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General Chemistry or multidisciplinary items
Books | Dictionaries | Dissertations | Encyclopedias | Handbooks and Data Compilations | Introductory Tutorials | Journal Articles | Meta-Web Sites | Miscellaneous | Treatises
- Books
- Catalogs
- Electronic Books
- Knovel (Science & Engineering books)
- Reviews
- E-streams (Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine and Science
- Dictionaries
- Dissertations
- Encyclopedias and Overviews
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
See: Property Data Index
See also, handbooks under specific subcategories:
- Introductory Tutorials
- College Level:
- Atoms and Molecules
- CH104: Introductory Chemistry
- Chemguide: Helping You to Understand Chemistry
- Chemistry Fundamentals Program
- Chemistry Hypermedia Project: Alphabetical Index
- CheModules
Designed for students in the allied health fields. Topics include: measurements, atoms and elements, nuclear radiation, compounds and their bonds, chemical reactions and quantities, energy and states of matter, gases, solutions, acids and bases, alkanes and aromatic hydrocarbons, haloalkanes, alkenes, and alkynes, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes, and ketones, carbohydrates, carboxylic Acids, esters, amines, and amides, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and enzymes, metabolic pathways and energy production, and nucleic acids.
- ChemTutor
Sections include: Heuristics, Numbers and Math, Units and Measures, Atomic Structure, Elements, Periodic Table, States of Matter, Compounds, Reactions, Mols, Oxidation and Reduction Reactions, Gases, Solutions, and Acids and Bases.
- General Chemistry
Note the copyright statement.
- General Chemistry Help
Includes: Topic reviews for both inorganic and organic chemistry, glossary, lecture demonstration sheets, laboratory information, problem solving, and old general chemistry tests.
- General Chemistry Online: Tutorials.
- Theoretical Chemistry: A Self-Guided Introduction for College Students
- WikiBooks: General Chemistry
- High School Level or below:
- Chemistry Coach .Com
- Creative Chemistry
- Mr. Ferwerda's High School Chemistry Help Page
- Rader's Chem4Kids
As the title implies, very easy level. Topics include: matter, atoms, elements, reations, and biochemistry.
- Regents' Prep: Chemistry
- Tutorial for High School Chemistry
Includes sections on acids/bases, atomic structure, bonding and isomerism, equilibrium, kinetic molecular theory and gas laws, nomenclature, radioactivity, reduction/oxidation, solutions, stoichiometry, and thermochemistry.
- See also tutorials under: Biochemistry, Crystallography, Organic Chemistry, and Phase Diagrams
- See also Teaching Resources under Education.
- Journal Articles
- To identify articles on a topic:
- Chem Majors, Grad Students, Faculty
- Undergrads, Non-Chem Majors
- To determine if the University Libraries have a specific journal:
- Meta-Web Sites
- Miscellaneous
- Treatises
- Chemistry of the Elements
(Available via Knovel - select "Chemistry & Chemical Engineering", then "General References")
- See also treatises under specific subcategories:
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Analytical Chemistry
Chromatography | Encyclopedias | Handbooks & Data Compilations | Meta-Web Sites | Methods | Microscopy | Spectroscopy
Use the resources listed under General Chemistry to find journal articles, books, and dissertations for this topic.
- Chromatography
- Chrom Ed Series By R.P.W. Scott
An introduction to chromatography that includes sections on:
- Principles and Practice of Chromatography
- Gas Chromatography
- Liquid Chromatography
- Gas Chromatography Detectors
- Liquid Chromatography Detectors
- Plate Theory and Extensions
- The Mechanism of Chromatographic Retention
- The Thermodynamics of Chromatography
- Dispersion in Chromatography Columns
- Extra Column Dispersion
- Preparative Chromatography
- Encyclopedias
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- Analytical Chemistry Handbook
QD78 .D43 1995 Science Reference
- Food Chemicals Codex
Access via Knovel
- Official and Standarized Methods of Analysis
QD75.2 .W38x Science Reference
- Practical Handbook of Spectroscopy
QD95 .P73 1991 Science Reference
- For spectra compilations see below.
