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Mineral Industries (MNIND)
PROGRAMMATIC INFORMATION
Selection of materials is based primarily upon the needs of the following
departments and programs within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences:
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Energy and Mineral Engineering Dept.
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
All departments award degrees at the bachelors, masters and doctoral level.
All are ranked within the top ten nationally according to benchmarks
established by the college.
Other relevant programs: There is an associate degree program in mining
engineering at the Fayette campus. There is an associate degree program
related to powder metallurgy at the Dubois campus.
SUBJECT COLLECTED: Materials sciences, mineral and energy engineering
(including petroleum and natural gas engineering), industrial health and
safety; remediation of mined areas. In primary LC class areas that the
MNIND fund collects are in engineering materials (TA), chemistry of
polymers and crystallography (QD), mining (TN), and chemical engineering
(TP); the appended list gives specifics.
AREAS OF STRENGTH: ceramics, mining engineering (we are the only CIC
institution with a mining program; PSU’s program is one of the <20
programs in the U.S.); Materials sciences and energy are two of the
interdisciplinary institutes at Penn State. Materials science, in particular, is a
Penn State strength
NEEDS: New areas of research (e.g., nanomaterials) are an additional drain
on the collection funds. Resources in these fields are costly ($200 is quite a
common price) and we try to collect as much as we can but we fall
somewhat behind. Beyond a small, internally created history of mining fund,
there are no specific endowments that support the MNIND fund.
LOCATIONS OF MATERIALS
Primary location for housing materials related to the MNIND fund is the
Earth and Mineral Sciences Library. (stacks-em). Some materials may be
shelved in the EMS Reference area (Ref-em).
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Areas of overlap with other funds and subject areas:
Engineering: energy, geotechnical engineering (rock mechanics, tunneling,
etc.); materials sciences (note: ENGIN will take primary responsibility
for composites; MNIND will take primary responsibility for ceramics.);
combustion; powder metallurgy; environmental remediation,
particularly re groundwater, wetlands and land reclamation; industrial
health and safety.
EARTH sciences fund: minerals ; petroleum geology
Physical sciences fund : polymers ; crystallography; nanotechnology.
Life Sciences (AGBIO and Health) : microscopy techniques (at the atomic
level); dental materials, biomaterials; industrial health/occupational hygiene
Economics fund: economic aspects of minerals, environment, energy
resources
FORMATS COLLECTED; LANGUAGES; LEVEL; EXCLUSIONS
Language: primarily English language
Formats: no exclusions
Educational level: popular and above
Materials excluded: most lower division undergraduate textbooks; K-12
materials
METHODS OF ACQUISITION:
The major approval plans for this fund are Yankee Book Peddler (U.S.) and
Lindsay & Croft (UK).
There is a LC Cooperative Acquisition Program in place for SE Asia that
supplies materials to this fund.
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LC CLASSES COVERED AND CONSPECTUS LEVEL
HC79.S8
Economic policy - Strategic minerals
4
HC103.7
Economic policy - Natural resources
4
HD95029624
Economic history and conditions - Energy
Minerals and Metals
4
QD380-388
Chemistry – Polymers
4
QD901-999
Chemistry – Crystallography
3
QH201-278
Natural History – Microscopy
3
RA575578.W4
Public Health - Mine dust
4
S621.5
Agriculture - Land reclamation
4
T55-55.3
Engineering - Industrial safety
3
T174.7
Engineering materials – Nanotechnology
TA450
Engineering materials - Nonmetallic
materials
4
TA455.C43
Engineering materials - Ceramic materials
4
TA462
Engineering materials - Corrosion
4
TA706
Engineering - rock mechanics
4
TA740-748
Engineering - Rock excavation
4
TA712
Engineering - Underground construction
4
TC191-193
Hydraulic engineering - Submarine blasting
3
TD195.C58
Environmental effects of industries - Coal
industry
4
TD195.M48
Environmental effects of industries - Mine
subsidence
4
TD195.M5
Environmental effects of industries Mineral industry
4
TD195.P4
Environmental effects of industries Petroleum industry
4
TD195.Q3
Environmental effects of industries –
Quarries
4
TD196.P4
Environmental effects of pollutants –
Petroleum
4
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TN
Mining engineering - Metallurgy
4
TP315-361,
365
Chemical technology – Fuel
3
TP785-889
Chemical technology - Clay industries, etc
4
TP10801148
Chemical technology - Polymers
4
TP11771180
Chemistry technology - Reinforced plastics
4
TP759
Chemical technology - Coal gasification
3
TP11501175
Chemical technology -Plastics
4
TP11831185
Chemical technology - Plastics, special
forms
4
TS653-729
Manufactures - Electroplating
4
TS 925
Manufactures - Synthetic rubber
3
TS757-2301
Manufactures - Stonework, wood
technology, etc.
3