LibGuides: Engineering Sciences: Chemical

Collections

To find out more about library services and resources for Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology students, visit our library webpage.

Betty & Gordon Moore Library The Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology book collections are currently located in the Moore Library, which features flexible study spaces in a convenient location. The collections can be accessed between 9am-7pm, Monday-Friday and 9am-1pm on Saturdays.

Other specialist borrowable resources, information services, support and guidance are available in the following libraries:

Borrowing an item

Discover the key messages, general rules and FAQs of library borrowing

Information skills & training

Plagiarism & Academic Misconduct

Find out about good academic practice with these handy links:

Information skills training

Learn more about the training programmes from Cambridge University Libraries and the Moore Library.

Finding stuff

Discovering an item

Find what you need by searching the iDiscover libraries catalogue

Document delivery

Can't find the item you need? Some Cambridge Libraries offer Document Delivery services that will source and borrow a copy for you.

Book recommendations

Did you know you can recommend electronic resources for library purchase? Talk to a member of library staff for details.

Online resources

Dr Barrie's Educational Programs on Cubic Equations of State

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Presents a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field

Knovel
Access requires IChemE membership.

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Knovel is an engineering decision-support solution delivering best practice insights, material and substance properties data, and validated equations through powerful search and interactive analytical tools.
National Chemical Database Service
DETHERM is good for properties of mixtures.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Reliable information on properties of pure substances.
NIST Thermophysical Properties of Fluids
Reliable information on properties of about 60 fluids.

ABI/INFORM Collection (including ABI/Inform Dateline, Global, and Trade & Industry)
ASTM Compass (on-campus)
British Standards Online (BSOL)
A bibliographic, citation and full-text database of more than 55,000 standards. Technical and business content covering a broad range of disciplines for all industry sectors

From 1 September 2021, all users at academic institutions will need to have the FileOpen plug-in installed on your device in order to access BSI documents within BSOL. Find out more on what’s changing via the BSI website, and access the guidance document which allows you to test the plug-in feature.

Please contact ejournals@lib.cam.ac.uk if you have any concerns.

British Standards Online, including access to international ISO standards, (For off-campus access, use the eresources link and log in with your Raven account). Please see the note above and install the File Open plug in to use BSOL.

PQDT (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Abstracting & Indexing Service)
Comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day. Access is to the abstracts only. Full text can either be purchased online via ProQuest directly, or by contacting the Inter-Library Loans dept: E-mail: ill@lib.cam.ac.uk
Scopus

List of useful chemistry databases
List of general engineering online resources
FULL list of all A-Z online resources in Cambridge
Patents
A detailed list of resources, from the Engineering Library Team, to help you find and work with patents worldwide.

eBooks LibGuide
A guide to finding and using eBooks at the University of Cambridge
eResources blog
News, advice and updates on new content from the ejournals@cambridge team for the University of Cambridge
eLegal Deposit LibGuide
A guide to what eLegal Deposit is, what is available, how to access it

How to access and use ebooks - a video

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