Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology

Resources

WUT Main Library’s collections contain scientific and didactic literature on technical sciences such as:

basic sciences: mathematics, physics and chemistry;
engineering sciences: environmental engineering, materials, civil, chemical, and mechatronics, computer science, electronics, electrical engineering, transport, engineering, construction, production organization and architecture;
natural sciences: biology, agriculture, geodesy and cartography;
socio-economic sciences: organization and management, political science and law.

List of divisions describes subject classes of collection.

WUT Main Library’s collections contain about 1,000,000 volumes:

including over 570 000 volumes of printed books (scientific, monographs, handbooks, manuals, lexicons etc.);
about 760 subscribed titles of printed scholarly journals;
over 8 300 titles of electronic journals;
160 000 titles of electronic books;
access to 150 licensed databases (see: database list);
188 000 items of special collection (antique books, dissertations, audiovisual materials, microforms, etc.);
82 000 Polish standards or European and international standards harmonized with Polish;
and many other sources of information.

WUT Main Library is constantly expanding collections by systematically buying new publications, subscribing to the most important journals in the field of technical sciences and constantly updating resources.

In addition, it creates and develops Digital Library WUT, which collects digital versions of publications constituting historical scientific achievements of university, as well as materials related to the history of WUT. There are also selected digitized scripts, journals and PhD theses representing contemporary DL WUT participates in Digital Libraries Federation (DLF). There you can search more than 2 700 000 resources from over 110 other digital libraries in Poland, using one interface. Additionally, DL WUT resources are visible in the European Digital Library - Europeana.

Instructions for authors of scientific papers, dissertations, theses

Each scientific paper should contain a list of documents (e.g. books, articles), used by the author while writing the paper, ordered alphabetically or using other categories (such as document types). Such list, called bibliography or end-of-work bibliography or list of references, is a ready source of literature on the subject and is an expression of honesty of the author. Bibliography should be placed at the end of each chapter or the end of the paper. The basic element of any bibliography is a bibliographic description - information about the document (e.g. chapter in a book, journal article, conference paper, website) needed for the identification, put in a strict sequence.

I. Why cite sources?

Whenever you quote or base your ideas on another person's work, you must document the source you used. Even when you do not quote directly from another work, if reading that source contributed to the ideas presented in your paper, you must give the authors’ proper credit.

II. Citations and Footnotes

Naturally, when you write a thesis, you work with other people’s publications. In such case you will have to list your sources and describe them accurately. Documenting your sources is always important, especially when using citations, numbers or illustrations
Citations allow readers to locate and further explore the sources you consulted, show the depth and scope of your research, and give credit to authors for their ideas. Citations provide evidence for your arguments and add credibility to your work by demonstrating that you have sought out and considered a variety of resources. In written academic work, citing sources is standard practice and shows that you are responding to this person, agreeing with that person, and adding something of your own. Think of documenting your sources as providing a trail for your reader to follow to see the research you performed and discover what led you to your original contribution.

III. There are different ways to invoke cited theses:

You can cite literally, but then you have to separate the citation from your own text.
In case you want to shorten the citation, please replace the part you want to leave out like this (…)

Example:

Advances in physics often translate to the technological sector, and sometimes influence the other sciences, as well as mathematics and philosophy. [27].

Shortened version:

Advances in physics often translate to the technological sector(.) as well as mathematics and philosophy. [27].

The number given at the end of the citation indicates the position of the source in the bibliography.

You can refer to somebody’s ideas, publications, etc. in various ways, e.g.:

Example:

As Kwiatkowski wrote in [7] (…)

The number [7] informs us that we can find the title of the book written by Kwiatkowski in the list of references.

If the author wants to give additional information about his own text, she/he can do it using footnotes.

