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This subject guide covers resources available at the NUS Libraries.
This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of
materials that are most useful for locating information in
Environmental Science and
Engineering
This guide contains the following sections: Databases
Journals
Reference Sources
Theses
Library Instruction
& Tips
Internet Sources
Associations
Patents and
Standards
Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles
in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in
books, reports and reviews.
Engineering Village 2
EV2 is
the most important Engineering research database. It has five sub
databases: Compendex, Inspec, National Technical Information Service,
Chimica and CBNB which can be searched individually or together (more on
each database below). It has over 16 million records, some of which have
links to full text. EV2 covers journals, conference proceedings,
unclassified government reports, and more. It also has links to useful
sites like the European Patent Office, Esp@cenet and scientific research
tool, Scirus.
CBNB
: Chemical Business NewsBase (1985- ) provides worldwide chemical
business news and information. Sources include 300 core trade journals,
newspapers, company newsletters/interim and annual reports, books,
market research reports, and press releases.
Chimica,
1970- covers 600 journals on chemistry and chemical engineering,
with emphasis on applied and analytical chemistry. Other topics are
physical chemistry, health and safety, organic and inorganic chemistry,
and materials science.
Compendex
(over 9
million records, 1969-) indexes articles from over 5,000 journals and
conference proceedings. Over 190 disciplines in the all fields of
engineering, as well as related fields in science and management are
covered.
Inspec
(8 million records, 1969-) is produced by the Institution of Engineering
and Technology (IET). It indexes 3,500 journals and 1,500 conference
proceedings. Topics covered are physics, electrical engineering,
electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and
computing, IT, material science, biomedical technology, etc.
NTIS :
National Technical Information Service
(over 2
million records, 1899- ) is a source of reports (including unclassified
ones) from US and international government agencies like NASA, the
United States Departments of Energy and Defense,
the German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and the Japan
Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
Guides for searching
EV2 available at:
Engineering Village 2 Tour (the Publisher)(PDF)
How to
Use Engineering Village 2 (Word document)
How to use INSPEC (NUS Libraries)(PDF)
ENGnetBASE
: Engineering Handbooks Online
This database offers a digital
collection of selected full text CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
engineering handbooks and reference titles. Additionally, allows you to
rapidly search the data, facts, figures, graphs, equations,
illustrations,
and summaries in these reference books. They can be
searched individually or simultaneously. NUS staff and students can access
the databases via the Library Portal. Click E-Resources > E-Books >
By publisher > CRC Press > List Subscribed
Titles.
For a complete list of CRCNetbase databases click here
Geobase
Librarian's Take: Covers a variety of the world's literature in
Earth science, ecology, environmental science, geography, geology and
marine science. Books, proceedings, monographs, maps, theses, and
articles from approximately 5,000 journals are indexed and abstracted.
PubMed,
1950-
A
biomedical database developed by the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) at the U. S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located
at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has over 17 million records
from MEDLINE (a medical database) and life science journals. Some records
have links to full text.
Guides
for searching
PubMed
available
at:
PubMed Online Training
(The
Publisher)(HTML)
SciFinder
Scholar
Covers
chemical and life sciences research published in journals, patents, books,
theses, conference proceedings, etc. Provides access to several Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) databases, including Chemical Abstracts (1967-), Registry, CASREACT,
CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT Medline, OldMedline. Has more than 19 million citations to
the chemistry literature. More than 35 million chemical substances can be searched by chemical name, chemical
structure, CAS Registry Numbers, formula. Offers chemical reaction
searching. Some records have links to full text.
To
install SciFinder Scholar (NUS Libraries)(HTML)
Guides for searching
SFS available at:
How to use SciFinder Scholar
(NUS Libraries)(PDF)
How to find who cited your article (NUS Libraries)(HTML)
Science
Direct
SD is One of the largest online collections of published
scientific research in the world. Produced by Elsevier it contains over
8.5 million articles from over 2000 journals as well as 40 reference works
and numerous book series and handbook series. [ISI Web of
Knowledge]
Scopus
Has 29 million records.
Covers life sciences, physical sciences, health sciences, social sciences
and business. Indexes
journals, conference proceedings, trade publications and quality web
sources.
Some
records have links to full text.
It does citation tracking. A researcher can
find out how many times a particular article has been cited.
Water
resources abstracts [via CSA
Illumina]
Provides summaries of the world's
technical and scientific literature on water-related topics covering the
characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and
management of water resources.
