Information Resources in Chemical Engineering

David Bezotte, Librarian (487-3041; dbezotte@mtu.edu) Library Website: www.lib.mtu.edu

Services to Graduate Students

Library Hours

Monday - Thursday 7:45 am 12:00 Midnight Friday 7:45 am 5:00 p.m.

Saturday Noon 6:00 p.m. Sunday Noon 12:00 Midnight

"Extended Hours" study space open 24/7. Break and holiday hours will be posted.

 

Circulation

To borrow an item from the collection, bring the book to the Circulation Desk on 1^st floor or to the Self-Checkout unit near the Bridge exit on 2^nd floor, with your "Tech Express" card. Books may be borrowed by graduate students for seventeen weeks, but are subject to recall after three weeks if needed by another borrower. Periodicals may be borrowed for three days.

 

Interlibrary Loan

To request books and articles from other libraries, complete an Interlibrary Loan Request Form, available by selecting Interlibrary Loan on the Library's website and logging into ILLiad.

 

Reference & Information / Library Use Instruction

         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 such as CM4861 Chemical Plant Design, 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 Library's website. We encourage you to contact us to arrange a one-on-one consultation with a librarian when you begin your literature search.

 

JRVP Library Catalog - On the Library's web page

 

Database	Boolean	Proximity/ Phrase	Truncation/ Wildcards	Full Text	Retrieve Results
JRVP Library Catalog lists what is available in the JRVP Library	AND, OR, NOT in a Keyword Search.	Choose as a phrase in a Keyword Search.	? multiple-character   Automatic truncation in a Basic search.	No	E-mail, Disk, Print

 

To find what books, journals and government publications that the Van Pelt Library owns and where they are located, use the JRVP Library Catalog. When you enter the catalog, a Basic search screen appears.

 

To search for a periodical title, click on the Journal Title button, then type the title of the periodical in the box provided. 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.

 

To find the full title of a journal from an abbreviation, consult Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI), located near Chemical Abstracts in the Indexes & Abstracts area on the 2nd floor (QD 1 .A52 INDEXES), or Periodical Title Abbreviations: By Abbreviation, available at the Reference Desk (PN 4832 .P47 REF DESK), or this web site: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm

 

When searching for more complex titles such as conference proceedings, a Keyword Boolean search is usually effective. Click on the Keyword Boolean 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.

 

 

 

Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) - Examples

Q General Science	S Agriculture
QA Math & Computer Science	SD Forestry
QC Physics	T Technology
QD Chemistry	TA General & Civil Engineering
QE Geology	TD Environmental Technology
R Medicine	TP Chemical Technology
RS Pharmacy	TS Manufactures (includes pulp & paper)

Use for shelving most of the library's materials. For a more detailed outline, go to http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

 

Locating Books & Periodicals

Books and other materials available for check-out are shelved by LCCS call number on the 3^rd floor in the main collection.

Periodicals in print or microformat 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): Older volumes in print format.

MICROFICHE & MICROFILM AREA (2nd Floor, west): Older volumes on microfiche or microfilm.

Electronic Journals can be found under E-Journals on the Librarys web page. In addition, many of the Library's licensed databases contain journal articles in full text. If you're viewing an article citation from a database and see the Husky Fetch symbol , click on it to view options for locating the article.

Reference Collection - 2^nd Floor

The reference collection contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, standards, codes, catalogs, etc., shelved by Library of Congress Classification System call number. Here are some examples:

 

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics QD 65 .C5 REF

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology TP 9 .E561 REF (Also online under Databases)

 

Perrys Chemical Engineers Handbook TP 151 .P5 REF

Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design (McKetta) TP 9 .E66 REF

Ullmanns Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry TP 9 .U57 2003 REF

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology TP 1110 .E53 2003 REF

 

ENGnetBASE (Handbook of engineering data) - Select Databases on the Library's web page.

Compiles a wide range of information previously published in CRC engineering handbooks. The online database will be updated continually, and its coverage will be expanded. Current coverage includes general, structural, electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental, remediation, and optomechanical engineering.

 

Indexes & Abstracts - Print - 2^nd Floor

To help researchers find references to articles in older journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, a collection of periodical indexes and abstracting services is available near the north entrance to the second floor. To access articles in recent publications, refer to "Indexes & Abstracts - Databases" below.

