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1. Sources for background information
If you are not sure what your topic is all about, look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Start with:
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Handbooks (sources of data)
Explore reference sources from Knovel →
2. Searching the library catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - papermaking, process?, pulp, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. process? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words process, processes, processing, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "pulp and paper" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase pulp and paper |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. paper AND (production OR manufacture) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word paper AND either production OR manufacture |
Get more catalogue search tips.
Search the Library catalogue: Keyword(s):
3.1 Core databases
- Applied Science and Technology Full Text (Wilson)
recommended for undergraduates - Compendex
all aspects of engineering - PIRA (Packaging, Paper, Printing and Publishing, Imaging and Nonwovens Abstracts)
pulp and paper industry (click on the logon button - you do not need to enter a Subaccount number) - SciFinder
Chemical Abstracts plus substance and reaction information. Intended for grad students, faculty and researchers.
3.2 Additional databases
- Scopus
multidisciplinary - Web of Science
multidisciplinary
4. Selected Internet sites
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
- Paprican Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada