Library News for Engineering

Additional workshops for organizing your research just added!

Mendeley 101
October 11, 2011
11-12pm
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, and creating citations. For more info, see http://libguides.wustl.edu/mendeley. Class registration is limited to Washington University students, faculty, and staff.

 

Mendeley 101
October 26, 2011
4-5pm
Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, and creating citations. For more info, see http://libguides.wustl.edu/mendeley. Class registration is limited to Washington University students, faculty, and staff.

Upcoming Library Workshops

Twitter 101
Septemeber 29, 2011
3-4:30pm
This class is for the Twitter novice.  Learn how to create an account, search, construct a tweet, and much more!  To sign up click the title above. 

Prezi Basics
October 6, 2011
3-4:30pm
Tired of creating or seeing uninspired PowerPoint presentations? Ready to wow your colleagues by giving your next presentation some visual pizzazz? Come learn the basics of the new online presentation software, Prezi.

Zotero 101
October 10, 2011
7-8:00pm
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, creating citations and sharing or working collaboratively.

Zotero 101
October 24, 2011
11-12:00pm
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, creating citations and sharing or working collaboratively.

Open Access @ WUSTL Why here? Why know? Why care?
October 27, 2011
12-1:00pm
The University Libraries invites you to this lunchtime session to get the facts about the Open Access Resolution adopted by the WUSTL Faculty Senate and what it means to your rights as an author.  The resolution is for WU faculty; any current or future scholarly author at WUSTL may be interested. Bring your questions!

QR Codes and Personal Branding
October 27, 2011
3-4:00pm
Still wondering, what are those funny-looking, square-shaped, barcode thingys? They are called Quick Response Codes better known as QR Codes and they are popping up everywhere. Register for this class and we will provide you with information on how you can start using QR Codes today!

New faculty and graduate student reception - Olin Library - August 29

The annual new faculty and graduate student meet and greet at Olin Library will be held Monday, August 29 at 3pm. Stop by to receive a tour of Olin Library, chat with subject librarians, and learn about library resources.  We make researching easier! 

New resource: National Technical Reports Library

'The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. The NTRL offers access to these authenticated government technical reports to libraries and technical information users.' This is a subscription site that includes indexing for 2 million+ titles with links to over 600,000 full-text reports (in PDF). For reports not available via PDF, see ordering information within the database OR contact Interlibrary Loan; as a Federal Depository Library we can download these reports for you, for free.

New Resource: Knovel Expanded!

The e-book database, Knovel, has now been expanded to include titles relating to Sustainable Energy.  Titles include the ASHRAE GreenGuide, Aerodynamics of Wind Turbines, Dictionary of Energy and many more.  For an entire list of the books available, please visit their website.

Database Spotlight: Compendex

If you're looking for a broad yet deep source of engineering research, Compendex is a great place to start.  Compendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering literature available, and it covers all areas of engineering.  Compendex is the current digital version of the information that was formerly available in print as the Engineering Index, with the advantage that now the entire collection (1969-present) can be searched with the click of a button.

As always, if you have any trouble accessing or using this resource feel free to contact me.

Resource Spotlight: Knovel

Knovel is the primary source for engineering reference books on campus.  Having these materials available electronically is especially useful because it allows for searching all texts simultaneously, and they can be accessed from anywhere (see the proxy instructions if you're having trouble connecting from off-campus).  Knovel contains ebooks on a range of STM subjects, but its main focus is engineering.  The collection includes subject specific handbooks, encyclopedias, and dictionaries, and new titles are being added all the time.

Check out this video about searching Knovel to get started.

New Resources for BME

The Libraries have just purchased two new electronic reference sources that will be of interest to Biomedical Engineers:

Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation

Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering

Also, check out the new additions to the Materials for Medical Devices Database, which includes new information on specific forms and conditions, an orthopaedic module, and a cardiovascular module.

I-CARES Distinguished Seminar: Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?

Dr. Nathan Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, will be on campus tomorrow to discuss the future of renewable energy and some of the challenges that must be overcome in order to secure our energy future.  Dr. Lewis joins us as part of the I-CARES Distinguished Speaker Series.  Hope to see you there!

WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL OUR ENERGY COME FROM?

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
4:00-5:30 PM, 
Reception Following
Lab Sciences 300
Washington University in St. Louis

Call for Posters: WU GIS Symposium 2008

If you've done a project using GIS, the upcoming WU GIS Symposium on November 18th and 19th is a great opportunity to share your research.  Olin Library will host a map gallery/poster session that is open to anyone with a GIS project to showcase, and it's a great way to connect with other GIS users on campus.

Here are some details:

• Poster sessions will run from 2pm-5pm on the 18th and 1pm-5pm on the 19th, and presenters need to be available on one of these days for a few hours to talk about their poster/project
• Any project based on GIS is accepted (including digital projects)
• 1st and 2nd place prizes: $100 and $75 bookstore gift cards
• Printing is available for free
• Submit all poster projects to Scott Horn.  He can also be contacted for additional information.

Be sure to put the symposium date, November 19th, on your calendars!