Research Guides: CEGE 1101: Introduction to Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering: Home

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Tutorial: How to read and comprehend scientific research articles
Learn tips on how to read a scientific article, how to find the main points of the article, and how to take effective notes.
Interactive videos: Finding your Way around the Engineering Literature
This tool contains numerous videos explaining a wide variety of engineering resources, including academic journal articles, patents, and books.
Tutorial: What are citations?
Understand what citations are, why they are important, and how to create and use them.
What is a Citation Manager and When to Use One
This interactive tool explains the benefits of using a citation manager when conducting your research.

Introduction to Patents and Patentability: A Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn about the different types of patents, how patents relate to inventions, what makes an idea patentable, and the parts of a patent.

Patent Searching - Tutorial

This tutorial explains the benefits of using patents in your research and how to search using Google Patents in conjunction with the USPTO Patent Database.

Compendex
Covers scholarly and technical periodicals, conference proceedings, and report literature in all engineering disciplines including applied physics, electronics, materials science, and related fields in science and management. Indexes nearly 3000 sources worldwide.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Civil Engineering Database
The Civil Engineering Database indexes all ASCE journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers. Full text is available for most journals from 1983 to present.
Web of Science
A comprehensive interdisciplinary collection of journal article citations. Subjects generally covered are within science and technology, arts and humanities, and social sciences.

Knovel
Online access to books, databases, and conference proceedings from a number of publishers that cover all areas of engineering and includes content relevant to related sciences (e.g., chemistry and earth sciences). It includes interactive graphs and tables.

For a tutorial on using Knovel, go to Start a research project with Knovel.
ENVIROnetBASE
ENVIROnetBASE is a collection of environmental sciences handbooks. It includes indexing of chapters and their figures, charts, tables, illustrations, formulas and rules of thumb. Environmental sciences areas covered include environmental engineering and biotechnology, agricultural and natural resources, ecology, pollution and more.

Presentation Skills for Scientists by Edward Zanders; Lindsay MacLeod
Call Number: Q223 .Z36 2010
ISBN: 0521741033
Publication Date: 2010-02-11
This guide covers the creation and delivery of scientific presentations, from identifying the audience through handling questions. The item is located in Walter Library.
A Math-Based Writing System for Engineers : Sentence Algebra and Document Algorithms by Brad Henderson
Publication Date: 2020
A Scientific Approach to Writing for Engineers and Scientists by Robert E. Berger
ISBN: 9781118899793
Publication Date: 2014-05-21
This book from the IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series explains the mechanics of good writing.
The IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication by David Kmiec; Julia Williams; Bernadette Longo
ISBN: 9781119070115
Publication Date: 2017-08-30
This book from the IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series provides explanations of the different styles of writing needed for different audiences.

Academic Success Centers
The Academic success centers website provides you with a variety of services to help you succeed at the University. Find peer tutors for your courses in SMART and MCAE, academic skills coaching, or get support with writing, research, or media projects.

These services are designed to:

Last Updated: Jun 23, 2020 12:37 PM