Using Indexes.

Articles that have appeared in magazines, journals, newspapers, and papers that have been published in conference proceedings can best be found with the help of an index.

An index describes the contents of many journals and gives you enough information to locate an article in a specific journal. Many electronic indexes will include full text access to articles included in the index.

There are many indexes covering a variety of disciplines and one of the biggest challenges is finding the right indexes for your topic.

1. Your search for articles begins on the UT Library Online homepage.

2. Look under the Finding Information heading for the Databases and Indexes to Articles link.

3. Under Resources By Title, select E and then scroll down the list of indexes. Click on:

EI Compendex

4. We will look for articles on aircraft deicing.

In the first Compendex Search For box, enter the search term:

aircraft or airplane or aeroplane

Leave the Search In option set to All Fields

In the 2nd search box, enter the search term:
icing or deicing.

 

Use And to connect your terms.

Look for the Sort by feature and change it from Relevance to Publication Year.

Note the other options for limiting your search and the Search tips information about truncating and autostemming.

5.Click on the Search button. Scroll down to see the search results.

6.If you get too many results, consider refining your search. Click on the Refine Search button on the top left of your seach results page. In the remaining Search For box, enter:

ASME

and leave the Search In option set to all fields.

Click on the Search button and review your search results.

7.Look at record #8, Keeping Ice off Airplane Wings. Click on Abstract/Links for this record.