The document provides an overview of the library resources and services available to support effective research at the American University of Beirut Engineering and Architecture Library. It outlines services such as formatting and submitting theses, document delivery, reserving a study carrel, and research assistance. It then details the process of researching and finding materials, including identifying keywords, developing search strategies, and searching specific databases and resources like catalogs, ebooks, databases, newspapers, and dissertations. The document concludes by describing ways to stay current through email alerts and contact information for the engineering librarian and assistant.

1. Library Resources and Services
for Effective Research
University Libra
Engineering and Architec
American University of Be
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2. • Khaled Noubani
–Engineering Librarian
Engineering Library – Ext: 2630
Email: kn07@aub.edu.lb

3. Services
• Formatting and Submitting Thesis
• Document Delivery Services(DDS)
• Reserving a Carrel
• Researching/Finding Material
• Organizing what you collect/Keeping current

4. Services

6. Important dates

9. Researching/Finding Material

10. Analyzing Research Topic
1. Identify concepts/keywords
construction project success AND project management success
Concept 1 Concept 2
2. Think of alternative terms
• Construct project • Project evaluation
• Design/build project • Project quality
3. Devise your search strategy
“construction project” AND (project evaluation OR project quality)
(construct* project OR build* project) AND “project management success”
use quotation marks to retrieve exact phrases,
Use boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), 10
use * to retrieve keyword variations and/or British and American
spelling

11. Use Catalog to
Search for books,
eBooks, & projects
Use quotes when
searching for
exact phrases

12. Ebook
E-Thesis
Print book

13. Ethesis can be accessed
Online and downloaded
On Campus only

14. Ebooks databases

16. From here
You can search all
Ebooks databases

17. Newspapers are
important sources
on local, national
and international
projects and
companies

18. Core Databases
Title Subject Coverage Availability
ABI/Inform Global Business 1971- full-text
Business Source Premier Selected Full-
Business
Text
INFORMS PubsOnLine Business/Engineering 1952- Full-Text
Emerald Full text Business/Engineering 1988- Full-Text
Kompass Business/Economics current Full-Text

19. General Databases
Title Subject Coverage Availability
Elsevier ScienceDirect General 1997- Full-Text
Citations,
Scopus General 1960-
Abstracts
Academic Search Premier General 1975- Full-Text

20. Use search all to find
print books,Ebooks,
& articles From all
databases

22. Core Databases

23. Use quotes when
searching for
exact phrases

24. Note
we are using advanced Search,
OR to find alternative
*
Keywords in the title, to find
keyword variations
(e.g. construct, construction,
constructing)

26. Finding More References

27. `
Cited By
databases

28. Cited By
Searching Using Scopus

29. Select Cited by
to organize by
highly cited first

30. Organized by
citation number

31. Cited By
Searching Using WOS
Searching for
A specific
author

34. Cited By
Searching Using
Google Scholar
Click Here
to do exact phrase
searching in the title
to retrieve relevant
results

37. Other Sources

39. Not all
PhD dissertations
are available
in full text

40. Use Google advanced
search and limit to PDF
to retrieve reliable reports
and conference articles

45. You can import citations from
GoogleScholar and all databases
and arrange them in folders and do
the References according to style
(ASCE,IEEE, ASME, APA,…)

51. Keep updated through E-mail Alerts
• Table of Contents Alert
• Saved Searches Alert
• Standards Alert
• Google Scholar Alert

52. Table of contents alerts

54. Saved searches alert
You create an account first and then you
Can set search alerts to receive new
Content whenever added to the database

55. Standards alerts

56. Google Scholar alerts
If you have a
gmail account
you will receive
daily, weekly or
monthly emails
notifying you of
new articles
added based
on your search
alert you
created.

57. Important Links

60. Contact Me AT:
Engineering Library – Ext: 2630
Email: kn07@aub.edu.lb
Working Hours:
Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm