Basic Access
1. START YOUR SEARCH WITH THE UNL LIBRARIES’ ONLINE CATALOG AT http://iris.unl.edu. The online catalog can be accessed from on or off campus. You can search for books on a specific topic using a number of search categories. To find full-text online books [ebooks] via the Libraries Catalog: Click on Catalog, select EBOOKS under "Material Type:", then enter a search term. On the same Web page is a link to “E-Resources,” which can lead you to articles on a topic in journals, conference proceedings, and other sources. Browse categories of interest. Use WorldCat to search for books on a topic in libraries throughout the world.
2. REQUEST MATERIALS. If as a result of your search you find a book, article, or conference proceeding, owned by the Libraries, you may use the “Request” button on the right side of the screen to have the book sent to the library location of your choice. Use the “Interlibrary Loan” (ILLiad) service to request an item if it is not available through the UNL Libraries. ILLiad is the electronic system to Request delivery of material. ILLiad allows you to do status checks and renewals of material borrowed through Interlibrary Loan. First-time users must create a free ILLiad account.
******Questions about ILLiad and your requests?******
Interlibrary Loan is staffed 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Central Time) Monday-Friday
Email: ill1@unlnotes.unl.edu 402-472-2522 (phone) 402-472-5131 (fax)
3. MY LIBRARY. Set up and customize your own IRIS interface. Your personal access will then allow you to:
Renew Materials
See messages from the library
Manage saved searches
Request items
Review checkouts
See past checkouts
4. SEARCH FOR ARTICLES. Listed below are SOME of the significant article indexes available through the UNL Libraries. You may access these indexes by selecting the “E-Resources” link in the online catalog. To find other article indexes browse the categories under “Search by Category”. Some journals are available electronically through the UNL Libraries; you may find those by using the “Electronic Journal Finder (TDNet)” from the main page. Most journal article indexes/databases have a Request via ILL (ILLiad), Additional Resources button, etc., allowing you to transfer data directly into a request.
Most of the indexes below have links for full text, when available at UNL, or links to request an article, conference paper, etc.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE INDEX
Web of Science. (Science Citation Index). Index of science and engineering journals. Find information about journals, authors and articles that are cited by other researchers. Link is “Additional Resources”. Web of Science supplies the EndNote citation manager to every licensed user; it does not support RefWorks. However, you can save selected records to field tagged, file type file, then log into RefWorks and import the file specifying ISI and Web of Science.
GENERAL ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEX
Compendex Web/Ei Compendex Plus. Commands the entire spectrum of engineering, in depth, with abstracts from over 2,600 international journals, conference papers technical reports, and more. Updated weekly. Link is “Additional Resources”. RefWorks: Select items, then “Download”. Select "RefWorks direct import".
SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEXES
METADEX. Materials science database. Coverage: raw materials, refining, processing, welding, fabrication, end use, corrosion, performance, recycling and more. Materials covered: all metals, polymers, ceramics and composites. From search results screen, “Find UNL Full Text & Print” goes to options screen for obtaining article, and “Request Through ILL” goes directly to the ILLiad main screen. RefWorks: Click in box to select items, and then click on the RefWorks button.
SCIFINDER SCHOLAR. Integrated, user-friendly, point-and-click access to Chemical Abstracts Service databases. Use for any information needs regarding chemicals, materials, compositions of products, etc. Buttons to the right of each citation link to the detailed record/options for obtaining the full text.
INSPEC. Contains more than 4.7 million citations. Abstracts to worldwide literature of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computing and control, and information technology. Primary coverage journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports and dissertations. Use the built-in, online thesaurus to more precisely identify a research term as a designated subject heading in INSPEC and do a more precise search. From the search results screen, the link is “Check UNL Catalog & Additional Resources”. If full text is avaibable at UNL, there will be an “HTML/Links to Full Text” link under the citation. RefWorks: Add items to folder, click on “Folder has items”, then click “Export”. Select the “Direct Export to RefWorks button, then click “Save”.
IEEE /IEE Electronic Library (IEL), IEEE Explore. Indexes, abstracts, and full-text of transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings and standards of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications back to 1988 with select content back to 1952. There is a Full Text button link under each citation. No RefWorks link at this time, but you can select items, “view selected items”, then under “Download Citations” at left select ASCI text, download, then import to RefWorks. Select RIS Format as the data source and IEEE/IEL as the database.
