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Library Research on Chemistry Topics

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Popular Databases

Available to current students, faculty and staff.

FAQs for accessing Collin databases

Academic Search Complete  
   Includes Full-text
   Links to cited references
   1865-present, many full-text.
   Academic and peer reviewed journals,
      magazines
   Use for: General information on a wide variety
      of subjects

GeoScienceWorld
   Full-text, 2000-present
   Citations and abstracts, 1911-present
   Academic and peer-reviewed journals
   Use for: Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology,
      Oceanography

JSTOR
   Includes Full-text
   Dates covered: 1600s up to 3-5 years ago.
      All issues of included journals.
   Scholarly and peer reviewed journals
   Use for: All topics, especially scholarly and
      historical information about any topic

Lexi-Comp ONLINE
   Drug Information Reference
   Updated Regularly
   Pharmacology, drug interactions, drug
      identifications, medical calculations, I.V.
      compatibility, patient education materials,
      web searching
   Use for: Medicine and Health, Nursing, Allied
      Health Sciences, Chemistry

PubMed

   Mostly Citations and Abstracts
   Updated regularly
   Technical biomedical journals
   Use for: Medicine, Biology, Chemistry,
      Psychology

Science Journals
   Includes Full-text
   1980s-present
   Academic and peer-reviewed journals,
      magazines
   Use for: Science, technology, medicine

Science Direct
   Full-Text for subscribed journals from 2001-
      present, Citations and Abstracts for all
      journals 1823 to present
   Academic and peer-reviewed journals,
      magazines
   Use for: Science, technology, medicine

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or newspaper is available

Finding Books and Video

Find chemistry books and videos in the library catalog.

Electronic books can be found in the
library catalog or on the library's eBooks page.


Citing Sources

Citing Sources-Duke University
Examples of citations in common formats

KnightCite
Enter your data; the system provides you the citation

Formatting Your Paper

MLA Format
APA Format
How to Write a Scientific Paper


Selected Chemistry Websites

General Chemistry Websites

American Chemical Society
Chem1 Virtual Textbook
Chemical Equations
ChemID Plus Advanced
Chemistry and Chemicals - Science.gov
Chemistry Virtual Library
Intute: Science, Engineering & Technology
Material Safety Data Sheets
NIST Chemical Databases
PubChem
World of Molecules
American Elements: Metals

Inorganic Chemistry Websites

Atomic Structure of Materials
Elemental Data Index
Dynamic Periodic Table
Web Elements

Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Websites

BioTech
IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Organometallic Hypertextbook
Protein Databank

 

 


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