"It is estimated that from 20 to 25 percent of all the water that runs off the Earth’s surface is carried to the Amazon" (http://library.thinkquest.org/22642/nwonders/amazon.htm)
“How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on” -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French Pilot, Writer and Author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944)
You no doubt spend a lot of time on the Web looking for items pertaining to your area of interest. So do information professionals, including your friendly corporate or academic librarian. Do yourself a favor … introduce yourself to them. They can help you become a more effective online searcher.
Let’s say, for example, that you want a good, authoritative book on desulfurization of heavy oils. You could Google® … but since you know you are looking for a book, lighten the load. Search Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) instead. By choosing the right database, you narrow your focus and save yourself time.
Search Amazon.com for "desulfurization" in Books category. One hit …
The Desulfurization of Heavy Oils and Residua (Chemical Industries) (Hardcover)
2nd edition
~ James G. Speight (Editor) "Petroleum is scattered throughout the earth's crust, which is divided into natural groups or strata, categorized in order of their antiquity (Table 1-1) (Speight, 1999)..." (more)
Key Phrases: New York, Marcel Dekker Inc, Gas Journal (more...)
$219.00
ISBN: 0-8247-8921-0
This is a fairly expensive book. It may be worth its weight in palladium, but you may want to take a look at it first. One way to do so … Make an ILL – Interlibrary Loan – request from your librarian. The librarian will locate a library that owns the book and request a loan. You will have two or three weeks to peruse the tome to determine whether it is worth the purchase price.
But wait, there’s more you can do. Maybe you have never heard of James G. Speight, the editor of above. No problem …
Google® "James G. Speight" Among the results …
Dr. James G. Speight Energy and environmental consulting services We are a technical advisory service that provides project management and business consulting.
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And you can go on with your background check. Search ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) …
Search ScienceDirect: "speight"
Some articles by James G. Speight ...
Sulphoxidation of Athabasca bitumen
Fuel, Volume 57, Issue 10, October 1978, Pages 647-649
Speros E. Moschopedis, James G. Speight
Electrical conductivities of bitumen fractions in non-aqueous solvents
Fuel, Volume 53, Issue 3, July 1974, Pages 192-197
Stephen Penzes, James G. Speight
Investigation of hydrogen bonding by oxygen functions in Athabasca bitumen
Fuel, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 1976, Pages 187-192
Speros E. Moschopedis, James G. Speight
The production of low-sulphur liquids and coke from Athabasca bitumen
Fuel Processing Technology, Volume 2, Issue 4, October 1979, Pages 295-302
James G. Speight, Speros E. Moschopedis
Identification of nitrogen functional groups in Athabasca bitumen
Fuel, Volume 60, Issue 5, May 1981, Pages 397-400
Speros E. Moschopedis, Randall W. Hawkins, James G. Speight
Water-soluble constituents of Athabasca bitumen
Fuel, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 1977, Pages 109-110
Speros E. Moschopedis, John F. Fryer, James G. Speight
Investigation of the carbonyl functions in a resin fraction from Athabasca bitumen
Fuel, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 1976, Pages 184-186
Speros E. Moschopedis, John F. Fryer, James G. Speight
Chapter 6 Thermal Cracking of Athabasca Bitumen
Developments in Petroleum Science, Volume 7, 1978, Pages 123-154
James G. Speight
Thermal cracking of Athabasca bitumen, Athabasca asphaltenes, and Athabasca deasphalted heavy oil
Fuel, Volume 49, Issue 2, April 1970, Pages 134-145
J.G. Speight
A structural investigation of the constituents of Athabasca bitumen by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Fuel, Volume 49, Issue 1, January 1970, Pages 76-90
J.G Speight///////
Talk to your friendly corporate or academic librarian. That information professional can give you tips on other databases to search to maximize the effectiveness of your technical research.
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