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Getting Started @ The Libraries

10 Things to Get You Started @ The Libraries

Contact me, your EED librarian, if you have any questions - research help, literature searches, instruction requests, suggestions for our collection, etc.
Off campus? Make sure to use the UF VPN to get access to all the Libraries have to offer - journals, books, and databases.
Bookmark the Marston Science Library Page.
Need articles? Search a database! Find ones appropriate for your research on the Searching the Literature tab of this guide.
Looking for a specific book or journal? Search the UF Catalog. You can also renew your items and check your library account using Primo.
Need something UF doesn't own? Use Interlibrary Loan to request it and we'll get it for you using our global library network. More info can be found here.
Need course material? Use Course Reserves to access the textbooks, readings, and other resources for your classes.
Want to keep your references for your paper organized? Learn about options to keep track of your references and generate bibliographies from the Citation Management guide.
More than just books! Reserve a study room or check out all the tech & tools we have to offer.
Need to print or scan? Marston has B&W, Color, and Plotter printers. Print costs range from $0.08/page to $3.00/foot and can be found here: https://print.at.ufl.edu/help/pricing/. Scanners are located on the 1st & 2nd floors.

Open Education Resources (OER)

Are freely available curricular materials. Below is a listing of various repositories

ELD's Open Textbooks for Engineering
The Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE list of high-quality open textbooks.
OER Commons - Engineering
OER initiatives aim to grow a sustainable culture of sharing and continuous improvement among educators at all levels. These are their engineering resources.
MIT Open Courseware - Engineering
Makes the materials used in the teaching of MIT's subjects available on the Web.
Khan Academy - Sciences
Videos across multiple STEM disciplines.
MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material.
OpenStax
OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, specializing in open textbooks for the largest undergraduate courses.
Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks.
PhET Interactive Simulations project
Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
Flickr Creative Commons
Images with for open use via Creative Commons license.

Searching the Literature

remember by Julynn B. from the Noun Project

Remember: When accessing the Libraries' online resources off-campus make sure you are using the UF VPN.

Articles

In addition to engineering databases like Engineering Village (including Compendex & Inspec) and IEEE Explore, UF has many education-related databases.

ERIC (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This database is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide extensive access to education-related literature. ERIC provides coverage of journal articles, conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
Education Source This link opens in a new window
Contains thousands of education journal articles, books and education-related conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education and includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
**You can search Education Source, & Professional Development Collection together in EBSCO by clicking on the "Choose Database" option**
Education Database This link opens in a new window
Contains literature on the study and application of education across all levels of education, including early childhood education, primary and secondary education, and higher education.
Professional Development Collection This link opens in a new window
Specialized information for professional educators.
**You can search Education Source, & Professional Development Collection together in EBSCO by clicking on the "Choose Database" option**
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
Covers Anthropology, Emotional and behavioral characteristics, Mental processes, Observational and experimental methods, and Psychiatry and psychology.
PsycINFO (on EBSCOHost online platform) 1887-Current This link opens in a new window
Databases devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Contains international literature on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print This link opens in a new window
Contains full-text reviews for test products in psychology, education, business and leadership. In addition, it provides a bibliography to all known commercially available English-language tests currently in print.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with a powerful search interface. In addition to records of over 84 million scholarly publications, it also includes author and institutional profiles.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary database covers all STEM and social sciences. A good mix when looking for articles in engineering education!
Dimensions Analytics This link opens in a new window
ENTER YOUR UFL EMAIL and then LOG IN WITH YOUR GATORLINK. Dimensions Analytics is a comprehensive scholarly database where you can search publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, datasets, and policy documents. Courtesy of UF Research.

Looking for Computer Science education resources?

See the Computer Science Education guide.

