Engineering Village 2

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Engineering Village 2 The Globally accepted
Resource of Choice for Engineering Communities
22 September 2005 Vilnius Sandra
Grijzenhout-Möller Product Sales Manager
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Agenda

• What is Engineering Village 2 (EV2) ?
• Content
• Features Functionality
• Online demo
• Conclusion Why is this platform the resource of
  choice for engineering communities?

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What is EV2 ?

• Engineering Village 2 is s interface for
  engineering technical resources and was
  designed specifically for engineers, engineering
  students, researchers and information
  professionals.
• EV2 is indispensable for all levels of
  engineering researchers (Christine K. Oka,
  Northeastern University, Boston, Library Journal,
  May 1st 2003)

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Some EV2 customers - Europe

• RWTH Aachen
• Tallinn Uni of Technology
• TU Vienna
• TU Warsaw
• Imperial College of Science, Technology
  Medicine (UK)
• Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
• NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and
  Technology (Norway)
• University of Twente (The Netherlands)
• University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
• University of Maribor (Slovenia)
• Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
• Università degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)
• Université de Marseille 3 (France)
• Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
• Universidade de Oporto (Portugal)

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EV2 - Content

• Compendex - 1884-1968 / 1969
• Inspec - 1896- 1967 / 1968
• NTIS database
• Referex Engineering (gt353 reference works)
• ENGnetBASE an electronic library of more than
  300 e-books from CRC Press
• Freely accessible
• USPTO Esp_at_cenet (will be fully integrated in
  search!)
• GlobalSpec Engineering Search Engine
• Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library
• IHS Technical Standards

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Compendex

• The most comprehensive engineering database
  covering all fields of engineering (in total 175
  engineering disciplines are covered!)
• General engineering (11)
• Civil engineering (15)
• Chemical engineering (15)
• Electrical engineering (35)
• Mining engineering (12)
• Mechanical engineering (12)
• gt5,000 journals / 1,500 conference proceedings
• gt8 million records / 1970 / weekly updates
• 1,7 million records from 1884-1969 only
  available on EV2

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Compendex

• Civil Engineering
• Construction Materials
• Building Materials Properties and Testing
• Transportation
• Water and Waterworks Engineering
• Pollution, Sanitary Engineering, Wastes
• Bioengineering
• Ocean and Underwater Technology
• Engineering Geology
• Mining Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fuel Technology
• Metallurgical Engineering, General
• Metallurgical Engineering, Metal Groups
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering, Process Industries
• Agricultural Engineering and Food Technology

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering, Plant and Power
• Nuclear Technology
• Fluid Flow Hydraulics, Pneumatics and Vacuum
• Heat and Thermodynamics
• Aerospace Engineering
• Automotive Engineering
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
• Railroad Engineering
• Materials Handling
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Computers and Data Processing
• Control Engineering
• Light and Optical Technology
• Sound and Acoustical Technology

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Inspec (from IEE)

• Leading international database for physics,
  electrical engineering, electronics,
  communications, control engineering, computers,
  computing, information technology,
  manufacturing, production and mechanical
  engineering
• gt3,740 journals / 1,500 conference proceedings
• gt8 million records / 1969
• Weekly updates, 450,000 abstracts added in 2005
• INSPEC Archive from 1896 - 1968

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Inspec on EV2

• Saved searches weekly Alerts up to 125
• Links to Full Text
• Cross-searchable with Compendex NTIS
• First Vendor to load the Inspec Archive
• Download records via
• ASCII Procite
• BibTex Reference Manager
• EndNote RefWorks
• RIS
• Hyperlinked fields
• Authors ISSN, CODEN
• Controlled Terms Classification Codes
• Uncontrolled Terms Material Identity Number

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NTIS

• National Technical Information Service
• Technical reports/summaries of government-sponsore
  d research developments in engineering, prepared
  by federal agencies, their contractors, or
  grantees
• Over 240 United States government agencies
  contributors from Japan, UK, Germany and Russia
• (such as NASA, US Dept. of Energy, US Dept. of
  Defense, German Federal Ministry of Research
  Technology, UK Dept. of Industry, Japan Ministry
  of Intl Trade and Industry, etc.)
• Over 2 million records

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Referex Engineering

• A specialized electronic reference product
  including 353 titles providing students and
  professionals with the information they require
  at school, work and in practice Elsevier
  imprints, only available on EV2
• 3 Collections
• Chemical, Petrochemical and Process
• (incl. Brethericks Handbook of Reactive
  Chemical Hazards) 100 titles
• Mechanical and Materials 133 titles
• Electronics and Electrical 120 titles

