Pulp and Paper Industry & Engineering Resources

The following are selected resources that are available at Fogler Library or on the Internet. If you have questions about finding information related to the Pulp & Paper Industry, please contact the Science and Engineering Center at 581-1691 or email Martin Wallace. Or use our Ask a Librarian service.

Table of Contents
Electronic Indexes & Databases	Technical Reports
Print Indexes	Chemical Substance & Structure Databases
Library Catalogs	Paper Industry Statistics
e-Journals & Online Trade Magazines	Prices, Companies & Product Directories
e-Books	Professional Societies & Research Organizations
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias	Government Agencies
Handbooks, Manuals, & Other Reference Works	Maine Organizations
News Sources & Newspaper Indexes	Codes of Ethics
Audio, Video, & Multimedia Resources	Licensure Boards & Exams
Software	Grant & Funding Sources
Data Sets	Graduate School, Postdoctoral Studies, Careers, Jobs, & Internships
Standards, Testing Methods & Specifications	Citation Guides, Writing Manuals & Evaluation Criteria
Patents	Educational Resources
Theses & Dissertations	Biography & History
Conference Papers & Proceedings	Consider Engineering

Electronic Indexes & Databases

• Compendex. Index to over 14 million journal article and conference proceeding abstracts across 190 engineering disciplines and from over 65 countries; updated weekly. Use their subject headings to obtain more precise results. Access is provided by the following indexes: author, author's affiliation (university or company), keywords from the abstract and title, subject terms and source title (journal or conference title). Compendex is part of the Engineering Village platform.
• SciFinder Scholar. SciFinder Scholar is the expanded electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, covering literature (including patents) from the mid-1800s to present, plus additional databases listing chemical substances and reactions. Covers literature (including patents) on all branches of chemistry, as well as related fields. Search options include keyword, CAS Registry number, chemical structure, chemical reaction, and more. University of Maine (Orono) also has access to the the SciFinder Substructure Module (SSM), which permits searching a chemical substance database for substitutions, variations in ring structure, and R groups, as well as the option to search by stereochemistry.
• Academic Search Complete. Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multi-disciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,500 scholarly, popular, trade, and special interest serials, and a total of more than 12,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Updated daily. 
• Business Source Complete. Business Source Complete indexes and abstracts more than 4,800 scholarly, trade, popular, and special interest serials in the fields of business and industry. More than half of the publications are peer- reviewed, and approximately 3,700 provide full text. Additional full-text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses, faculty seminars (videos), and more. Updated daily.
• CAB Direct. CAB Direct covers research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources. Can be searched by author, title, abstract word, and CAB descriptor. Indexes journals as well as books, reports, and conference proceedings. Updated weekly.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Provides full-text articles from over 1145 free peer-reviewed journals covering all scholarly and scientific subjects. Over 310 journals can be searched by article title. Most articles are in English. Records for articles in foreign languages have English abstracts.
• Electronic Journals: Full Text. Searchable database of journals and journal articles available through EBSCO Subscription Services, including access to many full text articles. In ARTICLESearch, articles can be searched by keyword in title, abstract or full text. JOURNALSearch provides access at the journal title level, and can be searched by keyword, ISSN, or publisher. Journal table of contents may also be browsed. Links to the full text of articles are available for e-journals to which Fogler Library subscribes, or when the article appears in a sample issue.
• Environment Complete. Environment Complete offers deep coverage in applicable areas of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more. The database contains full text for more than 400 journals, including many of the most-used journals in the discipline, such as Environment (back to 1975), Ecologist, Conservation Biology, etc. It also has full text for more than 100 monographs, such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management, and more.
• Environmental Science Collection (Proquest). Provides access to the electronic versions of several standard indexes: Agricultural & nvironmental biotechnology abstracts (1993-present); AFSA Aquatic pollution & environmental quality (1990-present); Ecology abstracts (1982-present); EIS Digests of environmental impact statements (1985-present); Environmental engineering abstracts (1990-present); Health & safety sciences abstracts (1981-present); Industrial & applied microbiology abstracts (Microbiology A) (1982-present); Bacteriology abstracts (Microbiology B) (1982-present); Pollution abstracts (1981-present); Risk abstracts (1990-present); Toxicology abstracts (1981-present); Water resources abstracts (1967-present).
• Google Scholar. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. Personal iGoogle Scholar configurations may not be available when accessing library licensed resources. Access to library licensed resources may require logging out of personal iGoogle account.
• ScienceDirect. ScienceDirect is a full-text collection of journals on science, technology, and medicine published by Elsevier. The University of Maine System Libraries have access to Complete and the Freedom Collection, which together comprise more than 1,800 journals, most with backfiles from 1995 to present. There are some ScienceDirect journal titles to which University users do not have access. Elsevier provides lists of titles included and excluded from the Freedom Collection at http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/licensing/additional/freedom/
• Scirus. Produced by Elsevier and competitor to Google Scholar, Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Indexes journals, conferences, technical reports, and more. Not a full-text database.
• Web of Science. Provides access to the Science Citation Index® (1900 to present), Social Sciences Citation Index® (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index™ (1975-present). Covers current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Provides cited reference searching, with which users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines to uncover information relevant to their research.

