This document provides instructions for engineering management students on how to conduct dissertation research using the resources available through the Regents Center Library. It outlines how to (1) search databases for articles, (2) request full-text articles when only an abstract is available, (3) use Google Scholar through the library's list of databases, and (4) search the online catalog to request books for delivery to the Edwards Campus. The document demonstrates searching for the topic "engineering management" and finding relevant sources. It also shows how to cite sources, find related references, and request articles or books not available in full-text.

1. Engineering
Management
Database & Online
Search Process
At the
Regents Center
Library
Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu
Spring 2014

2. Dissertation Research Blog
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
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3. We need to know this:
(1) Find articles using databases (found in the Subject
Guides and under Find on the Libraries’ homepage –
www.lib.ku.edu)
(2) How to request full text articles if we find only abstracts
(WebRetrieve)
(3) How to use Google Scholar from the list of library
databases
(4) How to use the online catalog to find books and
request delivery to Edwards Campus
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4. http://www.lib.ku.edu
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5. Engineering Management is
searched in General Business
Sources
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6. 6

9. Notice the options for more information
about this article and subject.

13. We have looked at:
1.How to cite this
article in A.P.A.
2.References at the
end of this article,
some with
hyperlinks.
3.Articles that have
cited this article
4.Full text PDF

14. Try another database

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20. (If no full-text articles were found, request a copy.)

22. Google Scholar

23. Google Scholar from the list of Databases
Here Google Scholar links to the Libraries’ databases
1. Go to the Libraries’ homepage
2. Find databases under Find
3. Select the letter “G”
4. Scan the resulting list for “Google Scholar”

24. http://www.lib.ku.edu

30. Want this book?
Use the Catalog!

38. What happens next?
Your book will arrive at the Edwards Campus,
Regents Center Library, within 24 to 48 hours of
your request. You will get an email telling you it has
arrived.

39. Does the library have
e-Journals for Project
Management?

42. There are hundreds of journals in the
Business Management category. Try
your luck, type in Project Management
as a title.

43. Double check the
publication date
information. It is not
always up to date.

45. The current
contents of
Project
Management
Journal

47. Remember

49. And, then what happens?
You will get an email with a link pointing
to this article within a few days.

50. We have looked at:
How to find articles using the libraries’ databases by looking at a
subject guide and by using the libraries’ list of databases listed on
the homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu
When we find only the abstract of a journal title and we need fulltext we can select the “Get at KU” Jayhawk and use WebRetrieve to
get a link to the pdf full-text sent to our email account.
How to find e-Journals from the libraries’ homepage
How to search the Library Catalog for a book
We found a book in Google Books. Does the KU Libraries have this
book?
How to request this book and have it sent to Edwards Campus

51. Questions?
Ask the librarian:
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
913-897-8556