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Useful
Shortcuts THE encyclopaedias- Kirk-Othmer Ullmann's Lists of articles [databases] -for aspects of chemical engineering see- CHERUB ENGINE Compendex Scopus SciFinder Scholar Web of Science -useful from related subject areas are- SPE eLibrary EnergyFiles Water resources abstracts Biosis previews -for business and management issues see - Business Source Complete Emerald Patents Standards Australian Standards Statistics Getting a copy of an article Library Catalogue Document Delivery Chemical data Costs - guides (for educational use only) Environment matters Engineering ethics Digital dissertations online Which library has this journal? Interlibrary Loans Intercampus Requests Joint Store Requests Essay, thesis, report writing How your references should look EndNote Exam papers available in the Library Image and Copy Centre New Journals Remote student library service Other tertiary & research institutions The School of Chemical Engineering Ask a Librarian |
Desktop Library for Chemical Engineering
Start a literature search with the encyclopaedias for facts, discussion and lists of the more important original references. Available electronically are - Kirk-Othmer
encyclopedia of chemical technology. 1997- Provides a broader coverage than Kirk-Othmer, with substantial lists of references including patents. These encyclopaedias are both published by Wiley. At the home page, on the
right-hand side, under the heading SEARCH, click
on the link to Search in this Book
> to go to the web page for the encyclopaedia
at SEARCH FOR type in words for your area of interest. Click in the box adjacent to Full Text, then scroll down to click on (Search) In case our links fall apart, there is a back-up print version in the Reference collection. Use the separate index volume to trace information on a topic or substance. Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry.
5th
ed. 37 volumes 1985-1996. Encyclopedia of chemical technology. 4th
ed. 25 volumes.
1991-1998. Encyclopedia of chemical processing. (McKetta) 2nd ed. 5 volumes. 2006. Reference collection 660.03 E54.2 Focuses on the process
technologies.
Particularly useful is Bringing
Costs up to Date, volume 69, pages ix-xii. This short
section explains the cost indexes used in the chemical industry and
where to find them as well as providing three tables of examples.
In addition, try one of the many specialised encyclopedias and handbooks in the Library which cover aspects of chemical engineering. Use databases to find out what articles, papers, reports and patents exist for aspects of Chemical Engineering try - CHERUB: CHemical Engineering Reference User Bibliography. 1989- CHERUB lists
articles from prominent
English-language
journals
in chemical engineering.
Ei CompendexWeb. 1970- The primary international
index for all aspects of
engineering; there
is some overlap with SciFinder Scholar.
SciFinder Scholar. 1907- The world of chemical
literature in one place!
Many other specialised databases are available for aspects of engineering. See the links in the lefthand column for the most likely contenders. If your search does not work out as you expect, please contact the Engineering Librarian, Kay Leverett. Environmental matters Engineering Ethics Wikipedia has a useful article on engineering ethics with links to the relevant sites of professional associations. |
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