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Engineering, Chemical

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Why use Encyclopedias?

Encyclopedias provide an overview and introduction to a topic. Encyclopedias are meant to get you started on a topic and can help you become familar with issues and terminology in a subject area. They will provide you with background information and additional references. They are not research documents.  

E-Reference Collections

Handbooks

An easy way to find handbooks is to do a keyword search. Type in your subject and the word handbooks. For ex: Petroleum AND Handbooks