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Bibliographies Links toContentsThis is a guide to basic reference sources for environmental engineering. Most of the materials on engineering are located in the Central Library though some relevant materials may also be found in Science Library. Please always check LINC (the NUS Library INtegrated Catalogue) for the specific location. Library of
Congress Classification Numbers (for science & technology
materials)
| Back to Contents | Literature GuidesThese guides tell you how to find engineering materials. Encyclopedia of environmental information sources:
a subject guide to about 34,000 print and other sources of information on
all aspects of the environment. / Edited by Sarojini Balachandran.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1993. Z7401 Enc (SC Reference 9) Environmental information : a guide to sources. 2nd ed. / Nigel Lees; Helen Woolston. London: The British Library, Science Reference and Information Services, 1997. TD170 Lee (CL Reference 8, SC Reference 9) How to find chemical information: a guide for practising chemists, educators and students. 3rd end. / Robert C. Maizell. New York: Wiley, 1998. QD8.5 (CL Reference 8, SC Books) Information sources in engineering. 4th ed. /
editors, Roderick A. MacLeod and Jim Corlett. München: K.G. Saur, 2005. Z7401 Hur (CL Reference 9) | Back to Contents | These guides teach you how to cite references, write technical papers, reports, etc. The ACS style guide: a manual for authors and
editors. 2nd ed. / Edited by Janet S. Dodd. Washington, DC: American
Chemical Society, 1997. The art of the footnote: the intelligent student's
guide to the art and science of annotating texts. / Francis A.
Burkle-Young ; Saundra Rose Maley. Lanham, MD: University Press of
America, 1996. British Standard recommendations for references to
published materials [Standard Number: BS1629:1989]. /London: British
Standards Institution, 1989. Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic
information. 2nd ed. / Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Medford, NJ:
Information Today, 1996. How to write and publish a scientific paper.
5th ed. / Robert A. Day. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998. PN147 Mer (CL Reference 8) Science and technical writing: a manual of
style. 2nd ed. / Edited by Philip Rubens. New York: Routledge,
2001. T11Wil (CL Reference 8) Web research : selecting, evaluating,
and citing / Marie L. Radford, Susan B.
Barnes, Linda R. Barr. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2002. Where credit is due: a guide to proper citing of
sources, print and nonprint. 2nd ed. / Nancy E. Shields, Mary E. Uhle.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997. Note: For more materials on writing, publishing technical papers, please check LINC. Search using the option Subject and typing Technical Writing. | Back to Contents | For such materials, please check LINC. Search using the option Subject Keyword. Use terms like: Environmental Encyclopedias, Materials Dictionaries. Concise encyclopedia of composite materials.
Rev ed. / Edited by Anthony Kelly; Robert W. Cahn; Micahel B. Bever.
Oxford: Pergamon, 1994. Concise dictionary of environmental
engineering. / Thomas Pankratz. Boca Raton: CRC, 1996. QA5 Wei (CL Reference 2, SC Reference 1) View the electronic version (full-text) Dictionary of environmentally
important chemicals / by David Ayres and Desmond Hellier. London :
Blackie Academic & Professional, 1998. Dictionary of engineering acronyms and
abbreviations. 2nd ed. / Harald Keller; Uwe Erb. New York:
Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1994. Dictionary of environmental science and technology.
3rd ed. / Andrew Porteous. Chichester ; Singapore: J. Wiley,
2000. Dictionary of scientific units: including dimensionless numbers.
6th ed. / Jerrard, H. G.; D.B. McNeill. London: Chapman & Hall,
1992. The dictionary of substances and their effects. 2nd ed. / editor
S Gangoli; S. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999. Encyclopedia of chemical processing and design. / Edited by John
J. McKetta; William A. Cunningham. New York: M. Dekker, 1976- Encyclopedia of energy technology and the environment. / Edited
by Attilio Bisco; Sharon Boost. New York: Wiley, 1995. Encyclopedia of environmental analysis and remediation. / Edited
by Robert A. Meyers. New York: Wiley, 1998. Encyclopedia of environmental control technology. / Edited by
Paul N. Cheremisinoff, [et al.]. Houston: Gulf Pub., 1989- Encyclopedia of environmental science and engineering. 4th ed.,
rev and updated. / Edited by James R. Pfafflin; Edward N. Ziegler.
Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Science, 1998. The environment encyclopedia and directoryThe environment
encyclopedia and directory. 2nd ed. London: Europa Publications,
1998. Environmental analysis and remediation. Environmental analysis and
remediation. / Edited by Robert A. Meyers. New York: Wiley, 1998. Environmental management technology : a
glossary of modern terminology, English-Chinese/Chinese-English. /
Gottfried Eigenmann; translated by Lu Fu Run. Hong Kong: The Chinese
University Press, 1997. Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary.
13th ed. / Revised by Richard J. Lewis, Sr. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1997. Illustrated dictionary of environmental health & occupational
safety / Herman Koren. Boca Raton: Lewis Pub, 1996. [Kirk Othmer] encyclopedia of chemical technology[Kirk Othmer]
encyclopedia of chemical technology. 4th ed. / Edited by Jacqueline I.
Kroschwitz; Mary Howe-Grant. New York: Wiley, 1991- McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of science
& technology. 4th ed. / Edited by Sybil P. Parker. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1998. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of chemistry / Edited by Sybil P. Parker.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of engineering. 2nd ed. / Edited by
Sybil P. Parker. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of environmental science &
engineering. 3rd ed. / Edited by Sybil P. Parker; Robert A. Corbitt.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial
chemistry. 5th rev. ed ed. / Edited by Wolfgang Gerhartz, et al.
Weinhein, Germany: VCH, 1985-. Van Nostrand's scientific encyclopedia. 9th ed. / Glenn D.
Considine, editor ; Peter H. Kulik, Associate Editor. New York: John Wiley
& Sons, 2002. | Back to Contents | Electronic Resources (CD-ROMs & Web Databases) To access, go to E-Resources, Databases, select By Subject, then Engineering & Technology | Back to Contents | These indexes and abstracts allow you to search for citations of journals articles and conference papers on a topic. Chemical Abstracts. View the electronic version 1907- : SciFinder Scholar (available in E-Resources). Conference papers index: Vol 7, no. 1,2,12 (Jan, Feb, Dec 1979), Vol 8, no. 1(Jan 1980), Vol 10, no. 1 (1982)-Vol 19 (1991). Z7403 CPI (CL Closed Stacks) View the electronic version 1982- (available in E-Resources). Engineering Village 2 (available in E-Resources) Engineering index
annual.
1968-1991. View the electronic version 1969- : Compenpex (available in
E-Resources). Web of Science (available in E-Resources) | Back to Contents | Chemical properties handbook: physical, thermodynamic,
environmental, transport, safety, and health related properties for
organic and inorganic chemicals. / New York: McGraw Hill,
1999. CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. Cleveland, Ohio: CRC
Press, 1997- The elements.3rd ed. / John Emsley. Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1998. Material environmental data sheets. / Karel Verschueren.New
York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996. Tables of physical and chemical constants. 16th ed. Essex:
Longman, 1995. | Back to Contents | Contains the NUS examination papers from recent years. To access, go to Library homepage http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ and look for Search Exams on the left. | Back to Contents | These provide quick guides to topics, formulas, etc. Most of the latest edition of handbooks are kept in CL Reference. For handbooks on various topics, please check LINC. Search under the option Subject Keyword. Key in terms such as: Materials handbooks, Environmental handbooks. Building materials : dangerous properties of products in
MASTERFORMAT divisions 7 and 9. / H. Leslie Simmons: Richard J. Lewis.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhould, 1997. Chemical hazard communication guidebook: OSHA, EPA, and DOT
requirements. 2nd ed. / Andrew B. Waldo; Richard Hinds. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1993. Chemistry and chemical engineering. / Erika Althaus; Manuel
Jakubith; the English translation was prepared in cooperation with W.E.
Russey. Weinheim: VCH, 1993. Encyclopaedia of scientific units, weights, and measures : their SI
equivalences and origins / François Cardarelli. London ; New York :
Springer, 2003. ENGnetBASE : engineering handbooks online. Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman and Hall/CRCnetBASE, c1999-. (available in E-Resources) Engineering mathematics handbook. / Jan J. Tuma; Ronald A.
Walsh. 4th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1997. An engineer's guide to water treatment. / George S. Solt; Chris
B. Shirley. Aldershot: Avebury Technical, 1991. Environmental contaminant reference databook. / Jan C. Prager.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995- Environmental engineers' handbook [electronic resource] /
Edited by David H.F. Liu; Bela G Liptak. Boca Raton: CRC Press LLC,
1999. Formula handbook for environmental engineers and scientists. /
Gabriel Bitton. New York: Wiley, 1997. Gardner's chemical synomyms and tradenames. 11th, rev. / G.W.A.
