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OECDiLibrary – world statistics and much more

Do you wonder about how much renewable energy Norway produces? And how that compares with production in the rest of the world?

OECD statistics, accessible to you via NTNU library, helps finding the answer to this question and many other.

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In the OECDiLibrary statistics module, you can find world statistics on many themes from gender equality in education to fisheries, employment or health status…

OECDiLibrary also provides access to numerous reports of interest for a wide range of disciplines, like the World Energy Outlook 2015, OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2015 and Education at a glance 2015, to name a few.

OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books,  papers and OECD OECD statistics.

OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).

OECD iLibrary presents all content so users can find – and cite – tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters in any available format: PDF, WEB, XLS, ActiveChart, DATA, ePUB, READ.

 To access OECDiLibrary datapages you have to be on the NTNU campus network or use VPN.

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Access to AAPG Datapages

The library has online access to AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists). Contents include AAPG Bulletin, AAPG Special Volumes, Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, Gulf Coast Group (USA), Journal of Petroleum Geology, Journal of Sedimentary Research, Midcontinent Group (USA), Pacific & Asia Group, Rocky Mountain Group (USA) and Southwestern Group (USA).

Link: http://archives.datapages.com/data/index.html

If you prefer you can access the database through the library’s home page, http://www.ntnu.edu/ub, and get a alphabetic list of all of our databases (select database under the search box).

To access AAPG Datapages you have to be on the NTNU campus network or use VPN.

 

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Knovel – interactive equations

When studying or working on your research you sometimes have to do calculations or look up a specific equation. Knovel interactive equations can help you as they provide an online notebook where you can look up and try out selected equations.

Example on interactive equations in PID controller design with an op-amp. (Picture from: knovel - interactive equations)
Example on interactive equations in PID controller design with an op-amp. (Picture from: knovel – interactive equations)

All of the equations come with citations to a published work in which versions of them are used.

To get an overview, take a look at knovel’s video where they present the current available equations. Try them out and do a calculation within your subject.

To get full access you will have to be connected to the network at NTNU (use VPN from outside).

Information from the web page:
“Knovel Interactive Equations features authoritative content with over 500 equations paired with worked examples in the areas of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Electronics and Semiconductors, General Engineering, Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, and Metals and Metallurgy.”

For more information, take a look at:
https://app.knovel.com/ie/#welcome

Please tell us whether you find this kind of tool useful (leave a comment).