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This subject guide is a good starting place for researching general topics in Chemistry; however, you might also look at Biology or Environmental Studies

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Full Text Journals & Indexes

   

Online Reference Resources

Scifinder Scholar Web-based version of Chemical Abstracts available on all public lab machines. Listed under programs.
Users must download software to their personal computers.
ABOUT Try for an easy way to keep track of references and to format bibliographies.
Oxford Reference Online for Physical Sciences Five online dictionaries: Dictionary of Astronomy, Chemistry, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics, Dictionary of Physics and of Scientists.

The Organometallic HyperTextBook Index
This reference is meant for students who are starting out in the area of Organometallic Chemistry as well as those who wish to review and interrelate concepts for their class, Oral Exams or placement tests.

Basics of NMR
Hypertextbook for in-depth coverage of the physics and techniques of NMR.
 
American Chemical Society
Search all ACS publications.
Full text for all ACS journals is available.
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  SCOPUS
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  Medline (funded by the Stae of Maine)
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Academic Search Premier (funded by the State of Maine)
FSATA Food Science & technologyAbstracts (funded by the State of Maine)
  Comprehensive analytical chemistry Series of books on analytical chemistry.
         

Multi-Database Search : General/Sciences

Web Resources

Citing Sources in Chemistry (courtesy of Ohio Weslyan University)

The Royal Society of Chemistry offers free access to all their journals, 1997 to the most recent 3 years. These include Perkin, Faraday and Dalton Transactions.

Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines
also see Guide to Environmental Analytical Methods Ref TD 193.G95

Environmental Protection Agency: Databases and Software

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (full text of patents)

Elemental Data Index
The Elemental Data Index provides access to the holdings of NIST Physics Laboratory online data organized by element. It is intended to simplify the process of retrieving online scientific data for a specific element.

Classic Chemistry

The principal purpose of this site is to post the texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry. This site also contains pointers to a few other chemistry-related sites. Also includes "This Week in the History of Chemistry" with links to sites about the listed person or events

ExToxNet
The EXTOXNET InfoBase provides a variety of information about pesticides. Access the Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) for specific information on pesticides. Toxicology Information Briefs (TIBs) contain a discussion of certain concepts in toxicology and environmental chemistry. Other topic areas include: Toxicology Issues of Concern (TICs), Factsheets, News about Toxicology Issues, Newsletters, Resources for Toxicology Information, and Technical Information.

Basics of NMR
Hypertextbook for in-depth coverage of the physics and techniques of NMR.

Chemcenter
The American Chemical Society's listing of jobs, meetings, etc., as well as Chemistry in the News and educational resources.

Chemistry Reference Works

CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
Reference QD65 .H3e

The Merck index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals
Reference RS51 .M4 1996

Library contact:

For more information, contact:
LaVerne Winn
Science Reference Librarian
207-786-8328
e-mail:lwinn AT bates.edu

The George and Helen Ladd Library • Bates College
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(207) 786-6263


Page author: LaVerne Winn
Date: 4/18/07


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