Use WorldCat to search for books on a topic in libraries throughout the world. Access from http://iris.unl.edu/ under E-Resources. Choose"W" and scroll down to WorldCat.
On the same Web page is a link to “E-Resources,” which can lead you to articles on a topic in journals, conference proceedings, and other sources. Browse categories of interest.
2. REQUEST MATERIALS. If as a result of your search you find a book, article, or conference proceeding, owned by the UNL Libraries, you may use the “Request” button on the right side of the screen to have the book sent to the library location of your choice.
Use the “Interlibrary Loan” (ILLiad) service to request an item if it is not available through the UNL Libraries. ILLiad is the electronic system to Request delivery of material. ILLiad allows you to do status checks and renewals of material borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
First-time users must create a free ILLiad account. At any time you can check the status of your requests by logging into your Illiad account.
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PERIODICAL INDEXES – HOW CAN I FIND AN ARTICLE ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC? SEARCH FOR ARTICLES. On the http://iris.unl.edu/ Web page is a link to “E-Resources,” which can lead you to indexes to articles on a topic in journals, conference proceedings, and other sources.
Browse categories of interest under “Search by Category,” for example:
- Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Construction Management
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Computer Science, etc.
Listed below are SOME of the significant article indexes available through the UNL Libraries. You may access these indexes by selecting the “E-Resources” link in the online catalog. To find other article indexes browse the categories under “Search by Category”.
REMOTE ACCESS WITH YOUR NUID NUMBER. At http://iris.unl.edu/ when you click on a link to an e-resource, a logon screen will ask for your last name & NUID.Most journal article indexes/databases have a link such as "Request via ILL (ILLiad)," "Additional Resources," etc. that allows you to transfer citation data directly to make a request. Most of the indexes below have links for full text, when available at UNL, or links to request an article, conference paper, etc. and a link to RefWorks, UNL accessible citation management software.
WebBridge is the software interface that provides the “bridge” (resolver) between the database and the various access options for any given article. WebBridge also often has a link to RefWorks and will bridge the citation over to a record in your RefWorks account.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ARTICLE INDEXES
Web of Science. (Science Citation Index). Index of science and engineering journals. Find information about journals, authors and articles that are cited by other researchers.
Use "WebBridge” to link directly to the article in HTML or Pdf, if UNL has access. Otherwise WebBridge will give other options for getting the article.
Web of Science supplies the EndNote citation manager to every licensed user; it does not support RefWorks. However, you can save selected records to field tagged, file type plain text, then log into RefWorks and import the file specifying ISI as the data source and Web of Science as the database. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer and click on Open, then Import. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
GENERAL ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEX
Each search result set has an RSS feed link.
RefWorks: Select items, then “Download”. Select "RefWorks direct import" and click on Download. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder. See E-Resources access screen for more information.
SELECTED SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING ARTICLE INDEXES
(View additional resources under the "Engineering" Category on the E-Resources screen)SCIFINDER SCHOLAR. Integrated, user-friendly, point-and-click access to Chemical Abstracts Service databases. Use for any information needs regarding chemicals, materials, compositions of products, etc.
Buttons to the right of each citation link to the detailed record and either directly to the full text, or to options for obtaining the full text.
RefWorks – select citations from your search, Click Export from the right top of the search screen. Give it a file name. Specify tagged format and save it to your desktop. Log into your RefWorks account, choose “Import” under “References”, specify CAS Scifinder, then select Caplus, Medline, or Multiple as the database. Use the browse button under "Import data from the following Text File" to specify your file location and name. Click "Import." Records are in the Last Imported Folder.
INSPEC. Contains more than 4.7 million citations. Abstracts to worldwide literature of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computing and control, and information technology. Primary coverage journal articles, conference proceedings, books, technical reports and dissertations. Use the built-in, online thesaurus to more precisely identify a research term as a designated subject heading in INSPEC and do a more precise search.
From the search results screen, the link to access options is “WebBridge”. If full text is available at UNL, there will be a “Linked Full Text” or “PDF Full Text” link under the citation that links directly to the article.
RefWorks: Add items to folder, click on “Folder View”, select them again, then click “Export”. Select the “Direct Export to RefWorks button, then click “Save”.
IEEE /IEE Electronic Library (IEL), IEEE Explore. Indexes, abstracts, and full-text of transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings and standards of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) publications back to 1988 with select content back to 1952.
There is a Full Text link under each citation.
No RefWorks link at this time, but you can select items, “view selected items”, then under “Download Citations” at left select ASCI text (*.txt), download, then import to RefWorks. Select RIS Format as the data source and IEEE/IEL as the database. See E-Resources access screen for more information.
METADEX. Materials science database. Coverage: raw materials, refining, processing, welding, fabrication, end use, corrosion, performance, recycling and more. Materials covered: all metals, polymers, ceramics and composites.
From search results screen, “Find UNL Full Text & Print” goes to options screen for obtaining article, and “Request Through ILL” goes directly to the ILLiad main screen.
RefWorks: Click in box to select items, and then click on the RefWorks button.
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