OTHER SPECIALIZED INDEXES
PapersFirst. Indexes articles in conference proceedings in all fields, including engineering and the sciences. To obtain a conference article, from the results list, click on “See more details for locating this item”. Follow the links under “Get this Item External Resources”. First check the UNL catalog. If UNL does not have the conference proceedings, use the “Request via ILL” link” to order it through InterLibrary Loan. RefWorks: Select (mark) items, click on “Marked Records”, Click “Export” and choose “RefWorks” under “Export to”. Click “Export”.
Dissertation Abstracts. Indexes doctoral dissertations and some theses in all fields. Same interface for obtaining the item and exporting to RefWorks as in PapersFirst.
Digital Commons. This is the name of the UNL institutional repository. It highlights working papers, journal articles, dissertations, and theses of UNL affiliates.
UNL Dissertations Online. Choose "e-Resources" on the IRIS screen http://iris.unl.edu/. Under “Search by Category”, select “Dissertations & Theses”. Full text access is available from campus or through the proxy server. To have your thesis or dissertation available online when you are no longer affiliated with UNL, deposit it in the Digital Commons as well as submitting it for UNL dissertations/theses.
5. SEARCH MULTIPLE DATABASES. By selecting the link listed as “Multi-Search (for UNL),” you will be able to search in multiple databases (article indexes) at one time. Although this is not an exhaustive search, it will assist you if you tend to do the same search in more than one database. It can also give you an idea of what databases will give you results for your search topic (where to start).
6. REMOTE ACCESS WITH YOUR NUID NUMBER. At http://iris.unl.edu/ when you click on a link to an e-resource, a logon screen will ask for last name & NUID.
7. ASK A QUESTION, LIVE ONLINE. A reference librarian is available to assist you with your search questions, 24/7 through an email interface at http://iris.unl.edu/, top right of screen, “ASK A QUESTION”.
8. TRY GOOGLE SCHOLAR at http://scholar.google.com/ to locate unpublished scholarly works.
9. SEARCH THE PATENT LITERATURE at http://www.uspto.gov/ for United States patents, and http://ep.espacenet.com/ to search other patenting authorities. UNL Engineering Library is a United States Patent And Trademark Depository Library and the Engineering Librarian (Virginia Baldwin) can provide patent searching assistance.
2. REQUEST MATERIALS. If as a result of your search you find a book, article, or conference proceeding, owned by the Libraries, you may use the “Request” button on the right side of the screen to have the book sent to the library location of your choice. Use the “Interlibrary Loan” (ILLiad) service to request an item if it is not available through the UNL Libraries. ILLiad is the electronic system to Request delivery of material. ILLiad allows you to do status checks and renewals of material borrowed through Interlibrary Loan. First-time users must create a free ILLiad account.
******Questions about ILLiad and your requests?******
Interlibrary Loan is staffed 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Central Time) Monday-Friday
Email: ill1@unlnotes.unl.edu 402-472-2522 (phone) 402-472-5131 (fax)
3. MY LIBRARY. Set up and customize your own IRIS interface. Your personal access will then allow you to:
Renew Materials
See messages from the library
Manage saved searches
Request items
Review checkouts
See past checkouts
4. SEARCH FOR ARTICLES. Listed below are SOME of the significant article indexes available through the UNL Libraries. You may access these indexes by selecting the “E-Resources” link in the online catalog. To find other article indexes browse the categories under “Search by Category”. Some journals are available electronically through the UNL Libraries; you may find those by using the “Electronic Journal Finder (TDNet)” from the main page. Most journal article indexes/databases have a Request via ILL (ILLiad), Additional Resources button, etc., allowing you to transfer data directly into a request.
Most of the indexes below have links for full text, when available at UNL, or links to request an article, conference paper, etc.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE INDEX
Web of Science. (Science Citation Index). Index of science and engineering journals. Find information about journals, authors and articles that are cited by other researchers. Link is “Additional Resources”. Web of Science supplies the EndNote citation manager to every licensed user; it does not support RefWorks. However, you can save selected records to field tagged, file type file, then log into RefWorks and import the file specifying ISI and Web of Science.