- See also: Property Data Index for Chemical Substances
- Meta-Web Sites
- Methods
- Analytical Chemistry Handbook
QD78 .D43 1995 Science Reference
- EPA Test Methods
Many (but not all) EPA test methods are online. To find EPA test methods:
- Food Chemicals Codex
Access via Knovel
- Official and Standarized Methods of Analysis
QD75.2 .W38x Science Reference
- Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International
S587 A73 2000 Science Reference
- Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater
QD142 .A5 1998 Science Reference
- Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis
QD131 .S68 1962 Science Reference
- Microscopy
- Molecular Expressions Galleria
Photographs taken through a microscope of silicon, pharmaceuticals, computer chips, phytochemicals, DNA, vitamins, amino acids, birthstones, pesticides, drinks, trees, buckyballs, dinosaur bones, feathers, food, moon rocks, and more!
- Spectroscopy
- See separate page on Spectroscopy
- Infra-red (IR)
- Food Chemicals Codex
Access via Knovel
IR spectra contained in section 4.
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Biochemistry
Dictionaries | Handbooks and Data Compilations | Meta-Web Sites | Miscellaneous | Structure Databases | Textbooks Online | Tutorials | Treatises
Use the resources listed under General Chemistry to find journal articles, books, and dissertations for this topic.
- Dictionaries
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- Meta-Web Sites
- Miscellaneous
- Structure and Sequence Databases
- Textbooks Online
- Tutorials
- Treatises
- Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry
QD415 .C63 1999 Science Reference
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Biophysical Chemistry
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Calculators
- Calculators
- Meta-Web Sites
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Career Information
- Job Hunting
- Academic Careers Online
Job searching is free; employers pay fee to post positions.
- Academic Jobs EU
As the title indicates, this site is restricted to academic positions in Europe. All disciplines are covered.
- Careers and Job Centre (ChemSoc)
Primarily UK job listings. Includes an annotated listing of international web sites for job vacancies. There are also links to recruitment agencies, graduate careers sites, and other careers advice sites.
- ChemJobs.Com
Jobs for chemists and chemical engineers. Partial listing of jobs on home page plus search engine for finding more postings. Users may request e-mail updates.
- ChemJobs.Net
Includes U.S. and Canadian postings as well as international for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers. Free e-mail alerts.
- ChemSeer.Com
International in scope.
- Chemical and Engineering News: ChemJobs
The "Jobseeker Resources" section includes information on how to post your resume, how to set up alerts, view employer profiles, create an account, and tips and trends. - Chronicle of Higher Education
Weekly listing of academic positions; subscribers have early access to postings; includes a section on advice for the job seeker.
- Nature Jobs (Nature [magazine])
International listing of jobs. Jobs can be searched by categories such as analytical chemistry, applied chemistry, biochemistry, cancer research, catalysis, chemical engineering, chemistry, computational chemistry, drug discovery, education, environmental chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials science, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, pharmacology, physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and theoretical/computational chemistry.
- Science Careers (American Association for the Advancement of Science.)
Includes job listings from current issue of Science magazine, lists of meetings, and a salary calculator. Receive job alerts by e-mail.
- Science's Next Wave: JobsNet
Search the last 4 weeks of job listings from Science magazine. Also includes links to other job and career information sites.
- ScienceJobs.com
Covers bioscience and chemistry. Job search can be refined by location, type of job, keywords and by over 20 specific subject specialities.
- SciJobs.Org
Search for jobs by location and employer type. Free job alerts.
- Career Information
- Career Choices for Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Includes job descriptions, industry profiles, links to online resources for guides, job listings, internships, salary information and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' career services.
- Employment Outlook
Articles from Chemical and Engineering News, November 6, 2006 issue.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
"The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations." - Occupational Projections and Training Data
"This statistical and research supplement to the 2004-05 Occupational Outlook Handbook presents detailed, comprehensive statistics used in preparing the Handbook. It also discusses how the data are prepared and presents new research—information that is valuable to training officials, education planners, vocational and employment counselors, jobseekers, and others interested in occupational information. "
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Chemical Engineering
Dictionaries | Handbooks and Data Compilations | History | Meta-Web Sites
Use the resources listed under General Chemistry to find journal articles, books, and dissertations for this topic..
