Searching and databases for the EE

You have a couple of options for online searching at AISM. The main points remain: you need to know what you are looking for and how to find it.

Online database, AISM. The Mabukwini has a surprisingly good collection of books and scholarly articles and you should not overlook the resource. In fact, you should start here. You have access to the OPAC from any computer on campus.

questia.com Questia is a database collection of books, journals, magazines, newspapers. You have full access to the information, meaning that entire books are available.
User name: AISMOZ
password: maputo

Grolier online. This is a new subscription database. Some information will be very general and you will need to be somewhat persistent to reach EE level articles.

Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com/ This is actually a great resource for high level articles. The problem is that many are not full access articles, so you will need to search, then copy the bibliographic information, and then send to the library. We have access to very large databases and can get you most articles.

The Deep Web: Many articles are hidden within sub-databases. Please refer to the presentation at school or ask for help. Basically, you add the search term database to a strong, appropriately worded search and hopefully you will find a good database of articles.

Wikipedia??? NO! While wikis are a good place to start, your EE requires more in-depth research than the encyclopediac level. The only way Wikipedia might help is to do...

Citation analysis. A great way to find more information on your topic is to consult the references which are used in a book or paper. You can also refer to those references when they address your topic.