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Engineering and Architecture Library
American University of Beirut
January 23, 2013
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Books (Print and Electronic),
Theses, Projects, Videos
Encyclopedias (Access Science,
McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science
and Technology )
AUBCAT
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) eBooks
Knovel Engineering Library
CRC Sci-TECHnetBASE
Ebrary , Springer eBooks
Elsevier eBooks
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E-Book titles from all E-book
databases Here
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Won’t find in the library catalog
Articles
Books (Print andFinding
Electronic),
Projects, Videos
UseTheses,
search all to find
print books,Ebooks,
& articles From all
databases
Encyclopedias (Access Science,
McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science
and Technology )
AUBCAT
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) eBooks
Knovel Engineering Library
CRC Sci-TECHnetBASE
Ebrary , Springer eBooks
Elsevier eBooks
List of Civil
Engineering Databases
Environmental Sciences Resources
Water Resources
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proceeding
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check who cited it
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finding Influential
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Influential Authors & H-Index
Calculation
An H-Index of
5 means that 5
of the author’s
articles have
received at
least 5 citations
each
# of papers
# of citations
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
20
18
13
10
7
3
2
1
Cited By
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thesis, dissertations, conference proceedings
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British Standards
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advisor, committee
Member,
Degree (MS, PhD)
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PhD dissertations
are available
in full text
full text
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limit by
subject
or date
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click on advisor
to check other
dissertations
s/he advised
Use Google advanced
search and limit to PDF
to retrieve reliable reports
and conference articles
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GoogleScholar and all databases
and arrange them in folders and
do the References according to
style (ASCE,IEEE, ASME, APA,…)
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Engineering Library
• http://aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=112344
Civil & Environmental Engineering Libguide
• http://aub.edu.lb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=134273
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Engineering Library – Ext: 2630
Email: kn07@aub.edu.lb
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Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm