Information Resources for Research in Engineering
MSU-Bozeman Libraries
Welcome to the Engineering Information Resources page! The following
resources and links have been selected to help Engineering Faculty and Graduate
students at MSU locate Library and Internet resources. The list provided
here is representative, not exhaustive! It includes items in print
as well as electronic format. If you can't find the information
you need, please inquire about other information options at the Reference Desk.
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The MSU-Bozeman Libraries
Home Page: Includes information about library services, materials,
and policies, as well as links to local newspaper indexes, selected
periodicals, and Internet resources in many subject areas.
The Services
section of the Libraries' Web site provides detailed
information about Interlibrary
Loan, reference options, electronic
reserves, and more.
The Libraries offer organized access to reference resources such as
dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, etc. Print reference
resources can be found in the Reference Stacks (1st floor of Renne
Library). Other reference resources such as Encyclopedia Britannica are
accessible electronically from the Web. See the MSU-Bozeman Libraries' Internet Resources:
Reference Sources for a selective list of other Web reference sites.
Speak with a reference librarian to identify other sources in your subject
area.
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...locating journal articles and
papers:
ASCE annual combined index (American Society of Civil Engineers) 1982 to present. This indexes the ASCE's publications. You can find it on the fourth floor of the library at call number TA1.A58A52.
Beilstein via the CrossFire system:
CrossFire is an information system in the chemical sciences; it provides access to the
the Beilstein and Gmelin Databases. This information system is the world´s
largest chemical facts database. It includes structures, physical properties, reactions
and literature quotations covering over 7 million organic and approximately 1 million
inorganic and organometallic compounds. Beilstein is available in the Reference Area of
the library on the Local Area Network (16 computers); ask at the Reference Desk for documentation
for searching Beilstein. Beilstein is also available on computers in the Chemistry Department and the Chemical Engineering Department.
Visit this link for For Beilstein Structure Searching Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts.
Visit this link for Reaction Searching Tips (includes atom mapping, bond make/break, and
combining structural reaction search with factual reagent search).
Chemical Abstracts: Produced by the American Chemical
Society, this weekly publication provides abstracts of all scientific and
technical papers containing new information of chemical or chemical
engineering interest. It also reports new chemical information revealed in
the patent literature. Coverage is international. Access Chemical
Abstracts in print format in the Reference stacks on the first floor of
Renne Library. (Ref QD1.A51 1967 - 1997; 1907 - 1966 on third floor at QD1.A51).
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering students and faculty may schedule a commercial
online assisted search with a librarian to search Chemical Abstracts from January 1998 to
present (Ask at Reference).
Computer Database (1995- ) is a bibliographic and full-text database covering
computer-related product introductions, news, and reviews in areas such as hardware,
software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.
See also the list of titles included in the Computer Database.
Computing Research Repository (CoRR): Through a partnership of ACM, the Los Alamos e-Print archive, and NCSTRL (Networked Computer Science Technical Reference Library), an online Computing Research Repository (CoRR) is being established. The Repository has been integrated into the collection of over 20,000 computer science research reports and other material available through NCSTRL and will be linked with the ACM Digital Library. Most importantly, the Repository will be available to all members of the community at no charge. For more details, see the CoRR Introduction Page. This page provides information on how to submit documents, browse, search, and subscribe to get notification of new articles of interest.
Ei Compendex (1990- ) is
an interdisciplinary engineering index, with over three million citations to journal
articles, technical reports, and conference papers. For pre-1990 citations see
Engineering Index, Z5851.E62 in the Reference Area on the first floor of Renne Library.
HCI Bibliography is
a free-access online bibliographic database on Human-Computer Interaction. The basic goal of the
Project is to put an electronic bibliography for most of HCI on the screens of all researchers, developers, educators and students in the field through the World-Wide Web and anonymous ftp access.
Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP):
published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), indexes
published proceedings of scientific meetings. Frequency is monthly, with
annual cumulations. Coverage is international. The latest 5
years of ISTP is available on CD-ROM on a computer station in the
Reference Area. Older print editions are in the Reference stacks.
(Ref Z7403 I416)
International abstracts in operations research, by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies. Available in Reference at Ref Q500.I5 from 1968 to present.
MEDLINE: is the premier
health sciences periodical index from the National Library of
Medicine (NLM). Free MEDLINE searching is available through the NLM website,
using either the PubMed or Internet Grateful Med interface.
PapersFirst (1993- ) is a bibliographic index to conference papers.