See also separate page: Chemical Engineering
- Dictionaries
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology
TP155.7 .C664 Science Reference
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
TP151 .P45 1997 Science Reserve
Accessible online via Knovel.
- Faith, Keyes and Clark's Industrial Chemicals
TP200 .F3 1975 Science Reference
Too outdated to use for economic and regulatory information but still useful for the production methods for the major chemicals.
- Rules of Thumb for Chemical Engineers
TP151 .R85 1998 Science Reference
- See also: Property Data Index
- History
- Meta-Web Sites
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Chemical Industry
See also: Product Catalogs for where to purchase a specific compound.
- Chemical Market Reporter
(former names: Chemical Marketing Reporter; Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter)
TP1 O4 Current Issues in Noble Library Current Periodicals Room; older volumes on microfilm.
Best place to find prices of chemicals, unfortunately, as of April 2005, the print version of the journal no longer carries prices. Indexed in ABI/Inform and Business and Industry Index.
- Chemical Profiles
Includes producers and capacity, demand, growth, price (historical and current), uses, strengths, weaknesses, and outlook for the major bulk chemicals. These are the same profiles published in the Chemical Market Reporter.
- SciFinder Scholar
Available only to ASU faculty, staff and students. To find manufacturers and/or prices of a compound, use the Locate -> Locate Substances -> Substance Identifier search and click on the red flask (commercial availability) icon.
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Citation Information
- Citation Data
- Citation Management
- Citation Style Guides
- ACS style guide : a manual for authors and editors. 2nd ed.
Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1997
QD8.5 .A25 1997 Science Reference
The ACS Style Guide is not available online but guides suggesting how to format citations in this style are available at:
- For style types other than ACS, see:
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Crystallography
Calculators & Convertors | Directories | Encyclopedias & Tutorials | Handbooks & Data Compilations | Meta-Web Sites | Tutorials
Use the resources listed under General Chemistry to find journal articles, books, and dissertations for this topic.
See also: Biochemistry, Minerals, Molecular Modeling, Phase Diagrams
- Calculators and Convertors
- Directories
- Encyclopedias and Tutorials
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
- Atlas of Crystal Structure Types for Intermetallic Phases
TN690.4 .D33 1991 v.1-4 Science Reference
Companion to Pearson's Handbook
- Atlas of Models of Crystal Surfaces
QD921 .N5 Science 3rd floor
Superceded by: Atlas of Surface Structures
- Atlas of Surface Structures
QD506 .A85x 1994 v.1:A and v.1:B Science 3rd floor
Based on NIST Surface Structure Database (not available in the ASU Libraries)
Superceeds Atlas of Models of Crystal Surfaces
- Barker Index of Crystals; a Method for the Identification of Crystalling Substances
QD908 .P6 v.1:1, v.2:1-3; v.3:1-2 Science 3rd floor
- BIDICS, Bond Index to the Determinations of Inorganic Crystal Structures
QD901 .B2x Science 2d floor (1969-1981)
The Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) (not available in the ASU Libraries) was based in part on this work.
- Bilbao Crystallographic Server
Space group information
- Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD)
- Character Tables and Compatibility Relations of the 80 Layer Groups and 17 Plane Groups
QC176 .L55 1991 Science 3rd floor
Contains information about the 80 layer arrangements not found in the International Tables.
- Crystal Data; Determinative Tables
QD908 .D663 v.1-2 Science Reference
- Crystal Data; Systematic Tables
QD908 .N6x 1967 Science 3rd floor
- Crystal Lattice Structures
- Crystal Structures
2nd edition: QD951 .W82 1963 v.1-5, 6:1, 6:2 Science Reference
3rd edition: QD921 .W82 1982 v.1, 3 Science 3rd floor
- Crystallography and Minerals Arranged by Crystal Form
- Crystallography Open Database (COD)
- Database of Zeolite Structures
- Handbook of Lattice Spacings and Structures of Metals and Alloys
TN690 .P4 v.1-2 Science 3rd floor
Basis for the CRYSTMET database (not available in the ASU Libraries) and continued by Pearson's Handbook.
