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Chemistry
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This guide suggests resources and strategies for research on Chemistry.
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Contents of this research guide
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Background Information | Facts & Figures | Find Articles | Find
Books | People
| Organizations | Web Resources
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Background
Information (Overview Sources)
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Encyclopedias and other reference works are an excellent place to start
a research project or simply learn more about a particular topic.
They provide topic summaries, context, and bibliographies for further
reading.
Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry (R 547.7 C73892)
Comprehensive Organic Chemistry (R 547 C738)
A
Dictionary of Chemistry
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry (R 546.03 En19)
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry (R 540.3 M228)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (R 503 M178)
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Facts & Figures (Fact Sources)
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Use dictionaries, statistical works, atlases, handbooks and similar
works to find and check facts about topics, people, or events.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (R 547.00212 C421)
Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry (R 547 G561d2)
A
Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units
Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures (R 530.812
C1783e)
The Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry (R 540.321 F119)
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary (R 540.3 C751h13)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry (R 540.3 M178)
The Merck Index (R 615.103 M537)
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Find Articles
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Search indexes, abstracts, and databases to find journal, magazine, and
newspaper articles. For a complete list of Kent Library's online
indexes and databases, see the Find: articles
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/articles.asp).
To find historical/source materials, such as newspaper and
magazine articles,, use the following print sources:
Chemical Abstracts, 1907-1991
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
General Science Index, 1988+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
New York Times Index, 1851+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
Official Index to the Times & The Times Index, 1906+
(located in the Indexes/Abstracts area, main floor)
To find recent articles and scholarly/peer-reviewed articles use the
following online databases:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)
ArticleFirst (FirstSearch)
Clinical Pharmacology (EBSCOHost)
MEDLINE (FirstSearch)
ProQuest Research Library
Wilson OmniFile
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Find General Collection Books
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Use the Kent
Library Catalog (http://library.semo.edu/find/books.shtml) to find
books, periodicals (journals, magazines, & newspapers), videos,
government documents and other materials.
Keyword searches allow you to use your own words as search terms.
Subject heading searches use Library of Congress subject headings.
Printed volumes of these headings are located near the Reference Desk on
the main floor.
Some Chemistry subject headings include -
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry, Forensic
Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Chemistry, Technical
Chemists
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Browse the shelves by call number. Use the Dewey Decimal
chart (http://library.semo.edu/learn/guides/dewey100.shtml) to get
you in the right subject areas or try the following:
540 Chemistry and allied sciences
541 Physical and theoretical chemistry
542 Techniques, equipment, materials
543 Analytical chemistry
544 Qualitative analysis
545 Quantitative analysis
546 Inorganic chemistry
547 Organic chemistry
548 Crystallography
549 Mineralogy
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People
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Learn about important people, such as authors, researchers & historical
figures related to this topic or field.
American Men and Women of Science (R 925 Am35)
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (925
As42a2)
The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists (R 925 C144)
Dictionary of Scientific Biography (R 925 D561)
A
Dictionary of Scientists
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Organizations
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Professional organizations and/or societies often provide very useful
topic related information.
American Chemical Society
(http:\\www.acs.org)
Royal Society of Chemistry
(http:\\www.rsc.org)
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Web Resources
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Chem.com
(http://www.chem.com)
Chemcyclopedia
(http://journals.iranscience.net:800/Default/www.mediabrains.com/client/chemcyclop/BG1/search.asp)
ChemGuide
(http://www.chemguide.co.uk)
ChemiCool Periodic Table
(http://www.chemicool.com)
Chemistry
(Caltech Library System)
(http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm)
Classic
Organic Reactions
(http://www.chempensoftware.com/organicreactions.htm)
Eric Weisstein's
World of Chemistry
(http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry)
Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to
Hazardous Agents
(http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov)
Links for
Chemists
(http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html)
Organic Chemistry Resources
Worldwide
(http://www.organicworldwide.net)
PubChem
(http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
This Week in the
History of Chemistry
(http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/week.html)
WebElements
Periodic Table
(http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html)
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For a list of Web searching tools, see the Find: web resources
page (http://library.semo.edu/find/webpages.html).
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last updated: 5/2/08
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