Research in Chemistry

Using Indexes to Locate Articles

Since articles are not included in the library catalog, indexes are essential to locating articles on specific subjects. Ramsey Library provides access to indexes focusing on different subject areas. For a complete list of indexes, see Ramsey Library Electronic Resources By Title  or  By Subject

Online & CD-ROM indexes to journal titles/articles related to Chemistry:

ACS Web Editions. (American Chemical Society; full text; dates vary) Journals that require a password are not part of this subscription. The Web editions of 18 ACS journals that WCU, ASU and UNCA subscribe in print are available electronically.

ScienceDirect. Over 100 full-text chemistry journals (general, analytical, inorganic, organic, physical and theoretical, and spectroscopy). Elsevier

SciFinder Scholar. Provides access to several Chemical Abstract Service databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, and CHEMCAT. Users may search more than 19 million citations to the chemistry literature by topic, author, CAS Registry Numbers, patent number and CAS abstract number. More than 22 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Numbers, and formula. Users can also do substructure searching. (source: vendor website.) SciFinder Scholar is installed on two workstations near the Research & Technology Desk and is available on computers in the Chemistry Department. Ask at the Research Services Desk for more information. CAS

InfoTrac Academic OneFile. Excellent general index to the journal literature of the sciences. Includes the full text or links to the full text of many articles. Recently enhanced with links to titles covered in ScienceDirect, ACS Web Editions, and Ingenta. Gale

Biological Abstracts (via Web of Knowledge). (1969+) Index to about 6,000 journals in the life sciences, including agriculture, biology, biochemistry, ecology, immunology, neuroscience, biomedicine, and veterinary science.

Online References

International Critical Tables of Numeric Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology, 7 volumes and index (first electronic edition).

Originally published for the National Research Council, ICT offers data on physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties. Many tables are interactive. The full text of the original print version is available in PDF format. Information has been indexed to allow fielded searches (example: find all alcohols with a boiling point between 50-100 Celsius). Results can be manipulated in spreadsheet-like tables allowing you to sort and select only the information you need.

knovel Critical Tables

Features tables of properties for commonly used chemical compounds in the physical properties tables. Information has been indexed to allow fielded searches (example: find all alcohols with a boiling point between 50-100 Celsius). Results can be manipulated in spreadsheet-like tables, allowing you to sort and select only the information you need.

PubChem
 
Free access to information about small molecules and links to data used to study genes, cells, and biochemical pathways. Search three linked databases, PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay, and link to citations in PubMed.

Thermochemistry of the Chemical Substances

Revision of the table of values for the heats of formation in the thermochemistry section in
International Critical Tables. It includes 5,840 values of heats of formation and 350 values of heats of transition, fusion, vaporization, and reaction. All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page numbers.

Smithsonian Physical Tables (ninth revised edition)
Comprising 901 tables concentrating on a broad scope of common physical and chemical data. All entries in the index are hyperlinked to their page numbers.

Journals in our library catalog

Accounts of Chemical Research
Advances in Inorganic Chemistry
Advances in Organometallic Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Applied Spectroscopy
Atomic Data and nuclear Data Tables
Atomic Spectroscopy
Biochemistry
CA Selects: New Books in Chemistry
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Chemical Innovation
Chemical Society Reviews
Dalton Transactions. Journal of the Chemical Society
Education in Chemistry
Heterocycles
Hyperfine Interactions
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Chemical Education
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Journal of Natural Products
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Macromolecules
Organic Letters
Powder Diffraction
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Also, be sure to check the library's list of electronic journals in chemistry for additional titles.

Web Resources

Home of the American Chemical Society, the premier professional organization of chemists in the United States and a major publisher of chemistry information resources.

Science.gov

Gateway to science and technology information provided by U.S. government agencies, including research and development results.

Chemfinder/

Guide to data on chemical substances, including boiling and melting points, specific gravities, evaporation rates, vapor densities, water solubilities, and EPA codes. Also includes molecular or structural images of substances. Searchable by chemical name, molecular formula, molecular weight, CAS registry number, and chemical structure.

Molecule of the Month

Features a new molecule every month, usually a substance of current, recent, or renewed interest.

NIST WebBook

A gateway to the data collection of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

WebElements

Provides properties of the elements.

Links for Chemists

This University of Liverpool site indexes 7500+ chemistry Web resources in more than 60 categories; provides links to university chemistry departments; indexes sites for chemical jobs/careers, chemical companies/industry, chemical literature and publishing.

WWW Chemistry Guide

A collection of links for chemists and researchers involved in organic, biochemical, computational, medicinal and/or other chemistry research.
 

Web Study Sites

Chemtutor

Assists high school and college students with introductory chemistry coursework.

Purdue Division of Chemical Education

General chemistry help.  Test banks.

Indispensable Print Resources

Look for chemistry books in the general stacks and the reference stacks in the QD section of the library.  Recent encyclopedias of great reference value are:

Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry. 5th ed. 2005. Ref QD4 .V36 2005

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 5th ed. 2004- Ref TP9 .K54 2004

Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. Ref QD148 .E53 1994

Chemistry Books

Chemistry books are shelved in the QD section of the library.  Books on chemical technology can be found in the TP section. Both the QD and TP classes are shelved on the lower level of Ramsey Library.