- International Tables for Crystallography
QD908 .I56 Science Reference
Volume A: Space Group Symmetry
- Landolt-Bornstein: Group III
QC61 .L36 Science Reference
Some data in these volumes were used to develop the Inorganic Crystal Structures Database (ICSD) (not available in the ASU Libraries)
Structure data of crystals
- Elements and intermetallic phases: NSIII/6, 14ab
- Epitaxy data: NSIII/8
- Inorganic compounds: NSIII/7a-h
- Organic crystals: NSIII/5ab, 10ab
Crystallographic properties
- Elements and intermetallic compounds: I/4, II/1, IV/1a-c, 4a; NSIII/3, 6, 9, 1, 14ab, 18
- Inorganic Compounds: I/4, II/1, 6, 9, IV/4a; NSIII/1, 2, 3, 4ab, 6, 7a-h, 9, 11, 12a-c, 13b, 14ab, 16ab, 17a-i, 18, 28ab
- Organic Compounds: II/1, 2, 4a; NSII/5, III/5ab, 10ab, 16b, 28b
- Laue Atlas: Plotted Laue Back-Reflection Patterns of the Elements, the Compounds RX and RX b2
QD945 .P7 Science 3rd floor
- Mineralogy Database
- Pearson's Handbook: Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases
1st edition: TN690.4 .P43 1985 v.1-3 Science 3rd floor
2nd edition: TN690.4 .V55 1991 v.1-4 Science Reference
"Desk edition": TN690.4 .V55 1997 v.1-2 Science Reference
Companion to Atlas of Crystal Structure Types for Intermetallic Phases and supercedes Handbook of Lattice Spacings and Structures of Metals and Alloys; data is available in the CRYSMET database (not available in the ASU Libraries).
- Powder Diffraction Data
QC482 .D5J64 Science Reference
1976 - 1st edition
- Reciprocal Net
A small molecule crystallography database containing many structures solved in crystallography laboratories from several universities in the United States.
- Structure Reports
QD901 .S8 Science 2nd floor and Storage
Cumulative indexes are available. Some data from inorganic substances were used to develop the Inorganic Crystal Structures Database (ICSD) (not available in the ASU Libraries); some data from organic substances were used to develop the Cambridge STructural Database (CSD) (not available in the ASU Libraries)
- Surface Crystallographic Information Service: a Handbook of Surface Structures
QD921 .S87 1987 Science 3rd floor
- Tables of Interatomic distances and configuration in molecules and ions
QD461 .C48 Science Reference
- Meta-Web Sites
- Miscellaneous
- Tutorials
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Education
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Electrochemistry
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Food Chemistry
Use the resources listed under General Chemistry to find journal articles, books, and dissertations for this topic.
- Analytical Methods for Food Additives
- Bender's Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology
Nutrient composition data is included for 287 foods.
- Dictionary of Food Ingredients
- Food and Nutrition Information Center
- Food Chemicals Codex
Section 2 (Monograph Specifications) includes a physical description of the substance, some property data such as solubility, the function of the subtance, and it's specifications (ex., maximum amount of impurities allowable). Section 3 (Flavor Chemicals) contains name, molecular weight, structure, physical form, odor, solubility, boiling point, identification test, minimum assay requirement amounts, acid value maximums, refractive index and specific gravity. Also includes IR spectra (Section 4), and tests/assays (Section 5).
- Popcorn
- Principles of Food Chemistry
- Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology
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Fun Stuff (for chemists and others!)
- Chemistry Mysteries
Select "educators & students" tab on top, in the left column under "quick find" click on VC2 to go to the Virtual Chemistry Club, then select "Chemistry Mysteries".
- Creative Chemistry
Includes lots of games.
- Fireworks
- Critter Chemistry
- MASSIVE (Math and Science Songs Information, Viewable Everywhere)
Over 1700 science and math songs with lyrics, lyricist(s), performer(s), and links to purchase info; from 2nd grade to PhD. Can be searched by song title, album title, performer, lyricist (writer) and keyword within title.
- Molecules With Silly or Unusual Names
- National Chemistry Week 2005: Joy of Toys Resources (Stanford)
- Periodic Table of Comic Books
- Recreational Reading
Take a break and have some fun. Grace Basinger (Chemistry Subject Specialist at Stanford) has collected a variety of interesting and informative sites where you can learn, laugh, and enjoy.
