Sourcepack: ChE 4385
Subject Guides
Find Journal Articles on a Topic
If you just need one or two articles on a topic try the following general magazine and journal article database:
- Academic Search Premier (1984-present)
- Index to major journals and magazines in all subject areas. Many articles are full-text. Although this database covers many different disciplines, it includes a large number of Chemical Engineering journals such as Chemical Engineering Research & Design, Chemical & Engineering News, and Chemical Week.
- To limit results to research articles, select Academic Journals (peer reviewed) To limit to trade publications, select Magazines.
Science and Engineering Databases
- Search your topic across multiple databases (Searches Academic Search™ Premier, Compendex, GeoBase, GeoRef, and Google Scholar all at the same time!)
Additional Databases: - SciFinder Scholar
- Contains a comprehensive database of chemical literature including patents (1907 - date, with selected coverage back to 1878) and the CAS Registry with information on 18 million substances.
- Compendex (1980-date)
- Indexes technical and engineering journals, conference proceedings, technical reports. Subjects include all areas of engineering; transportation; management, mathematics, and physics; electronics and communications; computers and data processing, and instruments and measurements.
- Materials Science (1965-date)
- Covers materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, polymers and composites used in engineering applications. Everything from raw materials and refining through processing, welding, fabrication to end use, corrosion, performance and recycling is covered.
- TRD: Technology Research Database
- Comprised of the CSA Materials Research Database with METADEX, the CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace and the CSA Engineering Research Database. It indexes over 4000 periodicals, conference proceedings, technical reports, trade literature, patents, and books.
- Scopus
- Scopus provides a unique search method: cited reference searching. You can start, for example, with an article that you know is relevant to your research and find all the other articles that cited that particular article.
Find the Full-text of Journal Articles 
- If you're looking at results in one of the databases listed above just click on the button next to the article citation. The article will display if it's available electronically. If there is no online access, you'll be given the opportunity to look for a print copy in the MERLIN Catalog.
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If you have an article reference, but are not currently in a database, go to the Engineering Library Gateway and click on the Journal Finder link on the left side of the screen under the Find Articles and More heading to enter FindIt@MU. Once in FindIt@MU search for a specific article or journal title. If electronic coverage is not available, check the MERLIN Catalog to see if we have a print subscription to the journal.
- Many journal volumes are now in off-site storage. You may request journal volumes from the UM Libraries Depository through the MERLIN Catalog.
- Many journal volumes are now in off-site storage. You may request journal volumes from the UM Libraries Depository through the MERLIN Catalog.
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MU Libraries does not subscribe to all journals. If you find a journal article that you need, but cannot find the article using FindIt@MU, click on the option Request through Interlibrary Loan/Request a Copy. MU Libraries does not subscribe to all journal titles.
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You can also request an article without using the
feature by filling out an article request form which is available from the Book and Articles Request under About the Libraries on the Engineering Library homepage.
You will need to register the first time you use our interlibrary loan service which is called ILL@MU. Usually you will receive the article electronically via email within a few days of placing your request.
Find Books
- From the Engineering Library homepage, choose the MERLIN Catalog. Type in words describing the topic you are researching. Once you have a list of hits, select one that looks on-target, then examine the subject headings for that item. Try clicking on that subject heading to retrieve similar items.
- If you do not find enough books on your topic to meet your needs, change your search to "ALL MERLIN." By doing so you will be checking the library holdings at UMSL, UMKC, UMR and MU all at once.
- Still not enough? Click on the MOBIUS Catalog button. This expands your search to about 50 additional libraries in our network.
- Most books you find through the MERLIN or MOBIUS Catalogs are requestable online, simply by clicking the "Request Item" link. Books requested through the MERLIN or MOBIUS Catalogs usually take about three working days to arrive.
- Also check ebrary, the electronic book collection in science and technology, for information on your topic. Install the ebrary reader if it is not already on your computer.
- You may request books not in the MERLIN or MOBIUS Catalogs via Request Books & Articles under the About the Libraries section of the Engineering Library homepage.
Locate Conference Proceedings
Additional Resources
Paper Assistance
- Paper Assistance Guide
- Plagiarism http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/courseresources/paperassistance/plagiarism.htm
- Citation Guides http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/engineering/engineeringcitationguides.htm
- EndNote
- http://doit.missouri.edu/software/sales/endnote.html
- Students may obtain these products free of charge at the Software Distribution Center:
- https://elms05.e-academy.com/missouri/
- Instructions and Guides
Process Equipment
- Chemical Process Equipment Information Subject Guide
- Thomas Register (links to company websites)
- Chemical Process Equipment : Selection and Design (Elsevier, 2005)
ENGR Reserve (ask at reference desk): TP157.C414 2005- Practical guide to the selection and design of a wide range of chemical process equipment. Emphasis is placed on real-world process design and performance of equipment.
Last updated: Apr 8, 2008