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Uczelniany Program Badawczy

Uczelniany Program Badawczy  — 2010 rok

W 2010 roku Wydziały: EiTI, IŚ i Chemiczny wspólnie z BG PW prowadziły prace w zadaniu zatytułowanym: Projekt i implementacja pilotowego systemu repozytorium dla prac dyplomowych (inżynierskich, magisterskich i doktorskich) oraz publikacji pracowników Politechniki Warszawskiej. BG PW konsultowała projekt na etapie opracowania struktury metadanych i raportów z systemu oraz prowadziła prace testowe systemu, a także uczestniczyła w przygotowaniu programów do importu / eksportu metadanych z różnych systemów ewidencji publikacji stosowanych na Uczelni do bazy Biblio prowadzonej od wielu lat w BG PW.

Projekt dofinansowany ze środków Rektora PW.

PASSIM / SYNAT

PASSIM / SYNAT  — lata  2010-2013

W okresie 2010-2013 Biblioteka Głównej uczestniczyła w realizacji projektu finansowany ze środków NCBiR PASSIM / SYNAT (Utworzenie uniwersalnej, otwartej, repozytoryjnej platformy hostingowej i komunikacyjnej dla sieciowych zasobów wiedzy dla nauki, edukacji i otwartego społeczeństwa wiedzy) realizowanym przez konsorcjum instytucji naukowych (jednostką wiodącą dla części PASSIM jest Wydział EiTI). BG PW była  odpowiedzialna za realizację etapu B3: Analiza cyfrowych zasobów informacyjnych PW wraz z ich rozbudową oraz źródeł krajowych i zagranicznych, tradycyjnych i elektronicznych (cyfrowych) w zakresie nauk ścisłych i technicznych. Adaptacja słowników/tezaurusów/ontologii w dziedzinie techniki i nauk ścisłych. Zadania Biblioteki Głównej PW koncentrowały się na opracowaniu metody wyboru, selekcji i trybu  rejestracji polskich stron internetowych z zakresu techniki, a także nad oceną różnych metod prowadzenia retrokonwersji.
Projekt finansowany ze środków NCBiR

     

Uruchomienie i bieżąca aktualizacja Repozytorium Politechniki Warszawskiej

Uruchomienie i bieżąca aktualizacja Repozytorium Politechniki Warszawskiej — 2012 rok

Działania zmierzające do utworzenia w PW Repozytorium PW, zainicjowano w 2010 roku, wspólnym projektem Wydziałów: EiTI, Chemicznego i Biblioteki Głównej realizowanym w ramach Uczelnianego Programu Badawczego. Następnie prace projektowe realizowane były przede wszystkim na Wydziale EiTI (w ramach projektu SYNAT / PASSIM – więcej zob. s. 7), gdzie powstawał wydziałowy system ewidencji dorobku pracowników EiTI połączony z systemem archiwizacji pełnych tekstów tych publikacji.

W 2012 roku działania Biblioteki Głównej koncentrowały się przede wszystkim na opracowaniu stałych elementów opisu i weryfikację danych w tworzonej w Bibliotece Głównej bazie BIBLIO i DOKTO (jako ważnych źródeł danych dla centralnego systemu ewidencji i Repozytorium PW), a także na przygotowaniu narzędzi informatycznych dla przejmowania danych z innych systemów funkcjonujących na uczelni lub systemów zewnętrznych. Celem projektu było także przygotowanie rozwiązań organizacyjnych dla wdrożenia projektu, przygotowanie szkoleń i materiałów instruktażowych, a także opracowanie strony domowej Repozytorium PW.

Repozytorium, działające na bazie oprogramowania Omega-PIR wykonane  w ramach projektu PASSIM / SYNAT uruchomiono w styczniu 2013 roku i jest dostępne pod adresem: https://repo.pw.edu.pl

Projekt był dofinansowany ze środków MNiSW na działalność upowszechniającą naukę w 2012 roku.

Repozytorium oraz Baza Wiedzy PW są aktualizowane i rozbudowywane na bieżąco, ze środków własnych PW. W rozbudowie Oprogramowania Omega-PSIR uczestniczą członkowie grupy instytucji wspierających jego rozwój.

