Chemistry

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8,000 journals with many available in full-text.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

*Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a resource that utilizes many different sources to provide information on both sides of controversial topics.

Subject Databases

American Chemical Society Web Editions (ACS Web Editions) provides online full-text access to all ACS journal and magazine publications with coverage from 1996 to present.

*ScienceDirect is one of the world’s leading sources for scientific, technical, and medical full-text research. It indexes more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and over 11,000 books. Abstracts are provided for articles not included in our institutional subscription. ScienceDirect also indexes many publications that Steen Library carries in print. Click here for a list of journals we subscribe to online through Science Direct.

Science & Technology Collection (EBSCO) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications, of which over 800 leading, full-text journals cover relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, physics, archaeology, and materials science.

*SciFinder is an access point to several Chemical Abstracts databases, providing chemical literature from over 10,000 journals, 1907-present, including organic and inorganic substance information (CAS registry), patents, structure diagrams, and more. New users start here.

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eBooks

CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool Locate the bibliographic details you need quickly and easily. Search by Title, Abbreviation, CODEN, ISBN, or ISSN

*eBook Academic Subscription Collection (EBSCO) — is a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles that represent a broad range of academic subject matter, including art, business, education, literary criticism, philosophy, political science, religion, technology & engineering, and much more.

*Ebrary is an electronic collection of full-text, searchable academic books customized for Steen Library. Users can add and remove books from a personalized bookshelf after creating an individual account.

Online Books: Chemistry

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QD 1-999 Chemistry

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Websites

Chemicool Periodic Table
The familiar Periodic Table, which links to each element a full spectrum of its physical properties and other technical characteristics, including its abundance in the earth's crust and its cost. It also provides a link from each element to articles in Encyclopedia Britannica.

WebElements Periodic Table

EPA Envirofacts
The EPA EMCI (Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator) site provides links to chemical data from several different program system databases. It provides extensive lists of hazardous substances with connections to available information about each.

NIST Chemistry Webbook
Physical property and spectral data for a large number of chemical compounds, searchable by formula, name, CAS registry number, author, structure and several physical properties.

PubChem
Provides information - physical properties, names, synonyms, etc. - for the biologically active small compounds, and is searchable by text term/keyword, formula, chemical properties, structure, etc.

X-Ray Properties of the Elements
A site that provides the X-Ray properties of the elements, linked from a periodical table diagram.

BIOGRAPHY

Nobel Prize Internet Archive
The Nobel Prize Internet site (1901 to current), is searchable by discipline, then either alphabetically by name, or chronologically, from current year back to 1901. Each entry provides terse biographical and educational background, and usually a photograph. It also provides addresses, telephone numbers and work affiliations. There are also many longer biographical sketches and news items about the laureates.

DIRECTORIES OF CHEMISTRY WEBSITES

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
A directory of scholarly societies of chemistry and chemical engineering, with each of these sites providing links to its own resources, and to other related sites.

MISCELLANEOUS

Chemical Industry site
"The worldwide search engine of the chemical industry," this site provides links to job banks listing both corporate and academic openings, sites for posting resumes, company listings by industry sectors, listings of organizations, academic institutions and other listings.

Martindale's "The Reference Desk" Calculators On-line Center (Chemistry)
An extensive site of calculators for various chemical conversions, such as unit and molar conversions, chemical equation balancer, various calculators for gas laws, NMR, pH, spectroscopy, etc.

Organic Compounds Database
This database contains information on over 2000 compounds.

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Note: The databases marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of any search using the Articles & More choice from the library home page.