Library Workshop ME 215 Spring 2010 Librarian: Haymwantee Singh Professors: Ernest Geskin and Mohammad Behi

Objectives Determine your information requirements for your research question Locate and retrieve relevant information using scholarly websites and resources Evaluate the quality of a website Use bibliographic tools for citing your sources

Workshop Topics Library Homepage Web Research Database Research

Cite Your Sources Evaluate Your Sources

List of Mechanical Engineering Databases

Research Databases for ME ASME journals online – mechanical engineering Academic Search Premier – general Science Direct – science, engineering, etc Scopus – science, technology, medicine, business ReferenceUSA – gives company and industry info. Patents Business Source Premier – business information Lexis Nexis – law and ethics

Question How do I find information on pharmaceutical reactors?

Technology of Reactors Types of reactors Safety Processes applied in the manufacture of a final product By-products of the manufacturing process Materials used in design of the vessel - coating

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Database Searching Academic Search Premier

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Database Searching Science Direct

Evaluate Web Resources 1.Authority 2.Accuracy 3.Currency 4.Objectivity

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What is a Peer-review Source Peer review is what characterizes academic research. If a publication is peer reviewed it means it has been read, checked and authenticated (reviewed) by independent, third party academics (peers). Peer review has been the quality- control system of academic publishing for hundreds of years. Peer-reviewed journals are also called scholarly journals. Many of the library databases contain such journals. Some databases include only peer-reviewed titles while others allow the user to restrict a search to peer-reviewed or scholarly only. Learn more at: ee/

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Assignment 1.Name a specific pharmaceutical product for your research (except aspirin). 2.What type of pharmaceutical reactor or vessel is used to manufacture this specific product? 3.What are the raw materials or ingredients that are used to make this product? 4.What processes are needed to convert the raw materials to the final product? 5.What type of energy is required in the manufacturing process? –Heat - Explain –Electrical - Explain

Assignment (continued What tools are used for the production of the final product? What are the by-products of this manufacturing process? Give a description of the characteristics of the container or vessel that you have identified for the manufacturing of your chosen product. Using APA style, make a list of three sources or references that you have used in this research. What is the purpose of this particular pharmaceutical reactor?