selected full text reports are available through agency internet sites (DOE, DoD, NASA/NACA, EPA, ERIC)

Medicine, Biological Sciences

• Biomedical engineering: combine together Compendex  and Inspec databases. Check BOTH database boxes (Compendex and Inspec)
• Medline (Clarivate Analytics, formerly ISI/Thomson Reuters) Medical and biomedicine. Medline 1950+ The U.S. National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic medical and biomedical journal database. PubMed
• Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters)
  • Web of Science Core Collection indexes core science and technology journals and some conference papers and books
  • Search "All Databases" to combine selected or all Clarivate Analytics (Thomson Reuters) databases. Drop down menu (top of screen): "Select a database" "All Databases". All databases: click on "More settings" -- all or selected databases can be searched (check relevant boxes). Medine (biomedical), Biosis (biological sciences), Web of Science Core Collection (science and technology), Derwent Innovations Index (patents)
• BIOSIS Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters). 1926+ Life sciences.

Patents

• Derwent Innovations Index (Clarivat Analytics, formerly Thomson Reuters). Good for keyword searching. 1963+ Derwent Innovations Index facilitates precise patent searching and merges the value-added patent information from Derwent World Patents Index with the patent citation information from Derwent Patent Citation Index
• Free sites for downloading/printing full image U.S. patents: (1) United States Patent & Trademark database search http://patft.uspto.gov/ ; (2) pat2pdf.org ; (3) Patent Fetcher ; (4) espcenet, U.S. and selected worldwide patents http://worldwide.espacenet.com/, (5) WIPO ; (6) Google search
• Patents & Trademarks Research Guide  Patents Guide compiled by Lisha Li, Georgia Tech representative to the United States Patent and Trademark Resource Centers program

Standards

• The Georgia Tech Library subscribes to two full text electronic standards databases IEEE and ASTM. Selective coverage of other standards such as ASCE, AASHTO, and ACI
• Standards Research Guide

General Databases

• Research Library (ProQuest): general database (all topics). Approximate half of the records are full text. Find It @GT links to selected full text Library subscription journal articles. Use "NOFT" to search bibliographic fields (not full text fields) or search specific fields such as title or author.
• Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)  

Database comparison charts, search tips:

• Basic chart (Inspec/Compendex, EBSCO, ProQuest, Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics). 
• Advanced chart

All Databases

All Research Guides