  

Scalanie i aktualizacja Centralnego Katalogu Bibliotek PW

Scalanie i aktualizacja Centralnego Katalogu Bibliotek Politechniki Warszawskiej – od 2012 roku

Celem projektu było włączenie do Centralnego Katalogu Zbiorów Bibliotek PW zbiorów tych bibliotek PW, które nie przystąpiły jeszcze do współpracy w systemie, lub też współpracują tylko częściowo. Projekt, zapoczątkowany został w sierpniu 2012.

Do Centralnego Katalogu Zbiorów Bibliotek PW wprowadzono księgozbiór z sześciu bibliotek, oraz nieskatalogowane w systemie zbiory Biblioteki Głównej PW.  W latach 2012-2013 zadaniem retrokonwersji objęto zasoby :
1. Biblioteki Wydziału Administracji i Nauk Społecznych (zbiory przejęte w 2012 roku przez BG)
2. Biblioteki Wydziału Mechatroniki
3. Biblioteki Wydziału Architektury  (prace sa kontynuowane)
4. Biblioteki Wydziału Transportu
5. Biblioteki Wydziału Samochodów i Maszyn Roboczych
6. Biblioteki Wydziału Inżynierii Chemicznej i Procesowej
7. Kolekcji Instytutu Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Mieszkalnictwa w Bibliotece Głównej PW (prace sa kontynuowane)
8. Wydawnictwa Biblioteki Głównej z zakresu sygnatur C.000001 – C.090000 (w ramach skanowania inwentarzy Biblioteki Głównej) .

Realizacja projektu pozwoliła w znaczący sposób poprawić jakość informacji o dostępności najnowszego piśmiennictwa naukowego z zakresu: mechatroniki, transportu, inżynierii chemicznej, mechaniki, architektury, nauk społecznych i administracji. W ramach projektu Scalanie katalogów [...] prowadzono także prace nad reklasyfikacją części zbiorów.

Łącznie do Centralnego Katalogu Zbiorów Bibliotek PW, ogólnie dostępnego w Internecie,  w okresie realizacji zadania wprowadzono 102 512 egzemplarzy książek i czasopism. Pozwala to na lepsze ich wykorzystanie zarówno w środowisku pracowników naukowych i studentów PW, jak i osób z terenu całego kraju.

Na bieżąco prowadzone są prace nad aktualizacją katalogu, a retrokonwersja obejmuje kolejne sygnatury z Kolekcji Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Mieszkalnictwa oraz ze zbiorów Biblioteki Wydziału Architektury.

W okresie 2012-2013 projekt był dofinansowany przez  MNiSW, ze środków na działalność upowszechniająca naukę. W 2014 roku projekt kontynuowany pod tytułem: Kolekcje specjalne i zbiory dawne - uzupełnienia i poprawa jakości centralnego katalogu Bibliotek Politechniki Warszawskiej.

     

Kolekcje specjalne i zbiory dawne

Kolekcje specjalne i zbiory dawne - uzupełnienia i poprawa jakości centralnego katalogu Bibliotek Politechniki Warszawskiej

Nowa edycja projektu realizowanego w latach 2012-2013 (Scalanie katalogów bibliotek PW).

Celem projektu było uzyskanie większej kompletności informacji o zbiorach bibliotek PW w Centralnym Katalogu Zbiorów Bibliotek PW. W 2014 r. uzupełniano Katalog o opisy z kolekcji Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Mieszkalnictwa, Biblioteki Wydziału Architektury oraz Biblioteki Wydziału Samochodów i Maszyn Roboczych, a także sukcesywnie katalogowano zbiory ikonograficzne.

Łącznie wprowadzono w tym okresie 18 471 egzemplarzy książek, czasopism i zbiorów specjalnych oraz 450 fotografii. Reklasyfikacja, będąca elementem działań na rzecz poprawy jakości opracowania zbiorów, objęła 18 867 rekordów.

Jednym z zadań projektu było przeprowadzenie korekty opisów w obrębie katalogu. Prace te wykonywał specjalnie przygotowany zespół, wyłoniony spośród pracowników Biblioteki Głównej oraz pracowników bibliotek specjalistycznych. Korekcie poddano prawie 9000 opisów, w tym usunięto: 1 343 dubletów oraz w wyniku scalania opisów podczepiono 7 593 egzemplarzy książek, już istniejących w bazie. Przejrzano indeksy i zweryfikowano kilka tysięcy drobnych błędów literowych. W efekcie prowadzonych prac jakość danych uległa poprawie, choć zadanie to powinno być prowadzone w sposób ciągły z podobną intensywnością.

