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Access Science [McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online]
A searchable database delivering the latest content of the trusted McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 10th Edition. Includes over 8,500 articles written by the leading figures in their fields, late breaking news, biographies, and 15,000 high-quality illustrations.
A Dictionary of Chemistry [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2008.
A-Z of Medicinal Drugs [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2003.
Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology [CREDO Reference], Macmillan Reference Ltd., 2000.
Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary [CREDO Reference], Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
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The Cassell Dictionary of Chemistry, Cassell, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.3 H247C
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.3 C748C
The Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1971].
Main Level, Reference: R 540.3 C751C
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Macmillan Reference USA, c1997.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.3 M228M [4 vols]
CRC Handbook of Basic Tables for Chemical Analysis, CRC Press, c1989.
Main Level, Reference: R 543.00212 B836C
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: A Ready-reference Book of Chemical and Physical Data, CRC Press, c2000.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.212 C1C
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, CRC Press, 1985.
Main Level, Reference: R 547 C1C [2 vols]
CRC Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification, CRC Press, 1979.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.00212 C1C
Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, 1986.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.003 D561D [5 vols/2 index vols/4 suppl]
Entries are arranged alphabetically by compound names and give formulas, references, molecular weights, and CAS numbers.
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley, c1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.2 En19E [8 vols]
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.2 H191H [4 vols]
Handbook of Data on Common Organic Compounds,
CRC Press, c1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.00212 H191H [3 vols]
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Wiley, c2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.3 H316H
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, McGraw Hill, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.212 D345L
Reagents for Organic Synthesis, [Fieser], Wiley, 1967-c1986.
Main Level, Reference: R 547.301 F464R [23 vols]
Additional titles available on chromatographic analysis, spectroscopy, crystallography, pharmacology.
Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists [CREDO Reference], Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Chemical Achievers: The Human Face of Chemical Sciences, Chemical Heritage Foundation, c1997.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.922 B672C
Dictionary of Scientific Biography,
Scribner, 1970-1980.
Main Level, Reference: R 509.22 D561D [16 vols/ suppl]
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901-1992, ACS, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1993.
Main Level, Reference: R 540.922 N664N |
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All Nobel Prizes in Chemistry [Nobelprize.org]
Biographical information on laureates, video, interviews, Nobel lectures, and more.
The ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition, ACS, 2006.
Main Level, Reference Desk: Ready Reference Shelf 808.06654 A1A
ACS Style Guide How To [Williams College Libraries]
A quick online guide based on the ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition, giving basic citation information for books, articles, online sources, and more.
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
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THOMCAT
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WorldCat
A catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching here to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCAL Catalog.
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The following journal databases are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations. Search using terms dealing with your topic.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database provides full-text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full-text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Academic OneFile [Thomson Gale] 
More than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980, covering a wide range of disciplines. Citations with abstracts, with a large percentage of full-text articles and linked full-text.
ACS Web Editions and Journal Archive
A comprehensive collection of high-quality information products and services that advance the practice of chemical and related sciences. Currently, over 30 peer-reviewed journals and magazines are published or co-published by the Publications Division of ACS. With the introduction of the ACS Journal Archive in 2002, searchable access to 3 million pages of original chemistry dates back to 1879. |
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Nature 
Search or browse the archive of this weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology.
Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the United States [PNAS]
Online index of PNAS issues with full-text articles available online for 1915 to the present. Journal also indexed in MEDLINE, JSTOR, BIOSIS, PubMed. Includes articles in applied physical sciences and chemistry.
PubChem [National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine]
“Contains the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities. Includes substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data in three primary databases--PCSubstance, PCCompound, and PCBioAssay, respectively. PubChem is integrated with Entrez, NCBI's primary search engine, and also provides compound neighboring, sub/superstructure, similarity structure, bioactivity data, and other searching features.” Description from THOMCAT |
Science Direct [Elsevier]
Full-text of many scholarly scientific, technical and medical journals in chemical engineering, chemistry, environmental science, materials science, medicine, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, as well as life sciences, math, physics, and the social sciences. |
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Science in Context [Gale] 
The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards. View all Chemistry topics here.
TOXLINE® [National Library of Medicine, TOXNET]
Contains references to the world's toxicology literature.
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Journal Finder provides access to PC's electronic and print journals,
magazines, and newspapers in one convenient location.
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Example of an article citation:
Cane, David E.,
The Biochemical Basis for Stereochemical Control in Polyketide Biosynthesis,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (51),[vol.issue] pp 18501–18511.
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The Chemistry Hypermedia Project [Virginia Tech]
This
project is exploring new ways to apply computer and network technology to help students learn chemistry, and to help educators teach chemistry by
providing supplemental educational resources online and developing prototype programs for creating interactive Chemistry exercises.
