Find
books
Wellesley
College Library Catalog. Books, journal titles, theses, and
more. Science Library Floor Plan .
Nearby
library catalogs. Links to other local libraries.
WorldCat
(via FirstSearch)WC
OCLC catalog of books and other materials available in libraries worldwide.
WorldCat
Help
National
Academies Press (NAP). Readable and searchable e-books. See recent Chemistry
and Materials ebooks.
Return to top
Find
background information
Dictionaries
Dictionary
of Chemistry.WC
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Hawley's Condensed
Chemical Dictionary.
Science Reference QD5 .C5 2001.
chemfinder.com (CambridgeSoft) Structure and physical properties.
Encyclopedias
Access
Science,WC
the online version
of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
Chemistry:
Foundations and Applications. Science Reference q QD4
.C48 2004.
Encyclopedia
of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry. Science Reference
QD451 .E539 2001.
Encyclopedia
of Chemical Technology (Kirk-Othmer). 4th ed. Sci Reference
TP9 .E685 1991-97.
Directories
Chem Sources U.S.A.
Science Reference TP12 .C44 2006. Searchable
by chemical substance name or chemical company.
ACS
Directory of Graduate Research. Biennial. Recent faculty publications and statistical profiles.
Nomenclature
ChemIDplus
Lite..
Free, searchable, web-based files for over 380,000 chemicals cited in NLM databases.
IUPAC
Recommendations on Organic and Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols,
etc.
Properties
CRC
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.WC
Campus 87th ed., 2006-2007. Requires PC. Print .= Sci Reference
QD65 .H3 Yr.
International
Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology.
Knovel
Critical Tables
NIST
Chemistry WebBook June 2005. Physical
constants and conversion factors.
Handbook of Property
Estimation Methods for Chemists. Science Reference QD271 .H3186
2000.
Periodic Tables of the Elements
Return to top
Find
articles and essays
The following databases
provide either full-text articles or citations (information about when
and where the article was published).
Once you have an article
citation,
SciFinder Scholar
[Internet Site]. WC
Best
for finding chemical journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference
proceedings, technical reports, and chemical doctoral dissertations,
book reviews, and biographical information. Also
traces articles forward in time, from the mid-1990's onward. Email Irene
Laursen if you would like help using Scholar.
- License agreement limits use to the Wellesley
College community.
- Campus use only. Use
at Science Library workstations PC16 or PC17.
- Subscription
allows one user at a time.
Web
of Science WC , also known as Science
Citation Index Expanded. Useful in performing
interdisciplinary searches and citation searching, from 1965+. When you finish your session,
please logout.
Science
Direct WC Electronic journal articles
from 150 subscribed journals in the physical, life, social, and behavioral
sciences. Subscribed journal titles have a green icon.1995+.
Google
Scholar. Multidisciplinary coverage of peer-reviewed literature—
journal articles, theses, books, preprints, and more. Complements searches
in other databases. Advanced
Scholar Search Tips.
TOXNET
(U.S. National Library of Medicine) Toxicology, hazardous chemicals,
and more.One of several databases in NLM's Specialized
Information Services.
Wilson
Web databases WC of the chemical literature. Indexing/abstracts coverage: 1980's onward . Online articles available for some items: early/mid-1990's onward. For best coverage, select Applied Sciences
Full Text, Education Full Text, General
Sciences Full Text, and Omni Full Text MegaFile databases.
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative
selected science information from multiple U.S. government agencies.
See the section Chemistry
and Chemicals.
Other databases may be useful
for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs
for some customized suggestions, or request an appointment with the
library research liaison.
Return to top
Full-text
journals
Journal Clusters:
American
Chemical Society (ACS) Journals.
WC Full-text of all of the ACS primary research journals,
from early years to current issues.
Annual
Reviews Electronic Collection WC Scholarly critical reviews of research
in the sciences. All series through 2002; 2003+ selected series.
Chemistry
Central contains articles from scholarly chemical journals
which are freely available for access, re-use, and re-distribution.
chemspy.com Data compilations, online journal articles, and more.
Viewing only.
Science
Direct
WC Online journal articles from 150 subscribed journals,
many of which fall in the physical and/or life sciences. Subscribed
journal titles have a green icon.Coverage: 1995+.
JSTOR.
WC Contains
articles in selected scholarly general science journals written prior
to the last few years. JSTOR is an archive of older
issues of selected journals.
Advanced Search.
Search Tips.
Return to top
Selected
Individual Journals:
Classed Per = Classified
Periodicals
WC
= Wellesley College users only.
Return to top
Go
to a guide tailored for your class
Carbohydrates Seminar (Chem
319)
Chemical Analysis and Equilibrium (Chem
205)
Chemistry of Drugs (Chem 101)
Industrial Chemistry Seminar (Chem
306)
Organic Chemistry II (Chem 212)
Tracing
Citations
- Use the 'Get Related' button for citation searching
in SciFinder Scholar from the 1990's onward.
- Perform a 'Cited Reference Search' in the Web
of Science
WC
for citations from 1965-present.
- Run a citation search in Google
Scholar.
Return to top
Citation
Style
ACS Style Guide.
Science Reserve QD8.5 .A25 2006.
Quick
Guide to ACS Style from the University of California - Berkeley.
Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry. 2nd edition.
Science Reference QD9.15 .B43 2001.
Internet
Links
General
Links
Welcome
to the World of Wellesley Chemistry.
Classic Chemistry.
Classical papers from LeMoyne College's Chemistry Department.
Academic
Chemistry Departments in the United States of America.
Academic Chemistry
Departments Outside the United States
chemistry.org
American Chemical Society has resources for teachers and students.
Links
for Chemists, no-frames version of
WWW Virtual Library of Chemistry (Univ. of Liverpool).
Google's Science
Directory - Chemistry Section
Yahoo-Chemistry
Careers
and Networking
Association for Women in Science
(AWIS) has local and national programming.
Chemjobs.Classified
and careers web site of Chemical and Engineering News.
MentorNet: The E-Mentoring Network
for Women in Engineering and Science.
Occupational
Outlook Handbook: Chemists. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics profile).
Resources
of Scholarly Societies - Chemistry (University of Waterloo Library)
Return to top
Contact
the departmental Library liaisons
For help with your research,
or to schedule a Library research session for your class, contact
Irene Laursen.
To discuss acquiring
particular resources, contact Lisa
Brainard.
Go
to Related Academic Departments and Programs
Department
of Chemistry
Biological
Chemistry
Environmental
Studies
Neuroscience
Return
to top
Return
to Research Resources: Organized by subject
|
link from each citation to reach one or more electronic journal sources or perform a search in the