Chemistry Resources
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Reference Librarian Camila Gabaldon 503.838.8653 gabaldonc@wou.edu |
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A great place to start is the Reference Collection. Use it to find a topic, understand a theory or concept, locate keywords, get a definition, or find an overview of developments in chemistry.
Call numbers useful for Chemistry:
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QD
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- | Chemistry |
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QP
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- | Physiology and Biochemistry |
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QR
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- | Microbiology |
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R
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- | General Medicine |
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RA
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- | Forensics, Toxicology, Public Health, Health Policy and Administration of Services |
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RB
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- | Laboratory Medicine, Pathology |
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RC
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- | Internal Medicine |
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RM
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- | Pharmacology, Therapeutics |
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RS
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- | Pharmacy |
| Specific Call Numbers from ChemInfo |
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REFERENCE WORKS BY TOPIC
This is a list of selected reference books. Browse by call number to discover other helpful books.
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Concise encyclopedia chemistry QD4 .A2313 1994
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics QD65 .C72
Dictionary of environmentally important chemicals TD196.C45 A97 1999
Diverse atoms : profiles of the chemical elements QD466 .R63 1998
Lange's handbook of chemistry QD65 .L36 1999
Macmillan encyclopedia of chemistry QD4 .M33 1997
The Merck index RS51 .M4 2001
Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry QD159 .I57 1971
Official methods of analysis of AOAC International S587 .O38
- Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology QD 415 .A25 .094 2000
Online books
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology Online ("The gold book")
NIST Chemistry Webbook - Chemical data and spectra
Oxford Reference Online - Includes A Dictionary of Chemistry as well as many other useful sources.
Databases and Indexes |
Academic
Search Premier (1984- ) (EBSCO)
Indexing and abstracting of over 2,880 scholarly and popular periodicals in
all disciplines, with the full text of over 1,250 periodicals.
American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications (1996- ) Full text access to over 25 ACS journals.
Chemical Abstracts Restricted to WOU chemistry students with STN login. Covers the worldwide literature of chemistry and its applications.
ChemFinder (Cambridge Soft) Searchable by common or chemical name, molecular weight, molecular formula, evaporation rate, structure, or CAS registry number. Includes pertinant information such as melting, boiling and flash points, RTECS, DOT and EPA codes, specific gravity, solubility, vapor density, and structure for a variety of compounds. Also contains links for each compound.
ChemIDplus Povides access to structure and nomenclature information for the identification of chemical substances cited in NLM databases. The database contains over 379,000 chemical records, of which over 257,000 include chemical structures. ChemIDplus Lite is available for Name and RN searching without the need for plugins or applets.
Kluwer Online An online journal package including more than 600 titles and covering information across the disciplines. Particularly stron in the natural and social sciences. Browse by title or use the limited searching features included. Many of our other databases include links to these titles.
Medline Contains more than 4 million citations over a broad range of medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. There are several interfaces for accessing Medline:
PubChem PubChem consists of three linked databases that contain the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities.
Scopus Trial
through 2007
Covers 14,200 peer reviewed journals, primarily in the sciences.
Springerlink Provides online, full-text access to more than 500 journal titles. Subjects include: life sciences, chemical sciences, environmental sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering and economics.
Toxline A bibliographic database covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. It contains over 3 million citations, almost all with abstracts and/or index terms and CAS Registry Numbers.
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Web Evaluation Criteria -
Locating a good website is something like selecting a good avocado for making guacamole. This criteria presented by the University of South Alabama Meical Library will give you a good idea of what to look for.
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American men & women of science (Reference Collection call number : Q141 .A474)
American women in science : 1950 to the present : a biographical dictionary (Reference Collection call number : Q141 .B254 1998)
The biographical dictionary of scientists (Reference Collection call number : Q141 .B256 1994)
Larousse dictionary of scientists (Reference Collection call number : Q141 .L36 1994)
Nobel Prize women in science : their lives, struggles, and momentous discoveries (Third floor call number : Q141 .B42 1996 )
Women in science : antiquity through the nineteenth century : a biographical dictionary with annotated bibliography (Reference Collection call number : Q141 .O43 1986)
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
Identifies biographical information in over 700 reference sources published
since 1980, including Biography Index.
Biography Index
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1984-Campus-wide Access & Remote Access
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1946-Reference Collection call number: CT100.B5
| Grants and Foundations |
| Organizations |
Encyclopedia of Associations (Reference Collection call number AS 24.E73 )
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (University of Waterloo) From the Scholarly Societies Project. Contains links to the sites of over 250 scholarly organizations.
| Style Manuals |
Always check with your professor to make sure that you follow class requirements and citation preferences for a particular assignment.
