CHEMISTRY

Selected Resources

http://library.southalabama.edu	August, 2005
(251) 460-7025	Amy Prendergast

The following is a guide to library resources that may prove useful. It is not an exhaustive list; please consult a reference librarian, call 460-7025, or e-mail webref@jaguar1.usouthal.edu for help in locating additional materials.

FINDING AND CITING CHEMICAL INFORMATION

ACS Style Guide. Reference QD 8.5 .A25 1997. Chemical Information Sources. Reference QD 8.5 .W54 1991 How to Find Chemical Information. Reference QD 8.5 .M34 1998 Information Sources in Chemistry. Reference QD 8.5 .I47 1994

JOURNALS AND INDEXES

SciFinder Scholar. On SOUTHcat Plus, choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases." End-user online access to: Chemical Abstracts. USA faculty and students only may download software, no remote access.
ACS Journals. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases".: Includes full-text, and archives from year of first issue, for all American Chemical Society journals.
Academic Search Premier. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases" then click EBSCO.
Expanded Academic Index. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases" then click Gale/InfoTrac.
ScienceDirect. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases".
Wiley Interscience. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases".

DEFINITIONS AND VOCABULARY

Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms. Bookstacks TP 9 .H65 1992
Dictionary of Electrochemistry. Reference QD 552.5 .H53 1984
Grant and Hackh's Chemical Dictionary. Reference QD 5 .H3 1987
Guide to the Elements. Reference QD 466 .S78 1996
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. Reference QD 5 .C5 1993
Inorganic Chemical Nomenclature: Principles and Practice. Bookstacks QD 149 .B59 1990
Polymer Science Dictionary. Reference QD 380.3 .A52 1989
Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry. Reference QD 5 .V37 1984
Visual Dictionary of Chemistry. Reference QD 7 .C43 1996
Wiley's English-Spanish, Spanish-English Chemistry Dictionary. Reference QD 5 .K294 1998

TABLES AND STATISTICAL DATA

Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra. Reference QD 96 .I5 P67 1981
Aldrich/ACD Library of FT NMR Spectra. CD-ROM - Ask at Reference Desk QC 462.85 .A53 1998
Chemist's Ready Reference Handbook. Reference QD 65 .S537 1989
Composite Index for CRC Handbooks. Reference QD 65 .C74 1977
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Reference QD 65 .H3 [latest]
Dechema's Chemistry Data Series. Various call nos. - in USA catalog, search title "chemistry data series"
Hazardous Chemicals Handbook. Bookstacks T 55.3 .H3 C368 2002
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data. Reference Q 199 .N32
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry. Reference QD 65 .L36 1999
Polymer Handbook. Reference QD 388 .P65 1989
Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants. Reference QC 61 .K3 1995
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. Reference T 55.3 .H3 L494 2000

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSING

Analytical Chemistry Handbook. Bookstacks QD 78 .D43 1995
Chemical Formulary. Reference TP 151 .C53
Chemical Processing Handbook. Reference TP 151 .C573 1993
Chemical Technician's Ready Reference Handbook. Reference QD 61 .S58 1990
Chemical Technology. Reference TP 200 .M642
Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design. Reference TP 9 .E66
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Reference TP 9 .E685 1991
Handbook for Chemical Technicians. Reference TP 151 .S89
Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Reference TP 9 .E685 1991
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. Reference QD 142 .A5 1998

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Beilstein's Handbuch der Organischen Chemie. Reference QD 251 .B4
Biochemicals and Reagents for Life Science Research. Reference TP 202 .S5 [latest]
Concise Encyclopedia of Biochemistry. Reference QD 415 .B713 1983
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Reference QD 257.7 .C73 1985
Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds. Reference QD 411 .D53 1984
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. CHEM Bldg. See Dr. Forbes.
Handbook of Organic Analytical Reagents. Reference QD 77 .U35 1992
Name Reactions: A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms. Bookstacks QD 291 .L55 2002
Vocabulary of Organic Chemistry. Reference QD 291 .C55 1980

BIOGRAPHY

American Chemists and Chemical Engineers. Reference QD 21 .A43
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. Reference Q 141 .B528 2000
Biography & Genealogy Master Index. On SOUTHcat Plus choose "Electronic Reference Books."
American Men and Women of Science. Reference Q 141 .A471
Biographical Index to American Science: The Seventeenth Century to 1920.: Ref Q 141 .E373 1990
Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Reference Q 141 .D5

WORLD WIDE WEB RESOURCES

Chemcyclopedia. http://www.chemcyc.com/ME2/Default.asp
Fisher Scientific Catalogs. https://www1.fishersci.com/catalogs/powersearch.jsp
Pictorial Periodic Table. http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html
Chemistry Internet Sources. http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/picks/chemistry.htm

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