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How to find books | conferences
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patents | reports | standards | theses and dissertations
| How to Find Books |
| Library Catalog |
• search by author, title, subject, ISBN, etc.
• limit to only certain types of material, e.g. print or electronic books, in Advanced Search with
the "Format" pulldown
• request to borrow the
book with the "Request Item" link (when logged in with a LANL cryptocard) |
The Library Catalog will tell you where a book is located and if it's checked out, or provide the online URL.
If you don't find a specific book in the Library, you can
suggest the Library purchase it, request it through InterLibrary Loan, or purchase your own copy (suggested external
sources).
For more information, see the Books
page.
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| How to Find Conferences |
| ISI Web of Knowledge - searches 5 databases, all areas of science and technology |
• find conference papers, and in Web of Science's ISI Proceedings, also get citation counts. |
| Primo - searches
multiple resources, all areas of science and technology |
• find conference papers
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| Library Catalog |
• find conference proceedings, both print and electronic (not individual papers)
• search by conference
title, city and year held; sponsor (use author index), subject, ISBN, etc. |
| Science & Technology databases from ProQuest covers BioOne, GeoRef and technology databases |
• find conference papers |
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For more information, see
• conference
searching tips
• a table of conference
papers in databases
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| How to Find Journal
Articles |
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For a specific journal article for which you have
a reference |
Journals
page
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• journal-title level
• covers e-journals only
• lists by subject categories |
Library Catalog
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• journal-title level; richer indexing than the Journals web page
• includes print journal holdings |
| Databases page.
Choose a database covering your subject and search. |
•article-level indexing |
| For journal articles on a topic |
ISI Web of Knowledge - searches 5 databases: Web of Science citation databases for Science, Social Science, and Proceedings; BIOSIS, and Inspec |
• multi-database searching with refine results, output, etc.
• cited reference searching
• alerts |
| Primo - searches
multiple resources, all areas of science and technology |
• search results can be narrowed by year, format, and other characteristics
• largest database
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| Databases page.
Most of these databases index journal literature. Browse by subject categories to find an
appropriate database. |
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Find journals covering the topic through the Journals page subject categories, or through the Library
Catalog (use Advanced Search and Apply limits > Format > Journal) |
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For more information, see the Journals
page.
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| How to Find Reports |
Library Catalog
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• find report numbers with a Report Number Browse search
• covers all LA, many LA-UR reports
• records may have only brief information, such as
report number, title and date
• not all reports in the library are listed
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| Los Alamos Authors |
• covers LA-URs; data comes from SAFE-1; mid-1970s to present. |
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Energy Citations Database (1948- )
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• covers science and technology research
• often has links to full-text |
| Primo |
• includes Library Catalog and Energy Citations Database records |
To obtain a copy of a technical report, if there is not a link to an electronic
version, email Report
library staff
or call 667-5809. The Library's collection of 1.5 million reports is not all cataloged but staff can find a report
for you.
For more information see the
Reports page.
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| How to Find Standards |
| For most commercial, industrial and DOD-adopted standards |
IHS Standards Expert •
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• full-text pdf
• search document number, title, abstract or full text |
| For IEEE standards |
IEEE Xplore • |
• full-text pdf
• find by keyword, std. number or industry
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For more resources, see the Standards, Codes & Specs page.
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Questions or comments: Email the Library Service Desk
or call 667-5809.
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