Library Tutorial for Fourth Year Bioengineering Students

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Library Tutorial forFourth Year Bioengineering
Students
Karen Yap Engineering/Computer Science Resource
Team, Central Library 28th August 2008
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Congratulations on your chosen field of study!
ENGINEERS are THE BRIDGE between technology
society
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Slides Hidden during Tutorial

• 3 This List
• 16-23 More on Engineering Village 2
• 25 Some Terms Used
• 29-30 More on Science Citation Index Expanded
• 32 More on Scopus
• 34 Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences
• 40 Meaning of Numbers in Citation for Journal
  Article
• 51 Demo on Getting Materials not in Library
• 54-55 Demo on LION

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Objective of Tutorial

• Help you do your research
• Objective of Module BN4101R as taken from IVLE
  This module consists mainly of a research-based
  project carried out under the supervision of one
  or more faculty members. It introduces students
  to the basic methodology of research in the
  context of a problem of current research
  interest
• This tutorial is designed to help you achieve THE
  objective

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Learning Outcomes

• Be better at doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• use the best source/s (better than Google
  Scholar) to look for current information
• Understand citations in reading list, etc.
• Know more about LINC
• Know more about Library services

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Outline

• Doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• Indexes of current information
• Demonstrations
• Using Engineering Village 2
• LION (Library Instruction ONline )
• How to find full titles of journals from
  abbreviations
• Other sources of information e.g. patents
• Library services E-Forms
• Subject guide in Library Portal
• Understanding citations
• LINC

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Research Topic

• Use of biomaterials in
• dental applications

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Search Statement
1. Identify concepts
2.. Think of alternative term/s for each concept

3. Formulate your search statement
biomaterial AND (dental OR tooth OR teeth)
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Boolean Operators

• OR is used to indicate that either terms may be
  present
• AND is used to indicate that both terms must be
  present

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Truncation/Stemming

• Biomaterial retrieves biomaterial and
  biomaterials
• Fluorid retrieves fluoride, fluorides,
  fluoridation, etc.

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More on Search Statement

• If your search statement retrieves no records
• E.g. you need articles on membrane reactors, but
  you cant find hits

• Use a broader concept/term like Bioreactor
  instead of specifically membrane reactor
• Look through references listed at the end of such
  articles

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Learning Outcome 1 How to analyse your FYP
research topic Summary

• Identify concepts
• Think of alternative term/s for each concept
• Formulate your search statement using
• Boolean Operators
• for truncation
• Search under broader concept if necessary

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Learning Outcomes

• Be better at doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• use the best source/s (better than Google
  Scholar) to look for current information
• Understand citations in reading list, etc.
• Know more about LINC
• Know more about Library services

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Sources of Information

• Current
• Last week
• Last month
• Last year

• Conference papers
• Journal articles

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Main Index for Engineering (General)

• Engineering Village 2 (EV2)
• Scans over 8,000 journals, conference proceedings
• Has over 16 million records
• Covers over 190 disciplines includes related
  fields in science and management

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Engineering Village 2

• Provides links to
• USPTO
• Full text patents from USA
• Esp_at_cenet
• Full text patents from Europe and
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Scirus
• scientific research tool

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Engineering Village 2

• Five important index databases are Chimica,
  CBNB, Compendex, Inspec and NTIS
• Can be searched individually or together

• Some, i.e. NOT all have links to full text

• Updated weekly
• Database has Search Alert service by email

• Can email engineer/librarian for help

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Engineering Village 2

• Does analysis like
• No. of articles an author wrote on a particular
  subject (If an author wrote 10 articles on your
  subject, befriend him/her)

• Author affiliation
• (Useful when you choose university/institution
  for postgrad studies or employment)

• No. of articles found in a particular
  journal/publisher (Useful when you want to
  publish your work )

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CBNB Chemical Business NewsBase (1985- )

• Indexes articles from 300 core trade journals,
  newspapers, company newsletters/interim and
  annual reports, books, market research reports,
  and press releases

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Chimica (1970-)

• Indexes articles from over 600 journals
• Covers chemistry and chemical engineering, with
  emphasis on applied and analytical chemistry

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Compendex (1969-)

