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Hacking the Library Tools, Tips, and Tricks to Find, Organize, and Keep Up to Date on Current Research in Your Field Janet Fransen Librarian for Computer Science & Engineering [email protected]
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Library session for CSci 8001Introduction to Research in Computer ScienceFall 2011Janet Fransen, Librarian for Computer ScienceUniversity of Minnesota
Transcript of Cs 8001 fall2011
Hacking the Library
Tools, Tips, and Tricks to Find, Organize, and Keep Up to
Date on Current Research in Your Field
Janet FransenLibrarian for Computer Science & Engineering
Things you should know about
• Library Structure• Library Hacks• Specific types of resources• Consulting and Services
Library Structure
http://www.oir.umn.edu/student/enrollment/term/1113/current/12204
14 Library Locations
• Walter: CS print books and journals• Others: Cross-disciplinary work• Use Get It to have print materials
sent to your favorite library
Outside the U of M
• Worldcat– International consortium catalog– Go there to find out what libraries have
a book
Outside the U of M
• Interlibrary Loan– Separate login– Print delivered to library of your choice– Electronic delivered online to your
account
Liaisons
• Aligned with colleges/departments• Me: CS, ECE, AEM, HST
– BS in AEM– 20 years as a desktop app
developer/trainer/writer– MLIS in 2006– Keenly interested in all my subject
areas, but expert in none of them
Library Hacks
Managing Citations
http://www.lib.umn.edu/capim/citation/compare
Specific Types of Resources
Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
Expected completion for analysis of Computer Science & Engineering Department: 10/15/11
3 Masters theses, 43 PhD Dissertations
Sources Cited (ECE)
Other Sources (ECE)
What’s in the databases you’re searching?
• IEEE Xplore– Mostly IEEE-published articles/papers– Recent IET journals (2007-present)– IBM Journal of Research & Development– AIP (Applied Physics Letters, Journal of
Applied Physics, and others)
What’s in the databases you’re searching?
• ACM– Full text: ACM publications– Citations: “Major publishers in
computing”– Load through the proxy and you’ll see
the Find It button on citations
What’s in the databases you’re searching?
• Google Scholar– We don’t know, but a lot– Many publishers’ databases (Elsevier,
IEEE, etc.)– Institutional Repositories (University
Digital Conservancy)– Upside is breadth, downside is precision
What’s in the databases you’re searching?
• Engineering Village (Compendex/Inspec)– General engineering, computer science,
and physics– Articles and conference papers, less
gray literature than Google Scholar– Allows for more precise search
What’s in the databases you’re searching?
• Web of Science– Wide range of science disciplines– Mostly published articles, not technical
reports or conference papers– Precise search, plus who’s-citing-whom
analysis tools
Engineering Village
Web of Science
Finding Standards
• Standards librarian: Jon Jeffryes
Standards
Standards
• Some cataloged, most not• Check Jon’s page first, shelves at
Walter second– Call the reference desk and we’ll look for
you
• If we don’t have it, ask Jon if he will order it for you
ISO Standards
• Database maintained by SciEng staff (http://www.lib.umn.edu/walter/iso/search)
Consulting and Services
Consulting Services
Online Instruction
Contact me at:
Jan Fransen
612-624-7446
Website: z.umn.edu/umjanlibOffice hours: Thursdays 3:00-4:00 in the ECE Student Center
