Course Guides
Writing in Engineering (UWP 102E)
2007/2008
Guide for UWP 102E, "Writing in Engineering."
Topic Ideas & Background Information
Use a database to find articles. Compendex is the major database for all fields of engineering. Web of Science is general for all sciences but is a good place to start for background information. For ideas, try browsing general engineering magazines such as "Civil Engineering" (PSE TA1 .C5) or ACM Queue (online in ACM digital library).
- A guide to writing as an engineer
- Standard guide to technical writing for engineers.
- Location: PSE Library Phy Sci Engr Library T11 .B396 2005
Articles
Use a database to find articles. The databases listed below are possible places to start, depending on your field. Compendex is the major database for all fields of engineering. Use a subject guide for your field to find other possibilities.
- Compendex [via Engineering Village 2] (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1)
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VPN - http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1
- Most comprehensive bibliographic database of engineering research literature, containing references to over 5000 engineering journals and conferences. About half the citations (from 2600 journals and conferences) include abstracts and indexing in the records.
- Coverage: 1884-present
- Access: http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1 (http://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=1) VPN
- INSPEC [via Ovid] (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/22771
- Medical information can be found from scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology. For earlier years, see the following printed indexes located in the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library's reference collection: Physics Abstracts, QC1 P535 Ref.; Computer and Control Abstracts, TJ212 C5 Ref.; Electrical and Electronics Abstracts, TK1 E24 Ref.
- Coverage: 1969-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/22771 (http://uclibs.org/PID/22771) VPN
- Web of Science [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- http://isiknowledge.com/wos
- Provides access to the three ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) Citation Databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
- Coverage: 1900-present [Science 1900-, Social Sciences 1956-, Arts & Humanitities 1975-]
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
- PubMed (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
- http://uclibs.org/PID/10354
- Citations and abstracts for articles published in approximately 8,400 journals in medicine, life sciences, health administration, veterinary medicine, nursing, molecular biology and genetics. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Coverage: 1949-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/10354 (http://uclibs.org/PID/10354) VPN
- METADEX [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=metadex&adv=1) VPN
- http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=metadex&adv=1
- Search the most comprehensive source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. Information from over 2,000 journals, plus patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books
- Coverage: 1966-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=metadex&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=metadex&adv=1) VPN
- Transport [via OvidSP] (http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=TSPT) VPN
- http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=TSPT
- TRANSPORT is a bibliographic database of transportation research and economic information. It is produced by the 25-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), together with the United States' Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the 31 nations of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT). TRANSPORT combines the following databases: Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) from TRB includes 300,000 bibliographic citations, most with abstracts, of research information on all surface transportation modes, air transport, and highway safety. International Road Research Documentation (IRRD) from OECD contains 200,000 abstracts on highway research provided by OECD member countries. TRANSDOC from ECMT contains 37,000 abstracts of transportation economics literature as well as bibliographic records provided by the International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Access: http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=TSPT (http://gateway.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=N&PAGE=main&D=TSPT) VPN
Library Catalogs
- Harvest UC Davis Catalog (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu
- UCD online catalog of the collections of all five UC Davis General Libraries. it does not include the holdings of the law Library. If you log in (My Account) using your library card number and PIN, you can renew books online, and request items that have been checked out to another borrower, or are in storage.
- Access: http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu (http://harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu)
- Melvyl®: The Catalog of the University of California Libraries (http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b)
- http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b
- The Melvyl catalog contains records for materials held by the libraries of the ten UC campuses, the California State Library, Hastings College of the Law, the California Academy of Sciences, the California Historical Society, the Center for Research Libraries, the Graduate Theological Union, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. All publication dates are included. The database contains over 23,000,000 records, and most campuses update their holdings on a weekly basis.
- Access: http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b (http://melvyl.cdlib.org/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b)
Connect From Off-campus
- VPN (virtual private network) (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)
- https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi
- Use the VPN to connect to library databases and online journal subscriptions from off campus.
- Access: https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi (https://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu/dana-na/auth/url_default/welcome.cgi)