CHEMISTRY

Reference Books | Databases | Periodicals | Websites

REFERENCE BOOKS

• The ACS style guide: effective communication of scientific information. Oxford University Press, 2006. R808 A37 2006
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 1998-1999, 1999. R541.9 H23h
• Handbook of basic tables for chemical analysis. R543 B78 2003
• Hawley’s condensed chemical dictionary. Wiley, 2007. R540.3 L49 2007
• How to find chemical information, 1998. 540 M34
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 14th Ed., 1992. R540.2 L36
• Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 4th ed, 1984. R540 V37

DATABASES

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PERIODICALS

Find Journals on Chemistry, available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases.

WEBSITES

General | Hazardous Substances | Organic Chemistry | Periodic Tables | Publications

-- GENERAL

• CBU Chemistry Department Internet Resources
• Abbreviations of Chemical Compounds: Enter an abbreviation for a chemical compound and retrieve the full name.
• Chemistry.org: American Chemical Society (ACS) resources, products, and services for members, chemists, scientists, chemical industry professionals, and general public.
• Chemjobs.net: Leading job vacancy site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers.
• ChemWeb.com: Provides access to over 350 journals and 15 databases. Includes Careers Centre in association with sciencejobs.com, Conference Centre, Bookstore and online magazine, the alchemist. Free registration required. 
• Department of Energy Information Bridge: Full-text scientific and technical reports.
• eMolecules: Chemistry search engine finds chemical structures and chemical drawings. Note: search does not accept common names. Formerly Chmoogle.
• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
• ISIHighlyCited.com: Information about scientists and their current work.
• Linus Pauling & the Nature of Chemical Bonds
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• National-Academies.org: Science in the Headlines
• Polymers.com
• PubChem: National Institutes of Health database containing the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities.
• Science.gov - Chemistry & Chemicals: Includes selected authoritative science Web sites and often hard-to-access scientific databases (specific content varies by database).
• Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
• Theoretical Chemistry: Self-guided introduction for college students.

-- HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): U.S. Dept. of Health site includes searchable database for publications and resources about effects of hazardous substances on public health and environment.
• Hazardous Chemical Database: Database from University of Akron allows users to retrieve information for any of 23,495 hazardous chemicals or 'generic' entries based on a keyword search.
• Top 20 Hazardous Substances: Top 20 substances on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Priority List of Hazardous Substances. From ATSDR.

-- ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

• ChemTube3D - Interactive 3D Organic Reaction Mechanisms: This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy.
• Colby College Organic Chemistry Page: Provides additional resources for students of organic chemistry, both at the introductory and advanced levels
• Organic Chemistry Portal: Offers a database of abstracts from eight organic chemistry journals, information on more than 100,000 compounds, and short summary articles on new organic synthesis schemes presented in recent journal articles. Provides links to brief book reviews and pages on medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, chemical suppliers, instrument resources, journals, and publishers.
• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide: Annotated collection of sites for the professional organic chemist.

-- PERIODIC TABLES

• Periodic Table of Elements: View the periodic table in five languages. Includes excellent printable Periodic Table from 2001 data and three different scientific calculators.
• American Elements: Periodic Table with information on research and uses of each of the elements, including properties, safety data and applications.
• Table of the Nuclides: Map of all known nuclides. Each horizontal row represents one element; colored dots indicate known isotopes of the element. Click on a region of the chart to see more detailed chart sections. Colors on chart indicate the lifetime of a nuclide. Click on a cell for properties of the nuclide or atom.
• WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements: Scholar Edition

-- PUBLICATIONS

• Chemical Abstracts Service
• ChemNews.com
• PubMed
• SCIRUS: Science Search Engine
• Springer Link Alert: Free service that alerts you to pre-pub content of over 150 journals.