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Referex Engineering

• Each collection includes
• Handbooks of engineering fundamentals
• Titles focused on technique and practice
• How to do guides
• Highly specialized professional information
• Scholarly monographs
• rich in images, tables and drawings
• some books are must haves on university course
  literature lists
• Layered approach broad (fundamentals) -gt
  concentration (reference books) -gt specialization
  (monographs)

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Top Titles
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Features Functionalities on EV2

• Cross-database search including removal of
  duplicates
• Different search modes for all levels of end
  users (Easy, Quick, Expert, Thesaurus search)
• Faceted search layers for all search modes very
  easy to refine your search
• Full text links via CrossRef (doi), your OPAC or
  linkresolver
• User-friendly Thesaurus
• RSS feed Blog this
• Next release this autumn 1) integration of
  patents (cross search) 2) dedupe project

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Faceted Searching on Engineering Village 2
The Facets include Author
Name Controlled Vocabulary Indexed terms
depicting major subjects covered by a record. In
the facet they are related to the key word/s
searched Classification Codes Broad subject
matters. In the facet they are related to the key
word/s searched Document Type Language
Year Publisher
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Faceted Browsing on Easy Search

• Facets On Your Easy Search Results Page

A FACET
TERMS NUMBER OF RECORDS
CLICK MORE FOR ADDITIONAL TERMS
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Search Results

• When you click on any of the terms, they will be
  added to the initial search

Click on any terms to search up to the term in
the string
Click on x to delete any of the key words
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Quick, Expert Thesaurus Faceted Searching
Include or Exclude one or more keywords in or
between facets from your initial search
Combine more than one key word within a facet or
between facets by clicking the check boxes next
to each key word.
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Including Excluding Term/s From Facets
Including Term/s
sign will appear between the initial key
word and the added terms from the facets.
Excluding Term/s
- sign will appear between the initial key
word and the excluded terms from the facets.
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Thesaurus search
Click here to choose search
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Click here to view the hierarchy
Click here to search the term
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Add the term to your search
Select General Review
Suggested Inspec Classification Codes
Note the Date of Introduction, January 1977
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Combine the Basic Index and Controlled Term
searches, then set up a weekly Alert so that you
receive an e-mail with all new records in the
subject.
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
What is RSS?
RSS is an XML format for distributing web content
on the internet, also known as syndication
Why is RSS Important?
Content is delivered to the reader/aggregator as
it is updated, Better focus on the content by
avoiding distractions such as pop-up
advertisements and email spam Track your
favourite news, hobbies, blogs and special
interests across the Internet
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
Copy the link provided and paste it in your RSS
Reader or Aggregator (e.g. Newsgator) to receive
alerts via RSS feed.
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RSS feed from Engineering Village 2

• WWW. NEWSGATOR.COM

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RSS delivered to your reader
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Blog This (WE)Blog

• Blogs allow anyone to share their view, news, or
  passion with the world through publishing tools
  that are relatively easy to use and maintain.

What can Blogged records be used for? Create a
current awareness service highlighting new
publications in a popular subject area. Share
information found on Engineering Village 2
platform with an audience outside your
organization.
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Blogsite an example
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Blog This
Click the Blog This button and select the
content that is showing in the box and paste it
in your post. Once published in your post the
title will link to the records abstract.
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Blog a Record
Give the post a title
Paste the link
Publish
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New Dedupe Link upcoming release EV2
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Dedupe Options
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Search Results after deduping
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Online demo
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Why EV2?

• EV2 is an extremely intuitive and user-friendly
  platform (faceted layers!)
• Well-suited for all levels of end-users
• Thesaurus has been built based upon customer
  feedback
• More dois for Compendex and Inspec than on any
  other platform (so more full text links)
• Different sources not just abstracts and
  conference reports but also reference works,
  technical reports and patent sources
• Global Coverage in all sources
• Unlimited desktop access (via your IP-ranges)

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Why EV2? -continued

• Compendex access as of 1969
• The only platform to have the Ei backfile and
  Referex
• Compendex access for all ETH members (incl. WSL)
• After sales On-site training for library staff
  and end users. Very detailed usage statistics and
  help with promoting EV2 if needed
• Compendex licensed directly from producer your
  feedback/wishes are valuable to us!
• EV2 is continuously being enhanced dedupe
  project, integration of patents, more content
  sources (Geobase( will be added

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Questions?
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Thank you for your attention!

• S.GRIJZENHOUT_at_ELSEVIER.COM