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Engineering Library - Reference Services

Engineering Library

Visit the Engineering Library
Located in 217 Towne Building (second floor), librarian Doug McGee is available to help with your reference questions Monday to Friday from 9:00 - 5:00.

Doug McGee
Head, Engineering Library

phone: (215) 898-8170

email: dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu

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Email Reference Email us your subject-specific or general questions at townelib@seas.upenn.edu. We will try to respond within one business day to questions received Monday - Friday.

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Course-related Instruction Penn faculty may request course-related library instruction sessions customized to meet the needs of their students. If you are interested in having library instruction for your class, please either contact Doug Mcgee directly at 215-898-8170 or dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu or use the Request course-related library instruction form.

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Meet with a Reference Librarian To schedule an appointment with a reference librarian to discuss your research needs, please contact Doug McGee at 215-898-8170 or dmcgee@seas.upenn.edu.

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Classes and Online Tutorials The Physical Sciences and Engineering Libraries offer hands-on workshops. For workshop descriptions and to register, visit the workshop manager

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We provide online tutorials. You might also want to explore the Biomedical Library Tutorials.

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Research Guides Research Guides provide useful information about using online and print resources for research.

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Current Awareness The Engineering Library can assist you in setting up a search profile for continuous updates from databases such as Compendex, INSPEC, PubMed, and ISI Science Citation Index. The database will automatically email you citations for new content that matches the saved search criteria.

Users can also monitor specific journals by setting up Table of Contents (TOC) alerts. These are frequently available directly from the publisher. PennAlerts is a Penn Library service that enables you to receive TOC alerts from most Penn-subscribed electronic journals. (N.B. You will need to login with your PennKey to access PennAlerts.)

Contact Doug McGee to help establish your alerts.

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Contact Your Online Research Advisor The Library Advising in Residence Project provides in residence assistance to all students living in the College Houses.