Library Guides: Subject Research Guides: General

Information Literacy

See the InfoLit Guide for training and tips to help you develop your skills in gathering, evaluating, and using information.

ScienceDirect [Elsevier]

Tutorials are available in the ScienceDirect Support Center.
Tips for Using the Product.

ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication This link opens in a new window

Getting Started - resources for any discipline

Rensselaer Libraries Discovery Platform This link opens in a new window

Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Multi-databases / Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
SSRNeLibrary (Social Science Research Network) This link opens in a new window
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window

News Sources

New York Times This link opens in a new window
The New York Times Site License includes the iOS app for New York Times Audio. Once the app is downloaded from the App Store, you will be required to enter the account login/password you created for your NYTimes access.
Gale OneFile: News This link opens in a new window
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Multi-databases / News and Newspapers This link opens in a new window

Streaming Video

AVON (Academic Video Online) This link opens in a new window

Theses and Dissertations

ProQuest Multi-databases / Dissertations and Theses This link opens in a new window
EBSCO Open Dissertations, 1933 - This link opens in a new window

Rensselaer Digital Collections

Patents

What Is a Patent?

Grant of property right to inventor, issued by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Depending on type of patent, term of new patent is from 14 to 20 years from filing date.
U.S. patent grants are effective only within U.S. and its territories and possessions.

Type of Patent

Utility - Granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and "non-obvious" process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful Granted for 20 years from date of filing.
Design - Granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Granted for 14 years from date patent was granted.
Plant - Granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. Granted for 20 years from date of filing.

Patent Searching

USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office)

Search for Patents

Seven Step USPTO Patent Search

Google Patents

Espacenet (European Patent Office)

WIPO (Worldwide Intellectual Property)