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.
3. Services
• Formatting and Submitting Thesis
• Document Delivery Services(DDS)
• Reserving a Carrel
• Researching/Finding Material
• Organizing what you collect/Keeping current
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
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
24. Note
we are using advanced Search,
OR to find alternative
*
Keywords in the title, to find
keyword variations
(e.g. construct, construction,
constructing)
40. Use Google advanced
search and limit to PDF
to retrieve reliable reports
and conference articles
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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,…)
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51. Keep updated through E-mail Alerts
• Table of Contents Alert
• Saved Searches Alert
• Standards Alert
• Google Scholar Alert
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.