A brief intro

to Chemical Engineering resourcesfor ENCH200, 2012

Liaison librarian

Deborah Fitchett

• Chemical and Process

• Civil and Natural Resources

http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ench

Subject guide

Learn

Internet Wikipedia Books Journal articles Newspapers Pamphlets Library Other people – friends, parents, lecturers Phone up organisations to get information

We’ve used…

DVDs Library Help desk Archives Databases Textbook hire TV news

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Types of resources

•Dictionaries

•Encyclopaedias (inc. Wikipedia)

•Handbooks

Tertiary

•Books

•Literature reviews / review articles

Secondary

•Technical reports

•Theses•Journal

articles•Conferenc

e papers•Lab books

Primary

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Trade magazinesEg Chemical Engineering, TCE Smaller General topics, in more general terms Short, summary-style articles More colour, photos, looks nice More opinionated, casual Lots of ads, has a directory Gives background of authors – more

personal details Figures are more general Gets attention Secondary source

JournalsEg Journal of Chromatographic Science,

Reviews in Chemical Engineering More detail on more specific topics –

talking to a knowledgeable audience Describes experiments in depth Black and white, looks more official More formal, factual, technical Written like a report – introduction,

conclusion, references Presence of references Figures/graphs have more numbers Gives information Primary source

Reading a citation

[1] Colak, A. T.; Colak, F.; Yesilel, O. Z.; Buyukgungor, O. Synthesis, spectroscopic, thermal, voltammetric studies and biological activity of crystalline complexes of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid and 8-hydroxyquinoline. J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 936 (1-3), 67-74.

[1] Colak, A. T.; Colak, F.; Yesilel, O. Z.; Buyukgungor, O. J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 936 (1-3), 67-74.

The parts of a book

Title/author/publisher/date, cover blurb Same authors throughout (or at least same editors) Publishing/copyright details Contents page – for finding general topics Acknowledgements, foreword, preface, introduction Chapters – not always structured but may have

subheadings/subtitles Index – keywords for finding specific subtopics Glossary to define key terms Reference list – at end of book or end of chapter (or

sometimes beginning of book)

(Cf textbook which usually has examples, exercises, is more general and may be bigger)

Standards

Online AS/NZS ASTM IEEE NFPA fire

codes

Print AS BS ISO Eurocodes

Key reference material

ChemWatch

ChemSpider.com

General: Where to find chemical engineering information for assignments etc Difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary resources Asklive service to get help from library staff

Journals and magazines: How to tell the difference between a journal and a magazine The library has interesting chemical engineering magazines How to search journals through Learn and Canterbury website How to read a citation – had no idea!

Books and standards: Quick review of book as a whole – textbooks vs other books How to access online standards via the UC website

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Reference material: You can use encyclopedias to get background/general understanding Online chemical engineering encyclopedias which will be very helpful Useful reference sources such as Perry’s handbook Wikipedia has references that could be books and websites Prominent chemical engineering texts can be viewed online

Databases: How to access all the databases linked with the uni – very useful Awesome Chemspider.com – draw to search/identify molecules Chemwatch - hazards associated with chemicals and consequences

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Library opening hours EPS: 8am-9pm Mon-Thurs; 8am-6pm Fri; 10am-5pm Sat-Sun More: http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/hours

What you can and can’t borrow You can borrow almost everything. Exceptions are books in the small

reference collection, and some theses and other special items – their catalogue record will say “Reference” or “Library use only”.

What are the printing facilities? EPS has photocopier/scanners, and printers (including A3 and colour).

Charges come from your Canterbury Card. (Scanning is free.)

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Some of the specific Chem.Eng. journals There’s a couple of lists at

http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=227007

Are there free engineering magazines? You can borrow TCE and Chemical Engineering for free from the library,

or various websites have similar articles – contact me and I’ll help you find something appropriate to your interests.

Magazines: primary, secondary, tertiary? Mostly secondary – reporting on research that someone else has done –

but usually less in-depth than other secondary resources.

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Where to find Chemical Engineering books Search in the catalogue or MultiSearch to get the call number, then look

on the shelves upstairs (or by the entrance for 3-hour/3-day books) Or browse:

http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=167505

What are the most useful/used Chemical Engineering books?

Tricky! The textbooks currently on high demand are at http://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.CC&term=ench For more info on the most used I’d have to delve deep into our software...

Where to find recent up-to-date theses? http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/

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How to learn Excel Try the new book “Foundations of Excel”

http://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&index=BIB&term=1726686

Information on how reports are structured Some useful books are listed at

http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=262747

Accessing other library systems You can join Christchurch City Libraries Some access to many other NZ academic libraries:

http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/services/borrow_otherlibs.shtml

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More helpful sites Chemical society websites at

http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=285449

Searching for sources online http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/ has good advice

What criteria do I use in choosing keywords to search for? The general principle is to use words that will be in the results you want,

but won’t be in the results you don’t want.

How to filter out the search results? If you use MultiSearch, use the “Refine” options on the left of the results

screen to narrow down which results you want/don’t want.

This all takes practice – visit me and I’ll help with your search.

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