Print Indexes

• Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry (Institute of Paper Chemistry). Vols 1 (1930)-28 (1958).
• Abstract Bulletin of the Institute of Paper Chemistry (Institute of Paper Chemistry). Vols 29 (1958)-59 (1989).
• Abstract bulletin of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (Institute of Paper Science and Technology). Vols 60 (1989)-68 (1998).
• Abstract bulletin of paper science and technology (Elsevier Engineering Information). Vols 69 (1998)-79 (2009).
• Chemical Abstracts. (Sci Index QD7.C44) Online access now available through SciFinder Scholar,1907 to present. Software needs to be loaded on your computer to utilize SciFinder Scholar. We have a contract for just one user at a time but the service is available almost 24/7. This is the major indexing source for the worldwide chemical literature. Published by the American Chemical Society. Approximately 14,000 journals are monitored, plus patents, conference proceedings, and other types of literature.
• Engineering Index. Print copy in Sci Index TA1.E6, 1884 - 1995.
• Science Citation Index. Print copy at Sci Index Q1.A1S36. Holdings are 1965 to present. An excellent multidisciplinary science information source which leads you to papers that cite a paper of interest, thus resulting in records for articles that you may not find using traditional subject or keyword searching. To learn how to use it, ask a Science and Engineering Center librarian. Online access is available through Web of Science. Coverage is 1900 to present.

Library Catalogs

• URSUS. University of Maine System catalog. Use the Request function to request items from other campuses. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
• MaineCat. Public libraries and private college and university libraries (Bates, Bowdoin, Colby) in Maine. Use the Request function to request items from other libraries. Items are sent to Orono and loaned for 4 weeks.
• WorldCat. International catalog containing the holdings of over 8,000 libraries.
• British Library. Catalogue.
• Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) Catalog.

e-Journals & Online Trade Magazines

• TAPPI Journal. Online access for UMaine. Indexed in Compendex.
• American Chemical Society Publications. Provides full-text access to 120 years of chemistry research published in American Chemical Society journals from 1879. The database access is rolling in nature; that is, every year, a new year's worth of content will be added. Access to the Archives includes articles from the year of first issue for all journals up to five years ago. Also provides access to the monographs in the ACS Symposium Series from 2010 to present.
• Paper 360. Online access for UMaine. Indexed in Business Source Complete.
• Paper Industry Magazine. Includes industry news, product and service reviews, and in-depth editorial on important issues in the pulp and paper industry
• PaperAge Magazine. Freely downloadable paper industry trade magazine. Current issue available on home page. Back issues available in the archive.
• PaperOnWeb - Magazines and Journals. Contains the sites of magazines and journals publishers and/or Internet version of magazines and journals related to pulp, paper and forestry.

e-Books

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.
• Credo Reference (online). Over 3.2 million entries from more than 450 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, and atlases in all fields.
• Dictionary of Paper. (SciRef TS1085.A6) Non-technical definitions of terms commonly used in the U.S. paper and allied industries. Important uses, summaries of significant manufacturing history, and brief discussions of important properties are given whenever possible. Many different types of mill products are described.
• Handbook of Pulp and Paper Terminology. (SciRef TS1085.S66) A comprehensive collection of technical and operational terms for pulping, papermaking and related operations. Commonly used abbreviations and acronyms are included.
• IUPAC Gold Book: the IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology.
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. John Wiley, 1991. (SciRef TP9.E685 1991) Starting to receive the 5th ed. John Wiley, 2004. (SciRef TP0/K54 2004) Excellent resource for students and researchers of all levels. Covers all areas of chemical technology and articles are written by experts in the field. General scientific and technical articles are included. Extensive bibliographies. May need to consult the 2nd and 3rd editions for some topics in the ORO stacks.
• RISI. Contains a wide variety of information on companies, mills, news, technology, careers, etc. Also contains dictionary, encyclopedia and online trade magazine index. You may register for Gold Member status free for 60 days which provides additional resources. Fogler does not have a subscription.
• Pulp and Paper Dictionary. Contains the definitions of terms, words and/or phrases commonly used in pulp and papermaking, printing, converting and paper trading.
• Pulp and Paper North American Factbook. (SciRef TS1088.P86) A yearbook which provides an overview of the state of the industry in North America and Mexico. Provides detailed statistical analysis of prices, capacities, production, and consumption of various pulp, paper, and paperboard grades.

