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| QD 1 - 65 | General works of chemistry including history, study and research, alchemy, etc. |
| QD 71 - 142 | Analytical chemistry |
| QD 146 - 197 | Inorganic chemistry |
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| QD 415 -436 | Biochemistry |
| QD 450 - 801 | Physical and theoretical chemistry |
| QD 901 - 999 | Crystallography |
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Microfiche copies of Senior honors theses are maintained in the Library. For details on the Library's theses holdings, formats, access, photocopying restrictions, and searching for a thesis in the online catalog, see the Thesis Search page.
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Encyclopedias
Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms
Defines, explains, and diagrams (bonds, for instance) within its area of specialization.
CALL NUMBER: Ref TP 1087 .C477 2001
Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology
Spans chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy, atmospheric science, nuclear technology, environment, biochemistry, and biophysics in articles of exceptional weight (for an encyclopedia).
CALL NUMBER: Ref Q 123 .E497 2002
Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
In nearly 3,000 pages on applied chemistry offers abridged coverage of every article in the full "Kirk-Othmer", a prized older edition of which remains in Reference adjacent to this recent work.
CALL NUMBER: Ref TP 9 .K54 2007
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Fills the needs of student and novice researcher alike via 20 volumes of concise descriptions of terms, concepts, data, and formulas.
CALL NUMBER: Ref Q 121 .M3 2007
Subject Dictionaries
Dictionary of Chemistry
Part of Oxford's online reference site, a Schaffer subscription, defines terms concisely while adding extra emphasis to major topics such as polymers. Adds value through searchability, cross references, chronologies, and links to the Web for further reading.
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http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t219&authstatuscode=200
New Dictionary of Scientific Biography
The successor to the original American Council of Learned Societies' "Dictionary of Scientific Biography" shelved adjacent to this, the "New DSB" adds new luminaries from science as well as re-interpretations of classic figures to supplement their full entries in the still invaluable "DSB".
CALL NUMBER: Ref Q 141 .N45 2008
Handbooks
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
As the vaunted "rubber Bible" serves as the perennial primer of basic chemical metrics; resides at Schaffer's Circulation Desk.
CALL NUMBER: QD 65 .H3 (Permanent Reserve)
Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Covers fundamentals, data, and applications (e.g., reactors).
CALL NUMBER: Ref T 151 .P45 2008
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The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds; a Reference Guide
Discusses "the chemistry, history, and uses of significant compounds that have affected humans throughout history."
CALL NUMBER: Ref TP 9 .M94 2007
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American Chemical Society
http://portal.acs.org
The ACS journals are here online in full-text through Union's subscription. Also on the site are abstracts of papers at professional meetings, the results of salary surveys of chemists, and under "Education" various pedagogical resources to download or order. Besides information on ACS meetings, see the link "ACS Meeting Locator" for schedules of upcoming conferences worldwide.
Chemspider; Building Community for Chemists
http://www.chemspider.com
The site aims to answer the question, "Is there specific information available about my chemical?" The Royal Society of Chemistry has now acquired Chemspider, a self-proclaimed "hobby site" of professional chemists that searches chemical structures at no charge across dozens of existing chemical structure databases, some open-access and some commercial.
ChemWeb.com; Central to Science
http://www.chemweb.com
ChemWeb.com searches over 500 major commercial journals of chemistry (Elsevier, Springer, etc.) and provides free online abstracts. Under "Free Magazines", the site also links to free research papers, downloads, and podcasts sorted by chemistry categories. Below appear ChemWeb.com's news-alerting links.
eMolecules
http://www.emolecules.com
eMolecules searches by chemical name or structure the data of both vendors and universities; online ordering of chemicals is supported.
Molecular Libraries Program
https://mli.nih.gov/mli/
The National Institutes of Health support this online service to bioassay small molecules (i.e., below a molecular weight of 500) and to search them in the biochemical literature via its PubChem files, all at no or minimal charge.
