Chemical Engineering
Getting Started
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Encyclopaedias:
- Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
- Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
- Encyclopedia of chemical processing and design
- Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology
- Polymeric materials encyclopedia
- Water encyclopedia
- Encyclopedia of chemical sciences engineering and technology resources - choose "access for institutions"
Handbooks:
- Perry's chemical engineers' handbook (print)
- CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
- ENGnetBASE - online engineering handbooks published by CRC Press
- Handbook of nanophase and nanostructured materials
- SpringerMaterials - based on the Landolt-Börnstein series
- Materials science and technology
Knovel is an online reference
library for engineering; it provides access to hundreds of handbooks which
include properties, formulas and equations.
Dictionaries:
Browse the shelves:
You can also browse the catalogue or shelves at the following call numbers:
- TP Chemical Technology
- TP155 - 156 Chemical Engineering
- TP370 Food Processing
- TP1080 - 1185 Polymers
- TA170-171 - Environmental Engineering
How-to Guides:
- E-Books (Online Books)
- Library Catalogues
Contact Librarians
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. Engineering and Technology
- Compendex - abstracting and indexing database in engineering and technology.
- Google Scholar - use Google to find scholarly peer-reviewed articles, theses, conference papers, books and patents from academic publishers.
- IEEE Xplore digital library - full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards.
- ScienceDirect - full-text journal such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology and Trends in biotechnology.
- Scopus - multidisciplinary citation database
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary citation database
2. Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Google Scholar - use Google to find scholarly peer-reviewed articles, theses, conference papers, books and patents from academic publishers.
- IEEE Xplore digital library - full-text access to IEEE and IEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and current IEEE Standards.
- Pubmed - citations for biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and healthcare services.
- ScienceDirect - full-text journal such as Current Opinion in Biotechnology and Trends in biotechnology.
- Scopus - multidisciplinary citation database
- Web of Science - multidisciplinary citation database
3. Chemical Databases
4. Citation Databases
The most widely used citation databases are:
5. Patent Databases
- Derwent Innovations Index
- eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
Access to all databases for Chemical Engineering.
Journals
Journals:
- All that jas: abbreviations Acronyms & Abbreviations Resource
- CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool confirm journal titles and abbreviations for publications indexed by CAS since 1907
- Ulrichsweb source for determining the status of a title eg. whether a given title is a trade publication, peer reviewed etc.
- Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science data)
- Scimago Journal and Country Rank (Scopus data)
- Journal M3trics (Scopus data)
- Collection development news - UQ Library newly acquired books, journals, databases and collection changes
Specialised Resources
Specialised Resources:
Chemical Prices
- ICIS dedicated hub page for students and academics
- Business Source Complete
- ICIS Chemical Business (via Business Source Premier)
- Factiva
- SciFinder - to find a list of suppliers search for the chemical name under 'Explore Substances'.
- IBISWorld - marketing research.
Minerals Information
- USGS Commodity Statistics and Information - statistics on the worldwide supply of minerals and materials
- OnePetro - technical literature related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry
Patents
- Derwent Innovations Index - over 20 million patents from 40 patent issuing authorities worldwide from 1963.
- eSpacenet - free access to more than 70 million patent documents worldwide, containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836.
- PatentLens- worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource.
- SciFinder - covers patents from 9 of the major patent offices worldwide.
Theses
Tables, Formulas, Statistics
- International tables for crystallography (IUCR)
- Knovel - 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
- Australian Statistics
- OECD iLibrary - Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data
Search for chemicals
- Chemgold III UQ searchable chemicals database
- ChemSpider Free chemical structure database)
- Chemistry - a guide to web resources
Standards
Standards:
For further information see our Standards How-to guide
- SAI Global on-line
premium
Full-text access to all current Australian standards - IEEE xplore digital
library
Full-text access to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) standards - Annual book of ASTM standards
What's New
What's New:
1. UQ Library news blogs
2. Collection Development
3. Science and Technology news
4. Media Releases
- Factiva - news and media transcripts from overseas and Australian news media sources.
- TVNews - indexes the majority of TV news stories, current affairs and documentary series broadcast on Australian television.
- News and Newspapers - UQ Library How-to guide.
- ScienceAlert: Australia and New Zealand
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