Na bieżąco prowadzone są prace nad aktualizacją katalogu oraz jego korektą, a retrokonwersja obejmuje kolejne sygnatury z Kolekcji Gospodarki Przestrzennej i Mieszkalnictwa oraz ze zbiorów Biblioteki Wydziału Architektury.

W 2014 roku projekt był dofinansowany przez  MNiSW, ze środków na działalność upowszechniająca naukę, przy czym dofinansowanie przyznane zostało we wrześniu (na okres od kwietnia do grudnia 2014), co ograniczało warunki jego realizacji.

     

Życie i dzieło prof. Jana Czochralskiego

Życie i dzieło prof. Jana Czochralskiego  — lata 2013-2014

W związku z ogłoszeniem roku 2013 Rokiem Prof. Jana Czochralskiego, Biblioteka Główna aktywnie uczestniczyła w działaniach podejmowanych w PW, których celem było uczczenie pamięci Profesora. Ważnym zadaniem BG było dokumentowanie informacji o odbywających się w związku z obchodami: wystawach, prezentacjach, seminariach i innych formach upamiętnienia Jego dokonań.
Biblioteka Główna gromadziła i przekazywała na stronę domową PW kalendarium imprez, linki do dokumentów (filmów, audycji radiowych) i wydawnictw związanych z obchodami Roku Jana Czochralskiego.  Biblioteka Główna przygotowała i upowszechniała gadżety oraz materiały informacyjne związane z obchodami.

W kwietniu 2013 roku BG uczestniczyła wraz z Muzeum PW w przygotowaniu wystawy 60 Rocznica śmierci prof. Jana Czochralskiego, a w październiku przygotowała własną 12 planszową wystawę zatytułowaną Życie i dzieło prof. Jana Czochralskiego. Równocześnie przygotowano prezentację multimedialaną (lekcję biblioteczną) poświęconą sylwetce Profesora. Była ona prezentowana w okresie 2013-2014 młodzieży szkolnej podczas spotkań informacyjnych dla maturzystów odwiedzających PW, a także w kilku warszawskich szkołach średnich oraz podczas przez

W 2013 roku otwarto w Muzeum PW stałą wystawę poświęcona Profesorowi Janowi Czochralskiemu, na której prezentowane są między innymi dokumenty archiwalne, pamiątki osobiste, a także płytki krzemowe i monokryształy krzemu wykonane w Instytucie Technologii Materiałów Elektronicznych.

W 2014 roku przygotowano do druku 3 częściową publikację:
Rok Jana Czochralskiego. - T.1: Zarys biografii i dokumentacja historyczna + Dodatek multimedialny, T.2: Pamięci Profesora Jana Czochralskiego: Wybór publikacji / współautor i redaktor naukowy Mirosław Władysław Nader. — Warszawa: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Warszawskiej, 2014. – (Zeszyty Historyczne Politechniki Warszawskiej T.15-16/2014).

Celem publikacji było utrwalenie wydarzeń 2013 roku związanych z upamiętnieniem dokonań Profesora Jana Czochralskiego. Publikacja, wydana w nakładzie 300 egz., została przekazana bezpłatnie do instytucji, w których odbywały się obchody, do osób zainteresowanych.

Więcej informacji o obchodach roku  Profesora Jana Czochralskiego  na stronie PW:
http://www.pw.edu.pl/Uczelnia/Profesor-Jan-Czochralski-patronem-roku-2013

W latach 2013-2014 projekt był dofinansowany przez  MNiSW, ze środków na działalność upowszechniająca naukę.

      

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Patents E-Search interdisciplinary bibliographic, full-text of selected titles open access pol
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New search engine of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. Information on applications and exclusive rights granted: inventions, utility models, industrial designs (including decorative ones), trademarks, geographical indications.