Science
Citation Index (SCI) and Social Sciences Citation Index
(SSCI): published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI),
SCI and SSCI are useful for tracing influential literature in the
sciences. These complex multivolume sets enable you to search by author,
citation, term, and by geographic location or organization. So, for
instance, you can see which authors have subsequently cited an earlier work
(published, say, in 1966) by searching for the name of the author of the
earlier work in post-1966 citation volumes. For more information
about citation searching, look at the Citation
Indexes page, or refer to ISI's Citation
Index Information Web page. Earlier volumes of SCI and SSCI are accessible in print in the Reference stacks. (SCI = Ref Z7401.S365; SSCI = Ref Z7161.S65); Years 1995 - 1997 are on index tables near the Reference Desk. From January 1998 to present, you can search SCI and SSCI on CD-Rom on a stand alone computer in the Reference area.
UnCover:
UnCover is an
article access and delivery system; the UnCover database allows you to search
the tables of contents of almost 17,000 journals. It contains information
for more than 5,500,000 articles from 1989 to as recent as this week's
issue, which can be searched using either basic or complex search
commands.
Ejournals: Visit this link for a selective list of online journals, some of which are available to MSU users only.
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...locating books and
journals:
WebCat: To
locate additional engineering indexes, journals and other resources held
in Renne Library, search our web-accessible online catalog, WebCat. Available
on computers throughout the library or remotely from the MSU Library Home Page,
http://www.lib.montana.edu.
LaserCat: a CD-ROM index to books, journals, and other
materials held in libraries in the Pacific Northwest. This database is
produced by the Western Library Network (WLN) and contains over 4
million records. Use LaserCat to identify and locate materials not held
in the MSU Libraries. Access LaserCat from a computer station in the
Reference area of Renne Library. For assistance, see a librarian at the
Reference Desk.
Other Library
Catalogs & Web Sites: A selection of direct links to other
libraries in the state and to major research libraries in the US, brought
to you by the MSU-Bozeman Libraries Web team.
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...government resources:
Government
Information
Collections and Services Provided by MSU-Bozeman Libraries: The
MSU-Bozeman Libraries is a selective depository for United States,
Montana, and Canadian government publications. See How to Find
Government Information for help, or ask at the Renne Library
Reference Desk. You can access
Government Information through GPO Gate , the University of
California's gateway to federal information.
Internet
Resources: Government Information: From the MSU-Bozeman
Libraries, this list connects you to key government sites and finding
aids.
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...locating Internet
files:
Internet:
Engineering: A selection of engineering finding aids and sites
compiled by the MSU-Bozeman Libraries.
Internet
Resources: Selected Internet resources across academic
disciplines, including links to major search engines and finding aids
(from the MSU-Bozeman Libraries).
Comparing Internet Search
Engines & Finding Aids: created by Greg Notess, a
reference Librarian
at MSU-Bozeman, this site compares the capabilities of some of the most
popular search engines to help you understand how to
get the best results.
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Professional Resources on the Internet & in Reference
...current awareness services:
Reveal is the
e-mail alert feature of UnCover
that enables you to receive the tables of contents of up to 50
specified journals by e-mail as they are published.
ContentsDirect from Elsevier
Science is a free pre-publication contents alerting service for all
Elsevier Science journals. Tables of contents for journals you specify are
delivered directly to your e-mail account.
...grants information:
Grants:
For information on grant directories, handbooks, and other sources in
Renne Library and on the Internet.
...associations, societies, and other bodies:
The AEC
InfoCenter: Provides an index of international engineering
associations and institutes.
Engineering
Associations, Societies and related Organizations is a similar
index from Rochester Institute of Technology.
...standards:
Standards Information on the Web is brought to you by the University of Washington Engineering Library.
Annual book of ASTM standards (American Society for Testing and Materials). The latest edition is located in Reference at Ref TA401.A653; earlier years are located on the fourth floor at this same call number.
To locate other standards resources in the MSU-Bozeman Libraries, search
WebCat
using the Library of Congress Subject Heading of standards.
...business resources:
International
Business Resources: from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
International Business
Resources on the WWW: from the Michigan State University Center
for International Business Education and Research.
Business &
Finance: from the MSU-Bozeman Libraries.
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Created by Mary Anne Hansen, Jan Zauha, and Brian Westra,
Reference Librarians,
Renne Library, Montana State University-Bozeman.
Please send comments and questions via e-mail to:
alimh@gemini.oscs.montana.edu.
URL: http://www.lib.montana.edu/~maryanne/engrres.html
Last modified September 21, 1998