Milne. Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, 1999. Handbook of chlorination and alternative disinfectants. 4th ed.
/ Geo. Clifford White. New York: John Wiley, 1999. Handbook of reactive chemical hazards. 6th ed. / Edited by P.G.
Urben; compiled by M.J. Pitt. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. 2 v +
cdrom.. Handbook of water treatment chemicals : an international guide to more
than 4,000 products by trade name, composition, function, and
manufacturer Handbook of water treatment chemicals : an international
guide to more than 4,000 products by trade name, composition, function,
and manufacturer / compiled by Michael and Irene Ash. Brookfield, VT:
Gower, 1996. Hazardous chemicals desk reference. 5th ed. / Richard J. Lewis,
Sr.. New York: J. Wiley, 2002. Hazardous materials handbook. / Richard P. Pohanish; Stanley A.
Greene. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996. Industrial minerals and their uses: a handbook and formulary. /
Edited by Peter A. Ciullo. Westwood, NJ: Noyes Pub., 1996. Industrial solvents handbook. 5th ed. / Edited by Ernest W.
Flick. Westwood, NJ: Noyes Data Corporation, 1998. Kempe's engineer's year-book. London: Morgan-Grampian,
1999. Lange's handbook of chemistry. 15th ed. / John A. Dean. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. Mathematics handbook for science and engineering. 4th ed. /
Lennart Rade; Bertil Westergren. New York: Springer, 1999. Metric units and conversion charts: a metrication handbook for
engineers, technologists, and scientists. 2nd ed. / Theodore Wildi.
New York: IEEE Press, 1996. Nature's building blocks : an A-Z guide to the
elements / John Emsley. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2002. Newnes engineering and physical science pocket book. 2nd ed. /
J.O. Bird; P.J. Chivers. Oxford: Newnes, 1996. Perry's standard tables and formulas for chemical engineers /
James G. Speight. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Rapid guide to hazardous air pollutants. / Howard Beim, Jennifer
Spero, Louis Theodore. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997. Rules of thumb for chemical engineers: a manual of quick, accurate
soluations to everyday process engineering problems.2nd ed. / Carl
Branan. Houston: Gulf Pub, 1998. Rules of thumb for engineers and scientists. Rev. and expanded
ed. / Edited by David Fisher. Houston: Gulf Pub., 1991. Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials. 10th ed. /
Richard J. Lewis, Sr. New York: Wiley, 2000. Sittig's handbook of toxic and hazardous chemicals and
carcinogens. 4th ed. / Richard P. Pohanish, editor. Norwich, N.Y.:
Noyes Publications, 2002. Standard handbook of engineering calculations. 4th ed. / Tyler
G. Hicks, editor-in-chief. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Standard handbook of environmental engineering. 2nd ed. / Edited
byRobert A. Corbitt. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. Standard handbook of hazardous waste treatment and disposal. 2nd
ed. / Edited by Harry M. Freeman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Water treatment handbook. 6th English ed. France: Degremont,
1991. | Back to Contents | Theses (Masters and PhD) submitted to the Faculty of Engineering are located at the Central Library Closed Stacks. They are for consultation in the library and are not for loan. Permission is required from library staff before photocopying. | Back to Contents | StandardsStandards are kept at CL Reference 10 and they are arranged by alphabetical order of the issuing organizations. Standards are for consultations in the library and are not for loan. Permission is required from library staff before photocopying. Some standards such as British Standards are also available in electronic version. For a complete list, go to E-Resources, Databases, select By Type, then Standards. More commonly used ones are obtained from Loans Desk 2. The stack numbers are: British Standards [ZZ322]. Key [ZZK6]ISO Standards [ZZ323]. Key [ZZK6]Borrow the key [ZZK6] as well for both.| Back to Contents | Document Delivery Service For NUS academic staff and higher degree students (with approval from their supervisors) who need to obtain journal articles or conference papers that are not found in the library. Request for document delivery service is available via E-Forms in the Library portal. For more information, please refer to Library Services: Document Delivery Service. | Back to Contents | Inter-Library Loan NUS academic staff and higher degree students who need books which are not available in NUS Libraries can submit their request for inter-library loan service. This service is available via E-Forms in the Library portal. | Back to Contents | Location Codes Used
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