Conference Papers, Preprints, and Other Documents

ASEE PEER
The American Society for Engineering Education's conference paper repository.
Full text from 1996 - present
EdArXiv
EdArXiv (Education Archive) is a free, open source, non-profit service that allows researchers to post and search working papers, unpublished work, conference materials, and articles under review (preprints).
Frontiers of Engineering Education (National Academy of Engineering)
The Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium brings together some of the nation’s most engaged and innovative engineering educators in order to recognize, reward, and promote effective, substantive, and inspirational engineering education.

Books and E-Books

The best way to find books and E-books is to use the Primo search tool. This tool searches across many of our resources, including the UF Libraries catalog. Click on the red buttons below to learn more about how to search in Primo.

Some e-book services for engineering:

Access Engineering

A collection of engineering books and textbooks from McGraw-Hill.

ENGnetBASE

ENGnetBASE has handbooks in civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial, and mining engineering from CRC Press.

IEEE-Wiley eBooks

This collection focuses on electrical engineering and includes Bioengineering, Power & Energy, and Communication technologies as well as other growing areas of research.

Knovel

Knovel has handbooks, encyclopedias, reference books, and standards from the world's leading publishers and professional societies in engineering, biotechnology, life sciences, chemistry and materials. Knovel's productivity tools, (including interactive tables, graphs and live equations) allow users to work within Knovel to analyze the data they find.

SPIE Digital Library's eBooks

A collection of books on optics and photonics.

Springer eBooks

Includes a collection of engineering books and laboratory protocols.

Go To Complete List of E-books

Writing & Citing

Help with the Writing Process

Check out the Education Writing Resources Guide. The guide has books to help you with:

Authorship

How is collaborative research defined in your discipline?

It's important to establish roles and authorship at the beginning of a project, and create partnering agreements.
Who should be the authors of your article (remember this includes students!), and who merits acknowledgement rather than authorship?
Consider the widely-recognized standards like NISO's CReditT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which can help you define the different contributor roles.

Authorship Determination Scorecard
The American Psychological Association (APA) has developed an Authorship Determination Scorecard to aid in the decision-making process.

Managing Your References

These programs will save you hours--literally!--of time. Citation management software can store all your articles and reformat them to meet the requirements of just about any journal. Just remember to proofread your works cited (or bibliography or references) page in case a citation wasn't formed properly in a database.

Find out more on our Citation Management guide.

Publication Venues

Suggest an Addition

Title	Summary	Research Articles	Practice Articles	Peer-Reviewed	Impact & Ranking	Open Access?
Advances in Engineering Education (AEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	No	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
American Journal of Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
Australasian Journal of Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	SJR	Hybrid*
Computer Applications in Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*
European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Hybrid*
Global Journal of Engineering Education (GJEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	No	SJR	Yes
Higher Education Pedagogies (formerly Engineering Education)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
IEEE Transactions on Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*
International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	SJR	No
International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering (IJSLE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Journal of Engineering Education (JEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
Journal of International Engineering Education (JIEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Journal of Online Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Studies in Engineering Education (SEE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	Yes
World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education (WTE&TE)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes

* Hybrid journals allow authors to pay an article processing charge (APC) to make their article open access immediately.

Suggest an Addition

Title	Summary	Research Articles	Practice Articles	Peer-Reviewed	Impact & Ranking	Open Access?
Engineering Studies	Scope For Authors Find Articles - ILL	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*
International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes
Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (JWM)	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR	Yes
Research in Engineering Design	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	No	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*
System Dynamics Review	Scope For Authors Find Articles	Yes	Yes	Yes	SJR JCR	Hybrid*

* Hybrid journals allow authors to pay an article processing charge (APC) to make their article open access immediately.

