MyResearch (Physical Sciences & Engineering)

Course materials

Handouts

• A Guide to Using EndNote (module 1)

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Finding materials

Books

• Search WorldCat, the Classic catalogue, or the eBooks sub-catalogue
• Explore the eBooks and Media page which includes SpringerLink

Articles

Subject guides are a great place to find subject-specific databases but here are good places to start:

• Scopus (multidisciplinary)
• Web of Science (multidisciplinary)
• Compendex (engineering)
• Google Scholar
• OpenDOAR (collection of open access repositories, including eScholarship)

Specialized materials

• Theses and dissertations
• Patents
• Standards
• Technical reports
• Government information
• Statistics and data
• Maps and geospatial data

Material not available at McGill

• CREPUQ cards allow you to borrow directly from other libraries
• You may order material using COLOMBO (interlibrary loan), or suggest a purchase. We may be able to buy a copy for the Library.
   

Getting Organized

• Subscribe to the table of contents of journals using JournalTOCs
• Concept mapping with CmapTools
  • Download the software here for free
  • Visit NASA's Mars exploration concept maps for examples
• McGill Library Research Log
   

Citing Materials

• EndNote citation management software
• Keeping it Honest, McGill's website on academic integrity, with a quiz where you can test your knowledge
• Routes of Writing (McGill University)
   

Getting Your Research Out

Funding opportunities

• COS Funding Opportunities
• McGill Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards

Finding upcoming conferences

• COS Papers Invited
• Library's guide to conferences
• AllConferences.com

Finding past conference papers

• COS Conference Papers Index

Choosing a journal

• Web of Science: analyze search results
• Journal Citation Reports (Impact Factor)
• Scopus Analytics
• Eigenfactor

Knowing your rights as an author

• SHERPA / RoMEO for publisher copyright policies
• SPARC Canadian author addendum
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Creative Commons Canada

Keeping track of your work

• Find your h-index and citation counts in Web of Science or Scopus
• Publish or Perish to analyze Google Scholar citations
• My Citations (Google Scholar)
• ORCID (create your own personal digital identifier)

Open access repositories

• OpenDOAR (directory of open access repositories)
• eScholarship@McGill (McGill's institutional open access repository)

Learn more about open access

Social Networking

• ResearchGATE
• Academia.edu
• Mendeley
• Engineering Exchange