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Databases

For General Chemistry Articles:

American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications This link opens in a new window
Full text journals from the American Chemical Society, the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences.
Knovel This link opens in a new window
Access to thousands of compound materials and millions of chemical properties through the Property Search platform: find materials and properties information from technical references.
Knovel is an engineering decision-support solution enabling engineers to solve problems faster. With powerful search and interactive analytical tools, engineers can confidently find answers to technical questions through best practice insights, validated equations and materials and substances data from more than 120 providers. For more than 15 years, Knovel has helped thousands of engineers and researchers from leading companies and institutions around the world enhance research and productivity, achieve operational excellence, reduce costs and time to market and build expertise.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly publications covering all academic areas of study.
Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for Amore than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields.

SciFinder LogIn
SciFinder® is a research discovery application that provides integrated access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.

For Background Research

AccessScience This link opens in a new window
Contains the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, and The McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms. Includes or has links to full text.
AccessScience is an online encyclopedia of science and technology. AccessScience contains encyclopedia articles, dictionary terms, biographies, research updates, and science news.

Subject keywords: Agriculture, Forestry and Soils. Anthropology and Archaeology. Astronomy and Space Science. Biological and Biomedical Science. Chemistry. Computing and Information Technology. Data, Tables, and Tools. Earth Science. Engineering and Materials. Environmental Science. Food Science and Technology. General Science and Technology. Mathematics. Medicine. Military Science. Navigation. Paleontology. Physics. Psychiatry and Psychology. Veterinary Medicine.
Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

For Standard Protocols & Lab Methods

Springer Protocols This link opens in a new window
Springer Protocols is a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed life sciences protocols, based on the research protocols and methodologies in the critically acclaimed Methods in Molecular Biology series by Dr. John M. Walker.
Springer Protocols is a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed life sciences protocols, based on the research protocols and methodologies in the critically acclaimed Methods in Molecular Biology series by Dr. John M. Walker. Other book series included in the protocols are: Methods in Molecular Biology, Neuromethods, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Methods in Biotechnology, More than 22,000 protocols are available with an additional 2000 added each year. Subjects included: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Imaging/Radiology, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Protein Science, Bioinformatics, Cancer Research, Genetics/Genomics, Immunology, Microbiology, Neuroscience, and Plant Sciences

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Science & Mathematics Databases

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Chemistry by Don Rittner; R. A. Bailey
Call #: REFERENCE 540.03 R615E
Publication Date: 2005-06-01
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry by James G. Speight; Norbert Adolph Lange; John A. Dean
Call #: REFERENCE 540 L276
Publication Date: 2005-01-10

Reference Books

Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry by John Daintith
Call #: REFERENCE 540.3 F143
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry by Glenn D. Considine
Call #: REFERENCE 540.3 V269
Publication Date: 2005-02-03

Library Collection Search: Subject Headings

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Websites

American Chemical Society - Publications
A comprehensive database of publications (books, journals, news, protocols and reference materials) for chemistry research
Royal Society of Chemistry - Higher Education Resources
Resources platform to support higher education students with the skills they need to succeed in chemistry at degree level and beyond
ChemSpider
A free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 100 million structures from hundreds of data sources
NIST Chemistry WebBook
This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program
PubChem
an open chemistry database at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which catalogs information on chemical structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, and toxicity data
The Merck Index Online
Database for authoritative and reliable full-text, information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. It contains over 11,500 monographs – including historic records not available in the print edition
National Science Foundation - Division of Chemistry
Promotes the progress of science and support basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.

Format Style

APA

Purdue OWL | APA
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
APA Quick Guide
Guide created by Centennial Library covering APA topics and how to cite your sources properly.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Ed. by American Psychological Association
Call #: MAIN 808.06615 P976
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01

ACS

The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
This is an online exhaustive guide for chemists in style and format citation
Research in Chemistry (CHEM 2800)
A quick guide to writing in the ACS citation system

The ACS Style Guide by Lorrin R. Garson (Editor); Anne M. Coghill (Editor)
Call #: MAIN 808.06654 A188
Publication Date: 2006-07-20

Research Tips: CHEMISTRY

Tip #1

Use AccessScience and Google Scholar to begin your research and to identify current background information, news, videos and and related links to scholarly journals.

Tip #2

Use SciFinder and Knovel to access and identify authoritative chemistry source references, chemical compounds and reactions and even draw chemical structures and reactions.

Tip #3

Sign up and begin using a Citation Manager to manage your citations to create a quick bibliography and even quick in-text citations using the ProQuest RefWorks and Zotero add-ons for Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

Tip #4

Sign up for a Research Appointment with your STEM/Business Faculty Librarian for extra support in navigating databases and the research process.

Writing In: CHEMISTRY

Write Like a Chemist by Marin S. Robinson; Fredricka L. Stoller; Molly Costanza-Robinson; James K. Jones
Publication Date: 2008-08-18
WriteLike a Chemist provides expert instruction ideal for students from diverse backgrounds and specifically designed to help students transition from the writing skills required in undergraduate lecture and laboratory classes to writing skills required by career chemists: a journal article, a scientific poster, and a research proposal.
Writing Undergraduate Lab Reports by Christopher S. Lobban; María Schefter
Call #: MAIN 808.0665 L796W
Publication Date: 2017-07-27
Writing clear, impactful reports is a crucial skill for science students. This book, particularly useful for biology students, adopts a hands-on approach, using example reports and published papers as models to put guidance into practice.