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Chemical Engineering. 06-363 Lab. This will 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.
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Chemical Engineering 06-363 Lab
This will 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
Fuel cells that use glycerol as fuel Research question: I am interested in articles that discuss fuel cells that use glycerol as a fuel—derived from biological sources, such as algae, biodiesel wastes, or yeast
Where can I get Information? • Compendex • Engineering Index – all engineering fields • Can also search along with Inspec • Web of Science • Science Citation Index • SciFinder Scholar • Chemical Abstracts • Knovel • Full-text technical handbooks/reference texts • Scirus and Clusty search engines
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
SciFinder Scholar • Research Topic Search example: • fuel cells and yeast • Substances: Substance Identifier search: • Glycerol • Get References, • Refine by Research Topic: fuel cells
Knovel search • glycerol AND fuel • Practice searching in Knovel • Try to win contest $50 Amazon gift card
Try these search engines • Scirus • Clusty
Something fun… • Video Contest • The Future of Chemical Engineering • Search “Future of ChemE” on YouTube (or Facebook) for AICHE 2008 Student Contest group • Contact me for your info needs: Donna Beck Engineering Librarian donnab@andrew.cmu.edu