• Indexes articles from over 5,000 journals, papers
  in conference proceedings, chapters in books,
  technical papers, etc.
• Over nine million records
• Covers topics in the all fields of engineering,
  as well as related fields in science and
  management. Over 190 disciplines covered

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Inspec (1969-)

• Produced by the Institution of Electrical
  Engineers
• Covers physics, electrical engineering,
  electronics, communications, control engineering,
  computers and computing, IT, etc.
• 3,500 journals and 1,500 conference proceedings
• over eight million records

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NTIS (National Technical Information Service )
1899-

• Database from the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Over two million records
• Includes unclassified reports from influential
  U.S. and international government agencies e.g.
  NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S.
  Department of Defense

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Term Used in EV2

• Controlled Vocabulary
• Consistent/standard subject terms used to
  describe the content of a document.
• E.g. mobile handsets for mobile phones,
  handphones, cell phones, cellular phones
• Useful once you find a good hit, look at the
  standard terms used to find other good hits.

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Some Terms Used

• MeSH or Medical Subject Headings in PubMed
• E.g. Female for articles on girls, ladies,
  women
• CAS Registry Numbers
• IC No. for chemicals
• American Chemical Society
• E.g.Number for fluorine is 7782-41-4

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Demonstration

• Engineering Village 2

DEMO
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Index for Engineering (Specific)

• Check EV2 first

• SciFinder Scholar (SFS)
• Chemical Abstracts (1967-), etc.
• Has over 19 million records from journal articles
  and patents
• More than 35 million chemical substances can be
  searched by chemical name, chemical structure,
  CAS Registry Numbers, formula.
• Offers chemical reaction searching

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Main Indexes for Science (General)

• Science Citation Index Expanded(via Web of
  Science), 1980-
• 150 mainly scientific disciplines
• Covers about 5,900 high impact research journals

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

• Features included citation index. Provides use of
  the Analyze tool for search results
• Allows you to navigate
• forward in time using Times Cited to discover the
  impact a document has had on current research
• backward in time using References to uncover the
  research that influenced an author's work
• Measure the influence of colleagues' or
  competitors' work
• Follow the path and direction of today's hottest
  ideas and concepts

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More on Science Citation Index Expanded

• Ranking journals
• Related records search capability

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Main Indexes for Science (General)

• Scopus
• 29 million records
• Covers life sciences, physical sciences, health
  sciences, social sciences and business

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More on Scopus

• Scopus
• Indexes journals, conference proceedings, trade
  publications and quality web sources
• Does citation tracking. A researcher can find out
  how many times a particular article has been cited

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Main Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

• PubMed (1950-)
• Over 17 million records of journal articles
• Medical sciences
• BIOSIS (1926-)
• 18 million records
• Covers about 5,500 journals, conference reports,
  books, and patents
• Life sciences

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Other Indexes for Medicine/Life Sciences

• Zoological Record (1978-)
• 1.8 million records
• Covers 5,000 journals, plus book chapters,
  meetings, etc.
• Animal biology
• BioEngineering Abstracts (1993-)
• Over 163,000 records
• Covers journals, conference proceeding,
  directories, and other sources
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
  (1967-)
•  About 1.8 million records
• Over 6000 journals, meetings, reports, etc.

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Other Sources of Information

• For patents SciFinder Scholar and others
• For standards various
• For theses Proquest Digital Dissertations

DEMO Subject Guide
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Learning Outcome 2Use the best source/s (better
than Google Scholar) to look for current
information Summary
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Learning Outcomes

• Be better at doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• use the best source/s (better than Google
  Scholar) to look for current information
• Understand citations in reading list, etc.
• Know more about LINC
• Know more about Library services

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Understanding Citations

• Reference
• Brown, John 2007. Bioengineering aspects of the
  lung hazards In Treatment of the hospitalized
  cystic fibrosis patient , 20-30. New York M.
  Dekker.
• Robinson, Alan. 2004. Metabolic engineering.
  Biotechnology progress, v 20, no. 1, p 46-52.