 

Indexes & Abstracts - Databases

To find citations to articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications, go to the Librarys website and select Databases. The resulting screen offers four search options for finding databases:

(1) "Search for Databases" to search database titles and/or descriptions,

(2) "Databases A-Z" to browse an alphabetical list by title,

(3) "Search by Subject Headings" to view databases grouped by subject, and

(4) "Search by Providers" to view databases grouped by publisher/provider.

 

Here are some recommended databases:

 

ABI/Inform (ProQuest)

Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories and new product development. Citations include abstracts and indexes of significant articles from current business and management periodicals. Includes some full text.

 

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.

 

Beilstein/Gmelin

Beilstein contains data on organic compound structures and substructures. Gmelin contains structure and factual data relating to inorganic and organometallic chemistry.

 

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

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, wait a few minutes and try again. The Chemical Abstracts Service web page provides an overview of SciFinder Scholar at http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html.

 

Compendex

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

 

Corrosion Abstracts CSA Illumina (1980-present)

International coverage of general corrosion, testing, corrosion characteristics, preventive measures, materials construction and performance, and equipment for many industries.

 

Current Research @ Michigan Technological University (ProQuest)

A searchable full text database of dissertations submitted by Michigan Tech to UMIs Dissertation database. Full-text PDF files are available for most dissertations from 1968. Also includes some theses. In ProQuest, select Interdisciplinary Dissertations & Theses to search this database.

 

Engineered Materials Abstracts - CSA Illumina (1986-present)

Includes Composites, Advanced Polymers, and Ceramics subfiles.

 

Forest Science Database (1939-present)

A comprehensive guide to international forestry literature covering the development, production, utilization, improvement, ecology and management of the earth's forests. Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts published in Forestry Abstracts, Forest Product Abstracts and Agroforestry Abstracts from their respective beginnings.

 

METADEX CSA Illumina (1966-present)

Comprehensive source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development.

 

NTIS (National Technical Information Service) CSA Illumina (1964-present)

Provides citations to information in a wide variety of subject areas resulting from research sponsored by the U.S. government as well as by organizations worldwide. NTIS is the source for purchasing the publications appearing in this database.

 

Web of Science (1973-present)

Offers access to ISI Citation Indexes (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Citation indexes allow researchers to take an older paper they know is useful/relevant and find who cited it in more recent papers. JRVP Library is licensed to provide this database to a maximum of three users at one time.

 

 

 

Database Keyword Search Tips

For tips on additional databases, select Tutorials on the Librarys website, then Database Keyword Search Tips, or consult the online Help offered by each database.

 

Collections/ Databases	Boolean	Proximity/ Phrase	Truncation/ Wildcards	Full Text	Retrieve Results
ABI/Inform Global accesses citations and articles from business/industry periodicals.	AND, OR, AND NOT	PRE/N same order within n words of one another. W/N either order within n words of one another. NOT W/N at least n words apart. W/DOC within the same document. To search for phrases longer than two words, enclose in parentheses	? miltiple-character * single-character	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
Compendex indexes the literature of all engineering disciplines worldwide, back to 1970. Search capabilities shown here are available in the Quick Search Interface.	AND, OR, NOT	Phrase - use quotation marks or braces. NEAR/0 - adjacent NEAR/x - either order within x words of one another. ONEAR/x - same order within x words of one another. If no number of words is specified, four is assumed. NEAR & ONEAR don't work with truncation, wild-cards, parenthesis, quotes or braces.	* multiple-character ? single character   System applies Autostemming to retrieve possible variations of a word.	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
FirstSearch accesses over 50 databases, including AppSciTechAbs, Environment, PapersFirst,and Proceedings	AND, OR, NOT	Wx - same order within x words of one another Nx - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character # single-character + singular or plural only (s or es) ? any number of characters	Some	E-mail, Disk, Print
CSA Illumina accesses databases in materials science including Engineered Materials Abstracts, Corrosion Abstracts, and NTIS.	AND, OR, NOT	If no operator is used, words are searched as a phrase. Within/x - either order within x words of one another	* multiple-character   ? single-character	No	E-mail, Disk, Print