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Chemistry

Places to Begin: Reference Resources

Bender’s Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology   E-book 2004
Encyclopedia of Forensic Science   Ref QD51 .B425 2003
Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry   QD 5 .V37 1985
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics   QD 65 .C7 2003
Beilstein's Index   QD 291 .G53 1986
Concise Encyclopedia of Biochemistry   QD 415 .B713 1983
Bridgeman History of Science   E-book 2006
Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)    
Knovel Critical Tables    
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology (1st Electronic Edition)    

Call Numbers to Browse     

Most chemistry resources are shelved in the “QD” area.

QD 1-65 General, including alchemy   QD 450-801 Physical and theoretical chemistry
QD 71-142 Analytical chemistry   QD 625-655 Radiation chemistry
QD 146-197 Inorganic chemistry   QD 701-731 Photochemistry
QD 241-441 Organic Chemistry   QD 901-999 Crystallography
QD 415-436 Biochemistry    

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Suggested Databases

Places to Start

  • ACS (American Chemical Society) Full text, on-line coverage of ACS journals starting from 1879 to the present. Click on the "Search the Journals" tab at the top of the ACS web page.

Other Places to Look

  • AccessScience : McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, On-line
  • STN (contact your Chemistry professor)

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Finding Journal Articles

Articles published in scholarly, or peer-reviewed publications are frequently the most up-to-date source of reliable information for your academic work.

Locating a journal article is usually a 2-step process: (1) identifying an article with the information you want and (2) locating the periodical in which that article appears.

Identifying an article: Search in databases appropriate for your subject area (see below). Find articles that apply to your research question.

Locating the periodical: Check the Good Library catalog or Citation Linker. If the library does not have the journal, you may request the article through Interlibrary Loan.

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Web Resources

General

Chemistry.org
American Chemical Society's site; "...the place to begin searching for quality chemistry information on the Web." (Choice, special issue 42)

The National Academies
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. Up to date and loaded with information.

Scirus
The Award-Winning Search engine devoted to Science Searches.

The Why Files: The Science Behind the News. Weekly publication from the University Of Wisconsis-Madison about the science behind current news headlines and events that occur in daily life.

WWW Unit Converter
Convert temperature scales, weight, volume, and more.

Subject-specific

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Includes every structure published in The American Mineralogist, The Canadian Mineralogist, and European Journal of Mineralogy.

Abstracts from ChemWeb
For organic chemistry literature searching. Free, requires registration. Structure searching not available.

Biochemical Journal Archives:1906 - 2005, full-text and searchable.

The Information Retrieval in Chemistry WWW Server
Comprehensive site, leads one to lists of more sites. Highly recommended in Choice magazine.

Molecule of the Month

Periodical Table of the Elements
Scroll down to JavaScript programs and calculate a molecule's molar mass. Site is financed by the Croatian Ministry for Science and Technology.

Web Elements
Award-winning table of elements, and much more.


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Updated 27-Oct-2009 SWH