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Databases

Web of Science
Access to the Science Citation Index, the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Please log out when you are finished.

ACS Publications
Full text of 32 American Chemical Society publications. Coverage is four years plus current year for most journals.

ScienceDirect (Full Text)
Provides abstracts and full text for articles from over 1500 techincal, scientific, and medical peer-reviewed journals. Users have the option of creating an account and saving searches. Searches Medline abstracts.

Academic Search Premier (Full Text)
The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database providing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage includes some chemistry titles as well as virtually every other discipline. This database is updated daily.

Infotrac Academic OneFile (Full Text)  Discus

A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.

SciFinder Scholar (Full Text)
SciFinder Scholar provides access to several Chemical Abstracts Service databases, it is the world's largest and most comprehensive database of chemical information. Available to students on library computers, and computers in the Chemistry Department’s Student Reading Room.

Dissertations & Theses: Full Text
The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database includes over 2 million master's theses and dissertations, with over 60,000 titles added every year. It's a great resource for researchers in a wide variety of fields.

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Print and Electronic Resources

Science Resource Center (Full Text) Discus
Comprehensive curriculum-oriented database of reference and periodical content covering Life Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science. This resource contains more than 30 reference titles, over 300 periodicals, multimedia content, web site links and a selection of newspaper science sections.

Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
REF QD 96 I5 P66 1985

Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra
REF QD 96 I5 P67 1975

Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra
REF QD 96 F68 P67 1993

American Chemical Society Style Guide
REF QD 8.5 A25 1986

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
REF QD 65 H3

Dictionary of Organic Compounds
REF QD 24 D5 1982

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Internet Resources

Chemistry.Org
Brought to you by scientists at the American Chemical Society. First class site with good links. A section for Educators & Students provides information about current issues in chemistry and physics as well as resources for teaching chemistry in the K-12 arena.


Links for Chemists

These links from the chemistry section WWW Virtual Library cover a wide variety of related topics. University chemistry departments, chemical literature, chemical companies, employment, organizations, software, and general topics in chemistry are all highlighted.


Chemistry Links from Yahoo

A comprehensive list of internet links from the prominent Web directory. Topics include chemical and biological weapons, chemical engineering, chemography, clinical chemistry, electrochemistry, geochemistry, organic chemistry, polymers, spectroscopy, theoretical chemistry, and more.


ChemFinder

This free database allows users to search by chemical name, CAS number, molecular formula or molecular weight.

Documenting Sources: Print and Internet Resources
Produced by CofC science librarian Dongmei Cao

NIST Chemistry WebBook
Contains thermochemical data for thousands of compounds.


Nobel Prizes in Chemistry

A listing of the winners and a description of their work from 1901 to the present.


Periodic Table of the Elements

This graphical periodic table from Los Alamos National Laboratory allows users to click on individual elements and find more information, including electron configuration, history, and isotopes.

Scirus
Quality, science specific Web search engine.

Writing Resources: Print and Internet Resources.
Produced by CofC science librarian Dongmei Cao.

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Resources at the College

Current Print Periodicals

Analytica Chimicta Acta
Analytical Chemistry
Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Chemistry and Industry
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
Education in Chemistry
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Methods in Organic Synthesis
Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

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