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Chemical Engineering

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Encyclopaedias: 
Handbooks: 
  1. Perry's chemical engineers' handbook (print)
  2. Perry's chemical engineers' handbook (online)
  3. CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
  4. ENGnetBASE - online engineering handbooks published by CRC Press
  5. Handbook of nanophase and nanostructured materials
  6. SpringerMaterials - based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, a data collection covering all areas of physical sciences and engineering
  7. Knovel - online reference library for engineering. Access equations, data, drawings, etc. that are found in engineering handbooks and manuals.
Dictionaries: 
  1. Dictionary of environmental science and technology
  2. Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary
How-to Guides: 

E-Books (Online Books)

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

Summon (Library homepage) provides access to the UQ Library collection of print and online books, journals, theses, newspapers, conference proceedings and more.

Specialised research databases:

  1. Compendex
    Citations with abstracts to worldwide literature in engineering and technology.
  2. Chemical engineering reference user bibliography (CHERUB)
    CHERUB is a bibliographic reference source to the chemical engineering literature, including general and specialist topicS. 1956 -
  3. IEEE Xplore digital library
    Provides full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards.
  4. Pubmed
    Includes citations for biomedical articles and provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.
  5. Reaxys
    Includes: Beilstein -- Gmelin -- MDL patent chemistry database
  6. ScienceDirect - covers full-text journal such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology and Trends in biotechnology.
  7. SciFinder
    Access the CAS databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
  8. Scopus
    Abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.
  9. Web of Science
    Access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching.

Access to all databases for Chemical Engineering.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources: 

Additional Resources
  1. IBISWorld - marketing research: Australian industries, covering major players, industry performance and outlook.
  2. Knovel - integrating technical information with analytical and search tool
  3. OnePetro - access a broad range of technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry

Chemical Prices
  1. ICIS dedicated hub page for students and academics
  2. Business Source Complete
  3. ICIS Chemical Business (via Business Source Premier)
  4. Factiva
  5. SciFinder - to find a list of suppliers search for the chemical name under 'Explore Substances'.

Minerals Information
  1. USGS Commodity Statistics and Information - statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials
  2. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) Data - resources and energy sectors

Patents
  1. Derwent Innovations Index
  2. eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
Theses
  1. Search for UQ, Australian and international theses
  2. Proquest Digital Dissertations

Standards

Standards: 
  1. SAI Global on-line premium
    Full-text access to all current Australian standards
  2. IEEE xplore digital library
    Full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) standards
  3. Annual book of ASTM standards

For further information see our Standards How-to guide

Tables, Formulas

Tables, Formulas: 
  • International tables for crystallography (IUCR)
  • Knovel - online reference library for engineering. Access equations, data, drawings, etc. that are found in engineering handbooks and manuals
  • SpringerMaterials - based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, a data collection covering all areas of physical sciences and engineering

Web Sites

Web Sites: 

Journal information

  1. All that jas: abbreviations Acronyms & Abbreviations Resource
  2. CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool confirm journal titles and abbreviations for publications indexed by CAS since 1907
  3. Ulrichsweb source for determining the status of a title eg. whether a given title is a trade publication, peer reviewed etc.

Chemistry

  1. Chemgold III UQ searchable chemicals database
  2. ChemSpider (free chemical structure database)

Chemical Engineering

  1. Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
    The global professional membership organisation for people who have an interest in and relevant experience in chemical engineering.
  2. Engineers Australia

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