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LIBRARY SKILLS
CHE1004W Design Project
CHE1004W Design Project
LIBRARY SKILLSREFERENCE BOOKS
(Encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.)
BOOKS … Finding books in the Library
JOURNAL ARTICLES … Searching for articles on your topic
INTERNET … Evaluating information on the Web
CHE1004W Design Project
LIBRARY SKILLSREFERENCE BOOKS
(Encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.)
BOOKS … Finding books in the Library
JOURNAL ARTICLES … Searching for articles on your topic
INTERNET … Evaluating information on the Web
LIBRARY ENTRANCE
REFERENCE BOOKS
REFERENCE BOOKS
DSR 660 RULE
DSR 660.0212 HAND
DSR 660.2842 HAND
(ONLINE) and in print at DSR 660.03 KIRK
DSR 660.283 CHER
ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
DSR 669 META
DSR 669 HAND
DSR 503 MACG
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za
To access:
• The library guide for this project
•Electronic resources … online reference books, databases, electronic journals
CHE1004W Design Project
LIBRARY SKILLSREFERENCE BOOKS
(Encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.)
BOOKS … Finding books in the Library
JOURNAL ARTICLES … Searching for articles on your topic
INTERNET … Evaluating information on the Web
BOOKS
FINDING BOOKS …
Search ALEPH
Get SHELF NUMBER
Find book on shelf
SEARCH for books on these topics :
search 1. extractive metallurgy
search 2. hydrometallurgy OR pyrometallurgy
Write down the SHELF NUMBERS
Are the books on the shelf, or out on loan?
HANDS-ON EXERCISE: Find books using ALEPH http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/
Use BROWSE to find books on metallurgy
CHE1004W Design Project
LIBRARY SKILLSREFERENCE BOOKS
(Encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.)
BOOKS … Finding books in the Library
JOURNAL ARTICLES … Searching for articles on your topic
INTERNET … Evaluating information on the Web
WHAT ARE ACADEMIC JOURNALS?
Published regularly (up to date)
Collections of articles by researchers and practicing engineers
Communicate research findings / report on case studies
Peer reviewed
JOURNALS
More than 63,000 of these are electronic journals on the Web
UCT Libraries subscribe to over 91,000 journals
Where to find the print journals …
Latest volumes of journals
Latest journals (2011) Research Wing
For older print journals … go past the Loans Desk
Go past Short Loans
past the zebra couch
Down spiral stairs to Lower Level
On Lower Level …
take stairs to basement
Older Chem Eng journals
FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
Search DATABASES
Choose relevant articles
GET ARTICLES
e-Journals… on the Web
Print Journals… on the shelves
BOOLEAN SEARCHING
AND … to combine DIFFERENT concepts
Boolean operators: AND OR NOT
ZINC AND EXTRACTION
OR … to search using several terms for the SAME concept
MILLING OR GRINDING OR CRUSHING
NOT … to get rid of concepts you don’t want in your search
METALS NOT COPPER
Demo of database searching :
Ei Compendex …
Hands-on exercise: search for journal articles
Ei Compendex / Web of Science
CSA Technology Research Database / ScienceDirectExample search strings:
zinc ore AND extraction OR recovery OR processing
zinc ore AND pretreatment OR milling OR crushing
zinc ore
AND extraction OR leaching OR concentration
zinc ore
AND electrowinning OR recovery
zinc carbonate ore OR hydrozincite OR smithsonitezinc oxide ore OR hemimorphite OR willemite
