Class Help Page: Chemistry 190, Spring 2008

SciFinder Scholar [client-based access info]** Chemical Abstracts Service's comprehensive database; restricted access within VU-community. [more...]

**Additionally, the VU community can now access SciFinder Scholar via web-based access. You must first create a user account.

ACS Publications Advanced Article Search a way to search journals published by the American Chemical Society.

MEDLINE via PubMed a primary database for this class [more...]

ChemWatch quick access to information about hazardous chemicals and appropriate emergency information; requires pop-ups be enabled [more...]

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Online -- Selected Web Resources: Chemistry

Print -- Christopher Center Reference, 2nd floor
Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary, 14th ed. Ref. QD5 .C5 2001
Hazardous laboratory chemicals disposal guide Ref. QD64 .A76 2003
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, 85th ed. Ref. QD65 .H3 2004-05
Lange's handbook of chemistry, 17th ed. Ref. QD65 .L36 2005
Nature's building blocks Ref. QD466 .E485 2001
Encyclopedia of the elements Ref. QD466 .E56 2004
NIST-JANAF thermochemical tables Ref. QD511 .N57 1998
Handbook of solvents Ref. TP247.5 .H35 2001

VU Chemistry Dept. Suggested Web Resources
http://www.valpo.edu/chemistry/links/

SciFinder Scholar Resources (CAS Learning Center)
http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html

American Chemical Society: Chem Center http://www.ChemCenter.org/
American Chemical Society Publications http://pubs.acs.org/

Indiana University: Cheminfo: Chemistry Information Sources http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/

Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/

AcademicInfo: Organic Chemistry http://www.academicinfo.net/chemorganic.html

ChemWeb.Com http://www.chemweb.com/
Worldwide club for the chemical community; free membership; provides access to Beilstein Abstracts

Chemistry Preprint Server http://www.chemweb.com/preprint?url=/CPS/show/.global/Search
You must have a ChemWeb login and password to use

ChemPort http://www.chemport.org/
Provides access to full-text journals; some require subscription

WebElements Period Table http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

PubChem http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih/gov

Google Scholar scholarly literature on the open web; useful in almost every class [more...]

Scirus "the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet" [more...]

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ACS Style Guide, 3rd. ed., 4th floor, QD 8.5 .A25 2006

Documenting Sources: CSE Style: Biology and Other Sciences
  http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c11_o.html

CSE Citation Guide [Name/Year format]   http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php

Scientific papers and presentations, 4th floor, T11 .D324 2005
How to write and publish a scientific paper, 4th floor, T11 .D33 2006

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