Electrical & Computer
Engineering Graduate Seminar:
Library Resources
May Yan BASc MISt
may.yan@ryerson.ca
Electronic Resources Librarian
Ryerson University Library
Agenda
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Library Physical Space
Services for Graduate Students including workshops
Known item searching
IEEEXplore Overview
Engineering Village 2 Overview
Other Resources
Standards & Patents & Research Guides
When it’s not in our collection
Citation Management
Staying Current / Your research profile
Research Help
Ryerson University Library
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350 Victoria St. 2nd Floor [Now open until 1am everyday!]
Your OneCard is your library card
2nd Floor: Research Help, Circulation, IT Help
Laptops to borrow & computer labs [2, 3, 6
Flr]
http://library.ryerson.ca/
Graduate Student Support
Library Quick Search
• From the library home page
• Look here for books, AV, and many journals
• Particularly useful for when you know article
title [bibliography/footnote chasing]
• Search Journals by Title [Use the Journals A-Z]
Library home page http://ryerson.ca/library/
Research Guides
IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Learn to use IEEE
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User Guides
IEEE Xplore Digital Library Training
Live Online Training
Self-Paced Tutorials
Engineering Village
• Our interface to search Compendex, INSPEC, GeoRef and Geobase
• Overview video, Thesauri video
Other Resources
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Web of Science
Scopus
Knovel (reference)
ENGnetbase (ebooks)
Publisher platforms: ScienceDirect, Wiley etc.
See our list of resources:
– http://learn.library.ryerson.ca/az.php
Standards Patents & Research Guides
• Locate: Library home page -> Articles
– Article Databases by Name (A-Z)
• ASTM International Standards
• Selected CSA Standards via Techstreet
– Ordering by Request (Give me some lead time!)
• Research Guides
– Patent Information
– Theses and Dissertations
– Standards
When it’s not available in library Interlibrary Loan
• RACER lets you to borrow items and obtain
articles from other libraries if materials are
not owned by the Ryerson University Library.
• Use ILL for getting articles that Ryerson does
not have in print or online.
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http://library.ryerson.ca/services/ill/
• Recommendations for purchases for our
collection: Email may.yan@ryerson.ca with
details.
Proper Citation
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Academic Integrity
Required in scholarly publishing
Challenge: styles vary by journal
Solution:
– Think of citation when you are researching and as
you write.
– Use tools to make it easier (esp IEEE format etc)
Citation Management
• You have access to following for free:
– Zotero
– Mendeley (Contact me if you need a pro account
for working with groups etc.)
– Endnote Web (Create a Web of Science account and then login to EndNote on
WOS, afterwards, you should be able to login to myendnoteweb directly. Must reactivate
account via WOS annually.)
• But consider others:
• Papers, Colwiz, Citavi, EndNote and more
Suggestions to Staying Current
• Table of Contents service: RSS, emails
• Saved searches: RSS and emails
• Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts
• Twitter – conferences, associations, leading
researchers, journals
• Academic Social Networks
– http://www.researchgate.net/
– Academic.edu
– Mendeley
Your Research Profile
• Ryerson Institutional Repository - Google indexed!
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Google Scholar Profile
OrcID
researcherID
Mendeley Profile
Researchgate
Academia.edu
Research Help
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Reference Desk
Ask a Librarian Chat
Online subject guides
Book a Librarian Appointment
See http://library.ryerson.ca/guides/