Graduate Seminar Library Resources and Support at Ryerson University
Explore the array of resources and services available at Ryerson University Library for graduate students in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From physical space services to electronic resources like IEEE Xplore and Engineering Village, access research guides, citation management tools, and stay current with your research profile. Discover how to utilize the library's online and offline support to enhance your academic journey.
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Electrical & Computer Engineering Graduate Seminar: Library Resources May Yan BASc MISt may.yan@ryerson.ca Electronic Resources Librarian Ryerson University Library
Agenda Library Physical Space Services for Graduate Students including workshops Known item searching IEEEXplore Overview Engineering Village 2 Overview Other Resources Standards & Patents & Research Guides When it s not in our collection Citation Management Staying Current / Your research profile Research Help
Ryerson University Library 350 Victoria St. 2ndFloor [Now open until 1am everyday!] Your OneCard is your library card 2ndFloor: Research Help, Circulation, IT Help Laptops to borrow & computer labs [2, 3, 6 Flr] http://library.ryerson.ca/
Library Quick Search From the library home page Look here for books, AV, and many journals Particularly useful for when you know article title [bibliography/footnote chasing] Search Journals by Title [Use the Journals A-Z]
Library home page - http://ryerson.ca/library/
Learn to use IEEE User Guides IEEE Xplore Digital Library Training Live Online Training Self-Paced Tutorials
Engineering Village Our interface to search Compendex, INSPEC, GeoRef and Geobase Overview video, Thesauri video EngineeringVillageScreenshot.png
Other Resources Web of Science Scopus Knovel (reference) ENGnetbase (ebooks) Publisher platforms: ScienceDirect, Wiley etc. See our list of resources: http://learn.library.ryerson.ca/az.php
Standards Patents & Research Guides Locate: Library home page -> Articles Article Databases by Name (A-Z) ASTM International Standards Selected CSA Standards via Techstreet Ordering by Request (Give me some lead time!) Research Guides Patent Information Theses and Dissertations Standards
When its not available in library - Interlibrary Loan RACER lets you to borrow items and obtain articles from other libraries if materials are not owned by the Ryerson University Library. Use ILL for getting articles that Ryerson does not have in print or online. http://library.ryerson.ca/services/ill/ Recommendations for purchases for our collection: Email may.yan@ryerson.ca with details.
Proper Citation Academic Integrity Required in scholarly publishing Challenge: styles vary by journal Solution: Think of citation when you are researching and as you write. Use tools to make it easier (esp IEEE format etc)
Citation Management You have access to following for free: Zotero Mendeley (Contact me if you need a pro account for working with groups etc.) Endnote Web (Create a Web of Science account and then login to EndNote on WOS, afterwards, you should be able to login to myendnoteweb directly. Must reactivate account via WOS annually.) But consider others: Papers, Colwiz, Citavi, EndNote and more
Suggestions to Staying Current Table of Contents service: RSS, emails Saved searches: RSS and emails Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts Twitter conferences, associations, leading researchers, journals Academic Social Networks http://www.researchgate.net/ Academic.edu Mendeley
Your Research Profile Ryerson Institutional Repository - Google indexed! Google Scholar Profile OrcID researcherID Mendeley Profile Researchgate Academia.edu
Research Help Reference Desk Ask a Librarian Chat Online subject guides Book a Librarian Appointment See http://library.ryerson.ca/guides/
