MSE 700 Library Session

Veronique Lecat
vlecat@aus.edu
February 19, 2023
Literature Search

This is an in-class activity aimed at assessing your ability to;

● Search academic papers and resources using the library databases.

● Understand & use the IEEE style of referencing and the use of Mendeley (or
other citation management tool of your choice) for referencing purposes
● Recognize the nature of research problems presented in academic papers.
● Critically review and evaluate research abstracts for academic papers.

You are expected to search academic papers that are relevant to any of the Materials Science
and Engineering PhD tracks that are of your interest;

· Advanced Materials including the properties, design, testing, production and usage of
novel construction materials, smart and functional materials, composite materials, and
nanomaterials for electronics, healthcare and chemical applications

· Materials for Energy and Environment including water treatment chemicals and
materials, renewable power technologies, energy conversion and harvesting materials, and
green technologies

· Structures including analysis, design, maintenance, testing, and construction of

sustainable infrastructure systems for buildings, transportation, oil and gas, and power
generation industries and architectures

· Analytical and Computational Modeling and Simulation of material and structural

response to use conditions to guide the development of new materials and structures

Note – Before starting this part, please identify your track of interest.
 1. Use WorldCat (the AUS Library’s main discovery tool) to search for an e-book that
relates to your selected research topic.

a. Export the citation for this e-book to Mendeley and record citation details in
the table below.

E-book Title: Nanoparticle Therapeutics: Production Technologies, Types

of Nanoparticles, and Regulatory Aspects

Author(s): Prashant Kesharwani

Kamalinder K. Singh

Year of publication: 2021

b. Use WorldCat to view the description for your selected e-book. Record all
the Subjects listed in the table below. Note, these are hyperlinks that will
direct you to other related sources.

Subjects: Synthesis and characterization of NP for drug delivery

Application of nanoparticles in drug delivery

Environmental and regulatory aspects

 2. Use WorldCat to search for and select 5 articles or conference papers that relate to your
chosen research topic. Use IEEE style format to list citation details for each article/paper
selected in the table below. List the keyword search terms you used to locate each
article/paper.

Article/paper citation: Search terms used:

1 [1] H. Daraee, A. Etemadi, M. Kouhi, S. Liposomes, smart delivery

Alimirzalu, and A. Akbarzadeh, “Application of
liposomes in medicine and drug delivery,”
Artif. cells, nanomedicine, Biotechnol., vol. 44,
no. 1, pp. 381–391, Jan. 2016, doi:
10.3109/21691401.2014.953633.

2 [2] M. Alavi and M. Hamidi, “Passive and active Active targeting, cancer
targeting in cancer therapy by liposomes and therapy, liposomes
lipid nanoparticles,” Drug Metabolism and
Personalized Therapy, vol. 34, no. 1. De
Gruyter, 01-Feb-2019, doi: 10.1515/dmpt-
2018-0032.

3 [3] F. Vakhshiteh, E. Khabazian, F. Atyabi, S. N. Peptide, cRGD, breast

Ostad, Z. Madjd, and R. Dinarvand, “Peptide- cancer
conjugated liposomes for targeted miR-34a
delivery to suppress breast cancer and cancer
stem-like population,” J. Drug Deliv. Sci.
Technol., vol. 57, p. 101687, Jun. 2020, doi:
10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101687.

4 [4] S. Zhuo, F. Zhang, J. Yu, X. Zhang, G. Yang, Drug delivery, pH, trigger
and X. Liu, “pH-Sensitive Biomaterials for Drug
Delivery,” Molecules, vol. 25, no. 23, Dec.
 2020, doi: 10.3390/MOLECULES25235649.

5 [5] W. H. Abuwatfa, N. S. Awad, W. G. Pitt, and Temperature, liposomes,

G. A. Husseini, “Thermosensitive Polymers and cancer, trigger
Thermo-Responsive Liposomal Drug Delivery
Systems,” Polymers (Basel)., vol. 14, no. 5,
Mar. 2022, doi: 10.3390/POLYM14050925.

3. Use Google Scholar to find a recent article related to a selected paper from question 3

● Hint – Go to Settings > Library links to add American University of Sharjah. This will
enable library links from off-campus.
● Export the citation for this article to Mendeley.
● Record the results in the table below using IEEE style.

Provide citation [6] S. Abdella et al., “pH and its applications in targeted
details in IEEE style drug delivery,” Drug Discov. Today, vol. 28, no. 1, p.
format. 103414, 2023, doi: 10.1016/J.DRUDIS.2022.103414.

4. Use ScienceDirect (library database) to find a recent article related to a selected paper
from question 3.

● Hint – Remember to narrow down your selection to engineering journals only.

