ECE Senior Project: Research MethodsHelen Powell20 September 2011

Today’s agenda

•Research Strategy•Research Path•Finding Books and e-Books•Finding Journal Articles•The Deep Web

Wind Turbine Data Monitoring System

Research Strategy

•Keywords•Search strings

Keywords

•“wind turbine”•“data monitoring”•“data monitoring system”

•wind•speed•yaw•vibrat*•“power output”

Search strings

•“wind turbine” OR “wind generator”

•“wind turbine” OR “wind generator”) AND “data monitoring system”

•“data monitoring system” AND (“wind speed” OR “wind direction”)

Research Path

•Books (E-Books)•Journal articles•The Deep Web

Books and E-Books

•Electrical & Computer Engineering Subject Guide

•Novanet ▫Books▫Some (but not all) E-Books

TIP: Prefer the e-books tab in Subject Guide to find e-books

Journal Articles

•Article databases

•Adjust search string according to database

•Try Prowler to identify appropriate databases

The Deep Web

AKA the Invisible Web•Scirus•IPL2•Infomine

•TIP: add the term “database” to your search engine search

Images

•Google Images•Google Maps•Google Earth

Engineering Tool Box. (2011). Wind energy. Retrieved from: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/wind-energy-d_1216.html