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Science Direct Databases

 

Scirus Free on the Web

http://scirus.com/

The most comprehensive science-specific search engine. Indexes and searches over 410 million scientific items.

Search: Use Advanced search to limit journals, information types, file format, subject areas and more.

Scirus includes indexing for more than 30 special sources (listed below), including Medline , PubMed Central, SAGE Publications , and ScienceDirect .
Scirus "...allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information."See Scirus Help for tips, tools and more.

 

 

HighWire Free on the Web

http://highwire.stanford.edu

Use reference materials to get background information, explore a subject, refine a topic, etc.

Selected Reference Books

• The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information - Call #QD8.5 .A25 2006 LRC-R
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - Call #QD65 .H3 2007/2008 LRC-R
• Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry - Call #QD251.3 .G65 2004 LRC-R
• A Dictionary of Chemistry - Call #QD5 .D4985 2008 (circulating collection)
• Encyclopedia of Chemistry - Call #QD4 .R57 2005 LRC-R
• Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry - Call #QD5 .F33 2005 LRC-R
• Facts on File Dictionary of Inorganic Chemistry - Call #QD5 .F24 2004 LRC-R
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary - Call #QD5 .C5 2002 LRC-R
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 4 vols. - Call #QD4 .M33 LRC-R
• The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals - Call #QV772 M555 2001LRC-R
• Systematic Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: A Directory to Comprehension and Application of Its Basic Principles - Call #QD291 .H3913 2001 LRC-R
   
  

Reference eBook Databases

 

Credo Reference: Chemistry ~18,840 entries

Example: Results for Svante Arrhenius

 

 

 

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL): Chemistry

Example: Results for Svante Arrhenius

 

 

 

 

Points of View Reference Center

Example:  wildlife conservation

ebrary

Use the All Subject link and drill down through the subjects for a list of ebooks on your desired subject.

Examples:

ebrary: Chemistry  230+ ebooks
ebrary: Physical Sciences ~2,250 ebooks

 

eBook Collection

Examples:

eBook Collections: Chemistry (~76)

eBook Collections: Sciences (~558)

The ORU A-to-Z Journals List

Includes journals, magazines, trade publications, etc. available at ORU, with links to online full text, when available.

From the subjects listed, select a specific subject. Then, select a journal title and follow the links to the full text. Or, try a title keyword search.

Examples of titles by subject:

A-to-Z: Chemistry 460+ titles

• Analytical chemistry (~15)
• Crystallography (~17)
• General (~37)
• Inorganic chemistry (~19)
• Organic chemistry (~79)
• Physical and theoretical chemistry (~59)

A-to-Z: Science Subjects ~4,396 titles

 

ScienceDirect Title List - Alphabetically

To view free full text titles mark "Full-text available" then click Apply.

ScienceDirect Title List - By Subject

 

BioOne - Titles Free on the Web

Indexing and abstracts available. No full text. More...

ACS Interactive Periodic Table (American Chemical Society)

http://acswebcontent.acs.org/games/pt.html

ChemSoc: The Visual Elements Periodic Table

http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html
An exceptional visual interpretation of the Table of Elements

Environmental Chemistry.com: Periodic Table of Elements

http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/index.html

Periodic Table of the Elements

http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/
(Eni Generalic, Faculty of Chemical Technology)

WebElements: The Periodic Table on the WWW

http://www.webelements.com
This highly rated site provides information on atomic elements. Thousands of graphics, links to physical properties and common compounds, photographs, video clips of important reactions, and cartoons are included. Author Mark Winter, University of Sheffield, UK.

The Wooden Periodic Table of Elements

http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/
Covers Theodore Gray's construction of a "literal" periodic table (it's designed as a wooden table). Click on any tile in the table to see more about the element. Provides links to other sites that include reports, samples of the element, and more.

American Chemical Society (ACS) Hot Articles.

http://www.acs.org

Boston University Library: Chemistry (Science and Engineering Library)

http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/chemrg.html
From Includes links to Basic Data, Physical Constants, Thermophysical Data, Biochemistry and Hazardous Chemistry web sites. Provides links to encyclopedias, journals and indexes to journals and patent literature.

Cambridge Crystallagraphic Data Centre

http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/

Chem4Kids

http://www.chem4kids.com/
Chemistry fundamentals. Try a quiz!

ChemGuide

http://www.fiz-chemie.de/datenbanken/chemguide/index.html
Fiz Chemie's specialized search engine covering chemistry-related web sites.

The Chemical Industry (Maintained by the National Environmental Information Service.)

http://www.neis.com/
Links to Chemical Industry Associations, environmental and analytical resources, new processes, and management references and resources.

Chemistry Library: Writing Tools (UW - Madison Libraries)

http://chemistry.library.wisc.edu/writing/acs-style-guidelines.html#bibliography
Provides ACS citation examples.

FACT: Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics

http://www.crct.polymtl.ca/fact/index.php

ipl2: Chemical Sciences (Chemistry)

http://ipl2.org/
Subject directory of websites selected and evaluated by librarians.

Links for Chemists (Maintained by University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry.)

http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/
Over 8,075 links to chemistry resources on the Internet.

National Library of Medicine: Databases

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
• CHEMIDplus -- A chemical dictionary file for over 350,000 compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest. Records include CAS Registry Numbers, molecular formulae, generic names and synonyms. Factsheet.
• Toxnet: Toxicology Data Network -- Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and related areas. Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Fact Sheet.

NIST Chemistry WebBook

http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
Covers "thermochemistry for 5,000 compounds, enthalpy of reaction for 3,000 reactions, infrared spectra for 5,000 compounds, mass spectra for 8,000 compounds, ion energetics data for 14,000 compounds, and more."

Protein Data Bank

http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/
Maintained by the Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioninfomatics (RCSB).

R & D Chemicals

http://www.rdchemicals.com/
A database of chemical compounds sites that allows you to find a chemical by its molecular formula, IUPAC name, Smiles, common name, CAS number, structure or substructure.