5. We’ve used…
Internet
Wikipedia
Books
Journal articles
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Library
Other people – friends, parents, lecturers
Phone up organisations to get information
6. We’ve also heard of…
DVDs
Library
Help desk
Archives
Databases
Textbook hire
TV news
8. Compare
Trade magazines Journals
Eg Chemical Engineering, TCE Eg Journal of Chromatographic Science,
Smaller Reviews in Chemical Engineering
General topics, in more general terms More detail on more specific topics –
talking to a knowledgeable audience
Short, summary-style articles
Describes experiments in depth
More colour, photos, looks nice
Black and white, looks more official
More opinionated, casual
More formal, factual, technical
Lots of ads, has a directory
Written like a report – introduction,
Gives background of authors – more conclusion, references
personal details
Presence of references
Figures are more general
Figures/graphs have more numbers
Gets attention
Gives information
Secondary source
Primary source
9. Reading a citation
[1] Colak, A. T.; Colak, F.; Yesilel, O. Z.;
Buyukgungor, O. Synthesis, spectroscopic,
thermal, voltammetric studies and biological
activity of crystalline complexes of pyridine-
2,6-dicarboxylic acid and 8-hydroxyquinoline.
J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 936 (1-3), 67-74.
[1] Colak, A. T.; Colak, F.; Yesilel, O. Z.;
Buyukgungor, O. J. Mol. Struct. 2009, 936
(1-3), 67-74.
10. The parts of a book
Title/author/publisher/date, cover blurb
Same authors throughout (or at least same editors)
Publishing/copyright details
Contents page – for finding general topics
Acknowledgements, foreword, preface, introduction
Chapters – not always structured but may have
subheadings/subtitles
Index – keywords for finding specific subtopics
Glossary to define key terms
Reference list – at end of book or end of chapter (or
sometimes beginning of book)
(Cf textbook which usually has examples, exercises, is
more general and may be bigger)
11. Standards
Online Print
AS/NZS AS
ASTM BS
IEEE ISO
NFPA fire Eurocodes
codes
15. We’ve learned....
General:
Where to find chemical engineering information for assignments etc
Difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary resources
Asklive service to get help from library staff
Journals and magazines:
How to tell the difference between a journal and a magazine
The library has interesting chemical engineering magazines
How to search journals through Learn and Canterbury website
How to read a citation – had no idea!
Books and standards:
Quick review of book as a whole – textbooks vs other books
How to access online standards via the UC website
16. We’ve learned....
Reference material:
You can use encyclopedias to get background/general understanding
Online chemical engineering encyclopedias which will be very helpful
Useful reference sources such as Perry’s handbook
Wikipedia has references that could be books and websites
Prominent chemical engineering texts can be viewed online
Databases:
How to access all the databases linked with the uni – very useful
Awesome Chemspider.com – draw to search/identify molecules
Chemwatch - hazards associated with chemicals and consequences
17. We still want to know...
Library opening hours
EPS: 8am-9pm Mon-Thurs; 8am-6pm Fri; 10am-5pm Sat-Sun
More: http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/hours
What you can and can’t borrow
You can borrow almost everything. Exceptions are books in the small
reference collection, and some theses and other special items – their
catalogue record will say “Reference” or “Library use only”.
What are the printing facilities?
EPS has photocopier/scanners, and printers (including A3 and colour).
Charges come from your Canterbury Card. (Scanning is free.)
18. We still want to know...
Some of the specific Chem.Eng. journals
There’s a couple of lists at
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=227007
Are there free engineering magazines?
You can borrow TCE and Chemical Engineering for free from the library,
or various websites have similar articles – contact me and I’ll help you
find something appropriate to your interests.
Magazines: primary, secondary, tertiary?
Mostly secondary – reporting on research that someone else has done –
but usually less in-depth than other secondary resources.
19. We still want to know...
Where to find Chemical Engineering books
Search in the catalogue or MultiSearch to get the call number, then look
on the shelves upstairs (or by the entrance for 3-hour/3-day books)
Or browse:
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=167505
What are the most useful/used Chemical Engineering books?
Tricky! The textbooks currently on high demand are at
http://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.CC&term=ench For
more info on the most used I’d have to delve deep into our software...
Where to find recent up-to-date theses?
http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/
20. We still want to know...
How to learn Excel
Try the new book “Foundations of Excel”
http://ipac.canterbury.ac.nz/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=a&index=BIB&term
=1726686
Information on how reports are structured
Some useful books are listed at
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=262747
Accessing other library systems
You can join Christchurch City Libraries
Some access to many other NZ academic libraries:
http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/services/borrow_otherlibs.shtml
21. We still want to know...
More helpful sites
Chemical society websites at
http://canterbury.libguides.com/content.php?pid=23298&sid=285449
Searching for sources online
http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/ has good advice
What criteria do I use in choosing keywords to search for?
The general principle is to use words that will be in the results you
want, but won’t be in the results you don’t want.
How to filter out the search results?
If you use MultiSearch, use the “Refine” options on the left of the results
screen to narrow down which results you want/don’t want.
This all takes practice – visit me and I’ll help with your search.
I’m your personal librarian – contact me for any questions!
This is your one-stop shop for all chem.eng. resources – and contacting me.
Every Learn page has some similarities and some differences as depends how the lecturer uses it.But Library block is included in each Learn course page. Note (from bottom):AskLiveSubject guide (as we just talked about)Search (more in a moment)