Engineering Management

Database & Online Search Process

Lissa Lord llord@ku.eduFall 2014

Dissertation Research Bloghttp://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com

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We need to know this:(1) Find articles using databases found on the Libraries’

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

Notice the options for more information about this article and subject.

We have looked at:1.How to cite this article in A.P.A.2.References at the end of this article, some with hyperlinks.3.Articles that have cited this article 4.Full text PDF

Database ABI/inform

Try another database:Academic OneFile

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Narrow the number of

results by limiting to

peer review journals

and by date.

(If no full-text articles were found, request a copy.)

Two copies of the article were found. Click on one.

Google Scholar

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Want this book?Use the Catalog!

http://www.lib.ku.edu

Not the current edition and not an e-book, but I’d like to

see it. So, I’ll request it from Anschutz Library on the

Lawrence campus.

What happens next?Your book will arrive at the Edwards Campus, Regents Center Library, within 24 to 48 hours of your request. You will get an email telling you it has arrived.

Does the library have e-Journals for Project Management?

http://www.lib.ku.edu

There are hundreds of journals in the Business Management category. Try your luck, type in Project Management as a title OR Engineering Management.

Engineering management

I want to see the Table of Contents for the current copy

Just browsing

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

Questions?

Ask the li brarian:Lissa Lord

llord@ku.edu