Information LiteracyChemical Engineering Project students

Sunette SteynbergDepartment of Library Services

Overview• E-Books• Scopus• SciFinder• Abstract to full text• Interlending• Referencing techniques

Libraries/Units/CollectionsLibraries/Units/Collections

EBIT web site (http://www.library.up.ac.za/ebit/)EBIT web site (http://www.library.up.ac.za/ebit/)

Select Chem.eng.Select Chem.eng.

Electronic booksElectronic books

Submit your student number and library PIN to get access to library electronic material

Submit your student number and library PIN to get access to library electronic material

Knovel library = 2 000 engineering booksKnovel library = 2 000 engineering books

Interactive tablesInteractive tables

DatabasesDatabases

Focused web

information

Academic library

sources

17,000 titles

5,000 publishers

STM &Social

sciencesWorld’sLargest

Abstract & Citation

Database

What is Scopus?

15% Elsevier sources85% other publishers

386 million scholarlyWeb items, E-prints,theses, dissertations,patents

Fastest route to FullText

SearchSearch

Refine resultsRefine results

Full textFull text

CitationsCitations

Show abstracts in fullShow abstracts in full

The most comprehensive database on chemistry.

Dates from 1907.

Getting registered• Accesshttps://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=B7402CFA-86F3-5055-6073-A2B18DE2A61E• Next• Complete your particulars

- use UP e-mail, i.e. @up.ac.za or @tuks.co.za

• Choose user id: 5-15 characters, letters and numbers

• Choose password: 7-15 characters, letters, numbers and non-alphanumeric characters (e.g. @,#,&,*)

• Access your e-mail and click on URL send by SciFinder

Continue to this websiteContinue to this website

Sign InSign In

Accept licencing agreementAccept licencing agreement

Explore references/ Do a topic searchExplore references/ Do a topic search

Explore substancesExplore substances

Search according to a substance nameSearch according to a substance name

Experimental propertiesExperimental properties

ReactionsReactionsCommercial sourcesCommercial sources

Substance detailSubstance detail

Substance detailSubstance detailAnalytical studyBiological studyCombinatorial studyFormation, NonpreparativeOccurrencePreparationProcessPropertiesProphetic in PatentsReactant and ReagentUses

Analytical studyBiological studyCombinatorial studyFormation, NonpreparativeOccurrencePreparationProcessPropertiesProphetic in PatentsReactant and ReagentUses

Properties for ArsenicProperties for Arsenic BiologicalChemical DensityElectricalElectronicFlow and diffusionInterface MagneticMechanical NuclearOptical & scatteringSpectraThermal

BiologicalChemical DensityElectricalElectronicFlow and diffusionInterface MagneticMechanical NuclearOptical & scatteringSpectraThermal

Get reactionsGet reactions

Web sites where you can order chemicalsWeb sites where you can order chemicals

r

Abstract/Reference to full article

1.Electronicjournals

2.Books/

JournalsIn Library

3.Interlending

3.Interlending

Interlending requestsInterlending requests

Referencing techniques

Harvard style

Questions

sunette.steynberg@up.ac.za