CM3410 Distillation/Brewing Project Library Resources

Sean Clancey, Instructor and CEO

David Bezotte, Librarian (J. Robert Van Pelt Library - Room 203; 487-3041; dbezotte@mtu.edu)

 

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.

 

Locating Books & Periodicals

Most library collections are arranged by subject using the Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) call numbers. Here are some examples:

Q General Science	T Technology
QD Chemistry	TP Chemical Engineering & Technology

 

Books are located on the Third Floor in the Main Collection.

Periodicals are shelvedin 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.

 

Reference Collection - 2^nd Floor

Use to collect background information on an issue or start your research.

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 science and technology publishers and professional societies, including complete access to Chemical Properties Handbook, Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, Perry's Chemical Engineering Handbook, and much more.

ThomasNet - Industrial search engine that provides one source for finding the exact products, services, or suppliers. Also gives buyers direct access to the detailed information they need to make a purchasing or specifying decisions, including line-item product details, CAD drawings, and more.

 

JRVP Online Catalog- Use to find what books, journals and government publications that the Van Pelt 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. A Journal Title search may result in a list of several records for the same title; you may need to view more than one of these to find the issue date youre seeking. The HuskyFetch link on the journal record leads to electronic access to the journal, if available. 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.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) To request books and articles not available here from other libraries, complete the appropriate New Request form, available by selecting Interlibrary Loan on the Library's website and logging into ILLiad (Inter-Library Loan Internet Accessible Database). When using ILLiad for the first time, click on First Time Users to set up your account; youll need your MTU User ID and Password. 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.

 

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

Artisan Distilling: a Guide for Small Distilleries / Kris Arvid Berglund. 2004: Michigan State University and Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.

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

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

Beer Judge Certification Program - http://www.bjcp.org/index.php

To promote beer literacy and the appreciation of real beer, and to recognize beer tasting and evaluation skills.

Brewhaus home distillation supplies - http://www.brewhaus.com/

Michigan Beer Finder

 

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

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/

Legislative 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.

 

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, 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).

 

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

Periodical Indexes - Some of the periodical indexes listed under E-Resources on the Librarys web page (http://www.lib.mtu.edu/) allow you to limit your search to peer-reviewed journals.

Consult these sites provided by other institutions:

Identifying Research Articles: http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/lsx/tutorial/section3.html

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

Identifying Scientific Journals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_journal

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.

AIChE Style Guide for Authors and Speakers

 

Databases (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 - Covers a wide range of business and management topics.

 

Biological Sciences (CSA Illumina) - Indexes over 6000 publications in the biological sciences.

 

Compendex - Provides comprehensive access to the latest engineering research covering engineering and applied science taken from over 5,000 engineering journals, conferences and technical reports.

 

FirstSearch - Databases marked with ( * ) allow a Reviewed Journal Phrase field search for peer-reviewed journal.

*Applied Science & Technology Abstracts (ASTA) Covers trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies and specialized subject periodicals in every area of science, engineering and technology.

Agricola - covers major agricultural subject journal articles, book chapters, monographs, conference proceedings, serials, technical reports, and other materials.

*Wilson Business Abstracts - Complete and accurate indexing and abstracting of 345 leading business magazines.

*WilsonSelectPlus Full text articles from over 1400 periodicals covering research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, Education and General Sciences.

WorldCat Worldwide library catalog with over 52 million bibliographic records, including library holdings information, for all types of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. This does NOT index periodicals at the article level.

 

Lexis-Nexis Academic Wide range of news, business, legal, medical, and current affairs information in full text.

 

HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)

HSDB is part of TOXNET (TOXicology Data NETwork), a cluster of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and related areas. It includes Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER), Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS), Genetic Toxicology (Gene-Tox), Tox Town, Household Product Database, Haz-Map, and TOXMAP. In addition it includes TOXLINE, DART/ETIC, Toxics Release Inventory. Finaly, TOXNET also includes ChemIDplus.

 

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.

 

Thompson Gale - Allows researcher to limit searches to "peer-reviewed publications".

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, the arts, theology, literature and more.
General OneFile - Business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles, many with images.

 

Web of Knowledge

Web of Science (1973-present)

Provides citation indexing, allowing researchers to find out who cited particular papers.