Transcript unitops2009.ppt

CHemE lab
Hints to help you:
Explore the vast body of chemical
engineering literature
Compare your work (experiments) to what
has been done by others
Communicate your efforts effectively by
your ability to research the theory and
practice of a given topic
Research question
How can we make this better?
I have an idea to improve this…
Who is working on this already?
Searching Patents
USPTO
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Patents: Search Patents
Step by step searching tutorial
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Patents: Search Patents
Download U.S. Patents in pdf:
http://www.pat2pdf.org/
Research question
Looking for information on sugar-chewing
fuel cells (fuel cells that run on glycerol)
What databases do you
recommend?
Compendex
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Engineering Index – all engineering fields
Can also search along with Inspec
Web of Science
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Science Citation Index
SciFinder Scholar
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Chemical Abstracts
Knovel
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Includes Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook
Full-text technical handbooks/reference texts
SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder Scholar
Explore Substances
Knovel search
fuel cell*
Knovel Solutions EXAMPLES
“Sand can settle in a pipeline if oil sands are not
flowing at or above terminal velocity”
Compendex/Inspec
Hint: Look your term up in EI Thesaurus
Refine search:
Compendex/Inspec
Choose headings from “Refine Results”
part of the screen
Can also “Add a term”
Click “Include” tab to perform the search
To find a copy of the article, click
Web of Science
Cited Reference Search
Web of Science
Other databases
NTIS-National Technical Information Service
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latest U.S. government-sponsored research
(scientific, technical, engineering, and businessrelated information)
Materials Research Database with Metadex
Metalib
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Searches across several databases at the same time
Don’t forget
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial
Chemistry
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical
Technology
Google Scholar
Try these search engines:
 Scirus
 Clusty
Contact me for your info needs:
Donna Beck
Engineering Librarian
[email protected]