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
Compendex/Inspec
 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

Web of Science
Cited Reference Search
Web of Science
 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

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Scirus

Clusty
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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