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Finding information to back up your reports for ENCH 395 (2012) and beyond Deborah Fitchett

Finding information to back up your reports

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Covers the Chemical Engineering subject guide, choosing the appropriate database for your information needs, selecting keywords and limits, and using results to find similar articles.

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  • 1. Finding informationto back up your reportsfor ENCH 395 (2012)and beyondDeborah Fitchett

2. EPS Library Mon-Thur 8am-9pmFri 8am-6pm Sat-Sun 10am-5pm 3. Liaison librarian Deborah FitchettChemical and ProcessCivil and Natural Resources 4. Subject guidehttp://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ench 5. Learn 6. Types of resources Dictionaries Tertiary Encyclopaedias (inc. Wikipedia) Handbooks BooksSecondary Literature reviews / review articles Technical reports Theses Primary Journal articles Conference papers Lab books 7. Key reference material (print)(online) (online) 8. ChemWatch 9. ChemSpider.com 10. Key databasesCompendex akaEngineeringSciFinderChemistryWeb of Science aka General science/engineeringScopus General science/engineeringMultiSearchMulti-disciplinary * Off-campus, log-in via top barGoogle Scholar Multi-disciplinary * Edit Settings -> Library Links 11. Searching Chooseyourkeywords 12. SearchingSet yourlimits 13. SearchingEvaluateyour results 14. Read activelyandselectively 15. Pearl-growingSamePapers inkeywordsreference list Same Newer papers author citing it 16. Stuck?Dontstrugglealone... 17. Contact me Chat Meet Email