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See you in Canvas!
Research question? Ask me in Canvas! Look for the discussion board in your course page titled ‘Research Questions’ (or something similar). We can learn as a collective at the digital Harkness table. 🙂
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Google Scholar? Holler!
Google Scholar What? A subset of Google that searches for scholarly literature on the web. A mix of full-text, citations and abstracts. New: Three of the library’s digital collections are now indexed in Google Scholar: JSTOR, Ebsco, and Proquest. Meaning? When searching Google Scholar, freely available citations, abstracts and full-text are retrieved, AND now, content from the three library providers named above. “Adolescents and Sleep.” Search results page. Google Scholar. Web. 02 Feb. 2016. Quick note: While an exciting and valuable tool, Google Scholar is a non-discerning aggregator, in that it includes questionable and even possibly predatory open-access titles. When using Google Scholar, consider consulting Beall’s list of “Potential, possible,…
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A.I. Research
Dear A.I. Class, So great to meet with you! As mentioned in class & as available in the A.I. research guide, 2 new eCollections are available for A.I. Research: IEEE Xplore and the ACM Digital Library. Reseach questions, comments, conundrums? Please be in touch! Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) IEEE Xplore What is it? IEEE is the acronym for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE Xplore is an eCollection of engineering and technology journals, conference proceedings, magazines and eBooks, from and about engineering and technology. Currently the eCollection contains over 3 million items. According to the IEEE Xplore subscription paperwork, “More than 30% of all technology literature can be found in the IEEE…
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You liked it! We bought it!
Thanks for the feedback on the Winter Term trial of Gale’s Science in Context. You liked it & we bought it! Thank you for your helpful thoughts!
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Engineering Digital Library
Now available! The SPS Engineering Digital Library. What is it? A collection of digital sources purchased by SPS in support of the new Honors Engineering program, including: IEEE Xplore ACM Digital Library Springer eCollection Details on how to extract engineering eBooks from the over 300,000 eBooks purchased by the library (!) Questions? Comments? Please be in touch! Ms. Sanborn