● Export the citation for this article to Mendeley.
● Record the results in the table below using IEEE style.

Provide citation [7] B. D. Latha et al., “Fluorescent carbon quantum dots

details in IEEE style for effective tumor diagnosis: A comprehensive review,”
format. Biomed. Eng. Adv., vol. 5, p. 100072, 2023, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bea.2023.100072.
5. Use Scopus (library database) to find a recent article related to a selected paper from
question 3.

● Hint – Remember to narrow down your selection to engineering journals only.

● Export the citation for this article to Mendeley.
● Record the results in the table below using IEEE style.

Provide citation [8] N. M. AlSawaftah, N. S. Awad, W. G. Pitt, and G. A.

details in IEEE style Husseini, “pH-Responsive Nanocarriers in Cancer
format. Therapy,” Polymers (Basel)., vol. 14, no. 5, p. 936, Mar.
2022, doi: 10.3390/POLYM14050936.

6. Open the Scopus (library database) paper from question 5. Review paper details. How
many times has this paper been “Cited By” others? (If this number is high, consider
accessing these further resources as examples of extended research).

Times cited: 12

7. Open the full text of your paper from question 5. Scroll to the References section and
select a journal article of interest. Does the AUS Library provide full text access to this
article? (Hint: Use Journal Finder).

Yes | No
 Journal Colloids and Surfaces B
Name:

8. If Yes, open the most recent issue of this journal and search for related research in your
area of research interest.

If No, provide details of how you can go about gaining access to the full-text of this paper.

Volume 224-In progress (April 2023)

[9] Y. Baek, E. W. Jeong, and H. G. Lee, “Encapsulation of resveratrol

within size-controlled nanoliposomes: Impact on solubility, stability,
cellular permeability, and oral bioavailability,” Colloids Surfaces B
Biointerfaces, vol. 224, p. 113205, 2023, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113205.

9. Use Mendeley reference manager to insert all your citations into a Word document
(you don’t have to write anything!) using IEEE citation style. Then insert a bibliography into
your document.

[1] H. Daraee, A. Etemadi, M. Kouhi, S. Alimirzalu, and A. Akbarzadeh, “Application of

liposomes in medicine and drug delivery,” Artif. cells, nanomedicine, Biotechnol., vol. 44,
no. 1, pp. 381–391, Jan. 2016, doi: 10.3109/21691401.2014.953633.

[2] M. Alavi and M. Hamidi, “Passive and active targeting in cancer therapy by liposomes and
lipid nanoparticles,” Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy, vol. 34, no. 1. De
Gruyter, 01-Feb-2019, doi: 10.1515/dmpt-2018-0032.

[3] F. Vakhshiteh, E. Khabazian, F. Atyabi, S. N. Ostad, Z. Madjd, and R. Dinarvand, “Peptide-

 conjugated liposomes for targeted miR-34a delivery to suppress breast cancer and
cancer stem-like population,” J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol., vol. 57, p. 101687, Jun. 2020,
doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101687.

[4] S. Zhuo, F. Zhang, J. Yu, X. Zhang, G. Yang, and X. Liu, “pH-Sensitive Biomaterials for Drug
Delivery,” Molecules, vol. 25, no. 23, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.3390/MOLECULES25235649.

[5] W. H. Abuwatfa, N. S. Awad, W. G. Pitt, and G. A. Husseini, “Thermosensitive Polymers

and Thermo-Responsive Liposomal Drug Delivery Systems,” Polymers (Basel)., vol. 14, no.
5, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.3390/POLYM14050925.

[6] S. Abdella et al., “pH and its applications in targeted drug delivery,” Drug Discov. Today,
vol. 28, no. 1, p. 103414, 2023, doi: 10.1016/J.DRUDIS.2022.103414.

[7] B. D. Latha et al., “Fluorescent carbon quantum dots for effective tumor diagnosis: A
comprehensive review,” Biomed. Eng. Adv., vol. 5, p. 100072, 2023, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bea.2023.100072.

[8] N. M. AlSawaftah, N. S. Awad, W. G. Pitt, and G. A. Husseini, “pH-Responsive

Nanocarriers in Cancer Therapy,” Polymers (Basel)., vol. 14, no. 5, p. 936, Mar. 2022, doi:
10.3390/POLYM14050936.

[9] Y. Baek, E. W. Jeong, and H. G. Lee, “Encapsulation of resveratrol within size-controlled

nanoliposomes: Impact on solubility, stability, cellular permeability, and oral
bioavailability,” Colloids Surfaces B Biointerfaces, vol. 224, p. 113205, 2023, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113205.

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