Chemical engineering

Course Materials

• A Tour of Information Resources in Chemical Engineering
  (lecture slides for CHEE 291 - Sept. 2013)
• Literature Searching: How-to Strategies for Chemical Engineering
  (lecture slides for CHEE 474 - Sept. 2013)
• A Guide to Using EndNote (handout)
• EndNote Cite While You Write with Word
  (4 min. video from Southern Cross University Library about inserting references into your Word document)
• Format Bibliography in Word on a Mac
  (3 min. video from EndNote about choosing the style for your bibliography in your Word document)
• Format Bibliography in Word for Windows
  (3 min. video from EndNote about choosing the style for your bibliography in your Word document)
• There are library workshops given throughout the year that explain how to use EndNote in more detail or contact Giovanna for a review or additional training.
  
• Review of Scopus Search Tips (handout)
• Researching and Citing for your Technical Paper
  (workshop slides for CHEE 360 and CHEE 462 - Sept. 2013)
• Researching and Citing for your Technical Paper Research Toolkit (handout)
• Checklist for Reading and Thinking Critically about Research Articles (handout)
• CHEE 456 (library course guide)

Note: McGill students, staff, & faculty will be able to access the Library's electronic resources from home. Find out how to access the Library's online resources from on and off campus.

Where to Find Background Information

If you are not sure what your topic is all about, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Start with:

Key sources

• Knovel
• Perry's chemical engineers' handbook

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of applied physics
• Encyclopedia of bioprocess technology - fermentation, biocatalysis, and bioseparation
• Encyclopedia of polymer science and technology
• Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
• Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
• Wiley encyclopedia of biomedical engineering

Handbooks (include data tables)

• Chemical process and design handbook
• CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
  
  

Where to Find References to Journal Articles (Core)

• Compendex
  all aspects of engineering
• SciFinder
  Chemical Abstracts plus substance and reaction information.
• Scopus
  multidisciplinary
• Web of Science
  multidisciplinary

Additional Sources for Finding References to Journal Articles

• Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)
• BIOSIS Previews
• CBCA Complete
  covers Canadian publications
• Embase
  covers the health sciences literature, including a strong focus on drug research; use for bioengineering topics
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
• INSPEC
  physics, electrical engineering, computers and computing
• IEEE Publications Online (IEEEXplore)
  locate IEEE publications including journal articles, conference papers, and technical standards
• Materials Research Database
  Or search subfiles separately: Aluminium Industry Abstracts / Ceramic Abstracts / Copper Technical Reference Library
• PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)
  pulp and paper chemistry (click on the logon button - you do not need to enter a Subaccount number)
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  abstracts of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, as well as over 600,000 full text dissertations and theses
• PubMed (also known as Medline)
  covers the health sciences literature; use for bioengineering topics

How to Locate Books or the Full Text of Journal Articles

Look for the Find It button when searching databases.  Click on this button to link to our catalogue.

Search the McGill Library Catalogue to find journals or books, whether in print or electronic format.

• For Journals: Choose "Journal Title begins with..." and enter the title of the journal in which the article is published.  
• For Books: Choose "Title begins with..." and enter the title of the book you are interested in.

How to Obtain Materials not available at McGill

McGill students and staff may order articles and books that are not available at McGill using COLOMBO.  Please do not wait until it is too late for us to help you with COLOMBO.

Selected Internet Sites for Chemical Engineering

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
• ChemWeb.com - free registration
• Landonlt-Börnstein Online - physical data
• Natural Resources Canada - contains a section on renewable energy
• NIST Chemistry Webbook - spectra, as well as thermochemistry and phase transition data
• Physical Reference Data
• Sigma-Aldrich - search their product catalogues
  

Other Internet Resources

• McGill Department of Chemical Engineering
• McGill Engineering Career Centre (MECC)
• Locating patents
• Locating standards
• Locating theses
• Nanoscience and nanotechnology subject guide
• Polymers and polymer processing subject guide
• Pulp and paper subject guide
• The Turret (Schulich Library blog)