Chemistry Research Resources
Journal Article Databases |
Reference Sources |
Chemical Data |
Online Journals |
Health & Safety Information (MSDS) |
Web Guides & Chemistry News |
Associations & Organizations |
Other
Chem396 Overview
Journal Article & Image Databases
SciFinder Scholar - access to Chemical Abstracts, the chemical compound Registry database, and Medline. Availble only from designated workstations within the Science Library and Science Center Macintosh computer labs. For OC-affiliated users only
Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Chemical Heritage Foundation Collections Database: art, artifacts, archives and photos
Other chemistry related databases (OhioLINK list)
Reference Sources
- Access Science: Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology print: Q 121 .M3
- Chemical Properties Handbook TP 200 .Y35
- Concise Encyclopedia: Chemistry QD 4 .A2313 1994
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics QD 65 .H3
- General Chemistry Online. Fred Senese, Frostburg State University.
- Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary QD 5 .C5
- Lange's Handbook of Chemistry TP 151 .H25
- Merck Index RS 51 .M4
- MacMillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry QD 4 .M33
- Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology Q123 .E497
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology TP 9 .E685
- Oxford Reference Online: Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook TP 151 .P45
- Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Catalog (print copy at Sci Ref Desk, not cataloged)
Chemicals & Data
- International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
- Data for General, Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry Standard Enthalpies of Formation of Gaseous Atoms; Ionization Energies of Gaseous Atoms; Electron Affinities; Common Bond Energies and Bond Lengths; Standard Heats and Free Energies of Formation, and Absolute Entropies, etc.
- ChemFinder search for compounds by Chemical Name, CAS Number, Molecular Formula or Weight; find basic property data.
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank, part of Toxnet (Toxicology Data Network, National Library of Medicine)
- Index to Physical, Chemical, and Other Property Data (Arizona State University Science Reference Room)
- Knovel Critical Tables
- Lancaster Chemicals, U.K.
- NIST Chemical Kinetics Database National Institute of Standards and Technology
- NIST Data Gateway access to all NIST databases
- NIST Chemistry WebBook access to the Standard Reference Data Program; thermochemistry, spectra, property data, etc.
- Organic Compounds Database search for compounds by mp, bp, mw, formula, uv wavelengths, or mass spectral peaks.
- Protein Databank Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics (RCSB)
- RTK Environmental Databases
- Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals
- Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition)
- Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds (SDBS)
- Visual Elements "109" - a visual interpretation of the Periodic Table of the Elements
- WebElements - Periodic Table of the Elements, Scholar editon
Online Journals
- American Chemical Society (ACS)- Current Web editions & Archive
- C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) full-text is available to personal ACS members only;
some news sections are available to all. - Royal Society of Chemistry Online Journals, including Chem Comm; Dalton Transactions, Perkin 1 & 2, and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.
- American Institute of Physics Online Journals including:
- OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center
- Other online journals to which the library subscribes are all fully cataloged on OBIS; choose periodical title search for quickest access.
- The Electronic Journal Finder is another useful guide to online journals accessible from Oberlin, through publishers' agreements with various database providers.
Chemical Health and Safety Information (incl. MSDS)
- ATSDR Home Page Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- CCOHS - Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety
- Chemical Substance Factsheets part of the EPA's EnviroFacts Warehouse
- Chemical Safety Collection Bibliography, Univ. Chicago, Crear Library
- Hazardous Chemical Database Univ. of Akron
- Laboratory Survival Manual Univ. Virginia
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MSDS Information
- Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets on the Internet
- LexisNexis Environmental: select "Waste & Materials" then choose Material Safety Data Sheets as the "Source Type."
- Vermont SIRI MSDS Index, one of the best starting points on the Web
- MSDSSEARCH National Repository
- MSDS Database from Health Canada, office of Laboratory Security.
- National Toxicology Program
- Online NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- UCSD Poison Information Center
- US Food and Drug Administration
Web Guides & Chemistry News
- Chemical Information Sources from Indiana University: CIS-IU
- This is likely the most comprehensive and best organized guide in North America for academic research in chemistry.
- Chemical Science: News & Research Highlights from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Chemistry.org News Resources from the American Chemical Society.
- ChemIndustry.com "the worldwide search engine of the Chemical industry."
- Links for Chemists chemistry section of the WWW Virtual Library.
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Trinity University Cheminformatics
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Web Directories
Organizations and Associations
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
- The Chemical Society (Great Britain)
- Networks & Societies - the Chemical Society's list
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Other Selected Resources
- Chemical Acronyms & Abbreviations Database
- Chemistry Department Graduate Programs listed alphabetically; also available listed by state.
- The Chemistry Hypermedia Project Virginia Polytechnical University; includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, factual data, etc.
- EnviroFacts Data Warehouse
- IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
- Organic Chemistry.org chemicals, reactions, structure search, bibliographic abstracts, and links to related resources.
- SpectroscopyNOW all areas of spectroscopy are covered, with recent news, article and links to related sources.