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EGR 111, Researching virtues: Additional Information

Class slides

Fall 2024

NOTE:  To access the documents for the scavenger hunt and the guided exercise, be sure to use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Vivaldi browsers.

Quick Start Videos and Additional Training

A quick start video for the product/database along with additional training/webinars are included below for AccessEngineering, Engineering Workbench, SciFinder-n, and Web of Science.

AccessEngineering

Engineering Workbench

SciFinder-n

Topics covered:

      • Getting Started
      • Substance Searching
      • Reaction Searching
      • Reference Searching
      • Patent Searching
      • Biosequence Searching

Web of Science

Zotero Quick Start

Download Zotero from the website https://www.zotero.org/download/.  You can also download the Zotero Connector for Chrome as well as for Firefox from the same website.  First, download the software for your operating systems e.g. Windows (PC) or Mac.  Second, while using Firefox/Chrome, install the connector from the website https://www.zotero.org/download/

The website https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_manual_installation includes instructions on installing the Zotero add-on to Word.

Lastly, Zotero does have a quick start guide at (https://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide).  Videos on using Zotero are included on the ZSR YouTube channel as well at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLTU8eFl06Wq1pGbaVZrPO8zCRwNN_vrIj&v=cuzXRTBaoAs

I'd recommend creating a group in Zotero to share the resources that you find.  Information on creating a group in Zotero is available at https://www.zotero.org/support/groups.