Guide to Selected Chemistry Resources
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| Annual Reviews | 1999 to present. Current subscriptions to the biochemistry and physical chemistry series. |
| Chemical Abstracts | QD1 .A51. 1939 to 1967. |
| Chemical Abstracts | (via SciFinder Scholar) 1907 to present. Search by subject, chemical substance, chemical structure, or chemical reaction. Available on the east side of the 4th floor of Ames and the Instruction Lab. |
| Science Citation Index | 1975-present |
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| Option 1 - Ames Library Catalog | Search for books and other materials owned by IWU. - Best when searching by subject.
- If IWU owns the item you may check it out.
- If IWU does not own the item, use I-Share to check other CARLI libraries to see if it is available. If so, you may request the item. If not, see Option 2.
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| Option 2 - WorldCat | A catalog of books and other materials worldwide. - Best when searching by title.
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| Chemistry Call Numbers Ranges: | QD Chemistry QD 71-142 Analytical Chemistry QD 146-197 Inorganic Chemistry QD 241-441 Organic Chemistry QD 450-731 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry QD 901-999 Crystallography QP 501-801 Biochemistry The Ames Library uses Library of Congress Classification. |
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| Access Science | Online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. |
| Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary | REF QD 5 .C5 2002 |
| IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology | |
| Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology | REF TP 9 .K54 1999 |
| McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology | REF Q 121 .M3 2002 |
| Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia | REF Q 121 .V3 2002 |
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| ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors | REF QD 8.5.A25 1997 |
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| Aldrich Handbook of Fine Chemicals and Laboratory Equipment | REF TP 202 .A43 |
| Aldrich Online | |
| Chemfinder | |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | REF QD 65.H3 |
| Merck Index | REF RS51 .M4 2001 |
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| Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry | REF QD 415 .C63 1999 |
| CRC Handbook of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Data | REF QC 173.397.L53 1994 |
| Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds CD-ROM | Available on the 4th floor Scholarly Workstations. |
| Dictionary of Organic Compounds | REF QD 246 .D5 1982 |
| Encyclopedia of Reagents of Organic Synthesis | REF QD 77 .E55 1995 |
| Handbook of Inorganic Compounds | REF QD 155.5.H36 1995 |
| Lange's Handbook of Chemistry | REF QD 65 .L36 |
| NIST Chemistry WebBook | |
| NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables | REF QC 511 .N57 1998 |
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| Comprehensive Organic Synthesis | REF QD 262.C535 1991 |
| Encyclopedia of Reagents of Organic Synthesis | REF QD 77 .E55 1995 |
| Named Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis | REF QD 291 .M86 1988 |
| Organic Syntheses | |
| Organic Syntheses 1970-present. | REF QD 262.O7 |
| Web Reactions | |
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| Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra | REF QD 96 .I5 P66 1985 |
| Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra | REF QD 96 .N8 P68 1983 |
| Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra CD-ROM | Available at the Information Services Desk. |
| Dictionary of Spectroscopy | REF QC 450 .3.P47 1995 |
| SDBS - Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds | |
| Spectral Atlas | REF QC 457 .N927 1997 |
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