Disciplines & Professions: Chemical Engineering

Web Sites

Academic Info's Chemical Engineering Gateway
http://www.academicinfo.net/engringchem.html

Independently maintained directory that guides visitors to Web-based engineering sources.

Open Directory's Chemical Engineering Directory
http://dmoz.org/Science/Technology/Chemical_Engineering/

Provides links to 290+ sites dealing with engineering. Offers visitors an additional subject heading under which more information may be located online and an annotated list of over 30 useful URLs.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library's Chemical Engineering Directory
http://www.che.ufl.edu/WWW-CHE/

A variety of links organized by subject area. Also includes links to academic, professional, and research organizations.

Yahoo!'s Chemical Engineering Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Chemical_Engineering/

Directory covering a wide range of engineering-related topics, organized into 11 categories to choose from. Also offers an Internet search limited to the topic as well as a listing of relevant clubs.

Databases

Advanced Polymers Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Includes more than 68,000 records from 1986 to the present. Sources focus on technology and applications of advanced plastics, and citations include bibliographic information and abstracts.

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chemisches Apparatewesen, available through Dialog@Carl)

Covers more than 500 journals in addition to books, technical reports, and conference information. Updated monthly, the sources cover 1971 to the present.

Composites Industry Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Part of the larger Engineered Materials Abstracts database, this database focuses on composite materials and was designed specifically for researchers, scientists, and engineers. More than 50,000 records from 1986 to the present.

Engineered Materials Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Includes citations from journals, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books. Specifically designed to serve researchers, scientists, and engineers. 180,000+ records from 1986 to the present. Contains ceramics, polymers, and composites subfiles.

Print Resources

Applied Science and Technology Index. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1958-.

Published annually, this work indexes more than 350 English language periodicals. Covers all engineering disciplines. Entries are organized alphabetically by subject.

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1971-.

Covers a full range of theoretical and practical topics in chemical engineering. Provides abstracts from more than 500 journals and other sources.

Comyns, Alan E. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1999.

Aims to provide concise explanations of named chemical processes. Organized alphabetically. Each entry includes references.

Coulson, J. M., et al. Chemical Engineering. 4th ed. 2 vols. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

Articles on physical operations used in chemical and allied industries. Each chapter covers a type of operation. An index is provided.

Hurt, C. D. Information Sources in Science and Technology. 3rd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

Covers all disciplines within science, mathematics, and engineering. Sources organized by discipline, then by type of reference work. Includes an author/title index.

Kroschwitz, Jacqueline I., and Mary Howe-Grant, eds. Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. 25 vols. New York: Wiley, 1991.

Arranges articles on chemical substances and processes alphabetically. Most entries include a bibliography. Volume twenty-five includes a cumulative index.

Lord, Charles R. Guide to Information Sources in Engineering. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.

Provides descriptions of hundreds of sources. Organizes entries by type of source, then by specialized field. An index is included.

Mildren, K. W., and P. J. Hicks, eds. Information Sources in Engineering. 3rd ed. London: Bowker-Saur, 1996.

Organizes descriptions of sources by specialized field in engineering. An index is included. This book covers print and non-print sources.

Perry, Robert H., Don W. Green, and James O. Maloney, eds. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook. 7th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Contains information on all aspects of chemical engineering including new developments, equipment, procedures, principles, calculation methods, and more. Organized into sections by topic. Index included.

Ray, Martyn S. Chemical Engineering Bibliography. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes, 1990.

Provides more than 20,000 records of chemical engineering literature from more than 40 journals. Only covers sources from 1967 to 1988. Entries are arranged topically. An index is provided.