The senior design team of Eric Eisele, Courtney Reid, Dan Pugh, Sarah Byrnes, and Charlie Woods was awarded a Phase II People, Prosperity, and Planet Award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  See Senior Design Team wins EPA funding for more details.

Eric and his team used several Library resources over a period of time.  These include:

• ASCE Civil Engineering Database
• ASCE Conference Proceedings Online
• BuildingGreen – (BuildingGreen Suite integrates online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies.)
• DoE Energy Codes
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• Environmental Engineering Abstracts
• Google Scholar
• Home Depot Smart Home
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• MAD CAD – (NOTE: access to cross-referenced collections of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire, and maintenance codes from BOCA, SBCCI, ICBO, ICC, and NFPA.)
• ScienceDirect
• Statistical Resources
• Statistical Resources on the Web-Energy
• Web of Knowledge

Eric also needed some ASTM standards for the Solar Coating project. Using How Do I access ASTM, SAE, ASHRAE, ISO or ANSI standards? Any other standards? Eric was able to obtain ASTM standards that he needed for the project. Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering and Materials Engineering Site include a few resources that may also help in future for other projects. See also Cool Roofs and Cool Roofing Materials Database available from Heat Island Group Resources.

Eric found using Knovel very useful since he was able to locate number of electronic handbooks that helped him find properties of materials through researching this database.

Eric also contributed in creating  Drexel’s web site for Sustainability and Drexel Green.

Congratulations to the Senior Design Team!

Presentation on Job Searching for Biomedical Engineering students is now available from the main Engineering Reference Page

Special Presentations:

* CAEE Research Presentation
* Job Searching For Biomedical Engineering Students

Learn how to use electronic databases, patent information tools and various FDA sites  to generate lists of potential employers.

• Drexel University’s center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, California
  http://sacramento.drexel.edu/ #
• Using Scirus: Nanotechnology Patent Searching and Implications for American Economy http://bit.ly/X50nv #

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How does Find It@Drexel work?

The Library has sent Google information about our electronic holdings, our linking utility (SFX), and IP ranges for our campus networks. It uses a “Preferences” setting to display a Find It@Drexel link if the libraries offer access to an electronic version of an article. Click on the Find It@Drexel link to display an SFX menu showing full-text access options.

How does Google Scholar know I’m associated with Drexel?

If you’re using a computer connected to the University City or Center City (Hahnemann) campuses, Google Scholar recognizes your IP address, and sets Drexel University as your default library preference. If you’re off-campus, or on the College of Medicine campus, you can set Drexel as your library preference yourself. If you allow cookies on your computer, the setting will stay in place across search sessions.

How do I do that?

From here, or from the Scholar Preferences link on the Google Scholar search page, open the Preference page. In the Library Links search box type drexel; click on Find Library . Check the box next to Drexel University, then click on the Save Preferences button. Note: you can set up to two additional library preferences.

Do I have to search from the Libraries’ page to use Find It@Drexel?

No; as long as Drexel is set as your library preference (either by default if you’re on the network, or if you have selected it yourself) all your Google Scholar searches will show Find It@Drexel links when we have access to an appropriate resource.

Can Google Scholar meet all my research needs?

Probably not – the libraries offer more than 300 academic databases, both broad spectrum, and highly discipline-specific for deeper, more thorough searching.

Please refer to http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/tutorials/googlescholar.html for more information.

• FileSocial allows you to share any file through your Twitter account. http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2009/05/filesocial.html #
• Using Web 2.0 Applications as Information Awareness Tools at 7th Ann. eLearning Conf. Drexel Univ – http://filesocial.com/51lzo #

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Researcher ID is a global, multi-disciplinary scholarly research community. Each researcher listed is assigned a unique identifier, to aid in solving the common problem of author misidentification. Search the registry to find citations, collaborators, and more.

ResearcherID registration is available to all ISI Web of Knowledge users. The registration link is on the right-hand side of Web of Knowledge homepage. Users will need to be signed in to before egistering with ResearcherID, and should 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.

New featurers in Web of Knowledge: see recorded session on Enhancements in Web of Knowledge .

For more help, see Web of Science Instructional Tutorials

• ProQuest Entrepreneurship as “Best Reference 2008 ProQuest Entrepreneurship. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6650277.html – Bus/Econ #
• Explore Engineering Resources at http://tinyurl.com/cu7nkr Drexel engineering students must try…. #
• Drexel IEEE Graduate Forum Second Annual Technical Poster Symposium
  Monday, May 4th 10:30am – 4:30pm, Bossone Building- Mitchell Auditorium #

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