A PPT prepared and given to urban planning graduate students

1. University Libraries
Engineering and Architecture Library
American University of Beirut
February 18, 2014

2. 
Khaled Noubani
- Engineering & Architecture Librarian
- Ext:
2630
- Email: kn07@aub.edu.lb

3. Services
Requesting Articles (DDS)
Thesis Formatting
Reserving a Carrel

5. Important deposit
dates

8. Researching/Finding Material

9. Finding Encyclopedias

12. Use Catalog to
Search for books,
eBooks, & Thesis
Use quotes “”
when
searching for
exact phrases

13. Print Book
E-Book
E-Thesis

14. Print Book

15. E- Book

16. E-Thesis

17. Poster

18. Search all E-book
databases and
retrieve books not
included in the
catalog

19. Use search all to find
print books,Ebooks,
Articles, theses, & videos
From library catalog
& all databases
Finding Articles

20. Book
Click on more to a
have a longer list
to include or
exclude a subject
and to arrange the
subject terms
alphabetically
Click on camera
icon to save
items & click on
saved items
below to email,
export, or cite
selected items
Thesis
Video
Article

21. Finding a list of
databases by Subject/
e.g. Urban planning OR
Sociology

22. Databases
• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Sociological Abstracts
• Social Services Abstracts

23. Use Advanced Search
To search a specific field (abstract
Subject, keywords) for better results

24. Use quotes “”
when
searching for
exact phrases

25. For more relevant results,
Use Refine Results

26. To limit your search
to abstract or title
Use Advanced Search

27. Use
Save This Search
To get new results
Whenever added
To JSTOR

28. Check
Items cites this item
In JSTOR &
Google Scholar
& Use
Journal Tracking
To receive updates
by email (eTOC)

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

34. Lebanon News and Reports Index
http://ulib.aub.edu.lb:8084/Articles.aspx
Lebanese Newspapers
http://www.aub.edu.lb/ulibraries/eresources/
Pages/results.aspx?type=News

35. Lebanon News and
Reports Index is
Accessible On Campus
Only

37. Finding Theses
from Other
Universities

39. Use Advanced Search
To search a specific field (abstract
Subject, keywords) for better results

40. For better results,
Use Narrow results by

41. Use Google advanced
search and limit to PDF
to retrieve reliable reports,
government documents
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,…)

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