Engineering Management

Database & Online Search Process

Edwards CampusSpring 2015

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We need to know this:(1) Find articles using databases homepage –

www.lib.ku.edu

(2) How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts

(WebRetrieve)

(3) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library

databases

(4) How to use the online catalog to find books and

request delivery to Edwards Campus

(5) E-Journals? E-Books?3

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Try another database:Business Source Complete

Just in case you don’t come up with the article, remember this!

So, where have we been and what do we have?

Libraries’ Homepage: http://www.lib.ku.edu

Articles and Databases

By Subject: Business databases

1. ABI Inform2. Business Source Complete

Example of search strategy:“project management” AND engineering

Limit Results by:Scholarly journalsDate

Results:Many, many articles

And, there is a way to get a full text article if you have only the citation or abstract

Google Scholar

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Want this book?Use the Catalog!

http://www.lib.ku.edu

What happens next?

Your book will arrive at the Edwards Campus, within 24 to 36 hours of your request. You will get an email telling you the book has arrived.

And, you will pick-up the book at the Regents Center Desk

You need your KU-ID. You can apply for one at the same Regents Center Desk. It takes about a week to get the card.

Does the library have e-Journals for Engineering Management?

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

There are hundreds of journals in the Business Management category. Try your luck, type in Engineering Management as “Title contains all words” from the drop-down menu.

We have looked at:

How to find articles using the libraries’ databases by looking at a subject guide to databases listed on the homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu

When we find only the abstract of a journal title and we need full-text we can select the “Get at KU” Jayhawk and use WebRetrieve to get a link to the pdf full-text sent to our email account.

How to find e-Journals from the libraries’ homepage

How to search the Library Catalog for a bookWe found a book in Google Books. Does the KU Libraries have this book?

How to request this book and have it sent to Edwards Campus

Where are the Engineering Projects kept?

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

Lastly:

Dissertations and Engineering Management?

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

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

Questions?

http://www.lib.ku.edu