October 11, 2011

Recommended information resources for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering Senior Design projects

Groupwork Survival Guide

When you work in a group, you can accomplish more than you would if you were just learning on your own. Your group members may have some skills or knowledge that you don't have. And you will find that you, too, have knowledge and skills that compliment your group members. Furthermore, group work will help you learn how to play well with others - that's super important to anyone in the working world. If you can figure out how to leverage your teammates' abilities with your own, you can succeed in any team environment in the work world

Books Click on the links below to see what books are available in the library in some key areas related to Electrical and Computer Engineering Search by Keyword:

• Intrusion Detection
• Memory Design
• Smartphone*
• Hybrid and Electric
• RF Communication
• Vehicle and (Unmanned or Autonomous)
• Robotics and Control

Search by Subject:

• Telecommunication
• Biosensors
• Robots - Control Systems

To find additional books, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword Searching and using appropriate research keywords. Using Summon: Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See alsoWhat is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type 'Integrated Satellite Antenna' 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.

Electronic Books Click on the links below to access electronic books (Access only to Drexel faculty and students)

• Books24X7
• ebrary
• ELECTRICALENGINEERINGnetBASE
• ENGnetBASE
• Knovel: Engineering and Scientific Online References
• Referex - electronic books
• Safari Tech Books Online
• Synthesis: The Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
• Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electronic Databases Use databases below to find scholarly journal articles on the topic of your research project.

• ACM Digital Library
• ACM Guide to Computing Literature
• Ei Compendex and INSPEC
• Google Scholar
• IEEE Xplore
• INSPEC
• Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• ScienceDirect
• Web of Knowledge

News and Recent Developments Use the following databases to find information on breaking news in about emerging technologies in magazines and newspapers

• Academic Universe(Lexis/Nexis)
• Expanded Academic
• Factiva
• Proquest

Patent Searching

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.

• See What is a Patent? See Patent Searching Tips. See Technology Commercialization at Drexel and See Patent Policy (Re: Intellectual Property).

• See 'Manual of Patent Classification'
• Fresh Patents Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to grant/deny.

• pat2pdf.org Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.

• The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO--from patents issued in the 1790s to present.

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism (step-by-step tutorial)
• Plagiarism Powerpoint

Technical Reports

• A technical report is a document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research, or the state of a technical or scientific research problem.