Navigating the Computer Science Literature

With a little help from University Libraries

Janet FransenEngineering Librarian

fransen@umn.edu

How do computer science researchers communicate

their results?

Remember…

• The Libraries buy and license lots of materials, so you don’t have to

• You can find it all at www.lib.umn.edu• I’m your librarian• My name is Jan

14 Library Locations

• Walter: CS print books and journals

• Others: Cross-disciplinary work

• Use Get It to have print materials sent to your favorite library

Outside the U of M

• Worldcat– International consortium catalog– Go there to find out what libraries have

a book

Outside the U of M

• Interlibrary Loan– Separate login– Print delivered to library of your choice– Electronic delivered online to your

account

Liaisons

• Aligned with colleges/departments• Me: CS, ECE, AEM, HST

– BS in AEM– 20 years as a desktop app

developer/trainer/writer– MLIS in 2006– Keenly interested in all my subject

areas, but expert in none of them

Library Hacks

What else do I do?

• Select books and subscriptions– Suggestions? Let me know.

• Teach workshops– Public workshops listed online– Custom workshop? Contact me.

• Work with my colleagues to improve services– Suggestions? Let me know.

What else do I do?

• Consult on subject-specific questions– Not sure where to start a lit search?– Can’t track down an elusive citation?

• Consult on managing information– How to navigate copyright– How to add your papers to our

institutional repository (conservancy.umn.edu)

– How to keep current/organize what you collect

What else do I do?

• Work with faculty and instructors to incorporate library resources into classes

Contact me at:

Fransen@umn.edu

612-624-7446

IM: umjanlib

Website: z.umn.edu/umjanlibOffice hours: Thursdays 3-4 in the ECE Student Center