MTU Library Resources For UTC

Selected library resources for the University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure

 

Hans Kishel, librarian (487-3118; hfkishel@mtu.edu)

 

Guide to the Library - http://www.lib.mtu.edu/about/MTU_Library_Guide.pdf

Answers your questions about the basics of using the MTU Library.

 

For Assistance - Ask a Librarian

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit or phone the Reference/Information Desk (487-2507), e-mail reflib@mtu.edu.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) access to items from other libraries.

Requests are made through ILLiad, the personalized online ILL account system.  After your initial registration is complete, use ILLiad to request books and articles.   ILLiad also allows you to track the status of your requests and cancel requests. 

 

Locating Books & Periodicals

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection, shelved by Library of Congress call number.

Periodicals are shelved by Library of Congress call number in these locations:

CURRENT JOURNALS (1^st Floor): Recent issues kept here until bound or reissued in microfilm/fiche.

SERIALS COLLECTION (Garden Level): Bound periodicals.

MICROFORMS AREA (2nd Floor): Microfilm & Microfiche cabinets located on west side of 2nd floor.

E-Journals: The Library subscribes to an increasing number of journals which provide electronic versions of their publications online. Access them through the Librarys web page.

 

Reference Collection - 2^nd Floor

The Reference Collection is a good place to collect background information on an issue or start your research. The collection is arranged by subject, using the Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) call numbers. An outline of the system is available at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html.

 

 

Suggested reference materials

 

JRVP Online Catalog

Contains records of materials owned by the MTU Library.

Two search interfaces, Basic and Keyword allow the user to search for items by author, title, subject, call number, ISBN/ISSN, or keyword(s.) Catalog records include bibliographic and location information for items retrieved in your search. Use the Location, Status, Call Number information to find an item in the Library collections.

 

 

Journal, magazine, and newspaper article databases

 

Database Keyword Search Tips - http://www.lib.mtu.edu/reference/tutorials/databasekeyword.aspx

 

To find citations to recent articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys web page and select E-Resources & E-Alerts. The resulting screen offers four search options for finding databases or electronic journals: (1) Keyword search of database titles and/or descriptions, (2) E-Resources A-Z to browse an alphabetical list by title (3) Search by Subject Headings, (4) Search by Provider.

 

Here are some recommended databases:

ACS Publications (Coverage: 1879 Present)

 

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (Coverage: 1983 Present)

 

ASCE Civil Engineering Database (Coverage: 1975 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

ASCE Online Research Library (Coverage: 1993 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

ASM Materials Information Online (MIO) (Coverage: 2006 2006)

 

Compendex (Coverage: 1970 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

Conference Papers Index (Coverage: 1982 Present)

 

Corrosion Abstracts (Coverage: 1980 Present)

 

CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX (Coverage: 1966 Present)

 

Current Research @ Michigan Technological University (Coverage: 1968 Present)

 

Energy Citations Database (U.S. Dept. of Energy) (Coverage: 1948 Present)

 

Engineered Materials Abstracts (Coverage: 1986 Present)

 

ENGnetBASE

 

Environmental Engineering Abstracts (Coverage: 1990 Present)

 

GEOBASE (Coverage: 1980 Present)

 

GeoRefS (Coverage: 1785 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

Google Scholar (Coverage: 1900 Present)

 

Ground Water On-Line (Coverage: Open Access)

 

ILI Standards Infobase Online

 

IMMAGE (Information on Mining, Metaurgy & Geological Exploration) (Coverage: 1979 Present)

 

Information Bridge (U.S. Dept. of Energy) (Coverage: 1995 Present)

 

Materials Business File (Coverage: 1985 Present)

 

Materials Science: A Sage Full-Text Collection (Coverage: 1994 Present)

 

MatWeb Material Property Data (Coverage: 2003 Present)

 

NTIS - National Technical Information Service (Coverage: 1964 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

NEW

NTIS/GPO DARTS (Coverage: 1997 2000)

(Depository Access to Reports, Technical and Scientific)

This is a pilot NTIS and GPO project which includes documents from the Department of Energy (DOE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), and NTIS.

Access Note: Available only in the library. Please see a reference librarian for access.

 

Science.gov

 

ScienceDirect (Coverage: 2003 Present)

 

TranStats: The Intermodal Transportation Database (Coverage: 1990 Present)

 

TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Service) (Coverage: 1960 Present) ***Important Resource***

 

Web of Science (Coverage: 1973 Present)

 

Windows Live Academic (Coverage: 1900 Present)

 

 

Suggested public websites

 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. It covers the physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science. The database currently contains 33484 records.

 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology: E-journals search engine

Search the content of over 250 freely available full-text engineering, mathematics and computing ejournals, selected for relevance and quality. Academic journals, trade publications and society journals are covered. All sites are also listed in the Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology catalogue of Internet resources.

 

TechXtra is a free service which can help you find articles, books, the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, thesis & dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing.

 

MITs D-Space MIT's online institutional repository built to save, share, and search MIT's digital research materials.

 

 

Current awareness resources

 

Many of the databases that you have access to through the JRVP Library databases page allow you to register for a personal account. The registration is free and allows you to use tools designed to keep you up-to-date in your research and teaching. Journal tables of contents, the results of stored database searches as well as updated search results, and citation alerts for newly indexed papers are sent to you by email or RSS feed.

 

Some of the relevant databases that offer current awareness services:

 

Blackwell Synergy

Offers saved search and journal contents email alerts.

 

Compendex

Offers saved search email alerts.

 

CSA Illumina

Transportation Engineering Abstracts and NTIS are both CSA Illumina databases.

Offers email saved search alerts.

 

Ingenta table of contents email alerts, rss feeds, and saved searches.

 

ScienceDirect (Elsevier journals) offers saved search, journal tables of contents, citation, and topic email alerts

 

Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index) offers search and citation alerts through email and RSS feeds.

 

 

Evaluating Information Sources - Consult these sites provided by other institutions:

Identifying Research Articles: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

Identifying Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3_1.html

Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

 

Citation style guides:

http://www.lib.mtu.edu/reference/tutorials/- JRVP Library Tutorials.