Research Guide for Chemistry

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. American Chemical Society Journals Search Searches all periodicals published by the American Chemical Society. All articles are available in full text. Web of Science Web of Science (also known as Science Citation Index) provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences from 1986 to the present. ChemWeb "Search more than 1.5 million free chemical abstracts from Beilstein Abstracts and Chimica". Requires free registration to view abstracts. General Science Abstracts Indexes 150 science journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain. Coverage is from 1984 to the present. Updated monthly. BasicBIOSIS Includes over 350,000 records from 350 of the core life science journals most easily found in college and university libraries. Covers the most recent 5 years. Article1st Article1st indexes approximately 12,500 journals and magazines, across all subject areas. This database indicates which journal and magazine articles are available in the Albion College Library.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog Search the Online Catalog for the title of the journal or magazine. All formats of a periodical (paper, electronic, microfilm) owned by the Albion College Library are listed in one entry. Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,100 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. American Chemical Society - Electronic Journals Links to the full text of articles from 36 journals published by the American Chemical Society. Albion College Library - Full Text Finder This resource provides links to full text articles found in the Albion College Library's many online databases and electronic journal collections. Covers more than 10,000 journals and magazines. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide.

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Aldrich. Catalog of Fine Chemicals and Laboratory Equipment. PERMANENT RESERVE, CIRCULATION DESK - TP 202 .A38 CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. PERMANENT RESERVE, CIRCULATION DESK - QD 65 .H3 Lange's Handbook of Chemistry REFERENCE COLLECTION- QD 65 .L2 Merck Index PERMANENT RESERVE, CIRCULATION DESK - RS 51 .M4 The ACS Style Guide REFERENCE COLLECTION - QD 8.5 .A25 1997

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Scirus "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages" American Chemical Society Highly respected source for a vast amount of information. A good starting place for chemical information. ChemINFO (Indiana University) "CHEMINFO, Chemical Information Sources, is designed to help people find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere. It brings together Web sites at Indiana University with significant chemical information content." Chemistry Central "offers peer-reviewed open access chemistry journals, including chemistry-related BMC journals, independent journals, and the Chemistry Central Journal. Site also offers research highlights, latest articles, and links to other open access chemistry resources." ChemSpider: An Online Database of Chemical Structures and Property Predictions "ChemSpider makes available a database of chemical structures and related properties as well as providing access to a series of property prediction algorithms. It has been built with the intention of aggregating and indexing chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository and making it available to everybody, at no charge. ChemSpider intends to become a community for chemists to share data and knowledge associated with chemical structures and reactions and providing an open forum for discussion and sharing." ChemSpy: the Internet Navigator for the Chemical industry Provides access to chemistry and chemical engineering related databases. Search for spectral data, physical properties, chemical patents, safety data. Online Chemical Database - R & D Chemicals Its search engine allows you to find a chemical by its molecular formula, IUPAC name, Smiles, CAS number, structure or substructure. The synthesis references for some compounds are also available. Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry NIST Virtual Chemistry Library Virtual Chemistry Center Unusually comprehensive collection of links. Updated daily. WebElements In-depth information about each element. Excellent. University of Sheffield. Visual Elements WebElements but great to look at. Chemical Society (UK). EPA - Envirofacts - EMCI - Chemical References