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The Research Guides have been developed by librarians to serve as starting points in helping students select appropriate resources for research projects.

Evaluating Sources

How to Evaluate Information Sources

Citing Sources

General Citation Guides
APA Style
ASA Style
MLA Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Turabian
Turabian Citation Guide
Provided by Ohio State University Libraries


CSE Style
American Anthropological Association Style
Citing Specific Databases

Tutorials
Google Guide
"An online interactive tutorial and reference for experienced users, novices, and everyone in between."


Reading Scientific Papers, Flash Tutorial
Provided by Purdue University


Study Skills - How to Study
A free study skills resource site provided by Mangrum-Strichart Learning Resources


Library Research Tools
Databases A - Z
Online Databases available to Albion College faculty, students and staff. To access databases from off-campus, see Access to Electronic Resources from Off-Campus


EndNote FAQ
Addresses common questions regarding the use of EndNote


Find books, videos, and other materials


Find Journal Articles


Find Newspapers


Google Scholar
"Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research."


Recent Acquisitions of the Albion College Library
Recent acquisitions listed by subject. Users can subscribe to RSS feeds to stay updated.


Library Services
Archives Reference Request


Checking Out Library Materials and More FAQ
Circulation Services encompasses the circulation of library materials, wireless laptops, stack management, course reserves, audio-visual services, student employment, and classroom reservation


Government Documents Information


Information for Faculty


Interlibrary Loan Information


Need Research Help?


Software Installation CDs
List of available software includes Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, FrontPage and Publisher), GroupWise and Microsoft XP (for faculty/staff checkout only)


Special Collections (Rare Books and Archives) Information


Chemistry Research Guide

For research assistance, contact

Mike VanHouten
or John Kondelik
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Find Books & Videos
Albion College Library Online Catalog
The Albion College Library Online Catalog - your one-stop spot to search for books, periodicals, government documents, videos, electronic materials and more!
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, 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. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.
Find Journal Articles & More
Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page
Provides links to more than 2,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library.
American Chemical Society Journals Search
Searches all periodicals published by the American Chemical Society. All articles are available in full text.
Applied Science and Technology Abstracts
Provides information on management, careers and employment, and financial trends in the scientific and technological fields.
Article1st (FirstSearch)
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.
ChemIDPlus
Search the NLM ChemIDplus database of over 370,000 chemicals. A user may enter compound identifiers such as Chemical Name, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure or Substructure. New searchable features include search and display by Toxicity indicators such as Median Lethal Dose, by Physical/Chemical Properties such as LogP, and by Molecular Weight.
ChemWeb
Search more than 1.5 million free chemical abstracts from Beilstein Abstracts and Chimica. Requires free registration to view abstracts.
Energy Citations Database
"Contains over two million bibliographic citations for energy and energy related scientific and technical information from the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies."
Expanded Academic ASAP
Balanced coverage is available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, etc.
Full Text Finder
Many journals, magazines, and newspapers are available in full text through online databases. To search for availability of full text articles from a particular source, look for the title of the journal, magazine, or newspaper by following the appropriate links.
General Science Abstracts
Journals and magazines from the U.S. and Great Britain, covering such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth sciences, medicine and health, and much more.
GrayLit Network: A Science Portal of Technical Reports
"The GrayLIT Network is the world's most comprehensive portal to Federal gray literature."
HSTM: History of Science, Technology & Medicine
International bibliography of history of science, technology, and medicine.
JSTOR
Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.
Online Databases - Complete List
A comprehensive list of all online databases.
Science Citation Index & Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science)
Web of Science provides keyword and citation searching of scholarly journals in the sciences & social sciences from 1986 to present.
ScienceDirect Physical Sciences
"Apart from online eBooks, Reference Works, Handbooks and Book Series ScienceDirect offers a rich journal collection of over 2,000 titles."
Online Journals
American Chemical Society - Electronic Journals
Links to the full text of articles from 36 journals published by the American Chemical Society.
Annual Review of Biochemistry
Online full text articles from 1997 to present.
Online Resources
American Chemical Society
Highly respected source for a vast amount of information. A good starting place for chemical information.
BUBL LINK
Catalogue of Internet Resources using the Dewey Decimal System as the primary organisation structure.. Selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
ChemINFO (Indiana University)
"Designed to help people find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere."
Chemistry Central
"Publishes peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry, from BioMed Central - the leading biomedical open access publisher. This site features chemistry-related articles published in Chemistry Central Journal, BioMed Central journals and independent journals utilizing BioMed Central's open access publishing services.
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.
EPA - Envirofacts - EMCI - Chemical References
NIST Virtual Chemistry Library
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.
PubChem
A search tool for chemical information, divided into three areas: Compounds, Substances, and BioAssays. Full entries provide detailed information with the most basic information—a general description, the molecular weight and formula, the structure, plus a Table of Contents (ToC) for the full entry.
Scirus
"Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. ...Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages"
Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
TRAIL: Technical Report Archive and Image Library
A collaborative project to digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.
Virtual Chemistry Center
Unusually comprehensive collection of links. Updated daily.
Visual Elements
WebElements but great to look at. Chemical Society (UK).
WebElements
In-depth information about each element. Excellent. University of Sheffield.
Print Resources
Aldrich. Catalog of Fine Chemicals and Laboratory Equipment.
TP 202 .A38 (Most recent edition on reserve at circulation desk.)
Reference Sources
ACS Style Guide
REFERENCE COLLECTION - QD 8.5 .A25 1997
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

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