1. Fiona Quinlan Subject Librarian Science & Engineering James Hardiman Library Library Resources for Research MScSED

2. Today James Hardiman Library Information Sources available via www.library.nuigalway.iewww.library.nuigalway.ie Finding and accessing relevant information Other Library Services

3. – Textbooks – Encyclopaedias – Journal Articles – Databases – Standards – Theses – Conference Proceedings James Hardiman Library Information Sources

4. Search for Information www.library.nuigalway.ie Search the Library catalogue to find Books, Journal articles, Theses or Databases More Search Options Choose Find Databases to view all the Databases in your subject area or by type Guides to Searching

5. Go to the library website www.library.nuigalway.ie www.library.nuigalway.ie to find information James Hardiman Library

6. Access Information Click on Online Resource to link to electronic information Click on Print Locations to get a a shelf number

7. You must be logged in to access e resources off campus James Hardiman Library All of our Library databases and e-journals can be accessed off campus. The process involved is the same as signing into your Library account.  Click on the SIGN IN FOR FULL ACCESS button Login using your ISS username/password. These are the details you use for accessing your email or campus computer account

8. Report problems accessing electronic resources to library@nuigalway.ie library@nuigalway.ie James Hardiman Library

9. Search Strategies Keyword searching Identify the key concepts for your search Expand or limit your search using AND, OR, NOT, SAME Use wildcards: * or ! Citation Tracking Cited Reference Searching

10. Theses www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/theses Theses held in print format in the library can be found by searching the library catalogue Find Theses submitted to College of Engineering NUI Galway Theses stored online can be accessed via databases EThOS Proquest Digital Dissertations Index to Theses Aran: NUI Galway Research http://aran.library.nuigalway.ie/xmlui/

11. Databases A database is an organised electronic collection of information Databases are listed by category or subject on library website Run topic, author or article searches in databases Refine searches Access full text or abstract Use SFX to link to full text in another database Save, email or print information

12. Databases James Hardiman Library SCOPUS Science Direct Web of Science Access Science Proquest Theses Nexis –Newspaper Database IEEE ACM Lecture Notes in Computer Science Business Source Premier Academic Source Complete

13. Access Science Online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology Starting point for background research Search for definitions, reviews, biographies If you choose to use Wikipedia you need to critically analyse content

14. Scopus Scopus is an online abstract and indexing database Browse or Search by Subject, Author etc. Multidisciplinary Find Cited by Create a Bibliography

15. IEEE Xplore 150+ IEEE journals & magazines IEEE Conferences IEEE Standards IET conferences, journals & magazines Small collection of eBooks What can I access? to see what can be accessed full text

16. Academic Source Complete Mostly full text multidisciplinary Scholarly journal articles and textbooks Trade publications, magazines, newspapers James Hardiman Library

17. Google Scholar: www.scholar.google.com James Hardiman Library Works by cross-searching a selection of databases owned by scholarly societies, publishers and universities Useful for finding known items Article title Specific author – citation tracking Does not provide access to full text Library may provide access to full text Set up Google Scholar Preferences to find full-text at NUIG http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/databases/googlescholar/

18. Library Services James Hardiman Library Check the library website www.library.nuigalway.iewww.library.nuigalway.ie Inter library loans http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/inter- libraryloans/ Library Guides http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/training/useful guides/ Academic Writing Centre Guide to Managing your References http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/training/useful guides/guidetomanagingyourreferences/

19. Library Support Email library queries to: library@nuigalway.ielibrary@nuigalway.ie Visit the library website: www.library.nuigalway.iewww.library.nuigalway.ie Contact Engineering & Science Librarian/Information Assistant: Fiona Quinlan fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie 091 493945fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie Moya Byrne moya.byrne@nuigalway.ie 091 495917moya.byrne@nuigalway.ie James Hardiman Library