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Chemistry

 

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks

 

 

  • Atlas of stereochemistry : absolute configurations of organic molecules Reference Room QD481 .K64 1974
  • Concise chemical and technical dictionary Reference Room QD5 .B4 1986
  • Glossary of chemical terms Reference Room QD5 .H34 1986
  • Handbook of chemistry and physics Reference Room QD65 .H3 ed.83 2002/03
  • How to find chemical information : a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and students Reference Room QD8.5 .M34 1998
  • Information retrieval SciFinder and Scifinder Scholar Reference Room Z699.5 .S3 R53 2002
  • Kirk-Othmer Concise encyclopedia of chemical technology Reference Room TP9 .K54 1985
  • McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology Reference Room Q121 .M3 1997
  • New York Public Library science desk reference Reference Desk, Ready Reference Q173 .B25 1995
  • The ACS style guide : a manual for authors and editors Reference Room QD8.5 .A25 1997
  • The Chemical formulary : a condensed collection of valuable, timely, practical formulae for making thousands of products in all fields of industry Reference Room TP151 .C53
  • The enzyme reference: a comprehensive guide to enzyme nomenclature, reactions, and methods Reference Room QP601 .P87 2002
    Entries for over 6,000 enzyme reactions. Extensive coverage of review and research papers. Entries include references.

Additional Print Sources

  • Name reactions: a collection of detailed reaction mechanisms QD291 .L5 2002
    A collection of more than 300 named reactions for organic chemistry. Shows detailed electron pushing mechanisms, original citation, and selected secondary or review citations for each reaction.

Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.

Selected Internet Resources

  • ChemFinder Free chemical searching in the text box on this software website.
  • CHEMINFO at Indiana University "CHEMINFO, Chemical Information Sources, is designed to help people find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere. It brings together Web sites at Indiana University with significant chemical information content."
  • Clinical Chemistry Includes full-text articles from this journal in the archive.
  • Conversion of Units A Free University of Berlin webpage that offers a simple interface for converting numerical data from one unit of measurement to another.
  • Dictionary of Units "an account of the principal units of measurement to be found in use around the world today, and the conversion factors often needed to change them into 'standard' units of the SI system."
  • Full-Text Journals in Chemistry Links to full-text scholarly journal articles on the Internet.
  • General Chemistry Online Website offering valuable tutorials, self-grading pratice questions, extensive links, and even a FAQ all geared to an introductory chemistry course.
  • IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology A collection of nearly 7000 terms, with authoritative definitions, spanning the whole range of chemistry. Also known as the Gold Book
  • Martindale's Calculators On-Line Center Links to over 1,800 calculators: the usual scientific, math, and financial calculators, but also calculators for dates, astrology, wine, odors, car pricing, traffic, event hosting... if you need to calculate something you will find it here.
  • Material Data Safety Sheets Find Material Safety Data Sheets and links to other safety resources.
  • National Academies The National Academies advise the U.S.Congress on science, engineering, and medicine. From this page you can read current National Academies news and find links to the 3,000 publications that the National Academies make available to the public.
  • National Science Digital Library A digital online library for the nation's resources on science, technology, mathematics and engineering.
  • Reference Desk Dictionaries and glossaries for science & technology from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Science Central Directory to scientific resources on the Internet.
  • Science.gov An interagency directory contributed by U.S. government science organizations.
  • Scirus A search engine that searches only screened educational and scientific sites and journal articles in Elsevier Science journals. Links will take you to the site or to the article in Science Direct.
  • Strategian A "strategic" guide to informational resources in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, and Psychology
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office Seach for patents or for trademarks. Images may be included for later files. Patents are also available via SciFinder Scholar, a software program available in the O'Toole Library for searching Chemical Abstracts, Medline, and US Patents.
  • WebElements--The Periodic Table on the WWW Created by Mark Winter [University of Sheffield, England], Royal Society of Chemistry 1998 HE Teaching Award winner. "WebElements aims to be a high quality source of information on the WWW relating to the periodic table. Coverage is such that professional scientists and students at school will all find something useful."

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