Handbooks, Manuals, & Other Reference Works

• Credo Reference (online). Over 3.2 million entries from more than 450 encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, guides, and atlases in all fields.
• Engineering Fundamentals - EFUNDA. Materials, Formulas, Mathematics, Processes and Design, Etc.
• Handbook for Pulp & Paper Technologists. (SciRef TS1105.S674) Detailed overview of the technology of pulp and paper manufacture. Extensively illustrated.
• Handbook of Physical Testing of Paper. 2nd rev. ed. Ed. by R. E. Mark. Dekker, 2002. (SciRef TS1109.H325 2002 2 vols.).
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on the Internet.
• MatWeb. Your Source for Materials Information. Materials property data. See also the MatWeb for Composites.
• MSDS Search - National Repository. FULL TEXT DATABASE. This site pulls together in one place a great many sites containing material safety data sheets. Large list of manufacturers is included.
• NCASI Methods Manual. Useful to companies involved in environmental monitoring, mill research programs, and analysis of environmental samples.
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. Contains physical and chemical properties and exposure hazard information for several hundred chemicals that are common in the work environment.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook. Contains spectral, thermochemical, thermophysical and energetics data. Search chemicals by name, formula, structure, IUPAC identifier, CAS registry number, or reaction.
• Physical Properties on the Internet.
• Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry. 10th ed. Kluwer Academic, 2003. (SciRef TP145.R54 2003)

News Sources & Newspaper Indexes

• PaperAge. Industry news, prices and market info.
• Chemistry Headlines. From the ACS.
• EurekAlert. Service of the AAAS.
• LexisNexis Academic. Worldwide coverage of newspapers, newsletters, and trade journals with good coverage of environmental and water resources issues.
• Maine Newsstand. Indexes four Maine newspapers.
• New York Times Article Archive. 1851− present. Full text of articles can be purchased online or use the microfilm collection in Fogler Library.
• News on the Web - Archive. Provides links to U.S. and international newspaper archives that are searchable. Also has links to TV and radio broadcast archives.
• Paper Industry Magazine. Includes industry news, product and service reviews, and in-depth editorial on important issues in the pulp and paper industry
• ProQuest Newspapers. Full text of more than 500 U.S. and international news sources. Includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires. Years of coverage vary by title. Maine papers included: Bangor Daily News (1992+), Portland Press Herald (1995+), and selected business coverage from Maine Times (1994-2002) and Central Maine Morning Sentinel (1993-1997).
• Pulp and Paper Network. News, Prices and Industry Resources.
• SciCentral. Gateway to the best scientific and engineering research news sources.

Audio, Video, & Multimedia Resources

• Academic Video Online. Academic Video Online is a video subscription of approximately 13,000 video titles in a wide range of disciplines and from dozens of producers and distributors. Carefully selected titles include documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and news reels, field recordings, commercials, and raw footage.
• Access Science. Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Includes over 8,500 online encyclopedia articles and 15,000 illustrations from the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition and regularly updated, fully-searchable media-rich content, terms, images and video.

Software

Data Sets

• NIST Data Gateway. Gateway to U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology technical data sets. Covers a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines. Includes the NIST Chemistry WebBook.

Standards, Testing Methods & Specifications

Standards are located in the last row of reference shelving toward the center of the room. See the Engineering Standards and Specifications Guide for more information.

Indexes

• NSSN. National Standards Systems Network. Searchable bibliographic database of thousands of industrial standards and specifications and links to many standards-issuing organizations.
• TechStreet Standards Index. Indexes over 500,000 standards from 10,000 organizations.

