Information for Homework Assignment for 20-EECE-150

See assignment from your professor.

To find materials you will need access to the library catalog (UCLID) and the web. Access is available through

five workstations in the Engineering Library
sixteen workstations in the Information Commons at Engineering
the Engineering computer labs
the Information Commons at Langsam Library
from off-campus using Off-Campus Access or VPN

• In the library catalog use a keyword search or subject search . Use the search tips to refine your search.
• Hint: email the library catalog record to yourself for printing or editing. It has all the information you need for citing it in your paper. (Mark the desired records, click "Save Marked Records" and then View Saved Records. Brief Display has the information you need for citing the reference. Full Display includes the Call Number and Subject Headings.)
• You may also try collections of online books: Safari, CRCnetBASE , Referex, Knovel, or netLibrary.

• From the Engineering Library homepage , click on the QuickLINK called Engineering Reference Guides . Select Computer Engineering and Computer Science or Electrical Engineering from the subject list.
• Review the titles under the heading HANDBOOKS and ENCYCLOPEDIAS. Use the links or call numbers to find the books in the Reference collection. Access Science is the online version of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Other options include
  • University of Cincinnati E-Reference
  • Credo Reference

From the Engineering Library homepage , select Databases.  Try any of the databases below.

 

General and general sci/tech: Academic Search Complete Computer and Applied Sciences Complete OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) Newspaper Source LexisNexis Academic SCOPUS

Specialized: ACM Digital Library IEEE Xplore Search engines: Google Scholar Scirus (search engine for scientific information only)

 

For potluck, try the new OneSearch (for a metasearch or federated search) and select the Engineering, Computer Science & Mathematics subject cluster. Then select electrical/computer databases.

4. Compiling your assignment.

• Use your own words in writing your essay. DO NOT cut and paste information from the abstracts or articles. Improper citing of quoted or paraphrased material constitutes plagiarism. Put reference numbers in brackets [ ] indicating the source for your information. Exact wording from a source must have quotemarks around it as well as a reference to the source.
• In the numbered list of references at the end of your paper, use the IEEE format. Translate references from the various sources into this one format.
• To cite a web site, provide the person or organization responsible for the page, the title of the web page, the date if any, the location (URL beginning with http://), and [the date accessed in brackets].  Use the same style as for the other references in formatting author names, etc.

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