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Engineering Village Bibliographic Databases

• Compendex
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• 1969??,??1100???
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Getting started ????

• Use Personal Account to
• Set up e-mail and RSS alerts
• Tag records
• Create groups
• Save records and searches

Register to create your personal account at
www.engineeringvillage.com
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• cat ? cat, catalyst, catapults, caterpillar,
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Faceted Search Feature
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• Facets include
• Database (when searching multiple)
• Author Name
• Author Affiliation
• Controlled Vocabulary
• Year
• Language
• Classification Codes
• And more

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Including Excluding Terms From Facets
Including Terms
sign appears between initial keyword and
terms included from facets
Excluding Terms
- sign appears between initial keyword and
terms included from facets
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Individual Records

• Search terms are highlighted in the abstract to
  show relevance
• Controlled terms and links to thesaurus offer
  additional possibility

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Thesaurus
Thesaurus Options - Select Search to search
any terms - Select Exact Term to find Thesaurus
details for a known Ei controlled term - Select
Browse to scan an alphabetical list of index
terms

• Click terms to see Thesaurus details.
• Select terms to include in search

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Thesaurus

• Click on to see more information about the
  term

Selected thesaurus terms are automatically added
to your search form
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????(Record Tagging)

• Search other users tags to gain new perspectives
• Share tags with other users
• Organize records of interest for yourself and
  groups

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????(Record Tagging)

• Assign meaningful keywords
• Choose with whom to share
• Public All Engineering Village users can see
  the tags
• My Institution only people from the users
  organization can see tags
• Private Only the user can see their tags
• Or create groups to share tags with members

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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

• What is RSS?
• An XML format for distributing content on the
  internet
• Also known as syndication
• Why is RSS Important?
• Content is delivered to the reader as it is
  updated
• Set up alerts so youre notified any time a new
  record that fits your search criteria is added to
  the database
• Alternative to email alerts

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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

• Click the RSS icon if youd like to be updated
  when new records are added that fit the search
  criteria.

• Copy the link provided and paste it in your RSS
  Aggregator to receive alerts.

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RSS Feed From Engineering Village

• Paste url from box on Engineering Village

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RSS delivered to your reader
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Blog This

• Link from a blog to a record of interest on
  Engineering Village
• Create current awareness by highlighting new
  publications in a popular subject area
• Create a forum from which to collaborate with
  colleagues in your area of research
• Share information with an audience outside your
  organization

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Blog This
Click the Blog This button in the records
abstract or detailed view.
Copy the code from the box in the screen that
appears and paste it into your blog post.
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Blog a Record

• Give the post a title

• Paste the link from Engineering Villages Blog
  This box

• Publish

• Once published, the title will link to the
  records abstract.

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Search Tips and Help icons provide user assistance
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Additional resources on Help

• Source list
• Training materials on EV tools and databases

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