Suggest an Addition

Title	Summary
American Educational Research Association (AERA)	Info Find Articles
American Chemical Society National Meetings (Chemical Education Division)	Info
American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings (ASEE)	Info Find Articles
Physics Education Research Conference (PERC)	Info Find Articles
American Society for Microbiology’s Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE)	Info
Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE)	Info
BIOME Institute “Igniting IDEAS: Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, and Accessible Communities Leading Change in STEM Classrooms”	Info
The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD)	Info Find Articles
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)	Info Find Articles
Frontiers in Education (FIE)	Info Browse Proceedings Find Articles
The Grading Conference	Info
International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)	Info
National Association of Biology Teachers’ Biology Education Research Symposium	Info Proceedings
National Association of Biology Teachers’ Inclusive Teaching Symposium	Info Proceedings
National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)	Info
Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER)	Info
Society for Personality and Social Psychology	Info Find Presentations
Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE)	Info
Cross Discipline-Based Education Research Conference (X-DBER)	Info

Identifying Predatory Journals

The issue of predatory journals is on the increase. Here is a short presentation about Navigating Questionable Publishing Practices

Below are some tips from the library to evaluate potential publication venues prior to submitting:

Reputable journals are included in databases such as InCites Journal Citation Reports, PubMed, Compendex, or Web of Science which apply rigorous criteria for scholarship and adherence to best publishing practices.
Check a journal for transparent policies, particularly regarding editorial board composition, peer-review and reasonable author processing fees. Think, Check, Submit offers a great checklist to help you evaluate a journal’s credibility.
Reputable journal publishers tend to be members of organizations such as COPE or OASPA and adhere to these organizations’ recommended practices for ethical, transparent scholarly publishing.

Need help evaluating? Contact me at abuhler@ufl.edu. Our Copyright and Open Educational Resources Librarian, is also a great resource.

Funding Sources

Government

One of the easiest ways to locate federal grant opportunities is searching the opportunities database on www.grants.gov (they even have a mobile app you can use).

Here are some specific programs from the National Science Foundation (NSF) & Department of Education (DoE)

NSF - Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) "The Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program seeks to advance new approaches to and evidence-based understanding of the design and development of STEM learning opportunities for the public in informal environments; provide multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences; advance innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments; and engage the public of all ages in learning STEM in informal environments."
NSF - America's Seed Fund "For 40 years, America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF has helped startups and small businesses transform their ideas into marketable products and services. We focus on high-risk, high-impact technologies — those that show promise but whose success hasn’t yet been validated — and each year, we award $200 million in funding to entrepreneurs across the country."
NSF - Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) The NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) seeks to award grants intended to support research independence among early-career academicians who specifically lack access to adequate organizational or other resources. It is expected that funds obtained through this program will be used to support untenured faculty or research scientists (or equivalent) in their first three years in a primary academic position after the PhD, but not more than five years after completion of their PhD. Applicants for this program may not yet have received any other grants or contracts in the PI role from any department, agency, or institution of the federal government, including from the CAREER program or any other program, post-PhD, regardless of the size of the grant or contract, with certain exceptions as noted below. Serving as co-PI, Senior Personnel, Postdoctoral Fellow, or other Fellow does not count against this eligibility rule.
NSF - Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) "The DRK-12 program invites proposals that address immediate challenges that are facing preK-12 STEM education as well as those that anticipate radically different structures and functions of preK-12 teaching and learning. The DRK-12 program has three major research and development strands: (1) Assessment; (2) Learning; and (3) Teaching."
NSF - EHR Racial Equity in STEM Education Persistent racial injustices and inequalities in the United States have led to renewed concern and interest in addressing systemic racism. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seeks to support bold, ground-breaking, and potentially transformative projects addressing systemic racism in STEM. Proposals should advance racial equity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development through research (both fundamental and applied) and practice. Core to this funding opportunity is that proposals are led by, or developed and led in authentic partnership with, individuals and communities most impacted by the inequities caused by systemic racism.
NSF - Research Experience and Mentoring "The NSF Research Experience and Mentoring (REM) program supports hands-on research and ongoing mentorship in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) for high school students, STEM teachers, undergraduate STEM students, faculty, and veterans."
NSF - Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science "This program supports active long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Mathematics (STEM) in-service and pre-service teachers, full-time community college faculty, university faculty and students, and industry partners to enhance the scientific disciplinary knowledge and capacity of the STEM teachers and/or community college faculty through participation in authentic summer research experiences with engineering and computer science faculty researchers."
DoE - List of Grant Programs
DoE - Grant Forecast This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs.