• Material Type

Book Chapter
Journal article
When checking LINC, search by Title, key in words
in yellow
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How to Find Full Title of Journal from its
Abbreviation

• E.g. MRS Bull
• Move mouse to E-Resources
• Choose EJournals
• scroll down a bit to Useful Links
• Choose Journal Abbreviations
• http//www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ecoll/ej/ejabbrev.h
  tml
• Click on third link
• Canada Institute for Scientific and
  Technical Information (CISTI)
• Key in MRS Bull, click Search
• Another good link is the sixth link
• Institute of Science Information (ISI)

DEMO
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Meaning of Numbers in Citation

• MRS Bull 32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95

32 6 (2007) pp. 87-95
32 means volume 32
6 means number or issue 6
pp. 87-95 means pages 87-95
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Understanding Less Common References

• Reference
• US5,719,665. Yamazoe Feb17,1998
• (b) BS EN ISO 2912008 Plastics. Standard
  atmospheres for conditioning and testing

• Material Type

US Patent
British Standard

• Check free website at USPTO (US Patent and
  Trademark Office) Web Patent Databases 
• Check British Standards Online (database bought
  by Library)

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Learning Outcomes

• Be better at doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• use the best source/s (better than Google
  Scholar) to look for current information
• Understand citations in reading list, etc.
• Know more about LINC
• Know more about Library services

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Changes in Library Portalhttp//www.lib.nus.edu.s
g

• Search the Library Catalogue using
• LINC or
• LINC

Use our E-resources to look for journal articles
more

• Exam Papers
• Whats in your Reading Lists

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LINC via NUS Libraries Website
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LINC via NUS Libraries Website
Subject headings of books in list

• 298 hits
• too many
• some not relevant

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LINC via NUS Libraries Website

• Which Library
• Publication date
• Etc

17 relevant hits
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LINC via NUS Libraries Website
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Learning Outcomes

• Be better at doing research
• How to analyse your FYP research topic
• use the best source/s (better than Google
  Scholar) to look for current information
• Understand citations in reading list, etc.
• Know more about LINC
• Know more about Library services

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Library Services Loan Entitlement
4TH Year, Honours Graduate Students 15 items

• Materials
• RBR
• Main Shelves book
• Closed Stacks book
• Bound periodical
• Closed Stacks periodical

• Loan Period
• 2 Hours/Overnight
• 4 weeks
• 1 day

Online renewals twice
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Library Services Via E-Forms

• Request materials NOT in Library
• Books
• Parts of book or journal issue
• Student advisory service

DEMO
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Materials NOT in the Library

• Via E-Forms after login
• For books or theses, request the Library to buy
• For copy of journal article, use Document
  Delivery Service (limited to three a year for
  Year 4 students)
• Requests to be forwarded to Supervisor for
  approval then onward to Library
• requesters will incur charges if they do not
  collect their requested articles within a month
• For more information, please email
  ddslib_at_nus.edu.sg or call 6516-3472

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Student Advisory Service
Emailaskalib_at_nus.edu.sg clbyapym_at_nus.edu.sg  
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Other Library Services

• LION (Library Instruction ONline ) Item 5)
  How to Search Databases
• Item 9) EndNote Web
• Subject Guide

DEMO
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LION (Library Instruction ONline )
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LION (Library Instruction ONline )
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Writing Guides(Samples from Subject Guide)

• Instructions on format of thesis as given in
  Research Handbook for Engineering for Masters
  PhD students http//www.eng2.nus.edu.sg/proj/eei
  ntranet/student/Grad/Handbook_4Jan07.pdf
• Good call numbers to browse
• T11e.g. T11 Lan 2008 Technical communication
  
• TA158.5e.g. TA158.5 Sor 2006 An engineer's
  practical guide to technical communication
• PN171 Fooe.g. PN171 Foo.Li 2006 Cite right a
  quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA,
  Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more

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Subject Guide

• Bookmark as a Favourite
• Section on
• Library Instructions Tips
• Whole tutorial (HIDDEN SLIDES) and more
• Databases
• you can access EV2, etc. from here
• get help on how to use databases from here
• Reference sources
• Research Citation (writing guides) more
• Theses
• Patents Standards

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Learning Outcome 5Learn about Library Services
Summary

• Loan Entitlement
• Library services via E-Forms
• LION
• Subject Guide
• How to find whole tutorial
• Etc.

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Thank you All the Bests