Chemistry Research Guide
An Introduction to Library Research Strategy
The resources listed in this subject guide are only a few of the resources
available to you at the Iona College Libraries. Please check the ORION
catalog for a complete listing of all available books & multimedia
for your research.
Locating
Background Information
- Read articles in general & subject encyclopedias.
- Note any relevant items in bibliographies, indexes, and subject lists.
- Additional information can be found in your class notes, textbooks,
and reserve readings.
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Examples of Reference and other Materials
A good place to begin your research is the Reference Room, located
on the 1st floor of Ryan Library, where you can browse Reference materials
(all items with a call number beginning with an "R").
General Reference Sources
How to Find Chemical Information: A Guide for Practicing Chemists, Educators,
and Students 3rd ed. (1998)
R 540.7 M 232
Using the Chemical literature: A Practical Guide (1974)
R 540.7 W 884
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Dictionaries
Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms (1992)
R 660.03 H 851
A Dictionary of Chemistry 3rd ed. (1996)
R 540.3 D 553
A Dictionary of Chromatography (1976)
R 543 D 399
Dictionary of Organic Compounds 5th ed. (1982) v.1-7, supp. 1-9
R 547.003 D 554
Glossary of Chemical Terms (1976)
R 540.3 H 229
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 13th ed. (1997)
R 540.3 H 396-13
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Encyclopedias
Chemical and Process Technology Encyclopedia (1974)
R 660.3 C 517
The Encyclopedia of Chemistry 3rd. ed (1973)
R 540.3 E 56
The Encyclopedia of the Chemical Elements (1968)
R 546.11 H 229
Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (1985)
R 660.03 K 59
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 8th ed. (1997) v.1-20
R 503 M 147-8
The Merck Index; An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biological 11th
ed. (1989)
R-615.1 M 555
Van Nostrand Reinhold Encyclopedia of Chemistry 4th ed. (1984)
R 540.3 V 269
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Biographies
American Chemists and Chemical Engineers (1976)
R 540.92 A 512
College Chemistry Faculties 8th ed. (1989)
R 540.7 C 697
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Handbooks
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry 14th ed. (1992)
R 540.2 L 27-14
The Elements 3rd ed. (1998)
R 546 E 55-1
Handbook of Spectroscopy (1981)
R 543.08 H 236
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Style Manuals
The library has style manuals to help you follow the guidelines recommended
by your professor when writing your paper, and to help you consistently
and accurately format your citations.
ACS Style
Guide Online (American Chemical Society)
ACS Style Guide in print in Ryan Library
More
Citation Guides
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Videos
The World of Chemistry, Video/Cas 1190
Modeling the Unseen, Video/Cas 1191
The Atom, Video/Cas 1192
The Periodic Table, Video/Cas 1193
The Mole. Water., Video/Cas 1195
The Driving Forces. Molecules in Action., Video/Cas 1196
The Busy Electron. The Proton in Chemistry., Video/Cas 1197
The Precious Envelope. The Chemistry of the Earth., Video/Cas 1198
Metals. On the Surface., Video/Cas 1199
Carbon. The Age of polymers., Video/Cas 1200
Chemistry and the Environment. Futures. Video/Cas 1201
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Locating Books & Multimedia
in ORION Catalog
To access ORION from the Iona
College Libraries web site, click on "Books & Multimedia" and
then either "Basic Search" or "Guided Search."
There are four searches that will help you to find the resources you need
for your research:
- “Keyword Anywhere” e.g. "Microorganisms"
- “Title Exact” e.g. biology and the future of man
- “Author Browse” e.g. Erlich, Paul R.
- “Subject Browse” e.g. biology
Remember to ignore initial articles “a” “an” and “the” when
searching for specific book titles in ORION.
Please note, ORION is not case sensitive.
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Call Number Areas to
Browse
Call numbers help you to identify specific subjects. Use the call
numbers listed below to browse the library’s shelves to find the
books you need for your research.
016.54 |
Chemistry
Bibliography |
363.25 |
Forensic
Science |
540 |
General
Chemistry |
541 |
Physical
and theoretical chemistry |
542 |
Techniques,
procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials |
543 |
Analytical
Chemistry |
544 |
Qualitative
Analysis |
545 |
Quantitative
Analysis |
546 |
Inorganic
Chemistry |
547 |
Organic
Chemistry |
548 |
Crystallography |
549 |
Mineralogy |
550.9 ; 551.46; 551.511; 549.13; 552.06; 553.1; 553.2 |
Geochemistry |
604 |
Hazardous
Materials |
615 |
Pharmacology & Therapeutics (drugs/chemicals) |
660 |
Chemical
engineering and related technologies |
661 |
Technology
of industrial chemicals |
662 |
Technology
of explosives, fuels, related products |
663 |
Beverage
Technology |
664 |
Food
Technology |
665 |
Technology
of industrial oils, fats, waxes, gases |
666 |
Ceramic
and allied technologies |
667 |
Cleaning,
color, related technologies |
668 |
Technology
of other organic products |
669 |
Metallurgy |
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Subject Headings
When Searching ORION or finding full
text articles in the Electronic Databases, Library of Congress subject
headings are very helpful in locating books and articles that specifically
pertain to that subject. The following is a few examples of biology
subject headings found by doing a "Subject Browse" search with the term "biology" in
ORION.
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Electronic Databases
and Journal Articles
ACS
Web Editions and Journal Archives
From the American Chemical Society, Web Editions provides full-text
for over 30 ACS journals from volume 1 to the present, covering all aspects
of chemistry.
ScienceDirect
Abstracts from over 1800 journals, 200+ in full-text. Coverage focuses primarily on
science and medicine.
MEDLINE
(via PUBMED)
Indexes 4,600 biomedical and health science journals.
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When this icon is present in an article record,
click it to go directly to the full-text. |
Academic
Search Elite
A large, multidisciplinary database that indexes and abstracts over 3,200 popular
and scholarly journals in all fields of study. Full-text is available for more
than half of these journals.
Agricola
Access to the National Agricultural Library book and article databases.
Annual
Reviews
Scholarly coverage of 12 disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. Articles
provide evaluations of recent advances in primary research literature and include
comprehensive bibliographies.
HighWire
From Stanford University, this database provides some full text to medical
and scientific journals.
PUBMED
Central
Provides access to 70+ full-text life science journals.
Locating Individual Journal Titles
From the library's homepage click
on "Find Journal Articles & E-Resources" and then Find
a Journal Title. Then type the name
of the periodical, magazine, or newspaper in the space provided. The
results will indicate the format (electronic or print) and availabilty
of that particular title.
In Ryan Library, current periodicals are located in the Reference Room.
Earlier periodicals are bound and located in the Periodicals Room. Computer
Science, Mass Communication, and Education periodicals are housed at
the Helen Arrigoni Library.
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Internet Resources
American Chemical Society
National Chemistry Society
Links for
Chemists
Publications
by Subject
CHEMINFO:
Chemical Information Sources
Royal Society of Chemists
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Reference & Internet
Subject
Research Guides