Course Guide

Course:

Introduction to Technical and Scientific Writing, ENGL 131C

Librarian:

Edward Wladas, ewladas@odu.edu, 757-683-5910
Marissa Jimenez, mjimenez@odu.edu, 757-683-4182


Off–Campus Access:

When you select an electronic resource (database, journal, etc.) from off campus, you will be prompted to enter your student ID number. Use your 8 digit University ID Number (UIN). After entering the number, you will see two security screens. Click "yes" to proceed through them on to your chosen resource. For fuller instructions, click here .

Key Resources:

-Databases in engineering such as Engineering Village and IEEE Xplore

-Databases in the physical sciences such as Oceanic Abstracts, GeoRef and ScienceDirect

-Databases in the life sciences such as Biological Sciences, ScienceDirect and Web of Science

-Databases in health, medicine & nursing such as Medline, CINAHL and PsycINFO

-ENGnetBASE: Engineering Handbooks online (In the library catalog, enter as a title search: engnetbase)


> For more good resources for science and technology, click here and scroll to the areas in which you are interested.

>To use the interlibrary loan service click here.

Search Tips:

To refresh your memory and learn more about search strategy, truncation, wildcards, Boolean searching, phrase searching, limiters, etc. click here.

Other Information:

  • The library catalog helps you find books, periodicals, audio & video recordings, government publications, theses and dissertations, and conference papers owned by the ODU Libraries.
  • To evaluate a website use The Internet Detective as a guide.
  • To see how to use APA, Turabian and other citation styles, click here.