Engineering  

This guide offers an introduction to scientific publications available at the UWM Libraries for students. Please check on Related Guides below for subject related resources.

Faculty may want to check on the Faculty Guide to the UWM Libraries. 

For assistance please contact Svetlana Korolev or schedule a Research Consultation.

For other subjects see the list of Subject Librarians.

For general questions contact Ask-A-Librarian Desk at (414) 229-4659 during Desk hours. 

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Also, check on Workshops

Meeting abstracts, conference proceedings, journal articles, patents  – present original results of investigations reported by researchers (called primary sources)
Databases, review articles, books, handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries – analyze, compile and facilitate access to information from primary sources (called secondary sources):

If you are beginning research in a new area, you may want to start by looking for background information in books, encyclopedias and review articles.

Locate books by searching a library catalog and articles by searching databases.

Locate background information using reviews and articles from encyclopedias
Identify key researchers in the area
Complete a list of publications for the author
Be familiar with specific search techniques of the database
Know the value and use of citations searching backward and forward in time
Subscribe to the alert services provided by journals and databases

• Content (Subjects, is it related to your topic? In what aspects?)
• Authority (Author and source, are credentials known?  Scholarly?)
• Date published (is current information is very important?)
• Availability (Abstract, bibliography, full text, library holding?)