GENERAL ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEX
Compendex Web/Ei Compendex Plus. Commands the entire spectrum of engineering, in depth, with abstracts from over 2,600 international journals, conference papers technical reports, and more. Updated weekly. Link is “Additional Resources”. RefWorks: Select items, then “Download”. Select "RefWorks direct import".
SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEXES
METADEX. Materials science database. Coverage: raw materials, refining, processing, welding, fabrication, end use, corrosion, performance, recycling and more. Materials covered: all metals, polymers, ceramics and composites. From search results screen, “Find UNL Full Text & Print” goes to options screen for obtaining article, and “Request Through ILL” goes directly to the ILLiad main screen. RefWorks: Click in box to select items, and then click on the RefWorks button.
SCIFINDER SCHOLAR. Integrated, user-friendly, point-and-click access to Chemical Abstracts Service databases. Use for any information needs regarding chemicals, materials, compositions of products, etc. Buttons to the right of each citation link to the detailed record/options for obtaining the full text.
INSPEC. Contains more than 4.7 million citations. Abstracts to worldwide literature of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computing and control, and information technology. Primary coverage journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports and dissertations. Use the built-in, online thesaurus to more precisely identify a research term as a designated subject heading in INSPEC and do a more precise search. From the search results screen, the link is “Check UNL Catalog & Additional Resources”. If full text is avaibable at UNL, there will be an “HTML/Links to Full Text” link under the citation. RefWorks: Add items to folder, click on “Folder has items”, then click “Export”. Select the “Direct Export to RefWorks button, then click “Save”.
IEEE /IEE Electronic Library (IEL), IEEE Explore. Indexes, abstracts, and full-text of transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings and standards of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications back to 1988 with select content back to 1952. There is a Full Text button link under each citation. No RefWorks link at this time, but you can select items, “view selected items”, then under “Download Citations” at left select ASCI text, download, then import to RefWorks. Select RIS Format as the data source and IEEE/IEL as the database.
OTHER SPECIALIZED INDEXES
PapersFirst. Indexes articles in conference proceedings in all fields, including engineering and the sciences. To obtain a conference article, from the results list, click on “See more details for locating this item”. Follow the links under “Get this Item External Resources”. First check the UNL catalog. If UNL does not have the conference proceedings, use the “Request via ILL” link” to order it through InterLibrary Loan. RefWorks: Select (mark) items, click on “Marked Records”, Click “Export” and choose “RefWorks” under “Export to”. Click “Export”.
Dissertation Abstracts. Indexes doctoral dissertations and some theses in all fields. Same interface for obtaining the item and exporting to RefWorks as in PapersFirst.
Digital Commons. This is the name of the UNL institutional repository. It highlights working papers, journal articles, dissertations, and theses of UNL affiliates.
UNL Dissertations Online. Choose "e-Resources" on the IRIS screen http://iris.unl.edu/. Under “Search by Category”, select “Dissertations & Theses”. Full text access is available from campus or through the proxy server. To have your thesis or dissertation available online when you are no longer affiliated with UNL, deposit it in the Digital Commons as well as submitting it for UNL dissertations/theses.
5. SEARCH MULTIPLE DATABASES. By selecting the link listed as “Multi-Search (for UNL),” you will be able to search in multiple databases (article indexes) at one time. Although this is not an exhaustive search, it will assist you if you tend to do the same search in more than one database. It can also give you an idea of what databases will give you results for your search topic (where to start).
6. REMOTE ACCESS WITH YOUR NUID NUMBER. At http://iris.unl.edu/ when you click on a link to an e-resource, a logon screen will ask for last name & NUID.
7. ASK A QUESTION, LIVE ONLINE. A reference librarian is available to assist you with your search questions, 24/7 through an email interface at http://iris.unl.edu/, top right of screen, “ASK A QUESTION”.
8. TRY GOOGLE SCHOLAR at http://scholar.google.com/ to locate unpublished scholarly works.
9. SEARCH THE PATENT LITERATURE at http://www.uspto.gov/ for United States patents, and http://ep.espacenet.com/ to search other patenting authorities. UNL Engineering Library is a United States Patent And Trademark Depository Library and the Engineering Librarian (Virginia Baldwin) can provide patent searching assistance.
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