Spahr Engineering Library

http://www.lib.ku.edu/EngLib

• KU Library Catalog. Lists all KU science and engineering books and journals.
• KU Medical Libraries Catalogs. Connect from within the KU Library Catalog.
• WorldCat. Merged catalogs of thousands of libraries worldwide.

• Web of Science. Interdisciplinary coverage of 5,900 journals in all fields of science and engineering beginning 1983. Special feature is cited reference searching.
• Subject databases:
Biology: Biological Abstracts.
Chemistry: SciFinder Scholar.
Engineering: Compendex. Indexes 5,000 journals in all areas of engineering.
Mathematics: MathSciNet.
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences: PubMed.
Biology: arXiv.org e-Print archive.

• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) database and web site.
• OSTI databases. U.S. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific & Technical Information. http://www.osti.gov/search/
• See also guide on Stanford University Library site http://www-sul.stanford.edu/collect/techrpt.html

• Dissertation Abstracts Online.
• Current Research @ University of Kansas. Full-text of KU dissertations and theses published after 1996.

• Scirus. "The most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet." http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
• Google Scholar. http://scholar.google.com/
• EEVL: The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics & Computing. http://www.eevl.ac.uk/
• Google Science. http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/
• Google Technology. http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/

1. Request scans of articles delivered to your desktop:
• Article available in KU Library
• Article available in KU Medical Center Library
• Article not available in KU Library of KU Med
For all of the above, use Request Materials page at https://illiad.lib.ku.edu/KKU/ (also known as WebRetrieve, Document Delivery, and Interlibrary Loan).
2. Request a loan of a book not available in the KU Libraries: Use Request Materials page at https://illiad.lib.ku.edu/KKU/
3. Request a book that is checked out be recalled for you: Use KU Library Catalog-Recalls & Requests button in Full Record, Recall option.
4. Request a book that is in another KU Lawrence Campus library (viz. Anschutz Library) be delivered to Spahr for you: Use KU Library Catalog-Recalls & Requests button in Full Record, Retrieve from Shelf option.
5. Request a book that is in the Library Annex (off-site storage facility) be delivered to Spahr for you: Use KU Library Catalog-Recalls & Requests button in Full Record, Retrieve from Shelf option.
Note: See turnaround times for requests at http://www.lib.ku.edu/retrievalservices/turn.shtml. If you need an item immediately, you will need to get it yourself.

• Contact the Engineering Librarian at jneeley@ku.edu, or
• Submit an online form at http://www.lib.ku.edu/~public/voyager/purchase.shtml

• Phone: (785) 864-3866.
• In person, ask at Service Desk.
• Email reference service: Ask-a-Librarian at http://www.lib.ku.edu/aska/
• Contact the Engineering Librarian at jneeley@ku.edu

• Print: Ask at Service Desk in Spahr
• Electronic: Connect from Spahr home page http://www.lib.ku.edu/EngLib/

• Guides. Example: SciFinder Scholar Resources at http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/index.html
• Tutorials. May require downloaded client. Example: PubMed Tutorial at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
• Context-sensitive help. Example: Web of Science cited reference search (see below).

• Modes: Simple; Advanced; Expert
• Keyword; truncation/wildcards; phrases
• Controlled vocabulary
• Boolean logic
• Field searching
• Limiting
• Combining searches; search history

• Record formats
• Sorting
• Printing/downloading/emailing
• Reference management software (RefWorks; EndNote) http://www.lib.ku.edu/technology/citing/

• Alerts
• Saved searches

• Use one good article to find more on the same subject.
• Evaluate articles by how many times they are cited.