Science Libraries Information Guide for----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Summer Engineering Experience Students (SEE)My web address is: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/SEE2008.html
How do I login to the CMU computers?
Show me the CMU Libraries homepage and Research Help Pages!
I need help in finding articles on my project topic.....
Websites that might help me do my homework and create my project.....
Tips on writing my project paper....
How do I properly document my sources?
Logging in to CMU computers at a cluster or library
1. Choose a browser like Internet Explorer, Firefox or Netscape
2. Enter your Andrew I.D. name and Password that was given to you.
Example: Login: sallym
Pswd: engineer2
3. Make sure you log on to the ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Kerberos Realm)
4. To LOGOUT: Click Start>Log off
Logging in to CMU computers from HOME or remotely…
1. Point your browser to: http://www.library.cmu.edu/Services/remote.html
2. Click on WebVPN
3. Login with your Andrew Username and Password.
4. Click on CMU Library. (You can input a URL of your choice into the
box marked Enter Web Address.)
Take me home.....
Library Homepage:
http://www.library.cmu.edu
At the Engineering & Science Library (4400 Wean Hall) you will
find information covering the engineering fields of Biomedical,
Chemical,
Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Mechanical. In the sciences:
Computer
Science, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Robotics, as well
as general science and engineering.
Research Help Pages:
Civil & Environmental Engineering Research help page: http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/EngineeringAndSciences/CivE/index.html
Environmental Research help page:
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/Environment/index.html
Ask A Librarian
http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ask.html
Send us email, chat with us live, give us a call on the telephone
or,
better yet, please come visit us!
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To find articles on your project, explore these links to databases in engineering & science:
Encyclopedia: Access Science (the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology on the web, provides full access to articles, dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology.) http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/Accessver1.html
Article Database: Applied
Science and Technology Abstracts provides information on
management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the
scientific
and technological fields of chemistry, engineering, computer
technology,
mathematics, data processing, physics, and energy-related disciplines.
Applied
Science & Technology Abstracts
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/ASTA.html
Article Database: Environmental
Sciences & Pollution Database
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/EnivronSci.html
Article Database: Engineering
Information/Compendex
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/EICompendex.html
Reference Database: Knovel
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/Knovel.html
Article Database: USPTO
LIVE DEMO!!! Click here: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/lberard/USPTO.html
NativeEnergy - Carbon Footprint
Calculator
http://www.nativeenergy.com/
Education Center, Student Links to
Government
Energy Information
http://engineeringedu.com/students.html
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Kids Links
http://education.usace.army.mil/govlinks.cfm
Engineer Girl! National Academy of Engineering
http://www.engineergirl.org/
ASEE Engineering K12Center
http://www.engineeringk12.org/students/default.php
EERE Energy Education and Training: Student Resources for Reports on
Energy
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/report_resources.html
Energy Kid's Page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/
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Paragraph and Composition Development
Transitional words or phrases are placed at or near the beginning of a sentence or clause to signal the relationship between the new sentence and the one before it.
To introduce an illustration: thus, for example, for instance, to illustrate
To add a similar idea: secondly, again, also, finally
To point a contrast/qualification: on the other hand, nevertheless, still, however, on the contrary
To
indicate a conclusion or result:
therefore, in conclusion, to sum up, in other words.
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MLA –
Modern Language Association - Formatting
Lastname, Firstname. Title
of
Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows.
First author name is written last name
first; successive
author names are written first name, last name.
Mouse, Mickey, and Donald Duck. How to
Lose Your Parents in
Include speaker name, title of the speech (if any) in quotes,
details about
the meeting or event where the speech was given, including its location
and
date of delivery. Label the speech
according to its type, e.g., Guest Lecture, Keynote Address, State of
the Union
Address.
Berard, Lynn and Donna Beck. Guest Lecturers.
“Introduction to Research using Online Databases.” Summer Engineering
Experience for Girls. Wean Hall,
Speers,
Electronic
Sources
Name of Site.
Date of
Posting/Revision. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the
site
(sometimes found in copyright statements). Date
you accessed the site [electronic address].
The Purdue OWL. 26 Aug. 2007. The
Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and
For an individual page on a Web site, make sure the URL points to
the exact
page you are referring to, or the entry or home page for a collection
of pages
you're referring to:
Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style
Guide." The Online Writing Lab at Purdue. 10 May 2008.
Online scholarly journals are treated different from online
magazines.
First, you must include volume and issue information, when available.
Also,
some electronic journals and magazines provide paragraph or page
numbers;
again, include them if available.
Montana, Hanna. "Engineering your
Photo Shoots to Enhance Your Reputation" Teen Stardom 3.4 (2008): 25 pars. 21 July 2008
<http://www.thiswebsite.com/html>.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
http://www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html
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For further information, questions,
advice,
see:
Science Libraries Reference Staff inside the E&S Library
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Owner: Lynn Berard
Last Update: July 15, 2008