Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Transnational students
Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)
Introduction
This Assignment Help web page is a guide to finding information for your assignments using the Library's databases, catalogue and website.
UniSA Library Transnational workshop
The Library Transnational workshop is a guide to using the Library's website, together with a strategy for searching the catalogue, databases and the internet to find books, journal articles and other documents for your assignments.
Topic guides
There are a range of Resources by Topic which will link you to useful collections of websites and online library resources in specific subject areas.
Library catalogue
The library is currently providing the choice of two new catalogue interfaces: the New Catalogue and the Standard Catalogue.
The catalogue (opens in new window) helps you find everything available from the Library. This includes books, journals, DVDs and course reserve material in both print and electronic form. You can search the catalogue by keyword, title, author or subject and limit your results. The catalogue also allows you to place hold requests and access your borrower record to renew items.
While the library catalogue lists the titles of the journals held by the library, it does not find the titles of individual journal articles unless these articles are included in course e-readers. If you have a reference for a journal article search the catalogue for the journal title in which the article appears.
Databases
In the Library, databases are indexes of literature and help you find references and citations to journal articles, conference proceedings and reports.
Key databases for Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering
- Database
titles - Compendex, IEEEXplore, INSPEC, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science
When you select a title from the database titles list you will be linked to information about the subject areas covered by that database - Database subjects - Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Multidisciplinary
Locating Resources
When you have obtained references or citations from a database and the full text of the article is not available in that database:
- use the Find It button if available
- check the Library catalogue (opens in new window) to see if the issue of the journal or the conference proceedings are available online in another database or in print in the UniSA Library.
- search other library catalogues, such as the University of Adelaide, Flinders University or a library to which you have access
Internet Resources
You may also find suitable academic references for your assignment using an internet search engine. Google Scholar searches within academic sources on the internet rather than over the whole internet. The internet contains an enormous amount of material and there is no overall quality control on the web. You need to carefully evaluate the websites you find.
Managing References
- Referencing, or citing, is the practice of acknowledging sources of information and ideas that you have used in assignments. Correct referencing is essential in order to avoid plagiarism
- There is bibliographic management software available to assist in storing your references and creating a bibliography
- See the Managing references website for more detailed information
Other Resources
Obtaining assistance
- Use the online Help screens
- Use the resources on the Library website
- Use the link Ask the Library for assistance
- Ask at the Library desk
- Contact the ITEE Academic Library Services Team by email
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