New LIBROS Search Box
Find Books, Ebooks, DVDs, Articles, & More using LIBROS:
- Advanced search for everything
- Your VC Library Account
- Your VC Library Account (1st time users need to create an account with Banner # and password.)
- Request Library Password using Banner #.
Find Articles using LIBROS:
- List of Databases A-Z.
- List of Journals A-Z
- Find a Journal Title
- All Databases (old page)
Find Movies
Search for all movies using LIBROS (includes Films on Demand).
Use the format button in left column of search results to limit to DVD, VHS, or other.
- Browse movies by category.
- Search for movies by subject or title using Films on Demand.
Find Materials on Reseve at the Libray
- Course Reserves Page.
- Reserve materials listed by course.
- All Reserve Materials
Find Web Pages with a Search Engine
- Google Scholar
- Ask.com
- Yahoo Search!
- BING
- For additional search engines, see Phil Bradley's List.
- Top 10 search engines
?Questions? about LIBROS -- Call 925-8990 or if closed
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The Research Process
- Choose your topic.
- Create your search strategy.
- Search for resources.
- Evaluate.
- Search again and evaluate.
- Use the information for your paper.
Class Resources
Engineering
1.
Exploring Engineering Literature
- Match the example from the Matching Exercise page with type of engineering literature from the Engineering Literature chart.
- Choose the type of literature from the list on the side of the question of the Matching Exercise.
2.
Exploring engineering and bicycles exercise.
- Brainstorm--look at these websites to identify potential key terms.
- International Bicycle Design Contest
- Bicycle Design
- Designing a Better Bicycle
- Bicycle Design Thesis
- Science of Cycliing
- Write your selected search concepts in the box in the exercise.
- Choose a type of literature and search tool.
- Journal Articles
- Conference Papers Standards
- Technical reports
- Patents
- Identfy your literature type and search tool in the exercise.
- Search for a source.
- Copy and paste the ciataion for the souce into the exercise.
- Share with class.