If you plan to use ENDNOTE WEB for this class (or any class), you will need to create your own account. Go to the Endnote Web site and register as a new user. You will need to create a password, and then you will be able to access your stored citations whenever you log in to the site.
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Engineering 90 : Senior Engineering Design Project (SC)
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AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Provides full-text access to articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates and links to related websites in all areas of science and technology. Covers 2000-present.
Encyclopedias & handbooks, both online & in print, are a good source of definitions and overview articles. These are just a few examples of the types of resources you might find when you browse Cornell's Reference Collection on the main floor:
Concise encyclopedia of the structure of materials
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Elsevier, 2007.
Cornell Reference TA402 .C66 2007
The engineering handbook
Publisher: Boca Raton [Fla.] : CRC Press, c2005.
Cornell Reference TA151 .E424 2005
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Web of science
Provider: ISI
This multidisciplinary database can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that CITE a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Coverage for the Science Citation Index in WofS now goes back to 1900!
Google scholar
A recent study revealed that Google Scholar had a 90% matching rate with COMPENDEX for materials published after 1990. Since Compendex is THE Engineering Index, using Google Scholar, perhaps in conjunction with Web of Science for any pre-1990 publications, should get you the articles you need for any Engineering research. Click on the Find It @ Swarthmore link to get to articles in journals we subscribe to, or to the InterLibrary Loan form, if we don't. For BOOK citations, click on the Check TRIPOD link.
ScienceDirect
Full-text is available only for SD journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.
Scirus
Searchable database of scientific resources found on the World Wide Web.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
Scitopia.org
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Intute: Engineering
The Intute Engineering Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities. Our target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education. All areas of Engineering are covered, including Engineering Design, Environmental Engineering and much more.
Citing Your Sources:
Using Endnote Web, Zotero or other citation softwares will allow you to cite resources & create a bibliography at the push of a button. But there are several books in Cornell's Reference sections, and also up in the stacks on Technical Writing that should help you pull together your E90 paper.
A guide to writing as an engineer
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.
Ref T11 .B396 2005 Look at Chapter 11 for information on citing your resources!
Technical writing A-Z
Publisher: New York, NY : ASME Press, c2005.
Ref T11 .Y69 2005 There is concise information on citing your resources starting on page 160.
2007 IEEE Standards Style Manual (PDF version)
Information on creating a bibliography (with examples) begins on page 32. For style information not covered in this document, IEEE recommends following The Chicago Manual of Style as the primary reference.
InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing:
While Cornell Library has a really good collection, obviously there will be times when we don't actually own something you've located in your research. That is when you'll need to borrow from other libraries and to do this you will need Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Bryn Mawr or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode, and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.
Non-TriCollege ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days. If the book is not available via EZ Borrow, try regular InterLibrary Loan. (Use Worldcat to get complete BOOK information).
JOURNAL ARTICLES: For articles in journals not available from the main libraries in TriCo*, use the online ILL form. You must put the COMPLETE JOURNAL TITLE in your request - do not use abbreviations, or your request will most likely be sent back to you. For complete journal titles, check the book behind the Circulation Desk, or go to Journal Abbreviation Sources.
* Journals DO circulate from main libraries, so if you need an article from a non-science library journal, place a hold on the actual journal volume in Tripod and it will be sent via TriCo van!
* Your Swat ID will get you into Penn's libraries, but you cannot borrow directly from them. You must use ILL to get anything from Penn.