- What is that awful SMELL SKUNKS make?
- Odoriferous principles: methyl-1-butanethiol, trans-2-butane-1-thiol, and trans-2-butenyl methyl disulfide
- K.A.Anderson & David Bernstein, Journal of Chemical Education, 55 (1978): 159-160.
- butyl mercaptans have skunk odor (aka butane thiols & propane thiols)
- see also: Merck Index (search "all text" for skunk) and Combined Chemical Dictionary
- What's That Stuff?
(Chemical and Engineering News)
Select "educators & students" tab on top, in the left column under "quick find" click on VC2 to go to the Virtual Chemistry Club, then select "What's That Stuff?".
"Ever wondered about what's really in hair coloring, Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, artificial snow, or self-tanners? C&EN presents a collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products."
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Genealogy
Tracing intellectual lines via PhD advisors and mentors.
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History of Chemistry and the Early Literature
Archival Collections | Associations | Dictionaries | Full Text Books | Full Text Journal Articles | Highly Cited Works | Images | Meta-Web Sites | Miscellaneous | Timelines
See also: Periodic Table - History
- Archival Collections Online
- Associations
- Dictionaries
- Full Text Books Online
- Book Collections
- Bartleby.com
Scroll through the "non-fiction" window to see what's available in science and/or by scientist's name.
- CalTech Books Online
Browse by subject or year. As of 11/15/04, only 4 items available.
- Early English Books Online
Covers 1475-1700 and all subject areas. Search by author, title or subject keywords or browse by author. Not all entries in the database have full text available however the "browse by author" function can be limited to full text items.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Search by keyword, author or title; search can be limited to the "Science, Medicine and Technology" category.
- Online Books Page
Search by author or title, or browse by author, title, or subject; when browsing by subject, look under Q (Science). Chemistry books will be found under QD (chemistry), although some chemical physics titles may be found under QC (physics), and some biochemistry may be found under QP (biochemistry).
- WorldCat
Some publishers may have copies of science books available on the Internet. Look for records with the  icon; the "access" field(s) will have the URL(s).
- See also: Try searching the title of the book on your favorite Internet search engine (ex. Google)
- Specific Titles
- Full Text Journals Online
In addition to checking the ASU Libraries' E-journals' list for access to historical journals, the following free sites are also available:
- Internet Library of Early Journals
Contains page images for 1757-1777 volumes of the Philosophical Transactions.
- Gallica (Bibliotheque Nationale de France) List of Journals
Page images from over 40 early science, engineering or medical periodicals, including:
- Annalen der Physik
- Annales de chimie et de physique
- Berichte der Deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin
- Bulletin du Comité international permanent pour l'exécution photographique de la carte du ciel
- Catalogue of scientific papers
- Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences
- Journal für praktische Chemie
- Journal of physical chemistry
- Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
- Revue de physique et de chimie et de leurs applications industrielles
- Revue des travaux scientifiques
- Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées
- Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin List of Journals
Page images from over 10 early science periodicals
- Highly Cited Works
- Citation Classics
From 1977 to 1993, four thousand Citation Classic Commentaries were published in Current Contents. These one-page commentaries were written by authors of highly cited papers and were meant to capture the human side of science. Authors were encouraged "to include the type of personal details that are rarely found in formal academic publication, such as obstacles encountered and byways taken ... [to] mention the contributions of co-authors, any awards or honors they received for their research, and any new terminology arising from their work ... [and to] speculate on the reasons why their paper or book has been cited so often." This site also includes:
- Images
- Smith Image Collection (UPenn)
The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection is devoted to the history of chemistry, emphasizing pre-1850 materials on theorical, experimental, and practical chemistry. The Smith Image Collection consists of over 4,000 prints and photographs of eminent scientists, their laboratories, and the apparatus they used.
- Meta-Web Sites
- Miscellaneous
- Dyson, G. Malcolm. Searching the Older Chemical Literature. Advances in Chemistry Series. 1961 8:83-91.
QD 1 .A355 no. 8 Science 2d floor
A detailed analysis of the chemical literature published between 1750 and 1875 including listing of obscure and obsolete titles plus coverage of these journals in indexes, treatises, etc.