Standards

• ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library. See also: American Society of Testing and Materials. Annual Book of ASTM Standards. (SciRef TA401.A653 Standards shelves) 2009 edition. Older editions in ORO Stacks at TA401.A653.
• NCASI Methods Manual. Useful to companies involved in environmental monitoring, mill research programs, and analysis of environmental samples.
• Pulping and Paper Production. Technical Information Papers (SciRef Standards Collection TS1175.P8)
  Corrugated Containers& Packaging: Technical Information Papers. (SciRef Standards Collection TS1138.C6778) These two information sources include engineering data and "best practices" prepared by technical committees of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. Updated annually.
• TAPPI Test Methods. (SciRef Standards Collection TS1109.T44) Collection of testing procedures containing all the Official Test Methods, Provisional Test Methods and Classical Methods that have been published by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. Published annually.

Patents

Patents are a valuable source of information on processes and products in the chemical industry. Fogler Library is the home of the only Patent and Trademark Resource Center in Maine. Services offered include the full-text of United States patents, 1974-present, and free instruction on how to do a patent search on a topic of interest. If you need to locate a copy of a specific patent, refer to the Fogler Library Guide, "Locating Copies of Patents. "

• Patent and Trademark Resource Center at Fogler Library. Reviews information about searching the U.S. patent database and obtaining copies of patents. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site and databases are at: www.uspto.gov.
• European Patent Office. esp@cenet. Search EP, PCT, Japanese, and other worldwide patents.
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). PatentScope Full Text Database. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) full-text, bibliographic data and image coverage from 1978 to present, over 1.4 million international patent applications indexed. International Patent Classification system. List of Patent Databases in Different Countries.

Theses & Dissertations

• Digital Dissertations. Indexes dissertations and theses written by graduates of North American and European universities. The complete text of dissertations written at the University of Maine after 1996 is included.

Conference Papers & Proceedings

Technical Reports

• Chemical Data Access Tool (CDAT). Use CDAT to find health and safety information submitted to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), including a broad range of health and safety information reported by industry under TSCA Sections 4,5, 8(d), and 8(e), unpublished, nonconfidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems, health and environmental effects information obtained through the High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge, and recently declassified confidential business information.
• Energy Citations Database. Energy Citations contains bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical reports and papers sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies. It includes citations to report literature, conference papers, journal articles, books, dissertations, and patents.
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. (NCASI) Publications Search. Includes research reports, newletters, and various handbooks.
• Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
• Science.gov 5.0. A free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies - access to over 200 million pages of scientific information.
• Scirus. Produced by Elsevier and competitor to Google Scholar, Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Indexes journals, conferences, technical reports, and more. Not a full-text database.
• Virtual Technical Reports Center. Maintained by the University of Maryland Libraries. Links to institutions worldwide that provide full text and indexing to their reports, dissertations, reprints and preprints.

Chemical Substance & Structure Databases

• SciFinder Scholar. SciFinder Scholar is the expanded electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, covering literature (including patents) from the mid-1800s to present, plus additional databases listing chemical substances and reactions. Covers literature (including patents) on all branches of chemistry, as well as related fields. Search options include keyword, CAS Registry number, chemical structure, chemical reaction, and more. University of Maine (Orono) also has access to the the SciFinder Substructure Module (SSM), which permits searching a chemical substance database for substitutions, variations in ring structure, and R groups, as well as the option to search by stereochemistry.
• Cambridge Structural Database. The Cambridge Structural Database includes bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic (X-ray and neutron diffraction analysis) information on organic molecules and organometallic compounds. Includes data from published literature and from private reports. Available versions are WebCSD (Internet, unlimited users) or via installed client software (limited to a single user).
• IUPAC Gold Book: the IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology.
• NIST Data Gateway. Gateway to U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology technical data sets. Covers a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines. Includes the NIST Chemistry WebBook.

Paper Industry Statistics

• Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies.
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPA). They issue statisitcal reports for European industry.
• Current Index to Statistics. Current Index to Statistics is a bibliographic index to publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. CIS indexes over 160 core journals; selected articles with statistical content from about 1200 additional journals; and more than 11,000 books in statistics. Published by the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
• Forest Products = Produits forestiers = Productos forestales. FAO Yearbook, 2000. (SciRef HD9750.4.Y4 2000) Compilation of statistical data on basic forest products in all countries including roundwood, wood chips, lumber, wood-based panels, pulp and paper.
• Global Pulp & Paper Fact & Price Book 2006. RISI. (SciRef HD9824.1.P85 2006). Provides market data, key statistics and grade overviews for all major grades of pulp and paper.
• RISI. Contains a wide variety of information on companies, mills, news, technology, careers, etc. Also contains dictionary, encyclopedia and online trade magazine index. You may register for Gold Member status free for 60 days which provides additional resources. Fogler does not have a subscription.
• Pulp and Paper.net.
• Statistical Universe.

