Resources for Electrical & Energy Engineering Undergraduates
Getting Started
New: Find it Faster
To access relevant information for your course:
- Start at the Library Catalogue and choose Title Search from the dropdown menu.
- Input your Course Code e.g. DT018
- Choose from the list of links to e-dissertations, exam papers, dissertation lists or program documents.
FAQs
- Use the Off Campus Access infolink to open eJournals and eBooks outside the DIT network.
- Exam papers: access point and information for online papers
- Borrowing and Renewals: entitlements for undergraduates
- Program documents: access point and information
- Final year projects from previous years for DT712 / DT018 are available to view at the library desk. Click here to see the class listing. Online dissertations are available in pdf from 2010-2017. See the How to find Online Dissertations guide.
- How to Use the Library: full help guides listing
eJournals
- So why use eJournals? Journals contain academic research which is not found in textbooks. Information is published on a monthly or weekly basis and consists of breakthroughs and reports on current research.
- The DIT Library electrical and renewable energy engineering ejournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Or search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Click on a title to open the fulltext or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles
eBooks 
- Browse via the eBook link: most of the renewable energy engineering titles are located in Knovel or MyiLibrary. Or search for a specific etext ffrom your reading list on the Library Catalogue. For online Cibse Codes and Guides see the Info4Education database
Subject Links 
Try the Kevin St Library Delicious subject tags
Kevin St Guides to Project Resources
Assignment & Information Skills Resources
First Year
- Finding information for a first year assignment
- Evaluating Web Resources
- Information types and sources
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Journal article critical reviews : how to get started
Final year
- Finding information for a final year project
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Databases and effective search strategies
- Evaluating Web Resources
- How to use Google Scholar
- Referencing and citing
Subject Databases for Engineering
Why use these as opposed to google or other search engines? Subject databases index current scholarly research on various topics published in thousands of academic journals and are the ideal way to find out what’s new in your subject. You may need to use several to locate the information you need as no single database indexes every journal publication.
| ANTE: Abs NewTech & Eng | Engineering Village | Info4Education |
| ASTI : App Sci & Tech Index | Knovel Library | Science Direct |
| Standards (IS, ISO, EN) | IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
Web of Science |
- To access the Databases outside the DIT network see the Off Campus Access link.
- See also the full DIT Library database subscription listing
Need help getting started with a database? Try the the following
Search Engines for Engineering & Science
- ScienceResearch
- WorldWideScience
- Google Scholar
- Zanran (stats & numerical data)
Citing Your Sources
Citing and referencing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. See the Kevin St Library Referencing and citing guide for introduction purposes. Another useful link is How to Avoid Plagiarism. Each subject has it's own citation style so check with a SEES course co-ordinator if in doubt. The College of Engineering often uses either the Harvard or IEEE citation styles and two examples are:
Journal Abbreviations
Abbreviated journal titles may be required depending on the citation style used. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:
Bibliographic citation software
Back Up Resources
If you need additional resources see Using Other Libraries and Inter Library Loans for further options.
Study Skills