- Timelines
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Inorganic Chemistry
Encyclopedias | Meta-Web Sites | Treatises
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- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry
QD148 .E53 Science Reference
- Meta-Web Sites
- Treatises
- Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry
QD151 .S69 Science 3rd floor
- Inorganic Reactions and Methods
QD501 .I623 Science 3rd floor
- Inorganic Syntheses
QD156 .I56 Science Reference
- Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry
QD31 .M52 Science Reference
- Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale
QD151 .P32 Science Reference
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Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
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Molecular Modeling, Chemoinformatics and Computer-Aided Design
Chemoinformatics is also called cheminformatics or chemical Informatics.
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Nomenclature
- Naming Services
- IUPAC Online Naming Service
"Covers general organic chemistry and some natural product classes such as carbohydrates, peptides, steroids, terpenes and alkaloids ... does not support the naming of complex inorganic compounds, organometallics, or cluster compounds" Structures must have no more than 50 atoms, 3 rings and contain only these elements: C, H, N, P, O, S, F, Cl, Br, I, Li, Na, K
- IUPAC
- Miscellaneous
- Principles of Chemical Nomenclature
QD7 .L44 1998 Science 3rd floor
- SMILES
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Organic Chemistry
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- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- Meta-Web Sites
- Reactions
- Named Reactions
- Reaction Databases
- Synthesis
- Synthetic Pages
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- Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry
QD400 .C65 Science Reference
- Comprehensive Organic Chemistry
QD245 .C65 Science Reference
- Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations
QD262 .C534 Science Reference
- Comprehensive Organic Synthesis
QD262 .C535 Science Reference
- Comprehensive Organic Transformations
QD262 .L355 Science Reference
- Organic Syntheses
QD262 .O7 Science Reference
QD262 .O722 Science Reference
- Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Fieser and Fieser)
QD262 .F5 Science Reference
- Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds
QD251 .R62 Science 3rd floor
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Patents
- To find a copy of a specific patent use:
- U.S. Patents
- US Patent and Trademark Office Patents Issues and Patent Application Databases
Covers 1790 to the present for issued patents. Patent applications from March 2001 - note: only patent applications for which the inventor has given permission for disclosure are contained within the patent application database. Requires a TIFF image viewer; instructions for obtaining a viewer are on the site. Patents can be retrieved by number, inventor, or words in the title.
- European Patent Office
Covers 1836 to the present for issued US patents. Patents can be retrieved by number from 1836 to the present and by inventor or words in the title from 1920 to the present.
- International Patents
- European Patent Office
Contains patent information from approximately 70 countries. Coverage varies by country, for details on coverage see below. Patents can be retrieved by number, inventor, or words in the title.
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- Chemical Abstracts/SciFinder Scholar
Search by "Chemical Substance"; once the compound is found click on "Get References", then click on "Analyze/Refine" and "refine" by "Document Type" - "Patents".
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Photosynthesis
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Physical Chemistry, Kinetics and Reactions
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See also: General Chemistry: Tutorials for tutorials containing basic information on reactions and kinetics.
- Handbooks and Data Compilations
- Meta-Web Sites
- Treatises
- Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry
QD474 .C65 1987 Science Reference
- Physical Chemistry, An Advanced Treatise
QD453 .P55 Science 3rd Floor
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Polymers
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Safety
- Chemical Safety Information - Glossary
- Chemical Warfare Agents (National Library of Medicine)
- Household Products Database (National Library of Medicine)
Find out what ingredients make up a product, the potential health effects, plus safety and handling.
- Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents
Search database by type of agent (chemical), disease, job, adverse effects, and symptoms.
- Laboratory Survival Manual
- ToxMap: Environmental Health E-maps
An interactive web site that shows the amount and location of reported toxic chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States. allows users to visually explore information about releases of toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/tri/). It also integrates the map display with access to relevant bibliographic references and other data on these chemicals, providing a map-based portal to these resources. TOXMAP allows users to create nationwide or local area maps that show where chemicals are released into the air, water, and ground, and also provides region-specific links to chemical and bibliographic information. For more information see http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/help/faq.jsp and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/toxmap.html
- Toxnet (National Library of Medicine)
- Tox Town (National Library of Medicine)
- See Also: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
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Software
Stoichiometry
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