Royal Society of Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org
Like the ACS above, the British national professional society's chemistry journals are available in full-text through the site as part of Union's subscription. Likewise some chemistry magazines are present in full-text at no charge to any user. Jobs in chemistry are listed, and "LearnNet" links to pedagogical resources available through the society, some at no charge. "Conferences and Events" announces and describes both RSC meetings as well as other chemistry meetings and events worldwide.
http://portal.acs.org
The ACS journals are here online in full-text through Union's subscription. Also on the site are abstracts of papers at professional meetings, the results of salary surveys of chemists, and under "Education" various pedagogical resources to download or order. Besides information on ACS meetings, see the link "ACS Meeting Locator" for schedules of upcoming conferences worldwide.
Chemspider; Building Community for Chemists
http://www.chemspider.com
The site aims to answer the question, "Is there specific information available about my chemical?" The Royal Society of Chemistry has now acquired Chemspider, a self-proclaimed "hobby site" of professional chemists that searches chemical structures at no charge across dozens of existing chemical structure databases, some open-access and some commercial.
ChemWeb.com; Central to Science
http://www.chemweb.com
ChemWeb.com searches over 500 major commercial journals of chemistry (Elsevier, Springer, etc.) and provides free online abstracts. Under "Free Magazines", the site also links to free research papers, downloads, and podcasts sorted by chemistry categories. Below appear ChemWeb.com's news-alerting links.
eMolecules
http://www.emolecules.com
eMolecules searches by chemical name or structure the data of both vendors and universities; online ordering of chemicals is supported.
Molecular Libraries Program
https://mli.nih.gov/mli/
The National Institutes of Health support this online service to bioassay small molecules (i.e., below a molecular weight of 500) and to search them in the biochemical literature via its PubChem files, all at no or minimal charge.
Royal Society of Chemistry
http://www.rsc.org
Like the ACS above, the British national professional society's chemistry journals are available in full-text through the site as part of Union's subscription. Likewise some chemistry magazines are present in full-text at no charge to any user. Jobs in chemistry are listed, and "LearnNet" links to pedagogical resources available through the society, some at no charge. "Conferences and Events" announces and describes both RSC meetings as well as other chemistry meetings and events worldwide.
News Alerts
The Alchemist
http://www.chemweb.com/alchemist-current
The commercial site ChemWeb.com puts out this bi-weekly newsletter of paragraph-length notes on chemical developments.
Chemistry World News
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/index.asp
Chemistry World News, a service of the Royal Society of Chemistry, "delivers the latest chemistry news every day."
Current Events
http://www.chemweb.com/content/event_items
ChemWeb.com announces conferences, trade shows, and online course news here.
News Feeds
http://www.chemweb.com/news_items
ChemWeb.com connects to blogs, trade newsletters, and in some cases general newspapers to track chemistry-related stories of the current two weeks. A caveat: the web-crawling technology used can rope in non-chemistry stories.
Press Releases
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases
The Royal Society of Chemistry here links to news items of public interest but with a tie-in to chemistry. Recent H2O examples involve whether tea made with re-boiled water tastes as good as with water only boiled once and how the shower scene in "Psycho" might be re-enacted to teach water conservation.
http://www.chemweb.com/alchemist-current
The commercial site ChemWeb.com puts out this bi-weekly newsletter of paragraph-length notes on chemical developments.
Chemistry World News
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/index.asp
Chemistry World News, a service of the Royal Society of Chemistry, "delivers the latest chemistry news every day."
Current Events
http://www.chemweb.com/content/event_items
ChemWeb.com announces conferences, trade shows, and online course news here.
News Feeds
http://www.chemweb.com/news_items
ChemWeb.com connects to blogs, trade newsletters, and in some cases general newspapers to track chemistry-related stories of the current two weeks. A caveat: the web-crawling technology used can rope in non-chemistry stories.
Press Releases
http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases
The Royal Society of Chemistry here links to news items of public interest but with a tie-in to chemistry. Recent H2O examples involve whether tea made with re-boiled water tastes as good as with water only boiled once and how the shower scene in "Psycho" might be re-enacted to teach water conservation.