Foundations

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "We work with partners worldwide to tackle critical problems in six program areas. Our Gender Equality Division works to achieve gender equality by integrating gender across the foundation’s global work and investing in women’s economic empowerment, women’s leadership, and removing the barriers for women and girls to thrive. Our Global Health Division aims to reduce inequities in health by developing new tools and strategies to reduce the burden of infectious disease and the leading causes of child mortality in developing countries. Our Global Development Division focuses on improving the delivery of high-impact health products and services to the world’s poorest communities and helps countries expand access to health coverage. Our Global Growth & Opportunity division focuses on creating and scaling market-based innovations to stimulate inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Our United States Division works to improve U.S. high school and postsecondary education, and support vulnerable children and families in Washington State. And our Global Policy & Advocacy Division seeks to build strategic relationships and promote policies that will help advance our work. Our approach to grantmaking in all six areas emphasizes collaboration, innovation, risk-taking, and, most importantly, results."
The Kern Family Foundation "The Kern Family Foundation’s mission is to empower the rising generation of Americans to build flourishing lives anchored in strong character, inspired by quality education, driven by an entrepreneurial mindset, and guided by the desire to create value for others. We focus on initiatives that have long-term, systemic impact. The Foundation was established in 1998 by Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern, founders of Generac Power Systems."
The Spencer Foundation "The Spencer Foundation has been a leading funder of education research since 1971 and is the only national foundation focused exclusively on supporting education research."
Systems Engineering Research Center The Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), a University-Affiliated Research Center of the US Department of Defense, leverages the research and expertise of senior lead researchers from 22 collaborator universities throughout the United States. The SERC is unprecedented in the depth and breadth of its reach, leadership, and citizenship in systems engineering through its conduct of vitally important research and the education of future systems engineering leaders.

Industry

Boeing's Community Engagement Program "Through purposeful investments, employee engagement and thoughtful advocacy efforts, Boeing and its employees support innovative partnerships and programs that align with our strategic objectives, create value and help build better communities worldwide."

Student Funding & Opportunities

Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM "The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The conference is aimed at college and university undergraduate and graduate students who participate in programs funded by the NSF HRD Unit, including underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities."
The National GEM Consortium "GEM is a network of leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities, and top research institutions that enables qualified students from underrepresented communities to pursue graduate education in applied science and engineering."
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program "The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions."
NSF Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN) "U.S. global competitiveness depends critically on the readiness of the Nation's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce and NSF seeks to continue to invest in programs that directly advance this workforce. As part of this effort, a supplemental funding opportunity is available in fiscal years FY 2021 and beyond to provide graduate students with experiential learning opportunities through research internships to acquire core professional competencies and skills to support careers in any sector of the U.S. economy."

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Engineering Education & Research

Getting Started @ The Libraries

10 Things to Get You Started @ The Libraries

Open Education Resources (OER)

Open Education Resources (OER)

Searching the Literature

Remember: When accessing the Libraries' online resources off-campus make sure you are using the UF VPN.

Articles

In addition to engineering databases like Engineering Village (including Compendex & Inspec) and IEEE Explore, UF has many education-related databases.

Conference Papers, Preprints, and Other Documents

Books and E-Books

Some e-book services for engineering:

Writing & Citing

Help with the Writing Process

Check out the Education Writing Resources Guide. The guide has books to help you with:

Authorship

More topics related to Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) from the APA.

Managing Your References

Find out more on our Citation Management guide.

Publication Venues

Identifying Predatory Journals

Funding Sources

Government

Here are some specific programs from the National Science Foundation (NSF) & Department of Education (DoE)

Foundations

Industry

Student Funding & Opportunities

Your Librarian

Suggestions