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Subject & Course Guides

• 10 Things for UCSD Grad Students and Researchers to Know
  • Bioengineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Nanoengineering
  • Physics
• Chemistry & Biochemistry Resources

• Chem 87 - Introduction to Undergraduate Research
• Chemistry 105 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• Chemistry 143 A-D - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• Chem 187 - Foundations of Teaching & Learning Science

• Chemistry 188 - Science Education Capstone
• Marine Science
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physics & Astronomy
• Nanotechnology

• Structural Engineering 2
• More guides

Guides for Databases

• Compendex (PDF)
• Compendex (Video) 
• Shall I Use Google Scholar?
• INSPEC
  • Introduction to Inspec 
  • Search Tips for Inspec 
• Journal Citation Reports Tutorial 
• Knovel tutorial
• IEEE Xplore tutorials 
• O'Reilly E-Books via Safari
• PubMed (from the Biomedical Library)
• SciFinder Scholar
• Web of Science -short videos
  • SEARCH TIPS FOR WEB OF SCIENCE
  • CITED REFERENCE SEARCHING
    
  • CITATION REPORT AND H-INDEX
    
  • CITATION ALERTING 
    
  • MANAGING SEARCH RESULTS
    
  • Etc.

General Guides

• Getting Started with S&E

• Flow of Scientific Information
• Preventing Plagiarism: Keepin' It Real!
• Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface

Guides for Types of Information

• Books (and when are they useful)

• eBooks 
• Journal Articles
• Conference Proceedings
• Dissertations & Theses
• Patents
• Standards