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Finding Articles And Books

Applied Science & Technology Index

SciSearch

US Patent Database

 

Do We Own It?

Library Catalog (LIBROS)
Journal One Search
eJournal Finder (Gold Rush)

If We Do Not Own The Item

Interlibrary Loan

Search tips: 

Truncation * ($ for patents).

AND to narrow, OR to broaden.

Contact for help:   Jackie Shane, ECE Librarian / Instruction Coordinator

University of New Mexico

 

Start with CSEL web page

http://elibrary.unm.edu/csel

 

Databases

 

1.  Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

 

How many articles have the terms artificial muscle as a subject heading? 

 

Give the citation for one of these. 

 

 

2.  SciSearch

How many citations do you get when searching for “history of technology” as a phrase?

 

Can you find the full-text to an article?  How?

Give the number of citations found when searching instead for:

                  history and technology

history technology

history <near/2> technology

 

3.  United States Patent Database

 

Give the URL for the US Patent and Trademark Office

 

What is the earliest year that is searchable by keywords?

 

Before that year, what fields will find patents back to 1880?

 

What is the current class/subclass for a cup holder?