Find That Elusive Title

“Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.” -- Earl Nightingale (US motivational writer and author, 1921-1989)

PTQ- Petroleum Technology Quarterly (http://www.eptq.com/) offers consistently high value articles written by experts in specific areas.  Usually the articles conclude with a list of cited references. Typically, the citations do not include the title of the referenced article.  Without the title, you may not want to take the time and money to locate and read the referenced article.

Today’s tip: Copy the citation and paste it into a Google® search.  Usually, this will take you to a source that does include the article’s title.

Here is an example …

Cross, C. (2013, Q 4). High-acid crude processing enabled by unique use of computational fluid dynamics. Petroleum Technology Quarterly, pp. 39-49

The cited references in this PTQ article include the following cite …
Derungs W A, Corrosion, 1956, 12, (12), 41

To find the title …
Google®: Derungs W A, Corrosion, 1956, 12, (12), 41

You will find a more complete citation in ...
Naphthenic Acid Corrosion Review

Derungs, W.A., "Naphthenic Acid Corrosion – An Old Enemy Of The Petroleum Industry", Corrosion, 12(2), 41(1956).
source: http://www.setlaboratories.com/nac/tabid/79/Default.aspx.

With the title, you have more information to decide whether it is worth your effort to find and read the cited article.

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