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Civil, Arch. Engr & Construction Mgmt Senior Design

Focus on Healthcare Facilities / Interchange, Road & Bridge Design

General Information

 

Some related research guides:

Search Tips

Start with a keyword search, then refine by subject or other facets later. 

Building a search query:

  • Create a search set of synonyms (use "OR" operator) for a concept
  • Combine search sets for concepts with "AND" operator
  • use quote marks " " to identify a phrase
  • Use truncation and wild cards to expand based on a word stem (e.g., nano* )

Narrow your results:

  • Examine search result record to see what subjects have been assigned (if any) to the record. Subjects can be combined with keywords to focus search, or searched individually to find items that are primarily about the topic.
  • Use refine or limit features such as date, material type (e.g., review article), treatment (in Compendex - theoretical, applied, etc).

Citation searching

  • Expand to related articles with shared citations (Scopus)
  • Use citation searching and browsing features, including sorting by # of times cited (Scopus, Google Scholar, Web of Science, etc)

Where to look


 

Web Sources

Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations & Theses databases - UC, Ohio, worldwide

Specialized sources: Standards & Codes, Healthcare Data, Market Research

Finding articles once you have the references/citations

  • When searching in an article database, find the "UC Article Linker" icon or "Find Full Text" (Google Scholar)
    • From Article Linker, check if your desired volume/issue is available online.  Otherwise, search for a print copy in the Library Catalog.
    • If not online or in print, submit an interlibrary loan (ILLiad) request.  ILLiad will automatically populate the request form with the journal article information. 
      • NOTE: First time ILLiad users will be prompted to fill in a profile. The "M number" is on your UC ID card in the upper left corner.  Enter the M number so it looks like this: M12345678.
  • Use Full Text Journals to search for full-text sources by journal title.
  • Search by journal title in the Library Catalog.
  • PRO TIP: before submitting in ILLiad, search for the article in Google Scholar.  Some authors post the article in an open access repository.  Use Google's "All x versions" link to see available options.

Services for Researchers / Data Management

Contact: Amy Koshoffer, Science Informationist: amy.koshoffer@uc.edu

Other tools and services for researchers

  • Data & GIS Collab (GMP Library) - large dual monitors, collaboration space, consulting on data/geospatial needs
  • Contact AskData@uc.edu for data, informatics, GIS project consultation, reserving lab space
  • UC Box uc.box.com (storage and backup - more info), Scholar@UC (data archiving, DOI/permanent URL)

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