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive) physics full-text for registered users only eng
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  • Covers the period from 1893 to 2008
  • access to the archival volumes of  Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, Physical Review A–E
ProQuest ABI/INFORM Collection business, economic science, management, finance and accounting science full-text for registered users only eng
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Package contains:

  • ABI/INFORM Global,
  • ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry
  • ABI/INFORM Dateline
ProQuest Ebook Central interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng Contains ebooks
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  • The database contains items from Ebrary and EBL database
  • Books marked with green icon "Available" are available in full text
  • Books marked with yellow icon "Available on request" - can be borrowed by the library on specific time
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ProQuest Central science and technology full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • It provides access to databases across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion. The collection includes thousands of full-text scholarly journals, trade and professional titles, newspapers, magazines, dissertations, working papers, case studies, and market reports all together on a powerful, user-friendly platform. Includes packages:
    • Proquest Advanced Technologies and Aerospace Database;
    • Biological Science Database;
    • Materials Science;
    • Engineering Database;
    • Computer Science Database;
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • it is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, offering 5 million citations and 2.5 million full-text works from thousands of universities all over the world.
Reaxys - previous platform
Reaxys - new platform (access from the WUT network only)
organic chemistry, organometallic and inorganic chemistry, chemical engineering, medical sciences bibliographic for registered users only eng
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  • Elsevier Information GmbH
  • indexing  data from  Beilstein database (structures, reactions, physical and chemical properties, eco and pharmacological properties, contains also bibliography of organic compounds; Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic  compounds);  Patent Chemistry Database as an extra appendix.
  • If some of the functions do not  work, you should open the database from www.reaxys.com (access form the computers in WUT network)

Natural Science Collection:

  • Proquest Agricultural (wraz z AGRICOLA) and Environmental Science
  • Biological Science Database
  • Earth, Atmospheric and Aquatic Database
RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) chemistry full-text for registered users only eng
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  • published by  Royal Society of Chemistry
  • access to archives, covers the period from 1841
Sage Research Methods interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng SAGE Research Methods is a database that includes books, articles, videos, and interactive tools focused on research methodology. It offers access to over 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos, as well as interactive tools such as the Project Planner and Methods Map. The platform supports planning and conducting research and helps users develop their research skills. More information
Science Direct on Line on publisher server interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • published by Elsevier
  • journals
  • books –  Mathematics, Chemistry collections
  • books moved from Referex database
  • full text available only  for the titles and volumes marked by icon
SciFinder Discovery Platform: biomedicine, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science bibliographic for registered users only eng Individual account in the database is required for using it outside the WUT campus

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  • published by American Chemical Society

The platform includes access to chemicals structures, reaction diagrams, other chemical data and abstracts from scientific literature and patents. The platform consists of modules:

  1. CAS Formulus - access to the world’s leading collection of formulations, leading to insights that go beyond literature.
  2. CAS Analytical Methods - helps to discover the best scientific process to follow. Searching hundreds of thousands of methods across multiple fields of study, giving a comprehensive tool for comparing published scientific methods and techniques
  3. CAS SciFinder-n, including:
    • CAS Registry - Chemical compounds are described in many different ways including molecular formulas, chemical structures, generic, systematic, common, and trade names
    • CAS References - aggregates and connects scientific knowledge from thousands of journals and other literature sources published globally in more than 50 languages dating back to the early 1800s
    • CAS Patents - patent collection with English titles and abstracts and detailed indexing by CAS scientists, making complex aspects of patent documents, including chemical substances, sequences.
    • Chemisches Zentralblatt historical abstracts
SCImago Journal and Country Rank interdisciplinary factual open access eng
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  • it is a portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.
SciVal interdisciplinary bibliometric tool for registered users only eng SciVal is a scientiffic output research analytics tool
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  • It requires having individual account in Web of Science database
  • publisher: Elsevier
Scopus interdisciplinary bibliographic for registered users only eng
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  • Publisher - Elsevier
  • covers the period  since 1960
  • articles contain references, citation indices (for articles  from/since 1966)
SPIE Digital Library astronomy, optics, biomedical optics, photonics, information technology, micro-and nanotechnologies full-text for registered users only eng
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  • Publisher - SPIE
  • conference proceedings, journals, books
Springer Nature Link / on publisher server interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • Publisher - Springer
  • journals
  • full text articles available only for the volumes marked by icon
Taylor and Francis Online science and technology full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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The Taylor & Francis Online journal website contains peer-reviewed journals addressed to representatives of the pharmaceutical, biological sciences and clinical medicine sectors.

