1. CHemE lab Hints to help you: Explore the vast body of chemical engineering literature Compare your work (experiments) to what has been done by others Communicate your efforts effectively by your ability to research the theory and practice of a given topic

2. Research question How can we make this better? I have an idea to improve this… Who is working on this already?

3. Searching Patents USPTO Patents: Search Patents Patents: Search PatentsSearch PatentsSearch Patents Step by step searching tutorial tutorial Patents: Search Patents Patents: Search PatentsSearch PatentsSearch Patents Download U.S. Patents in pdf: http://www.pat2pdf.org/

4. Research question Looking for information on sugar-chewing fuel cells (fuel cells that run on glycerol)

5. What databases do you recommend? Compendex Engineering Index – all engineering fields Engineering Index – all engineering fields Can also search along with Inspec Can also search along with Inspec Web of Science Science Citation Index Science Citation Index SciFinder Scholar Chemical Abstracts Chemical AbstractsKnovel Includes Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook Includes Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook Full-text technical handbooks/reference texts Full-text technical handbooks/reference texts

6. SciFinder Scholar

7. SciFinder Scholar Explore Substances

8. Knovel search fuel cell* Knovel Solutions EXAMPLES EXAMPLES “Sand can settle in a pipeline if oil sands are not flowing at or above terminal velocity”

9. Compendex/Inspec Hint: Look your term up in EI Thesaurus

10. Refine search: Compendex/Inspec Choose headings from “Refine Results” part of the screen Can also “Add a term” Click “Include” tab to perform the search To find a copy of the article, click

11. Web of Science

12. Cited Reference Search Web of Science

13. Other databases NTIS-National Technical Information Service latest U.S. government-sponsored research (scientific, technical, engineering, and business- related information) latest U.S. government-sponsored research (scientific, technical, engineering, and business- related information) Materials Research Database with Metadex Metalib Searches across several databases at the same time Searches across several databases at the same time

14. Don’t forget Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Google Scholar Google Scholar

15. Try these search engines: Scirus Scirus Clusty Clusty Contact me for your info needs: Donna Beck Engineering Librarian donnab@andrew.cmu.edu