Jill Powell, Engineering Reference and Instruction Coordinator, jhp1@cornell.edu
Outline
The library catalog is located at http://catalog.library.cornell.edu and provides holdings information to 7 million books, journal titles, videos, maps, software, CDs, tapes, and government documents from 20 campus libraries. Periodical databases, electronic journals, and e-books are also included here.
The library gateway is located at http://www.library.cornell.edu and is the library's home page, with information on hours, workshops, email addresses, and library web sites. Also located here are web forms for asking reference questions, requesting interlibrary loan, paging books from the annex,and submitting recalls and renewals.
The Finding Databases link on the Library Gateway links to periodical indexes, catalogs, directories, dictionaries and encyclopedias. Many are subscription-based databases that you should use for your research instead of relying solely on Google. Contact the Reference Desk (engrref@cornell.edu; 5-5935) if you don't find the information you need.
The Engineering Library web page at http://astech.library.cornell.edu/ast/engr has links to many of these frequently-used databases on its Short List. See Library Catalog for complete list.
Cornell Library Catalog (books, journal titles, and databases)
Below are some examples of how to search.
| Search Options | Examples |
| Basic Search - use for title, author, subject, call number, journal title, command keyword, relevance keyword | science (try as title, then as journal title)
semiconductor science and technology (journal title) |
author | Steinmetz Armin
IEEE International |
subject | Java (as subject heading, see cross references) |
call number | T47 .M12 1988; also thesis TK |
command keyword | (c++ OR java) AND (introduction OR primer) |
relevance keyword
"" for phrases, + for important
? for truncation, ! means not | "remote sensing" +weather
engineering +polymer? +composite?
java !indonesia |
| Guided Keyword | c++ fortran java (any of these)
introduction primer (all of these)
may restrict to one of 12 fields |
Strategy: Search Cornell Library Catalog, NetLibrary, Books24x7.com for books,
Proquest, IEEE xplore, and INSPEC for journal articles and conference papers, and
NSTRL for technical reports, US Patent office for patents
Search 40 million books and journals! - OCLC Worldcat is central common catalog to thousands of other libraries in the U.S. It is accessible off the Library Gateway page. If you identify something you need, you can request Interlibrary loan (it's free and you can do it all on a web form).
