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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

Full Text Journals & Indexes

   

Online Reference Resources

Scifinder Scholar
available only to Bates students, faculty & staff. First time users must register with SciFinder Scholar from the campus network.
ABOUT Try for an easy way to keep track of references and to format bibliographies.
Analytical Sciences Digital Library collects, catalogs, annotates and links peer-reviewed web-based educational resources.

Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry.

The Organometallic HyperTextBook Index
For those starting out in the area of Organometallic Chemistry as well as those who wish to review and interrelate concepts for their class 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.
         

Reading and writing chemistry
ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guidelines Quick Guide (courtesy of UC Berkeley Library)

Reading Scientific Papers: A quick Flash tutorial on the parts of a primary literature paper.

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

 

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

Full text of classic papers from the history of chemistry. This site also contains pointers to a few other chemistry-related sites. 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.

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

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Page author: LaVerne Winn
Date: 1/29/09


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