IV. How do you cite sources?

Citations within your text link specific fragments to the sources you consulted or quoted. This can be done through in-text brackets notes, footnotes, or endnotes. In addition, a bibliography or list of works cited is almost always placed at the end of your paper. The citation style and format you use will be determined by the style you choose. Only one bibliographic style format should be used for the entire paper

See more - examples of citation styles:

Oxford:

http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-support/study-skills/handouts/oxford-docnote.php#about_this_resource_62_1

Harvard:

http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm

Gathering literature and creating references

How to manage your research (resources and references)

During your research and looking for input from books, journals or other materials, you will have to deal with a lot of information, while searching scientific information you are building up a collection of relevant literature – it means managing and processing references. You have to put it all together and manage references using special programme.

WUT ML recommends the following free programmes, for creating your own database. Special programmes can help you put it all together and create references automatically:

Zotero - free access
EndNote Web - free access for teaching and research staff via ISI Web of Knowledge platform
Mendeley - free reference manager

References management software programme offers tools helping you “organize” all searching results. Here is what the programme can do:

Your references will be in your own searchable database
You can import descriptions from online databases, catalogues, journal indexes, full text sources
Your searching results will be automatically formed for your references in the style you choose

If you collect references from many different resources, you have to remember to refer to the source you have been using, you should develop the list of cited papers as footnotes or endnotes

Copyrights

All researchers and students have follow the copyright law if they cite other authors` articles, books or the Internet links.

Remember to inform about authors` names and titles of the sources.

Plagiarism

Accusations of plagiarism can have devastating consequences:

People in academic and scientific communities have lost their jobs and reputation for copying somebody work without giving credit to it, also financial consequences
More details - see Polish civil and criminal law

Finding literature

You are looking for literature on a given topic, check out:

Primo multi-search engine
enabling simultaneous searching of multiple information resources, including library catalogues, electronic sources (databases, e-journals, e-books), as well as other digital sources. The search engine consists of two tabs available on the home page of the Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology:
- WUT resources (print + online) – simultaneous searching of all WUT library resources (print and electronic)
- National collections (print) – searching the catalogues of several hundred libraries included in the national library network (e.g. National Library, many academic and public libraries)
Primo Research Assistant
An innovative tool available in Primo, supported by artificial intelligence, which allows asking questions in natural language:
- analyses the content available in the Library's electronic resources;
- selects 5 publications that best answer the question asked;
- extracts key information from the descriptions or abstracts of these sources;
- presents them in the form of a concise summary.
  See Research Assistant
Database List
A tabular list of databases subscribed to by the Library, as well as selected publicly available sources. Please note the symbols and descriptions next to each database. The table includes, among other things:
- Bibliographic and abstract databases
  - enable quick review of literature: from one or many fields, many publishers, in different languages;
  - contain abstracts of articles, conference materials, and sometimes books;
  - offer advanced search tools (dictionaries, classifications, thesauruses);
  - enable redirection to the publisher's platform with access to the full text - only if WUT subscribes to a given title (if the publication is not available online, you can check the printed version in library or request it through the Interlibrary Loans)
- Full-text databases
  - databases of individual publishers or platforms collecting publications from multiple publishers;
  - contain full texts of articles, books, and other documents;
  - journals available in full-text databases are also largely recorded in bibliographic and abstract databases;
  - e-book databases (marked in red on the Database List)
WUT Digital Library
Digitised, selected WUT collections of historical and cultural significance; educational resources; scientific achievements of the University's staff.

If you are looking for a specific book or magazine title, check out:

Primo search engine WUT resources (print + online)
You can check the availability of journals and books in print or electronic form in WUT libraries (use the available filters - Resource type).
Primo search engine Journal Search tab
Search for journals by title, ISSN number or subject category.
Primo search engine National collections (print) tab
Search the catalogues of several hundred libraries included in the national library network (including the National Library, numerous academic and public libraries). If a publication in print is not available in the WUT resources, after logging into Primo, you will have access to the Interlibrary Loans Request tab with a completed request form.
For more information, see the Interlibrary Loans tab.

If you are looking for polish or foreign standards, check out:

Information about Standards can be found under the tab Circulation / Collections available on site only / Standards.

