How to Use IEEE Xplore.pub - Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Display Search Results
View selected items to download
records as a text file or directly into
EndNote Web:
Tick this check box to
choose which results
to save, then view
selected items.
Number of results
retrieved.
Use AbstractPlus for the full
document information and to
see search terms highlighted in
red.
View the article
PDF with this link.
You can also see the citing
documents i.e. which other
IET/IEEE papers have cited
this one.
Examples
1.
Find both words:
<communication> and <business>.
OR aged OR elderly
Find either <aged> or <elderly> or
both.
NOT mouse NOT computer
Exclude the word <computer*> from
<mouse>.
2. Words with variant Spelling
Truncation
* computer*
3. Phrase Searching - quotation marks :
“semiconductor”.
How To Use
IEEE Xplore
Function
Combine search terms - Boolean
Operator
AND communication and business
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Library
Find words containing a common
word root: computer, computers,
computerize.
Search the exact phrase.
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What is IEEE Xplore / IEL?
The industry's most powerful resource, IEEE/IET
Electronic Library (IEL) provides access to almost a third
of the world's current electrical engineering and computer
science literature. Brought to you by the IEEE XploreВ®
digital library, IEL features high-quality content from
IEEE and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
3. Advanced Search
Advanced Search gives
you more options.
3
1
We do not have full-text
access to books or courses
so you can un-select these
boxes.
GETTING INTO IEEE XPLORE / IEL
1.
Access through Library OPAC
==> Online Database
==> IEEE Xplore / IEL
2.
Choose for Basic Search or Advance Search. For Basic
Search, just enter your keywords.
2
Type just 1 concept on each line and combine keywords
with AND, OR, NOT.
IEEE Xplore automatically searches for word variations
like plurals.
For an exact match, put the
word(s) in quotation marks (“ ”).
To search for an author, use the surname
first, then a space, then an initial known
Limit your search by date
and type of publication,
and control how many
results are presented and in
what order.