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Finding Articles Using Google Scholar

LINKING KETTERING + GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Did you know you can use Google Scholar to search Kettering databases for articles and journals? It should automatically work if you are logged into Google with your Kettering email address.

If it's not working, after logging in, just go to Settings > Library Links from the Google Scholar homepage and type in Kettering University. Tick the check box and click Save. If we have an article, you'll see the 'Full-Text @ Kettering' link in your Google Scholar search results.

Full-Text @ Kettering

Google Scholar also has an extension for the Chrome Browser worth checking out.

Library Resources

These books in the Kettering collection focus on conducting research and writing. All are available for checkout.

Researching Online by David Dolowitz
Call Number: ZA 4228 .D65 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Available at the Reference desk for checkout.
The Student's Survival Guide to Research by Monty L. McAdoo
Call Number: ZA 3075 .M43 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Library instruction expert McAdoo has penned a primer specifically tailored to novice researchers, offering beginning-to-end guidance for every step of the research process, from planning and preparing to conducting and writing
Guide to Research Projects for Engineering Students by Eng-Choon Leong; Carmel Lee-Hsia Heah; Kenneth Keng Wee Ong
Call Number: TA 160 .L46 2016
Publication Date: 2015
Specifically Designed with Engineering and Technical Science Students in Mind, this book is organized into three sections, broken down into concise chapters that focus on a specific topic and the skills required.
Writing with Sources by Gordon Harvey
Call Number: e-book
Publication Date: 2017
The third edition of Writing with Sources is updated throughout, providing more examples of the proper use and citation of digital and print sources across disciplines--including current conventions specific to MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, APA, and CSE citation styles--while preserving its concise and accessible format.
Writing and Publishing a Scientific Research Paper by Subhash Chandra Parija and Vikram Kate
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9789811047206
Publication Date: 2017
This book covers all essential aspects of writing scientific research articles, presenting eighteen carefully selected titles that offer essential, "must-know" content on how to write high-quality articles. The book also addresses other, rarely discussed areas of scientific writing including dealing with rejected manuscripts, the reviewer's perspective as to what they expect in a scientific article, plagiarism, copyright issues, and ethical standards in publishing scientific papers.

Research Topics in Solid State Physics

Carbon nanotubes
Nanowires
Quantum dots
Nanoparticles
Graphene
Thin solid films
Piezoelectricity, piezoelectric materials
Ultrasonic transducers
Phononic crystals
Surface acoustic waves, SAW devices

Photonic crystals
Photoelectric properties of semiconductors
Optoelectronic devices
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
Solid-state lasers
CMOS photodetectors
CCD photodetectors
Magnetoresistance
Magnetic oxides
Quantum Hall effect
Nuclear magnetic resonance

Spintronics
High temperature superconductors
Ferroelectricity, ferroelectric materials
Ferromagnetism, ferromagnetic materials
Excitons
Polaritons
Plasmons
Solid-state biophysics
Solid-state radiation detectors