If you are looking for patents, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- Patents Espacenet
  Access to over 150 million patent documents from around the world (since 1836), including applications and granted patents. The database has a Polish language interface and allows you to search documents from over 80 countries (Worldwide), WIPO (WO), the European Patent Office (EP) and selected countries, including Poland (PL)
- Patents E-Search
  Database of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP), containing information on applications and exclusive rights granted for: inventions, utility models, industrial designs (including decorative designs), trademarks, geographical indications, and integrated circuit topographies
- Patents E-Register
  The register search engine provides online access to current entries in the registers maintained by the UPRP (history of changes, legal status) for: inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, supplementary protection rights
- Derwent Innovations Index / on the Web of Science platform
  An international patent database offering access to patent information (since 1963) and its citation index (since 1973). The subscription includes: Chemical Section; Electrical and Electronic Section and Engineering Section
- Google Patents
  Wyszukiwarka umożliwiająca dostęp do ponad 120 milionów dokumentów patentowych z ponad 100 urzędów na świecie, m.in. USPTO, EPO i WIPO. Obejmuje zarówno pełne teksty patentów, jak i zgłoszeń, w tym historyczne dane od 1790 roku (USA) i 1978 roku (EPO/WIPO).
  A search engine providing access to over 120 million patent documents from over 100 patent offices worldwide, including USPTO, EPO and WIPO. It covers full texts of both patents and applications, including historical data from 1790 (USA) and 1978 (EPO/WIPO).

If you are looking for diploma, doctoral or habilitation theses defended at wut, check out:

Information about theses defended at Warsaw University of Technology can be found under the tab Circulation / Collections available on site only / Diploma, doctoral and habilitation theses

If you are looking for the properties of chemicals and materials, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- CAS SciFinderN and Reaxys
  Bibliographic and abstract databases enabling the search for chemical substances and reactions. They contain, among other things, names, identification numbers, structural formulas, literature data, properties, information about suppliers, conditions of use, and reaction schemes with yields and catalysts
- Knovel
  The Data Search tab enables searching for specified values of chemical and physical properties of substances and materials
- Total Materia
  A comprehensive material database containing the properties of over 450,000 materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites). It enables searching for materials by their designations, chemical composition or mechanical properties, as well as searching for standards

If you are looking for company financial statements, industry reports, stock market quotations, statistics and macroeconomic data, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- EMIS NEXT Academic Research
  Enables searching and analysing market, industry and company data
- ProQuest ABI/INFORM Collection
  Offers nearly 3,900 full-text publications in fields such as business and economics, corporate strategy, management techniques, and information on competitiveness and products
- EBSCO Business Searching Interface (BSI)
  Enables searching and viewing of both economic data on the country and profiles of foreign companies, as well as SWOT analyses, industrial information and market research reports

If you are looking for legal regulations, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- Legal acts Internet System of Legal Acts – ISAP
  Full-text access to legal acts published in: the Journal of Laws and Monitor Polski (Official Gazette of the Republic of Poland)

If you are looking for textbooks written by university staff or lecture materials, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- OKNO – textbooks educational resources Multimedia textbooks developed by the WUT Distance Learning Centre – OKNO PW
- Educational resources Educational platform for teaching computer science
- Open AGH educational resources Materials developed by employees and students of the AGH University of Science and Technology
- MIT OpenCourseWare educational resources Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Learning programme

If you are looking for information about the scientific achievements of wut employees, check out:

WUT Base of Knowledge
Data on various aspects of the scientific and research activities of WUT employees, including: publications (articles, books, scripts), reports, translations, projects, patents, products, implementations, research data, professional activities and achievements.
For more information, see the WUT Base of Knowledge tab
Printed bibliography yearbooks available on site at the Reference and Bibliometric Analysis Department. The following years are available:
- 1944-1974
- 1975-1978
- 1979-1980
- 1981-1982
- 1983-1984
- 1985-1986

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Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology - Artykuł

WUT collections (print + online)

National collections (print)