How not to reinvent the wheel

or Literature Searching for ENCH400

2010

Our assignment is…

Research project

Literature review

Presentation

Reading past research – journals etc, company reports, wikipedia, textbooks

Citing sources – APA style

Design project

All of the above and

Make decisions based on research

We need to know…

More information sources

How to read quickly – and find the good parts

Which ones to read and which not to

How to work out what’s reliable

How to check what’s up-to-date

How to get journals without paying online

The Research Process

Define your topic

Gather background information

What information do you need?

Who would have written about it? Where?

Find information

Judge it – is it relevant? reliable?

– does it point in new directions?

– is it enough? or do you still need more?

Write up your results

Cite all sources!

Background

Wikipedia

Textbooks

People – lecturers, PhDs

Encyclopedias

Ullmann’s and Kirk-Othmer (linked from subject guide)

ChemSpider.com

lots of chemical data

search by name or structure

More questions

How do the varieties differ?

What is the biological mechanism at work?

Are there any health effects on humans?

Is any resistance forming?

Journals

Conference papers

Previous research reports – theses

Standards

Patents

Check subject guide to find these

Where next?

Subject guide

Evaluating Resources

accurate?

up-to-date?

relevant?

basic/advanced?

Is it…

Citing

Using Endnote - 1

Using Endnote - 2

Using Endnote - 3

My Grand Chemical Engineering Research Project Thing

Summary

Everything you need is at:

Library site -> Subject Guides -> Chem Eng -> How do I find…

Endnote – Library site -> Quicklinks -> Endnote wiki

or Zotero – plugs in to Firefox

on Linux use BibTex

Interloans

can borrow books/articles from other libraries

Slides and tips

http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ench

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Email

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