Prices, Companies & Product Directories

• Canada's Forest Network.
• CHEMINFO. chemical information sources. Produced by Indiana University.
• Directory of the Wood Products Industry. (Buyers and Sellers Directory of the Forest Products Industry). Random Lengths, 2001. . (SciRef HD9753.D57 2001) Directory of sawmills, board manufacturers, exporters, etc.
• Forest Directory.com.
• Forest Industry Network.
• Forest Products = Produits forestiers = Productos forestales. FAO Yearbook, 2000. (SciRef HD9750.4.Y4 2000) Compilation of statistical data on basic forest products in all countries including roundwood, wood chips, lumber, wood-based panels, pulp and paper.
• ForestWeb.com. Industry news, market analysis and prices, company and product directores.
• Hoover's Online. The business information authority.
• International Fact and Price Book. (SciRef HD9820.1.I58) An excellent resource for economic analysis of the pulp and paper industry. Overviews production and prices in each country. Profiles the top 150 companies.
• Lockwood-Post's Directory of the Pulp, Paper and Allied Trades. (SciRef TS1088.L822 2003) Similar to Phillips International Paper Directory, but with a North American focus and more descriptive information at the mill level.
• Lumber & panel company profiles: performance and strategy analysis of the largest North American companies. Miller Freeman, 1998. (SciRef HD9754.L8 1998)
• Maine Pulp and Paper Industry Directory, 2000. Maine Pulp & Paper Association. (SciRef HD9820.3.M34)
• PaperAge. Industry news, prices and market info.
• Paperonline. European portal to the paper industry and education resource.
• PaperOnWeb.com. Lists manufacturers, service providers, universities, industry and research organizations.
• Phillips International Paper Directory. (SciRef TS 1088. P52) Lists worldwide mills, paper and paper products, merchants, distributors, trade associations, and sources of equipment and supplies.
• Piranet.com. PIRA International is an international consulting organization for the packaging and paper industry.
• Pulp and Paper Canada. Annual Directory. 2004. Information on companies and plants. Contains schematics for the production process at each plant. (SciRef TS1080.P85 2004)
• Pulp and Paper Company Profiles. (SciRef TS1088.P75) Overviews the financial and business structure of the top North American companies in pulp, paper, and paperboard.
• Pulp and Paper Network. News, Prices and Industry Resources.
• Pulp and Paper Technology. Extensive directory of companies and products. Also has a conference calendar.
• RISI. Contains a wide variety of information on companies, mills, news, technology, careers, etc. Also contains dictionary, encyclopedia and online trade magazine index. You may register for Gold Member status free for 60 days which provides additional resources. Fogler does not have a subscription.
• Thomas Register. Lists over 173,000 U.S. and Canadian manufacturers.
• Thomas Register of European Manufacturers.
• Woodweb.

Professional Societies & Research Organizations

• Alliance for Environmental Technology (AET). Dedicated to improving the environmental performance of the pulp and paper industry.
• American Chemical Society (ACS).
• American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA).
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Forest Products Division (AIChE).
• Appita. Technical association serving the Australian and New Zealand pulp and paper industry.
• ASTM International (American Society for Testing and Materials).
• Canadian Institute of Forestry.
• Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies.
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPA). They issue statisitcal reports for European industry.
• Forest Products Association of Canada.
• Forest Products Society.
• Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST).
• International Association of Paper Historians.
• International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA).
• Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NESC).
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI).
• National Paper Trade Association (NPTA).
• Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA).
• Paper Industry Technical Association. UK (PITA).
• PaperAge. Listing of Paper Industry Associations and Organizations.
• PaperCom Alliance.
• Pulp and Paper Products Council.
• Pulp and Paper Safety Association (PPSA).
• Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC).
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE). A not-for-profit educational and service organization that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women.
• Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI).