Web
of Science [via ISI Web of Knowledge]
An online
academic database
consists of three databases: Science
Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts &
Humanities Citation Index. The citation indexes contain references
cited by authors of articles covered in the indexes.
Below is a brief description of the Science
Citation Index Expanded in Web of Science.
Science Citation Index Expanded
(via Web of Science), 1980-
Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-) is a multidisciplinary index to
the journal literature of the sciences providing full indexes to over
5,900 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines. Disciplines
covered include biotechnology, computer science, materials science,
mathematics and many more.
Librarian's take: This database's unique features included citation
index, analytical tools in evaluating and ranking journals, related
records search capability and links to full-text journals subscribed by
NUS Libraries.
Guide for searching
Science Citation Index Expanded is available at:
ISI Web of Knowledge Help (The Publisher)(HTML)
ISI Web of Knowledge Recorded Training (The Publisher)(VIDEO)
ISI Web of Knowledge Support & Training Materials (The
Publisher)(HTML/PDF)
ISI Web of Knowledge Tutorials (The Publisher)(HTML)
More databases available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases
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The top ten High Impact Environmental Science and Engineering
journals
Advances
in Environmental Research
AMBIO
: a Journal of the Human Environment
Applied
Catalysis . B , Environmental
Environmental
Modelling & Software : with Environmental Data News
Environmental
Science & Technology
International
Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Journal
of the Air & Waste Management Association
Journal
of Hazardous Materials
Journal
of Polymers and the Environment
Water
Research
More E-Journals available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals
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This is a select list of reference sources that give background information
including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events,
keywords and bibliographies.
Literature Guides
Encyclopedia
of environmental information sources : a subject guide to about 34,000
print and other sources of information on all aspects of the environment
Encyclopedia
of physical sciences and engineering information sources
Environmental
information : a guide to sources
How to find
chemical information : a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and
students
Information
sources in engineering
Information
sources in science and technology
Dictionaries
Concise
dictionary of environmental engineering
Dictionary
of environmentally important chemicals
Dictionary
of engineering acronyms and abbreviations
Dictionary
of environmental science and technology
The
dictionary of substances and their effects
Illustrated
dictionary and resource directory of environmental & occupational
health
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia
of energy technology and the environment
Encyclopedia
of environmental analysis and remediation
Encyclopedia
of environmental science
Encyclopedia
of environmental science and engineering.
The
environment encyclopedia and directory
Kirk-Othmer
Encyclopedia of chemical technology
McGraw-Hill
encyclopedia of environmental science & engineering
Ullmann's
encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
Handbooks
Advances in
water and wastewater treatment
Chemical
hazard communication guidebook : OSHA, EPA, and DOT requirements
Environmental
contaminant reference databook
Environmental
engineers' handbook
Formula
handbook for environmental engineers and scientists
Bretherick's
handbook of reactive chemical hazards
Hazardous
chemicals desk reference
Rapid
guide to hazardous air pollutants
Sax's
dangerous properties of industrial materials
Sittig's
handbook of toxic and hazardous chemicals and carcinogens
Standard
handbook of environmental engineering
Standard
handbook of hazardous waste treatment and disposal
Water
treatment handbook
Research & Citation
An
engineer's practical guide to technical communication
Handbook for
scientific and technical research
How
to write and publish a scientific paper
Power tools
for technical communication
Science and
technical writing : a manual of style
More Standards available at: NUS
Libraries > E-Resources > Databases >
Type,
> Standards
For other background sources, search the Library catalogue,
LINC at
http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.
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NUS Theses
Selected theses
& academic exercises received from the NUS Division of
Environmental Science and Engineering are kept in the Library's Closed
Stacks under the call number TP155.More on how to
search NUS theses available at:
http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/lion/l/wtheses.html.
Foreign Theses
ProQuest
Dissertations & Theses Database (PQDT) (E-Resource)
A comprehensive full text database of
dissertations and theses records
(2
million graduate works from 700 universities)
from around the world. It allows natural language searching and the
menu-driven search facility help users find information quickly and
easily. It comes with free
multimedia and supplementary materials.
Guide for searching
Proquest Dissertations & Theses Database is available at:
ProQuest Basic Search (The Publisher)(HTML)
Index to Theses
with Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great
Britain and Ireland (E-Resource)
Listing of theses with abstracts
accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland
since 1716.
