CM3410 Distillation/Brewing Project Library Resources

Sean Clancey, Instructor and CEO

David Bezotte, Librarian (JRVP Library, Room 203, dbezotte@mtu.edu, 487-3041)

 

For Assistance

         For online library tours, guides, maps, and tutorials, select Tours, Tutorials, and/or Maps on the Librarys website.

         For a copy of this guide and for lists of resources recommended for specific classes, select Course Guides.

         For individual assistance or instruction from a librarian, visit the Reference & Information desk on 2^nd floor, phone 487-2507, or use e-mail or instant messaging by clicking Ask a Librarian on the Librarys website.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) access to items from other libraries.

Requests are made through ILLiad, the personalized online ILL account system.  After your initial registration is complete, use ILLiad to request books and articles.   ILLiad also allows you to track the status of your requests and cancel requests. 

ILL requests may also be made directly through most research databases such as WorldCat, CSA Metadex, and Compendex.  Follow the HuskyFetch menu options and select "Get Item from another Library via ILLiad."  Please be sure to check the JRVP Library holdings before submitting a request directly from a database.

Locating Books & Periodicals

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection, shelved by Library of Congress call number.

Periodicals are shelved by Library of Congress call number in these locations:

CURRENT JOURNALS (1^st Floor): Recent issues kept here until bound or reissued in microfilm/fiche.

SERIALS COLLECTION (Garden Level): Bound periodicals.

MICROFORMS AREA (2nd Floor): Microfilm & Microfiche cabinets located on west side of 2nd floor.

Electronic journals are found under E-Journals on the Librarys web page. To determine whether or not the library owns a particular periodical, checking both the JRVP Online Catalog and E-Journals is recommended.

 

Suggested reference materials - 2^nd Floor

Use to collect background information or start your research. The collection is arranged by subject using Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) call numbers.

 

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology TP 9 .E56 REF and online

Index includes entries for specific compounds.

Encyclopedia of Microbiology QR 9 .E53 1992 REF

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing & Design TP 9 .E66 REF

Ullmanns Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry TP 9 .U57 2003 REF

Encyclopedia of Food Science & Technology TP 368.2 .E62 1992 REF

Encyclopedia of Polymer Sciences & Engineering TP 1037 .E46 1985 REF

Indexes include entries for Beer and/or Brewing.

Knovel Interactive Library: Introductory Package - Combines essential and authoritative reference books and databases from more than 30 Sci-Tech publishers and professional societies including complete access to Chemical Properties Handbook, Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, and much more.

 

JRVP Online Catalog- Use to find what books, journals and government publications that the Library owns and where they are located. When you enter the catalog, a Basic search screen appears.

• To search for a periodical, search by Journal Title for the periodical title (sometimes called "Source"), rather than by article title or author.
• When searching for more complex titles such as conference proceedings, a keyword search is recommended. Click on the Keyword Search button, then enter several of the most unique keywords from the conference title, then select all of these from the pull-down menu on the right.

Periodical & Newspaper Indexes

To find citations to articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys website and select Databases. For tips on using techniques such as truncation and Boolean & proximity operators in various databases, select Tutorials on the Library's website, then Database Keyword Search Tips. Individual databases also have online help available.

 

Most databases include some articles in full text. If you're viewing an article citation from a database and see the Husky Fetch symbol , click on it for options for locating the article. Most of these databases may be accessed from off-campus by entering your MTU ISO/Husky Mail user ID and password. Here are some databases recommended for this course:

 

ABI/Inform (1971 Present)

Scholarly and comprehensive way to explore and understand business research topics. Search nearly 1800 worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.

 

Academic OneFile - Premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, and more. Allows researcher to limit searches to "peer-reviewed publications".

 

Agricola First Search (1970-present)

Indexes publications in agricultural sciences, including food science and chemistry.

 

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (ASTA) FirstSearch (1983-present)

Indexes and abstracts articles in every area of science, engineering, and technology from trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals. Allows a Reviewed Journal Phrase field search for peer-reviewed journal.

Biological Sciences - Cambridge Scientific (1982-present)

Indexes over 6000 publications in the biological sciences.

 

Compendex (1969-present)

Indexes publications in all engineering disciplines, applied physics, electronics, materials science and related fields in science & management worldwide back to 1970. Also provides access to engineering web-site abstracts, patents, engineering handbooks and more.

 

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts from 1967 to the present for substance information, 1907 to the present for bibliographic information)

Select Standalone Application and follow instructions that appear on the screen

The JRVP Library is licensed to provide SciFinder Scholar to one user at a time, so if you try to access it and it's not available, just wait a few minutes and try again. A link to a SciFinder Scholar tutorial is available on the Librarys web page also, and the Chemical Abstracts Service web page provides an overview of SciFinder Scholar at http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html.

 

Web of Science

ISI Citation Indexes (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index), containing multidisciplinary, high quality research information from the world's leading science, social science and art and humanities journals.

 

WorldCat FirstSearch

A worldwide library catalog useful for finding out what books have been published on a particular subject.

 

Suggested public websites

American Society of Brewing Chemists (ASBC): http://www.asbcnet.org/

To search for abstracts of presentations from ASBC Annual Meetings:

http://www.asbcnet.org/meetings/pastmtgs.htm

Master Brewers Association of the Americas: http://www.mbaa.com/

The web site allows you to view posters from annual meeting poster presentations.

 

Patents

Google Patent Search

With Google Patent Search, you can now search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that interest you.

 

Patents database from US Patent and Trademark Office

US patents are primarily covered. Provides both bibliographic and full-text searching. Using the classification system is an important method for finding patents.

Access Note: Viewing full-page images requires a TIFF image browser plug-in. Links to plug-ins are at http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/plugins/index.html.

If you do not have a TIFF image browser plug-in or would rather view the patent as a pdf you can enter the patent number at http://www.pat2pdf.org.

 

The European Patent Office

This database enables you to search the patent applications published by the European Patent Office over the last 24 months (for EP patents older than 24 months you should select the worldwide database option).

 

Michigan and Federal Laws, Licensing and Regulation

Lexis-Nexis Academic (Found under Databases) Click on Legal to access Federal and State codes, cases, and other legal information. See options under Legal Searches on the right side of the screen.

 

Lexis-Nexis Congressional (Found under Databases) Congressional publications, including the Code of Federal Regulations.

 

Selecting Government Documents on the Librarys website will lead you to a variety of state and federal government publications.

 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) - http://www.atf.gov/

Includes regulations and bureau publications.

 

State of Michigan www.michigan.gov

Areas of possible interest under Business & Economic Growth include Environmental Quality, Labor & Economic Growth, and Licensing & Permits.

 

Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/

Legistlative information from the Library of Congress. Includes the U.S. Code.

 

USA.gov www.usa.gov

Searches millions of Federal and state government sites. Leads to information of interest to business such as guides to laws and regulations for specific industries.

 

Finding Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journals

Periodical Directories Identifying Peer-Reviewed Journals

Ulrichs Periodicals Directory Z 6947 .U5 REF DESK

Magazines for Libraries (Katz) Z 6941 .K2 REF DESK

 

Some of the periodical indexes listed above allow you to limit a search to Refereed journals.

Consult these web sites offered by other institutions.

Identifying Refereed Journals: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3_1.html

Identifying Research Articles: http://www.lib.waldenu.edu/serials.html

 

 

Evaluating Web Sites: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Citation style guides:http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html- A site on citation styles produced by Concordia University Libraries.