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Need to understand a
word, phrase or topic but
don't need the in-depth presentation of a textbook? Try a specialised handbook or encyclopaedia. These sources are intended for the professional engineer who needs a quick, reliable answer, but does not have a library of textbooks at hand. The Library has a copy of the Petroleum engineering handbook in the Reference Collection (622.338 B811p) together with a number of dictionaries for aspects of exploration, drilling and production. These are at 622.3 - 622.338. Petroleum engineering is addressed in a number of other specialised handbooks from related disciplines, eg. the major encyclopedias for chemical technologies, known by the editors' names, Ullmans, Kirk-Othmer and McKetta have substantial coverage. Ullman's and Kirk-Othmer are both available electronically. McKetta (Encyclopedia of chemical processing and design) is only available in print form (Reference Collection 660.03 E54). There is a brief index in volume 35. For ideas for processing equipment see Chemical process equipment: selection & design (Reference Collection 660.283 W151c) Aspects of materials and structures are covered in Structural engineering handbook (Reference Collection 624.17 S9274.4), Handbook of structural engineering (Reference Collection 624.1 C518h) Comprehensive structural integrity (Reference Collection 624.171 M6593c). Environmental issues are covered in Encyclopedia of environmental control technology, (Reference Collection 628.4 C521e) volumes 5, 6 and 9. Where are the text books? Use Basic Search on the Library Catalogue and type in the title of the text book and Search by: Title (omit beginning 'The', 'A' etc). If you are not sure of the title, in Basic Search under Search by: select Keywords (use and, or, not " ") and type significant words from the title, separated by the computer command AND Dewey Decimal Classification numbers used in the Barr SmithLibrary for books and journals on petroleum engineering and related topics. Browsing the shelves is another way to come across items of interest. Less efficient than searching the Catalogue but there's always the serendipity factor. What books does the Library have on my topic? When you need to find books on a specific topic, from the Library Home Page <http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/index.html> click on the link to Catalogue [second rectangular box on the lefthand side of the screen, towards the top] which takes you to Basic search: At Search for: type in some of the words you would expect to find in the title of a useful book. Each word should be separated by the computer command and eg. drilling and
well and
oil
where the Catalogue will find every record for a book
which includes these three these words in the title, subject headings
or notes.To broaden your search consider adding other words that could be used for a concept. Put the computer command or between each alternative word, with parentheses around this set of alternative words, eg. (oil or petroleum or gas) and drilling
Another way to broaden your search is to use the truncation symbol to search for alternative endings to a word. For example drill* will find any word beginning with the letters drill in that order, so it will find drill, drilled, driller, drilling, drillings, drills, eg. (drill* or excavat*) and (oil* or petrol* or gas*)
and (ocean*
or
underwater or offshore)
Who wrote what, when,
where? After you have sufficient background information on a topic you may then need comment on issues that interest you. Remember that comment available freely on the internet is often personal opinion with no academic or professional status. The Library subscribes to a number of commercial indexes, known as databases, which you can search to find out what journal articles and conference papers have been written on your topic. Where the Library subscribes to a journal then a link to the full text may be provided by the database. If not, check the Library Catalogue under the title of the journal to see if the Library has the journal. You can use almost the same search strategy that you developed for a keyword search in the Library Catalogue. For Petroleum engineering the starting place is the OnePetro However aspects of petroleum and natural gas exploration and processing can be found in Compendex - engineering GeoRef - exploration, geology, mining Business Source Complete - business and management Discussion on current issues will also appear in the broad general databases such as Academic search elite; Expanded academic index; elibrary; ANZ reference library. For international newspaper coverage use Factiva.
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