Guides to searching Index to Theses with
Abstracts accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain
and Ireland available at: http://www.theses.com./demo.html
(the Publisher)
More foreign theses databases are available at:
NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases by Type> Theses & Dissertations
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This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching
users how to search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc. It may
include notes on how to use specific resources.
Tutorial on Final Year Project for ESE Students (PowerPoint)
How
to Use Engineering Village 2 (PDF document)
Advanced
Search Tips in Using LINC (PDF document)
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The Center for
Environmental Enterprise
The Centre for Environmental Enterprise
is a non profit entity formed by the Greater Portland Economic Development
Council. This site has a section called Environmental Links which includes
links to many related sites.
Clay.net® :
Environmental Professional Homepage
This site is managed by John N. Clay. "This is
a quick-load, no-nonsense work platform for rapid information retrieval
designed specifically for environmental consultants and remediation
professionals."
DOE Reports Bibliographic Database
This site contains citations for Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored
scientific and technical reports covering the period of January 1, 1994 to
present.
EDIE :
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange
"Edie is a free, personalised, interactive
news, information and communications service for environmental
professionals around the world. With comprehensive independent coverage,
powerful search facilities, e-mail alerts and discussion forums, edie
provides a one-stop-shop for the exchange of environmental information on
the Web."
Envirofacts Warehouse : a single point of access to
select U.S. EPA Environmental Data
A single point access to Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) databases on Air, Chemicals, Facility Information,
Grants/Funding, Hazardous Waste, Spatial Data, Superfund, Toxic Releases,
and Water Permits and Drinking
Water.
Environmental Industry.com
This site is maintained by Adams Business
Media, Inc. It provides links to product information, magazines,
industrial news, etc.
Environmental Sites on the
Internet
Developed & designed by Larsgöran Strandberg,
Industrial Ecology at KTH - Royal Institute of Technology - Stockholm,
Sweden. Has comprehensive links to various aspects on the
environment.
Intute Engineering Gateway
Provides free access to high quality engineering & technology resources
on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by
subject specialists based at UK universities.
Pollution Online : A Community for Industrial
Professionals
"This site is
designed to serve the needs of operators, technicians, engineers,
researchers, managers, owners, and other professionals involved in the
control and prevention of pollution from industrial and commercial
sources."
Solid Waste Online : TA Community for
Industrial Professionals
Solid
Waste Online was formed by Michael McNulty and Michael Hagan. It aims to
serve the "needs of engineers, managers, government personnel, and
consulting firms involved in public works."
United States Environmental Protection
Agency(EPA)
Access to its
Online Library System as well as its databases, resources and
publications.
UWIN: Universities Water Information
Network
"This database is a
collection of international water research compiled by the Water Resources
Scientific Information Center (WRSIC) of the USGS. The research abstracted
in this database covers a wide variety of topics that span the time period
from 1967 to October, 1993. This database contains over 265,000 abstracts
and citations. Enough information is given in each citation so that the
user can locate titles of interest."
Water Online : A Community for Industrial
Professionals
This site
provides "information about the water and wastewater industry...dealing
with the basic operational elements of this industry: the resource
management, supply, treatment and distribution of drinking water, and the
collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater, as well as the many
ancillary functions that accompany them, for example, stormwater
management and sludge conditioning and disposal."
Water Quality Database
"The National Water Quality Database is an
information management tool for locating water quality and waste
management educational resources created by the 50 State Cooperative
Extension Services. This computer-based information is available by
computer search using several different network tools. The database
includes more than 2,600 citations and nearly 1,000 full-text
documents."
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Air and Waste Management
Association
American
Chemical Society (ACS)
American
Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
International Water Association
National Council for Science and the
Environment
Material Handling Industry
of America (MHIA)
Water Environment Federation
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Patents
DEPATISnet
http://depatisnet.dpma.de/
For German patents only
esp@cenet by European Patent Office
http://ep.espacenet.com/
Mostly patents from the European Patent Office. Also includes most
recent 24 months of PCT-publications from World Intellectual
Property
Organization
(WIPO)
More patents sources:
E-Resources, search NUS Libraries>E-Resources> Databases>
Browse Databases by Type> Patents
Useful Slide Presentation done by NUS Libraries on Patents:
Patent and Engineering Sources
(2007)
Standards
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards source
British standards online
International Standards Organisation (ISO)
Worldwide standards service
More Standards sources:
E-Resources, search NUS Libraries>E-Resources> Databases>
Browse Databases by Type> Standards
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Content by:
NUS Central
Library
Last updated:
28-08-2008
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