  • access to selected titles marked with green icon
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory interdisciplinary bibliographic for registered users only eng
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  • comprehensive information about series published in over 200 countries (including printed and electronic journals, magazines, newspapers)
US Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) science and technology full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • Technical documentation, proceedings materials, articles, multimedia, etc.
Wiley Online Library science and technology, social science full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng Contains ebooks
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  • covers the period  since 1997
  • full text articles available only for the volumes marked by icon
WoS (Web of Science Core Collection) interdisciplinary bibliographic for registered users only eng
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  • published by  Clarivate Analytics
  • WUT subscription contain:
    • Science Citation Index Expanded - since 1945
    • Social Sciences Citation Index - since 1956
    • Arts & Humanities Citation Index - since 1975
    • Conference Proceedings Citation Index - since 1990
    • Book Citation Index– Science - since 2005
    • Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities - since 2005
    • Current Chemical Reactions - since 1985
    • Index Chemicus - since 1993

There are also available databases:

  • BIOSIS Citation Index
  • Current Contents Connect
  • Data Citation Index
  • Derwent Innovations Index
  • Medline
  • Zoological Record
Zentralblatt MATH mathematics bibliographic for registered users only eng
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  • database prepared by The European Mathematical Society, Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe located in Germany, Academy of Sciences at Heidelbergu and Springer-Verlag publisher
  • abstracts from mathematic resources published before 1931, indexed in Zentralblatt fuer Mathematic catalogue
Zoological Record animal biology, veterinary science bibliographic for registered users only eng
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The world’s leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology

Ebookpoint BIBLIO interdisciplinary full-text; access to selected titles for registered users onlypol Contains ebooks

Individual account in database is required for using it outside the WUT campus

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  • publications from leading publishers including: Helion, Packt Publishing, Oxford University Press
Statista interdisciplinary factual for registered users only eng
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  • The database provides statistics and market data, forecasts, documentation, reports and infographics on economics, consumer goods, commerce, the Internet, advertising and media market, sports and recreation, technology and telecommunications, transport and logistics
  • It includes company profiles, national and industry reports, economic and market forecasts, descriptions of public opinion polls and demographic trends
VLeBooks interdisciplinary full-text, access to selected titles for registered users only eng Contains ebooks
  • The database contains items from closed database Dawsonera
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  • books available in full text can be found in "In My Library" section - possibility of reading online or downloading the full content of the book (for a specified time)
  • Other books content can be previewed for 3 minutes - option "Preview
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Total Materia interdisciplinary full-text for registered users only eng Attention, the database is temporarily available only from computers in the WUT network (entering directly via the link: https://portal.totalmateria.com). Remember to click the Log out button when finishing using the Total Materia database.
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Total Materia is a material properties data database. Total Metals module contains over 350,000 metallic alloys with a range of unique additional modules perfectly designed to meet engineering needs. It contains:

  • Properties for 450,000+ Materials
  • 3,000+ Sources for Advanced Data
  • Metals, Polymers, Ceramics, Composites
  • 150,000+ Stress-Strain Curves
  • 74 Standard Development Organizations
  • 35,000+ Materials with Cyclic Properties
  • International Cross-Reference Tables
  • Property Estimation and Interpolation
  • Chemical Composition
  • Data Export to CAE Software
  • Mechanical and Physical Properties
  • Identification of Unknown Materials
  • Multiple Material Comparison Options
  • Standard and Material Update Tracking
Cambridge University Press interdisciplinary full-text of selected titles for registered users only eng
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  • Full-text editions of the Cambridge University Press (CUP) academic journals (current issues with archives) in the field of science, technical, medical - as part of the STM collection.
ASME Digital Library mechanical engineering full-text of selected titles for registered users only eng
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Publisher The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Access to the following titles:

