Subject Guide: Chemistry

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Books in Print | Periodicals | Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc. | Subscription Databases | E-Journals | E-Books | Professional Associations | Other Online Resources

Books in Print: LC Call Numbers in Stacks

Periodicals: DDCS Call Numbers

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.

• Encyclopedia Britannica Online

• Credo Online Reference Service
Online reference materials with a subscription provided by Centenary College, Magale Library. Use term "chemistry" to find chemistry resources.

• Gale Virtual Reference Library
A database of 231 Encyclopedias, e-books, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary subjects. Use term "chemistry" to find chemistry resources.

Subscription Databases

• Complete list of subscription databases

• Academic Search Complete

• Ingenta

• JSTOR Arts and Sciences I, II, and III Interdisciplinary Collections

• SciFinder
A search engine that provides access to Chemical Abstracts and MEDLINE. These resources index journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, and dissertations as well as book reviews and biological information. If you are trying to access SciFinder for the first time, click on register an account.
If you are on campus, specific instructions to register an account and access the database are here: How to register to use SciFinder.
To access the database remotely click here.

E-Journals

• Complete list of subscription e-journals

Other suggested e-journals and e-journal collections:

• Electronic Full Text Journals (Search "Chemistry")

• American Chemical Society Publications

• Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

• Annual Review of Biochemistry

• Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

• Biochemical Journal

• e-Polymers
A blog about science and technology.

• Hyle: International Journal for the Philosophy of Chemistry

• Journal of Biochemistry

• Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards & Technology

• Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
Free, open access chemistry journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

• Science News
An online magazine of the Society for Science and Technology

E-Books

• Complete list of subscription e-books

Other suggested e-books and e-book collections:

• Basic Liquid Chromatography by Kazalevich and McNair
A textbook on High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

• Basics of NMR by Joseph Hornak Text online

• Chromatography books online

• Dictionary of Compounds: ChemIDplus

• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

• National Academy Press

• Online Books Page

• WebSpectra: Problems in NMR & IR Spectroscopy

Professional Associations

• American Chemical Society Website

• American Society for Mass Spectrometry

• Resources of Scholarly Societies: Chemistry

• Royal Society of Chemistry: ChemSoc

Online Chemistry Resources

• Academic Chemistry Departments in the U.S.

• California Separation Science Society Online CaSSS

• ChemDex links to over 7,000 chemistry sites, divided by branches as well.

• Chemistry World
News, podcasts, webinars, and job searches.

• ChemWeb offers many free resources.
Offers chemistry news, links to journals, information on conferences and events. Also home of The Alchemist, ChemWeb's newsletter.

• Chromatographic Society discussion group chromatography & separation techniques

• Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds, Japan

• Institute of Theoretical Chemistry
Link to student research (reports and thesis), lesson plans. Use literature database link as your search function.

• Library of Congress: Virtual Reference Shelf

• NIST Chemistry WebBook

• National Library of Medicine: Searching Drugs or Chemicals in PubMed
This tutorial provides a set of tips to help you effectively search PubMed for drugs, chemicals and other substances.

• National Science Foundation. Division of Chemistry

• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide

• Research Gate

• Rolf Claessen's Chemistry Index

• ScienceWorld, Wolfram Research, Chemistry

• Theoretical Chemistry

Other Online Resources

• ChemCollective
A collection of of engaging, online activities created by Carnegie Mellon University faculty who are interested in chemistry education. It provides virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials and concept tests.

• ChemistryGuide
This site provides a directory and search engine of chemistry resources. There are approximately 250 resources in the directory, and it can be browsed by topics such as green chemistry and chemistry dictionaries.

• LearnChemistry
LearnChemistry Higher Education is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and provides practical guides for students and instructors on how to read a scientific article, how to cite sources in the Royal Society of Chemistry format and how to perform pedagogical research in the STEM disciplines.

• Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemED DL)
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, ChemED DL provides access to numerous digital, education resources, such as interactive Periodic Table, organic stereochemistry tutorials, a virtual laboratory, biographies of chemists and more.

• The Green Chemistry Education Network(GCEdNet)
Sponsored by the University of Oregon and the National Science Foundation, GCEdNet is a network of educators from colleges, universities, community colleges and high schools who exchange ideas on incorporating green chemistry into the curriculum. This site also includes links to green chemistry news resources published by the American Chemical Society, Yale University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell and other organizations.