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2. Our mission... Google/Research/Find information Sift Put together evidence/data Draw conclusions Reference 3. Today Search for known articles in databases Find articles citing a known article Find related articles by keywords Find review articles on a given topic Find relevant standards 4. The Literature You 5. Resources weve used... Google not necessarily reliable Wikipedia presearch Forums work-internal, subscription forums get peoples opinions Magazines SFPE Websites DBH, NIST Books handbooks, textbooks Primary sources conference papers, journalarticles, theses 6. Getting Startedhttp://canterbury.libguides.com/enfe 7. Compendex 8. Scopus 9. Web of Science 10. Google Scholar 11. Finding similar articles Similar topics Keywords Same author Where published - eg same conference Similar references 12. Related by references 13. Related by keywords 14. More keywords 15. Yet more keywords 16. Review articles 17. We evaluate papers by... Which year published Author - well-known, professionalstanding Check calculations and models Check references Have they limited their scope for whatreasons Check their assumptions 18. Evaluating papersIs itand... relevant?Who is it written for? basic/advanced?What kind of research is it? up-to-date? How far along is the research? What questions havent they answered yet? accurate? 19. Standards Online AS/NZS ASTM IEEE NFPA fire codes or Print collection AS BS ISO Eurocodes 20. Other resources Books Theses Patents Interloans Consultations Endnote 21. Citing 22. Using Endnote 23. Using Endnote 24. Using Endnote 25. Weve learned The Engineering databases (such as Compendex, Scopus) UoC can provide to assist our research Google Scholar might be useful In theory, how to search for documents in the on-line library functions of databases and how to use them Online access to NFPA standards There are programs that assist with referencing Why Endnote is so useful Endnote vs free Zotero 26. We still want to learnSetting up preferences to access full texts onlineIf you access databases via the library website or subject guide, youll automatically get access where we have it.If you come via Google Scholar: Go to Scholar Preferences (http://scholar.google.com/scholar_preferences) Under Library Links search for and select University of Canterbury Save your preferences When you search, look for the Full-Text @ UC Library linkHow to troubleshoot searches eg if youre not finding what you want...Hmm try looking at the results you are getting whats wrong and whats right? Can give you clues of different keywords/databases to try which may get you closer.Or just come and see me. 27. We still want to learnHow to search photos or tablesGeneral photos: http://images.google.comReusable photos: http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search and select the appropriate option under usage rights. (Remember to give credit too.)Scientific/technical photos: http://www.springerimages.com/ - browse by subject then in the Refine options tick Only accessible imagesSearching within other databases I dont know of any way but will keep an eye out....More about referencingBook a tutorial at: http://webapps.libr.canterbury.ac.nz/webdb/course.php?course=215Or teach yourself at: http://wiki.canterbury.ac.nz/display/LIBRARY/EndNoteOr try Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/ 28. Slides and tipshttp://canterbury.libguides.com/enfe 29. Contact me Chat Meet Email