Nanosystems and Society

 

MTU Library Catalog:

Use the catalog to find items that the library owns: Searchable by author, title, subject or keywords. Also after using an index to find a paper/article that you want, you will need to use this catalog to determine whether we have the journal that the article appeared in. Articles from journals we do not have or books we do not have can be ordered through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Many of the databases now have a direct ILL link.

Library of Congress Classification System (examples):

In this area of study most of the call numbers will start with T.

Example is: Implications of emerging micro- and nanotechnologies Main coll: T174.7 .I46 2002

Suggested Library of Congress subject headings:

Nanotechnology

Nanostructure materials

Nanoscience

Technologysocial aspects

Reference Collection First Floor

The Reference Collection is a good place to collection background information on an issue or start your research. The collection is arranged by subject, using the Library of Congress classification system (call numbers.)

McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology: Q 1 .M1 REF

Science and the Future: Q 9 .B78 REF

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology: Q 121 .M3 REF

Encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology: T174.7 .E53

 

Government documents are a good source for this topic. They are stored off site at this time.

From the catalog a Library of Congress Bibliography is available:

Buydos, John F., Nanotechnology, LC 33.10:03-3.

 

Resources on the Librarys Web Page - www.lib.mtu.edu

E-Resources access to electronic indexes/abstracts, online books, e-journals and selected websites. From the E-Resource menu select listings by alphabet, topic or collection (e.g. FirstSearch or InfoTrac.) E-Resources are also searchable by name or keyword(s.) Use the index databases to locate journal articles, newspaper articles, or reviews on your topic. Some indexes or collections of indexes especially useful for research in this course include:

E-book websites have a variety of good sources for online, full-text books. NetLibrary has many books to help when putting together job applications, including resumes and cover letters.

 

Databases:

FirstSearch: This database provides access to over 60 databases. They include:

Worldcat, a comprehensive database for all types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. This does NOT index periodicals at the article level;

Wilson Select Plus, A full text database comprised of articles represented by selected citations from Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts, Education Abstracts, and Wilson Business Abstracts.

Education abstracts, a comprehensive database that indexes TCQ [Technical communication quarterly, produced by Association of Teachers of Technical Writing] Note: be sure to use the long version of the journal name if searching for that source only.

Web of Science: Contains: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

LexisNexis: Might be interesting to see what the congressional hearings have on Nanotechnology.

Academic provides full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options.  Has more detailed references on corporations in business, legal and reference sections as well as the general section. Quick search has a place to look for companies.

 

LexisNexis cont

Congressional provides a comprehensive online resource from Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, history, and legal research.

Infotrac: A comprehensive multi-index database including:

Expanded Academic ASAP: Gives access to arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images!;

General Reference Center Gold: A general interest database that integrates a variety of sources in one easy-to-use interface. Use to find articles from newspapers, reference books, and periodicals, many with full-text and images.

Computer Database: Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

LegalTrac,Use this database to find articles in all major law reviews, law journals, specialty law and bar association journals and legal newspapers.

IEEE xplore: Has two nanotechnology journals and may have other information especially if want detailed resources. Go into database from e-resources and use basic search on left side of the page. Can also search only the journals by clicking on journals just above the basic search.

 

Websites:

http://www.firstgov.gov: This is the official government site that searches over 87 million sites. Can search for just federal, federal and a specific state, federal and all states, all states, or a specific state. Advanced search gives the most flexibility. Includes manuals on how to communicate, how to write contracts, etc. and much more on communications.

http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html - Cornell University Libraries Research Skills -One of the best sites on evaluating information found on the Internet.

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/ - Internet Public Library: Subject Collections Good starting place for a research-oriented approach to a variety of subject areas. IPL Emphasis is on education rather than entertainment.

 

Interlibrary Loan access to items from other libraries.

Request items using an ILL form available at the Circulation desk or online (Under Library Services menu, select Interlibrary Loans.) Many index databases also allow ILL requests through their sites.

Note The ILL process can take time (longer than 10 days in some cases.) Plan your research time accordingly.

For Assistance

For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit or phone the Reference/Information Desk (487-2507), e-mail instrlib@mtu.edu, or complete an Individual Instruction Request form found under Reference & Instruction on the Librarys web page at www.lib.mtu.edu.

 

Citation styles websites:

 

APA (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION)

APAs Electronic Reference Formats:

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

 

Online!: Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

 

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

 

APA (American Psychological Association) Citation Style Guide http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/research/apa.pdf