Government Agencies

• Science Accelerator, Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy. Search collections of DOE research results, project descriptions, and accomplishments. These collections enable you to find out about ongoing research projects, explore significant DOE discoveries, learn about DOE Nobel Prize Winners, access and search scientific e-prints, locate science conference papers and proceedings, patents, and more.
• Science.gov 5.0. A free, integrated single-search gateway to reliable science and technology information from 17 organizations within 13 federal science agencies - access to over 200 million pages of scientific information.

Maine Organizations

• Cooperative Forestry Research Unit (University of Maine). This database focuses on ecology, economics, and growth and management of Maine forests. Contains the full-text of University of Maine's Cooperative Forestry Research Unit's (CFRU) reports as well as other publications resulting from research by CFRU staff and associates. Searchable by subject category such as hardwood management, harvesting, and thinning. The database can be browsed by author, subject, and title.
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Maine Economic Growth Council.
• Maine Economic Research Institute.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council.
• Maine Forest Service. Full text publications are available at this site.
• Maine Forest Products Council.
• Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
• Maine Pulp and Paper Association.
• Maine's Sustainable Forestry Initiative. Site includes legislative updates.
• Maine Technology Institute.
• Pulp and Paper Foundation. The University of Maine.
• State of Maine. Agriculture and Industry.
• University of Maine. Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
• University of Maine. Pulp and Paper Process Development Center.
• University of Maine. Paper Surface Science Program.

Codes of Ethics

• AIChE Code of Ethics.
• Codes of Ethics for Engineering.
• National Institute for Engineering Ethics (NIEE).

Licensure Boards & Exams

Grant & Funding Sources

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
• Engineering Education Service Center. Brings together a directory of engineering schools, competitions, scholarships, events, etc.
• Federal Grants Portal. Internet grants management portal
• Foundation Center. Directory of private, charitable, community, and corporate foundations. Find foundations by state, subject of support, etc.
• Grants.gov. Locate and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide. Includes proposal preparation instructions, review process, and grant administration.
• NSF Overview Funding.
• SRA International. Grants Web. Comprehensive resource from the Society of Research Administrators.

Graduate School, Postdoctoral Studies, Careers, Jobs, & Internships

• Engineering Education Service Center. Brings together a directory of engineering schools, competitions, scholarships, events, etc.
• Financial Aid. Portal to resources for scholarships, loans, savings programs, military aid, etc.
• Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans. Grants for Individuals.
• National Academy of Sciences. Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond.1996.
• National Academy of Sciences. Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers. 2000.
• MentorNet. The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science. Members get one-on-one encouragement and advice, online topic-based discussion groups, and a resume database for job seekers.
• Nationally Coveted Scholarships, Fellowships and Postdoctoral Awards. Searchable database.
• PaperAge. Listing of Colleges and Universities with Paper Science Programs.
• Peterson's Guide to Graduate Programs. Also print copy at Fogler Reserve Desk. ORO Reference L901.A549. Volume 5: engineering and applied sciences.

Citation Guides, Writing Manuals & Evaluation Criteria

• Citation Styles, Style Guides and Avoiding Plagarism. Univ. of California, Berkeley.
• Critically analyzing information sources and Checklist of criteria of a scholarly article and Evaluating web sites.
• IEEE Standards Style Manual. The accepted format for bibliography citations.
• Duke University. Citing sources and avoiding plagiarism. Assembling a list of cited works in your paper.
• Writing Center. University of Maine.
• Writing Laboratory. Purdue University.

Educational Resources

• Paper Industry International Hall of Fame. Recognizes people who have made preeminent contributions to the paper industry worldwide.
• Paperonline. Contains history of paper making and educational resources. Sponsored by the European Paper & Packaging Industries.

Biography & History

• Paper Industry International Hall of Fame. Recognizes people who have made preeminent contributions to the paper industry worldwide.
• Paperonline. Contains history of paper making and educational resources. Sponsored by the European Paper & Packaging Industries.

Consider Engineering

Web sites that describe the engineering profession, link to college and university web sites, and that provide guidance on choosing a major field of study.

• Discover engineering.
• Engineer Girl. For everyone with lot’s of links and information
• Engineering Education Service Center. Brings together a directory of engineering schools, competitions, scholarships, events, etc.
• Engineering your Future.
• FSEA Future Scientists & Engineers of America.
• Maine Engineering Promotion Council.
• MentorNet. The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science. Members get one-on-one encouragement and advice, online topic-based discussion groups, and a resume database for job seekers.
• National Engineers Week.

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Created by: Martin Wallace | Revised: 02/11/2013