Class Help Page: Chemistry 222, Spring 2008

Finding Articles [off campus access] [tips]

SciFinder Scholar Chemical Abstracts Service's comprehensive database; restricted access within VU-community.

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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Finding Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog resources available at VU libraries [more...]

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Reference & Background Information Resources [tips]

Online -- Selected Reference Resources

Print -- Christopher Center Reference Stacks, 2nd floor

Handbook of Organic Compounds Ref. QC462.85 .H36 2001
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 14th ed. Ref. QD5 .C5 2001
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 82nd ed. Ref. QD65 .H3 2004-05
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 16th ed. Ref. QD65 .L36 2005
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Ref. QD77 .E53 1995
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Ref. QD77 .H37 1999-2005

Dictionary of Organic Compounds Ref. QD246 .D5 1982
Library Handbook for Organic Chemists 4th floor, QD256 .P67 2000
Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds Ref. QD411 .D53 1984
Dictionary of Natural Products Ref. QD415 .A25 D53 1994

Recommended Internet Resources [tips]

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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Final Writing and Presentation

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 T11 .D324 2005
How to write and publish a scientific paper
T11 .D33 2006

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