Chemistry Subject Guide

This subject guide covers chemistry resources available at the Johnston Memorial Library, including full-text journals, magazine, and newspaper articles,  chemistry websites, and printed materials in the Reference Collection. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information in this field. Library location and call  number are provided for print publications. 

Full-Text Databases
  • American Chemical Society Journals
    Provides links to selected full-text articles and current features from journals published by the American Chemical Society.

  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry
    Provides data on organic and inorganic compounds.

     
  • HighWire Press
    Provides online access to peer-reviewed journal focusing on science, technology, and medicine.

  • InfoTrac
    A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: chemistry, computers, current events, economics, education, and much more.

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Journal Indexes and Abstracts 

  • Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
    Provides access to bibliographic citations covering literature in engineering and technology. Includes EiCompendex, U.S. patents, and industry specifications and standards.
  • Dissertation Abstracts
    Index to dissertations on all subject fields.
     
  • INSPEC
    Provides access to leading scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers and computing, and information technology.
     
  • MEDLINE
    Medical topics relating to research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Covers 1993 to present.
  • SciFinder Scholar
    Provides access to the CAplus database of chemical literature and U.S. and foreign chemical-related patents, to CASREACT, to the Registry database from Chemical Abstracts Service, and to Medline. It includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations covered in Chemical Abstracts as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information. To use SciFinder Scholar on-campus you must download client software. Please contact Library Reference Desk for instructions.
  • NTIS
    The major resource for locating U.S. Government sponsored research reports and studies in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, biological sciences, medicine and health sciences, agriculture and social sciences.

  • WorldCat FirstSearch 
    Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. 
     
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Reference Sources 

  • Analytical Chemistry Handbook.
    REF QD78 .D43 1995

  • Chemical Abstracts
    REF QD1.A51

  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
    REF QD65 .H3

  • CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety.
    REF QD51 .C73 1995

  • Dictionary of Chemistry
    REF QD 5.H837 1999

  • Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry
    REF QD 5.F33 1999

  • Facts on File Chemistry Handbook
    REF QD 65.F33 2000

  • Handbook of Inorganic Compounds.
    REF QD155.5 .H36 1995

  • Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary.
    REF QD5 .C5 1993
  • Kirk-Othmer concise encyclopedia of chemical technology.
    REF TP9 .K54 2003

  • McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry.
    REF QD5 .M357 1997
  • McGraw-Hill concise encyclopedia of chemistry.
    REF QD4 .M34 2004

  • Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry
    REF QD 5.D4985 2000

  • Van Nostrand Scientific Encyclopedia
    REF Q 121.V3

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Additional Internet Websites 

 

  • The Alchemist - The ChemicalWeb Magazine
    Users can also access research news, links to selected web sites, current topics being discussed on chemistry lists and newsgroups, and a conference diary. (free after required registration).

  • ChemID
    A chemical dictionary file for over 344,000 compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest.
  • Chemical Physics Preprint Database
    Contains full-text of preprints from 1994 to the present.

  • Chemistry.org
    The primary site of the American Chemical Society, with up-to-date chemistry news, links to ACS journals, and educational and career information.
  • ISIHighlightlyCited.com
    A database of people most highly cited from 1981 to 1999 for each of the following categories: chemistry, physics, engineering, and neurosciences.

  • NIST Chemistry Web Book
    Compounds can be searched by name, chemical formula, or CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) registry number.

  • ScienceWeek: SW Bulletin
    Free news service offered by ScienceWeek contains news summaries covering topics in physics, chemistry, and biology.

  • WebElements
    Periodical table with graphics showing elements, structures, and periodic properties.

ŠVSU  Library and Media Services, 29-Aug-05 
Created by Louveller Luster and Michael Walker