  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering for Gas, Turbines and Power
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Heat Transfer
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Mechanical Design
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Medical Devices
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Micro- and Nano- Manufacturing
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
  • Transactions of the ASME. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
ARIANTA interdisciplinary bibliographic open access pol
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  • contains information about polish electronic journals. Available links to more than 3000 titles
SAE Mobilus Academic Library civil engineering, environmental engineering, architecture, geotechnic, transportation full-text for registered users only eng
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The SAE Mobilus platform provides access to the most valuable publications issued by SAE International, relating to automotive transport, commercial ground vehicles, industrial machinery, and aerospace engineering technology.
The SAE Mobilus Academic Library provides access to the following content collections:
  • SAE Standards (over 42,000 documents)
  • Technical Papers (over 143,000 documents)
  • Journals (full list of magazine titles)
  • SAE EDGE Research Reports

Subject librarians

We are a team of subject librarians. We can guide you through the collections of the WUT Main Library and its branches.

We are responsible for formation of resources within the subject areas and for taking care of the book collection. We provide assistance with the subject areas and with the usage of library materials. One of our tasks is to realize purchase requests for new books needed in the academic community. We are open to your suggestions.

All users are invited to browse the library subject online guides. To do that, just select the subject area from the menu below.

If you have any questions, please email us: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Training programmes

The library training addresses the WUT students and faculty and all interested users.

Training programmes at WUT Main Library:

  • Training for undergraduate students
    • The library training for the university beginners - The training is addressed to all students who have just started their studies at WUT. The training programme is obligatory. Each student has the possibility to take part in the training which is usually organize at the beginning of the winter term between October and December. The training lasts 2 hours and helps students become acquainted with the whole range of possibilities offered by our library.
      The program consists of:
      • general information about our library system
      • opening hours
      • library structures and organization
      • information about the library holdings and access to possibilities
      • library Catalogues and multi-search engine
      The training can take a form of:
      • traditional lecture - 2 hours lecture in the Main Library or in in some faculty libraries
      • online course

      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Regular course: “Scientific and Patent Information” - The course is addressed to undergraduate students and the programme has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the National Qualifications Framework and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Currently implemented by Faculty of Civil Engineering (studies in English as medium of instruction).
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Training for graduate and postgraduate students
    • The library training for graduate students - “The Library step by step and the guide to electronic resources“. It is addressed to the  students who have just started their graduate studies at WUT.
      The training programme includes:
      • General information about our library system
      • The WUT Computer Central Catalogue and multi-search engine
      • Access to printed and electronic resources
      • E-resources (how to search a specific journal or book titles; how to search literature on a specific subject)
      • Standard and patent information
      Currently implemented by The Faculty of Engineering Production.
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Regular course “Information Literacy” - The course is conducted by librairans and addressed to graduate students. WUT ML specialists conduct lectures, workshops and also offer e-learning.
      The programme includes the following topics:
      • Review of bibliographical databases
      • Review of information sources on the Internet
      • building a search strategy for literature in databases
      • evaluating search results and gathering data
      • Citation Managers - managing downloaded information and attachments
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Librarians' support to the faculty regular course - The programme includes the following topics:
      • reviewing of bibliographical databases
      • reviewing of information sources on the Internet
      • building a search strategy for literature in databases
      • evaluating search results and gathering data
      • Citation Managers - managing downloaded information and attachments
      Currently implemented at the Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering as a part of regular course Searching and Sharing of Knowledge (5 from 15 hours)
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • “Informacja o zasobach bibliotecznych” (Information Literacy) for the PhD students - An obligatory course for PhD students. 4 hours of lectures + e-learning. The aims are:
      • acquainting students with the WUT Main Library holdings, including both printed and electronic resources
      • building a search strategy for literature in databases
      • managing scientific information from various sources
      • introducing the principles of preparing footnotes, citations and references
      • introducing the regulations concerning intellectual and industrial property and  review of patents’  databases
      • acquainting students with databases and tools like Web of Science, Scopus, Publish or Perish etc.
      • introducing the principles of making a proper assessment
      • selection of search results and applying them in a scientific work
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Tailored (subject) workshops for graduate and postgraduate students on searching literature and creating their own bibliographic database
      The training can be organized for a particular faculty or individually for interested groups of students. It  consists of a lecture followed  by workshops.
      Up to 20 students can participate in one workshop session which lasts 2 teaching hours (90 minutes). The structure and content of each session depend on the students and the course specialization. The course comprises (among other topics):
      • Electronic Information Sources (e.g. E-Books, E-Journals, bibliographic databases and central catalogues)
      • searching for literature in databases
      • searching for patents and standards etc.
      The length and frequency of the training units depend on the needs of the group and will take place either in ML Training Room or at the particular faculty.
      Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Individual library training

