Informing chemical engineering decisions with data, research, and government resources /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) :
Morgan & Claypool,
[2013]
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| Series: | Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Synthesis lectures on chemical engineering and biochemical engineering ; # 1. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | This book offers new engineers and engineering students appropriate and effective strategies to find data, statistics, and research to support decision making. The authors describe the utility of solid reputable sources and help readers go beyond reliance on the quick Internet search, a habit which is often both inadequate to complex tasks and a source of criticism from employers. Some sources are free; others are available through libraries, or by purchase or subscription. This title can be used as a guide in concert with the advice of professors and colleagues, and potentially as a textbook. The examples are primarily from chemical and agricultural engineering, but the strategies could be adapted to other disciplines. An array of sources are shown, ranging from scholarly or professional societies, data sources, and books, to handbooks and journal sources, and less commonly used credible government documents and Web resources, including information from the USDA, the EPA and the DOE. Two case studies show research processes and the application of the underlying strategies and some of the tools. |
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| Item Description: | Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 26, 2013). Series from website. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 75 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-74). |
| ISBN: | 9781608459216 (electronic bk.) 1608459217 (electronic bk.) |