CHEMISTRY RESEARCH GUIDE: Home

Welcome to the UR research guide for Chemistry!  Use this guide to learn more about the library's rich resources in the chemical sciences -- you can access books, databases, journals, and websites from this page. 

I am the liaison librarian for Chemistry as well as many other science disciplines.  Please contact me if you need any help with your research!

                                                                                                      ~ Melanie

Use encyclopedias and dictionaries to obtain an overview of your subject, an understanding of basic concepts, a summary of key issues, and definitions.  Articles frequently include bibliographies and may refer you to other entries on related topics. 

Handbooks provide a wealth of information - physical constants, data, tabular materials - in all areas of chemistry.

• AccessScience (the online edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology)
       REF Q121 .M3 2007
• Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
       QC457 .P87 1997
• Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra  *
       REF QD96 .I5 P67 1981
• Aldrich Library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra  *
       REF QC462.85 .A44 1993
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics  *
       REF QD65 .H3
• Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds
       REF QD257.7 .H36 1994  *
• Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms
       REF TP9 .H65 1992
• A Dictionary of Chemistry
       REF QD5 .D4985 2008
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds  *
       REF QD246 .D5 1996
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Science  *
       REF QD71.5 .E53 2005
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
       REF TP9 .K54 2004
• Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry
       REF QD148 .E53 2005
• Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (e-EROS)
       or    QD77 .E53 1995
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary  *
       REF QD5 .C5 2007
• How to Find Chemical Information
       REF QD8.5 .M34 1998
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry  *
       REF QD65 .L3
• Material Safety Data Sheets
       Available through LexisNexis Academic
• Merck Index  *
       REF RS51 .M4 2006
• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms  *
       REF Q123 .M34 2003
• Oxford Reference Online (Dictionary of Chemistry)
• Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia
       REF Q121 .V3 2008
  
  *  Also available in Science Reading Room, Gottwald