    Searching literature:
    The session can be organized on request of the students or staff of our University during the semester.
    Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Library training for the WUT staff
    1. General library training
    2. Advanced library training
    3. E-learning

    Each module will be prepared on request and tailored to the needs of indywidual WUT departments (in the field of electronic information sources, the literature search strategy, Web of Science and other databases for citations of the scientific literature).
    Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Online training

    The training, placed on the Main Library E-Learning Platform can be used by interested library users as separate teaching material or can complement traditional methods and forms of training offered by the Main Library, see E-Learning Platform

Interlibrary Loans

Delivering materials from other libraries

Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT ML) offers readers with an active library account a free service of bringing in library materials that are not available in the resources of WUT libraries. The service is provided by Interlibrary Loans (see Address and opening hours).

Order form

  • Principles
    • only documents which are not available in Warsaw libraries are imported from other domestic libraries; only documents which are not available in domestic libraries are imported from foreign libraries;
    • interlibrary order slips are issued to Warsaw libraries1, with which WUT ML has concluded relevant agreements (this does not apply to the libraries participating in BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme).

    1 With exclusion of the National Library and the library of SGH Warsaw School of Economics

  • Orders

    Documents from domestic and foreign libraries can be ordered:

    • by e-mail sent to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • by phone at 22 234 7401;
    • in person at the WUT Main Building, Open Stacks, 3rd floor (room 336).
  • Delivery

    The way in which the imported materials are made available to the readers depends on the form in which they have been delivered:

    • borrowed books - are made available only on the spot in Main Library, Open Stacks, 3rd floor, under the pledge of a document with a photograph;
    • photocopies - readers are notified by telephone or e-mail when the copies are available for collection;
    • scan copies - a file is sent by e-mail; if not possible (files secured by DRM) – a printout is available for collection in person.

Borrowing books from the ProQuest Ebook Central database

ProQuest Ebook Central gives access to more than 810,000 titles from nearly 650 professional, scientific and academic publishers (mainly in English). The database operates on the principle of e-book lending. All orders are sent to the WUT ML Interlibrary Loans service. A Library staff member decides whether the particular publication can be borrowed and then sends the information to the user's e-mail address. If the order is accepted, a link to the full text is sent to the user's e-mail address. More about the database

Loans of own collections to other libraries

  • Loans to other Warsaw libraries

    Not applicable to the libraries participating in BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme.

    We lend our own collections to libraries located in Warsaw on the basis of the rules adopted in the WUT ML Regulations (see Regulations). The service is available at the Open Stacks, location, 3rd floor, room 336, Mon.- Fri. 9:00-19:00, Sat. 9:00-16:00.

    In order to create/renew a library account, a registration form must be completed and delivered in person or sent by post to Open Stacks (original document needed). To renew the account, the library must not have any unpaid fees or overdue books. Registration form

  • Loans to domestic and foreign libraries

    The Library lends its own collections to domestic and foreign libraries for up to 30 days from the date of receipt. Maximum number of documents per account: 10. Instead of lending the original, the Library may make - by agreement and at the requesting party's expense - a copy of the requested document. The shipping costs of the requested documents are covered by WUT ML, while the return shipping costs are covered by the requesting party.

    The following regulations regarding: prolongations, renewals, fees for not meeting due dates or for losing borrowed documents apply to all libraries using Interlibrary Loans. Requests can be made by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. When ordering copies, please include the full name of the requesting unit, the address with postcode and the VAT number.

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:

 
  1. You can cite literally, but then you have to separate the citation from your own text.
  2. 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

See also useful publications:

  1. Martin, P. [online]. Introduction to basic legal citation. United States, 2012. Dostępny pełny tekst https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/99.
  2. Wytrębowicz, J. How to Write a Good Thesis. Some Tips [online].  Warszawa,  2018.  Dostępny pełny tekst http://bcpw.bg.pw.edu.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=8245

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