Engineering Library Instruction

Researcher ID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community. ResearcherID provides a solution to the author ambiguity problem within the scholarly research community. Each member is assigned a unique identifier to enable researchers to manage their publication lists, track their times cited counts and h-index, identify potential collaborators and avoid author misidentification. In addition, your ResearcherID information integrates with the Web of Knowledge and is ORCID compliant, allowing you to claim and showcase your publications from a single one account. Search the registry to find collaborators, review publication lists and explore how research is used around the world.

ResearcherID registration is available to all ISI Web of Knowledge users. You can also register  at ResearcherID. Use the same email address and password for both resources.

See video instruction clip: How to register, create your own Researcher ID, and build a publication list in ResearcherID.

Some interesting features of Researcher ID:

A Citing Articles Network depicts who is citing your articles. An interactive world map shows the top geographic locations. And a graphical display shows your top citations by author, category, country/territory, institution or year.

A Collaboration Network displays your collaboration associates. An interactive world map shows the top geographic locations. And a graphical display shows your top collaborators by author, category, country/territory, institution or year.

A Badge feature that allows you or others to place an interactive badge on any web page. When moving the cursor over the badge, a window will display a summary of your profile and recent publications — enabling you to elevate your professional profile overall by promoting your ResearcherID environment and highlighting your scholarly works.

See also: How do I keep current with new research using Web of Science database? What is Citation Report?

Drexel University's Concrete Canoe Team, operating under Drexel's ASCE Student Chapter, competes in the annual Mid-Atlantic Student Conference. During this three-day conference, teams from all over the region fight for bragging rights of who has the better concrete canoe.  The team  was placed first in the Design Paper category, just one of four categories in the Competition. The Oral Presentation, Product Display, and the Races are the other three categories. In this competition, students are challenged to design, build and race their concrete canoes, and due to its competitive nature, teams from around the country work year round to prepare for the competition.  The team set out in May of this year to work on their project.  Team members are using a modified shotcrete technique in order to "spray" their concrete canoe. This differs from the past 6 year in which the team had used a dual-mold system (pour concrete in a female mold and displace the concrete with a male mold).  Last year's canoe, Imperial, was the last generation of the dual-mold system, for this year they are tackling a more sophisticated and innovative method of casting a canoe. They plan to shot our first canoe with this method early next year, perhaps mid-January. This will likely be their prototype to a final canoe they plan to shot in mid to late February.  Aside from designing and constructing the physical canoe, there are dozens of other tasks they plan to complete.  The project consists of several tasks.  These are: concrete design, construction design and assembly, intense aesthetic consideration, intensive technical writing, researching information, superior use of presentation software, strength and paddling skill, and the list goes on.

So with returning members at an all time high this year,  they hope to complete all tasks we take on and ultimately produce a superior product.

The Concrete Canoe team finished first in the design paper presentations and second in product display.

Their paper can be accessed from: DESIGN PAPER_IMPERIAL

In the process, team used several ASTM standards. These include:

ASTM C192/C192M-07, Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory.

ASTM C39/C39M-04a, Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens.

ASTM C1611/C1611M-09a, Standard Test Method for Slump Flow of Self-Consolidating Concrete.

ASTM C1621/C1621M-09b, Standard Test Method for Passing Ability of Self-Consolidating Concrete by J-Ring.

The team will continue to refer to Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Senior Seminar for their team project. They should also find Group Therapy: a group project survival guide page very useful as they continue to work on their group project.

Facebook: Drexel Concrete Canoe Group

COS Funding Opportunities

COS Funding Opportunities is a compiled database of available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding. It is an extensive database with opportunities for recipients anywhere in the world, working in any discipline.

Access: Databases/Article Indexes for Funding

Click on: Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities

COS Scholar Universe

This database provides authoritative information about more than 1 million scholars and organizations around the world, together with verified affiliation and publication information. The database comprises international faculty at 4-year universities and their departments.

Click on Community of Science (COS) Scholar Universe

How can I find out about upcoming conferences where I can present my research?

Use COS Papers Invited database to find this information.

The database consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Thus, the database serves as an alerting service for researchers, scholars and students that are seeking opportunities to present and publish their research.

Access: Databases/Article Indexes for Funding:.
Click on COS Papers Invited

To set up alerts,  go to 'My Research'. Create your research account. With this account, you will be able to save and manage search alerts, publication alerts, and RSS feeds.

How can I set up alerts for funding opportunities and upcoming conferences?

To set up an Alert:

1. Run a search.
2. Click "Create Alert" and complete the form. If you prefer to receive RSS feeds, click on 'Create RSS feed'
3. Come back to My Research if you want to manage your alerts

Searching for Books using Library's online catalog

Search in our Library's online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching to search for books and other resources.

Click on the links below to see what resources are available using keywords represented in these links. Tissue Engineering Medical Devices Finance and Accounting Fashion and History Underwater Acoustics National Identity Drug Delivery

Using Summon: Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Stem Cells’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Resources for various subject areas

Use databases and other resources included in each of the subject categories below to find scholarly journal articles and other information needed on the topic of your research project.
Using Scirus: Nanotechnology Patent Searching Scirus is a comprehensive science and engineering specific search engine that searches open-access websites as well as peer-reviewed content from publisher sites.  With over 450 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists’ homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information.

Scirus is also linked from Databases/Article indexes for Engineering or it can be found by searching on our Library’s online catalog in the ‘Title’ field.

To link to Drexel full text from Scirus, first add Drexel University in the Library Partner Links within Scirus Preferences

Searching for Nanotechnology Patents:

Using Advanced Searching,  select ‘Patents’ as  one of the ‘Information Types’ and use ‘Nanotechnlogy’  as keywords.
See: Nanotechnology patents

Research Guides

Major subject areas Nanotechnology Some Nanotechnology related electronic Journals Some nanotechnology related electronic Journals available through our Library website:

• Nanoscale research letters
• Nano today
• Photonics and nanostructures
• Nano letters
• Nanomedicine
• Nanostructured materials

Comprehensive list of Nanotechnology Publications can be accessed through the link:

• Nanotechnology Journals and Magazines

Instructional Tutorials

• Refworks (RefWorks is a web-based software application that helps you manage citations. It helps you keep track of the sources you are using for your research and your own notes about the sources)
• Refworks Tutorials

• Is this a scholarly publication?
• Deciphering Citation

Images for Presentations

• Usage and Copyright Guidelines for using images
• Medical Images