Library Workshop ME 215

Spring 2010

Librarian: Haymwantee Singh

Professors: Ernest Geskin and Mohammad Behi

singhh@njit.edu, 973-596-8498

ObjectivesObjectives

• Determine your information requirements for your research question

• Locate and retrieve relevant information using scholarly websites and resources

• Evaluate the quality of a website

• Use bibliographic tools for citing your sources

Workshop TopicsWorkshop Topics

• Library Homepage

• Web Research

• Database Research

•Cite Your Sources•Evaluate Your Sources

List of Mechanical Engineering Databases

Research Databases for MEResearch Databases for ME

• ASME journals online – mechanical engineering• Academic Search Premier – general • Science Direct – science, engineering, etc• Scopus – science, technology, medicine, business• ReferenceUSA – gives company and industry info.• Patents• Business Source Premier – business information• Lexis Nexis – law and ethics

QuestionQuestion

How do I find information on pharmaceutical reactors?

www.google.com

Technology of ReactorsTechnology of Reactors

• Types of reactors • Safety • Processes applied in the manufacture of

a final product• By-products of the manufacturing

process• Materials used in design of the vessel -

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Evaluate Web ResourcesEvaluate Web Resources

1. Authority2. Accuracy3. Currency4. Objectivity

Evaluate Web ResourcesEvaluate Web Resources

For more go to:

http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/evaluate.php

What is a Peer-review SourceWhat is a Peer-review Source

Peer review is what characterizes academic research. If a publication is peer reviewed it means it has been read, checked and authenticated (reviewed) by independent, third party academics (peers). Peer review has been the quality-control system of academic publishing for hundreds of years.

Peer-reviewed journals are also called scholarly journals. Many of the library databases contain such journals. Some databases include only peer-reviewed titles while others allow the user to restrict a search to peer-reviewed or scholarly only.

Learn more at:http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/tutorials/scholarlyfree/

Cite Your SourcesCite Your Sources

Get help at:

http://library.njit.edu/researchhelpdesk/howto/cite.php

AssignmentAssignment

1. Name a specific pharmaceutical product for your research (except aspirin).

2. What type of pharmaceutical reactor or vessel is used to manufacture this specific product?

3. What are the raw materials or ingredients that are used to make this product?

4. What processes are needed to convert the raw materials to the final product?

5. What type of energy is required in the manufacturing process?

– Heat - Explain– Electrical - Explain

Assignment (continuedAssignment (continued• What tools are used for the production of the final

product?• What are the by-products of this manufacturing

process?• Give a description of the characteristics of the

container or vessel that you have identified for the manufacturing of your chosen product.

• Using APA style, make a list of three sources or references that you have used in this research.

• What is the purpose of this particular pharmaceutical reactor?