Common Chemistry [Chemical Abstracts Service]
A web resource that contains CAS Registry Numbers for approximately 7,800 chemicals of widespread general public interest. Common Chemistry is helpful to non-chemists who know either a name or CAS Registry Number® of a common chemical and want to pair both pieces of information. While not a comprehensive CAS Registry Number lookup service, this site does provide a way to quickly and easily find names or CAS Registry Numbers for chemicals of general interest.
Dmoz Open Directory Project
http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry
http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Chemistry/Chemical_Databases/
A human-edited web directory of Chemistry sites.
Environmental Working Group [non-profit organization]
EWG's mission is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles. Link to info on Health/Toxics, Farming, Natural Resources, Energy Choices, a Chemical Index and Health Tips. 1/10
Linus Pauling Online [Oregon State University Library]
Watson and Crick's work rested on the earlier insights of Linus Pauling, the American chemist who described the three-dimensional structure of proteins and nucleic acids. Pauling's work was recognized by the Nobel committees twice: for chemistry and for peace. He remains the only scientist so honored. An admirable compendium of Pauling's immense contributions to the understanding of the molecules that shape our world, and of the issues in the scientific, biomedical, and political spheres that fascinated him over a long, productive life. This is a huge, absorbing, and utterly involving site, suitable for use by students, teachers, and professionals alike. There is the story of the discovery of the DNA structure, for example, told from Pauling's perspective--much different from that of James Watson! Most exciting, perhaps, is the searchable database of Pauling's research notebooks. These are treasure troves of information that illuminate the drudgery, as well as the successes, of scientific work. description from CHOICE Reviews Online 1/2010
NIST Chemistry WebBook [National Institute of Standards and Technology]
Physical data (thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics) for mostly organic compounds. Search by formula, structure, CAS number, and IUPAC name.
Organic Chemistry Portal [Organic-chemistry.org]
An overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on the most important chemicals. Includes abstracts of articles on organic synthesis, a searchable index of over 1 million chemicals from suppliers worldwide, and more.
The Periodic Table of Videos [Martyn Poliakoff,
University of Nottingham, UK]
Launched in July 2008,
this site has a fascinating collection of video clips covering the 118 elements in the periodic table.
After an introduction by Poliakoff in his office, where he describes the element, its properties, and usage, live demonstrations are given by other chemists in the laboratory. This site offers an entertaining and unique learning opportunity for students to get familiar with real-life chemistry in an online format
and will stimulate interest in chemistry among all students.
PubChem [National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine]
“Contains the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities. Includes substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data in three primary databases--PCSubstance, PCCompound, and PCBioAssay, respectively. PubChem is integrated with Entrez, NCBI's primary search engine, and also provides compound neighboring, sub/superstructure, similarity structure, bioactivity data, and other searching features.” Description from THOMCAT
Thirty-Two Free Chemistry Databases [Rich Apodaca article - Depth-First: Walking the Web of Chemical Informatics, Jan. 23, 2007]
Provides information about and links to PubChem, Zinc, eMolecules, CHEBI, NIST, and many more.
TOXNET [National Library of Medicine]
Includes the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB®), a database of potentially hazardous chemicals, TOXLINE® (containing references to the world's toxicology literature), and ChemIDplus® (a chemical dictionary and structure database). Search all TOXNET databases at once or select an individual database. Rolling cursor over database acronyms on left will provide name and information about individual databases.
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Virtual Library: Chemical Databases
[WWW Virtual Library]
Run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert, the WWW Virtual Library pages are widely recognized as being among the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the Web.
WebElements: The Periodic Table on the Web [Mark Winter, University of Sheffield]
ACS Press Room [ACS Website]
Includes News Releases from the American Chemical Society and the weekly ACS PressPac with reports on resesarch on the latest advances in science with archives for both.
C&EN [ACS]
Chemical & Engineering News Online--a weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society. C&EN editors and reporters based in Europe, the U.S., and Asia cover science and technology, business and industry, government and policy, education, and employment aspects of the chemistry field. Features include
the latest news, supplementary material to C&EN print articles, back issues of the magazine since 1998, and special features such as Reel Science, NanoFocus, RSS feeds, and blogs.
EurekAlert! Chemistry & Physics [AAAS]
An online, global news service providing a central place through which universities, medical centers, journals, government agencies, corporations and other organizations engaged in research can bring their news to the media. EurekAlert! features news and resources focused on all areas of science, medicine and technology. Link above connects to your subject area. Select a specific Chemistry area by using the 2nd pull down box on that page.
ScienceDaily Chemistry News
One of the Internet's leading online magazines and Web portals devoted to science, technology, and medicine.
News items are selected from news releases submitted by leading universities and other research organizations around the world. Each news release is posted in its original form, with a link to the organization's home page, to aid journalists and others interested in finding up-to-date and relevant background information for a particular story. Follow the link to the Chemistry New section of the site.
Access Science [McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online]
News TAB leads to This Week's News on all sciences.
Science in Context [Gale]
Features news on all sciences from Science Weekly. Also, browseable topics have links to news (you must scroll to bottom of page for different types of content).
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