The world of process engineering information

The World of Engineering Information

TUHHTechnische Universität Hamburg-Harburg

Thomas Hapke, TUHH Library, March 2009www.tub.tu-harburg.de

The world of process engineering

information

Points and tipsto survive!

… is not enough!




Look at your own information behavior!

Sharpen your awareness for:

• Information sources “beyond Google”

• Critical use of electronicdatabases

Curiosity! Doubt!

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For first orientation!

• Encyclopedias and reference works

• Subject gateways

• Your local academic library

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Use encyclopedias and other reference works

• Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry(6.ed., 2002, 40 volumes)Online in TUHH-Intranet!

• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (5.ed., 2004-2007)

• Encyclopedia of catalysis (2003, 6 volumes)

• Encyclopedia of ethical, legal, and policy issues in biotechnology (2000).




Use subject gateways

Intute - the best Web resources for educationand research http://www.intute.ac.uk/

Engineering Subject Gateway of the TIB/UB, the German National Library of Science and Technologyhttp://vifatec.tib.uni-hannover.de/index.php3?L=e

U.S. National Center for BiotechnologyInformationhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov




The TUHH library

– open for all!

• www.tub.tu-harburg.de• Personal consulting:

Service desks in reading rooms, phone, E-Mail, Chat!




The TUHH Library

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The catalog – theheart of the library! Access to completeholdings!

Readings rooms• Reference works and

Encyclopedias • Journals • Subject groups• Textbook collection

Closed StacksDigital Library• E-Books• E-Journals• Databases




Exercise

Find books - as much as possible –on a specific subject in thecatalog of the TUHH library!

„Recycling of plastics“




Play! With search terms!

Make a search term diagram:

Topic: Recycling of plastics by biotechnological methods

Component 1 Component 2 Component 3recycl? plasti? biotech?reuse polymer? biodegrad?wiederverw? kunststoff? microbi?verwert? PVC

Component 1 AND Component 2 AND Component 3where e.g.

Component 2 = (plasti?) OR polymer? OR kunststoff? OR...




Exercise

Find the journal „Science“ in thecatalog of the TUHH library!

How to get the fulltext of a journal article?

A. S. Mikhailov und G. Ertl (1996):Nonequilibrium structures in condensed systems.Science 272 (5268): 1596-1597.




Play! With databases!

Explore database features:

• Boolean logic

• Wildcard symbols: ? * $

• Neighborhood operators: Context and phrases

• Search fields: Basic index, author field, descriptor fields




Search for journal articles in subject-specific databases

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts(CEABA-VtB)

- papers from the `70s until today

INSPEC (Information Service in Physics, Electronics, Computer and Control)

- interdisciplinary, because IT plays a considerable role in all areas of engineering today

Web of Science with Science Citation Index- interdisciplinary! Who cited a specific document?

How much is a document cited?

(Access to these reference databases only in TUHH intranet)




Journal articles via databases: Diversity and outcome

directly, accessmayberestricted

directly, in caseaccess is partof subscription

through otherdatabases orinterlibraryloan

directly, through libraryin print orordering via interlibary loan

Access to full text

who knows? 8-)only publisher, here e.g. Springer

diverse publishers

printed and electronicholdings of libraries

Contentsfrom

full textbibliographicaldescription, abstracts, fulltext

bibliographicaldescription, abstracts

bibliographicaldescription

Searchablecontents

articles, books, files, and more

articles, books, book chapters

Articles, (conferencepapers)

articles, books, and more

Contents

GoogleScholar, BASE

Publishers‘ portals, e.g.SpringerLink

CEABA, INSPEC, Web of Science

GVK-Plus(GBV)

Database




Patents for talents!

About 60 % of the information in patents is not published elsewhere

DEPATISnet - the German patent information system at http://depatisnet.dpma.de

esp@cenet – European Patent Office http://ep.espacenet.com

Search the fulltext of US patents via the US Patent and Trademark Office at http://www.uspto.gov/patft/




Searching for substance properties’ data

In reference works(CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Perry's ChemicalEngineers' Handbook, Aldrich Catalog)

In extensive substance property collections(„Handbooks“)(Landolt-Börnstein Numerical data and functional relationships in science and technology, Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Beilstein Handbook of OrganicChemistry)

Via the net(e.g. NIST Chemistry WebBook at webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/ or the Physical Properties Sources Index (PPSI) at www.eqi.ethz.ch)




Keeping up-to-date

by• browsing through journal contents

Free table of contents via emailJournal websites of publishersGBV Online Contents Databases

• reading weblogs

like Chemical Engineering Worldat http://chem-eng.blogspot.com

• using RSS feeds

e.g. www.bloglines.com/public/thapke

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Reflect about information

How to cite? What can I copy? Thinking about intellectual property!

What is not included in Google? Danger of monopoly of information access?

Costs of scholarly journals?

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For more information

Please look at www.tub.tu-harburg.de

Contact:Thomas HapkePhone 42878 3365Mail: [email protected]

Library Webpage for Project Design Course (Process Engineering) 2009at www.tub.tu-harburg.de/2963.html

„The world of engineering information“ (10 points to survive)at www.tub.tu-harburg.de/2552.htmlGraphics: D. Bieler

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The world of process engineering information