Library: Chemical Engineering: Learning at Bath

Past exam papers

Past exam papers
The Library provides you with access to Semester 1 and Semester 2 exam papers from the last 5 years, to help with revision. If you can't find the paper you are looking for it may be because:
• The unit code has changed
• It has been restricted by your Department
Please be aware that older papers might not be relevant to current course content.

Software video tutorials

Research Software Learning Online
A guide to research software online courses from O'Reilly Learning. Courses cover Excel, Git and GitHub, LaTEX, MATLAB, Python, R and RS Studio, SAS, SPSS, Stata and SQL.

Further resources

Finding dissertations and theses
Guidance on how to find University of Bath dissertations and theses in the Library and online or search other libraries.
Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH)
MASH helps all students at the University with mathematics and statistics problems.

Evaluating and using materials

Newspapers and magazines

Newspaper access provided by the Library

PressReader This link opens in a new window
PressReader provides unlimited access to 7,000 digital newspapers and magazines from 120 countries in 60 languages.

PressReader Guide

Nexis This link opens in a new window
Covers international news including business, company and industry news. It gives full-text access to the international press, including major world newspapers and the trade/advertising press. IMPORTANT: Please note that business and news databases are licenced for education and research purposes only and cannot be used for University business.
News coverage includes the Financial Times from 1982 with a 30 day embargo. Note that the FT is not in the UK newspapers group search (filter) in the Power Search.

Reading lists

The Library is piloting central reading list management software called Library Lists. We are working with academics to create and share reading lists in this system. See department Moodle pages for Library List links and reading lists in other formats.

List of Library Lists for Chemical Engineering
Here you will find a list of all Chemical Engineering units and a link to the corresponding Library List.
Access your Moodle VLE units

Reference management software

Managing References using EndNote® online - Chemical Engineering

For more information on referencing, plagiarism and reference management software go to the Referencing pages.

Subject guides for using EndNote Online

XtLearn Intute - Chemical Engineering links
Archive of free web resources collated from subject specialists. The Intute platform has ceased but the resource links are archived here, including for all areas of engineering
ChemIndustry.com
A search engine specialising in the chemical industry.
TechXtra
TechXtra is a search interface providing access to freely available full-text content from articles, websites, theses and dissertations, books, industry news, new job announcements, technical reports, e-prints, learning and teaching resources and the latest research, in engineering, mathematics and computing.

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Information about the Society, news, links, meetings, careers information.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Information about the Society, as well as news updates, and information about other resources.
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Information about the Society, as well as news updates, details of events and further information resources.
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Information about the Society, as well as news updates, details of events, jobs and campaigns.

Barbour Product Search
From the publishers of the print Barbour Compendium this is a fully searchable database of products and suppliers for the construction industries. It includes images, case studies, technical data, catalogues, news and project data.
KOMPASS UK
Provides a free facility to search for business to business product and company information, including importers, exporters, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors.

Information skills

Linkedin Learning
Linkedin Learning provides access to a huge range of video tutorials on key software e.g. CAD, as well as personal and professional skills, business, marketing, web design, programming and more. Access for current students and staff from Engineering & Design and School of Management only.

SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
E-books, articles, videos and case studies about research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed: including data analysis, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews and systematic reviews)

Information skills tutorial
How to find information from books and journals to use in your coursework: Moodle resource for University of Bath students.
Library training events for researchers
Library training sessions provided through the Doctoral Skills programme. These cover a range of topics from literature searching to research data management.

Skills for Study This link opens in a new window
Description: Interactive tutorials with activities and tests covering: reading and note making, critical thinking skills and referencing and understanding plagiarism.