Computer Science
This guide provides access to the relevant databases and eBook collections in computer science.
How to Find Engineering Information
The following short videos and tutorials will give you a brief explanation of basic library research skills. Most will take less than five minutes of your time. The videos have audio.
- Finding books using Library SearchHow to use our Library Search tool to search for books on engineering and science topics.
Runtime: 5:16 min - Brainstorming keywordsFiguring out what search terms to use in online database searching is an essential skill for finding relevant articles.
- Using Knovel Engineering eBooksHow to find background information in Knovel's collection of engineering handbooks and manuals.
- Using Engineering VillageHow to use the Engineering Village database, which covers all areas of engineering. The skills shown in this tutorial you can apply to any database.
- Accessing Full Text Engineering ArticlesThis tutorial covers how to access full text articles that you find references to in our online databases.
- How to Do an Interlibrary LoanThis tutorial shows you how to obtain books, journal articles and other resources that the University Libraries do not have in our collections through our Interlibrary Loan service.
Bibliographic Citation Management
- Using Mendeley (Tutorial)The tutorial will show you how to use the Mendeley software to organize references and create bibliographies.
- Using Paperpile (Video)This introduction to Paperpile is by Kate Lechtenberg, a doctoral student at the University of Iowa and a librarian. It is over 10 minutes long but really does a nice job of showing you the main features of Paperpile. Paperpile is a great bibliographic reference manager for Google Docs.
- Using Zotero (Tutorial)This tutorial shows you how to use the Zotero software to store references and create bibliographies.
