Pharmaceuticals Subject Guide


The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.

Other guides available:
Process Industries   >  Bulk Handling   |  Food Engineering   |  Offshore Engineering   |  Oil, Gas and Chemical

Aerospace   |  Automobile   |   Combustion, Engines and Fuels   |  Construction and Building Services   |  Energy, Environment and Sustainability   |   Fluid Machinery   |  Management   |  Manufacturing   |  Mechatronics, Informatics and Control   |  Medical Engineering   |    Power Industries   |  Pressure Systems     |  Railway   |  Safety and Reliability   |  Structural Technology and Materials   |  Thermofluids   |  Tribology

  Download this guide (PDF 91 KB) 

Locating Pharmaceuticals Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the pharmaceuticals subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue .

Topic Shelf Number
Biomedical Engineering                            617.3
Chemical Engineering   660.2
Cleanrooms   697.9316
Pharmaceuticals 615.191

Useful Books

Bennett B & Cole G, Pharmaceutical Production: An Engineering Guide (2003) 615.191 BEN
Couper J R, Chemical Process Equipment: Selection and Design (2004) 660.283 COU (Oversize)
Koolen J L A, Design of Simple and Robust Chemical Process Plants (2001) 660.284 KOO
Perry R H & Green D W, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook (1998) 660 PER Oversize)
Wang L K & Hung Y T, Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment (2004) 628.445 WAN
Whyte W, Cleanroom Design 2nd Edition (1999) 697.9316 WHY
Williams P T, Waste Treatment and Disposal (2005) 628.445 WIL

E-books

The following titles are available via Knovel in the Virtual Library.

Bennett B & Cole G, Pharmaceutical production: an engineering guide (2003)
Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for safe handling of powders and bulk solids (2005)
Chenier PJ, Survey of industrial chemistry (3rd edition) (2002)
Lewis RJ, Hawley’s condensed chemical dictionary (2002)
Woodard & Curran Inc, Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook (2006) 

Recent IMechE Pharmaceuticals Conferences and Seminars 

Please visit the Process Industries Papers and Presentations (Archive)

Useful Journals

The Library has an extensive collection of journals including: 

Health and safety at work 1 year
Proceedings of the IMechE part E:
journal of process mechanical engineering 1989-
Process engineering 1972-
The ROSPA occupational safety and health journal 5 years
TCE: the chemical engineer 1986-

Please check the library catalogue to see if the library subscribes to your required journal. Current issues of key journals are held on the journal display rack. The back copies of these journals are stored in the basement. Please ask a member of staff if you wish to view any.

Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal.

E-journals

The following electronic journals are available on the EBSCO Business Source database in the Virtual Library.

Chemical business
Chemical week
Hazardous waste consultant
Pharmaceuticals Industry Profile: United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Discovery
Pharmaceuticals Industry Profile: Europe
Pharmaceuticals Industry Profile: Global
Process control & quality
Process engineering
Pharmaceutical development & technology
Pharmaceutical Technology
Pharmaceutical Technology Europe
Practice periodical of hazardous, toxic & radioactive waste management
Process control & quality
Process cooling & equipment

Websites

Please visit the  pharmaceuticals web links  page.


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