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How not to reinvent the wheelor Literature Searching for ENCH400
2011
Designing various processing plants Research about process, methods Literature review - find books/journals Find suppliers/costings Compare alternatives Summarise information Design a process
Our mission is…
We already know...
Multisearch Databases – Science Direct, Engineering
Village, Web of Science Springer Link Wikipedia Google Info from lectures
How to do a proper literature review How to enter keywords into databases What to look for Decipher results – reliable / unreliable
Citations
We need to know...
The Literature
You
The Research Process
Define your topic
What information do you need?
Who would have written about it? Where?
Find information
Judge it – is it reliable? relevant?
– does it point in new directions?
– is it enough? or do you still need more?
Analyse and synthesise
Cite all sources!
journal articles,review articles,patents,who’s cited who
search by phraseor by structure
substances,reactions,prices
Chemistry focus
journal articles who’s cited who
search by topic and/or author
aka Compendex
Engineering focus
journal articles,review articles who’s cited who
search by topic and/or author
General science
Evaluating Resources
accurate?
up-to-date?
relevant?
basic/advanced?
Is it… and...
Who is it written for?
What kind of research is it?
How far along is the research?
What questions haven’t they answered yet?
Citing
Using Endnote - 1
Using Endnote - 2
My Grand Chemical Engineering Research Project Thing
Using Endnote - 3
http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ench
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