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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.
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CHemE labHints 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 • Patents: Search Patents • Step by step searching tutorial • 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 • Engineering Index – all engineering fields • Can also search along with Inspec • Web of Science • Science Citation Index • SciFinder Scholar • Chemical Abstracts • Knovel • Includes Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook • Full-text technical handbooks/reference texts
Knovel search • fuel cell* • Knovel Solutions EXAMPLES “Sand can settle in a pipeline if oil sands are not flowing at or above terminal velocity”
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
Other databases • NTIS-National Technical Information Service • latest U.S. government-sponsored research (scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information) • Materials Research Database with Metadex • Metalib • 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 donnab@andrew.cmu.edu