Chemistry Research Guide
This guide provides you with a good starting point for conducting research in Chemistry at the Southwestern Adventist University Library. As you explore the library’s resources you will find additional materials such as videos and DVD’s.<Back to Research Guides Index List>
Library Catalog
The library catalog is available online at: http://silc.swau.edu/aquabrowser/We use the Library of Congress Classification system to organize most of the material in our library. Using this system, each book is given its own call number. The call number is used to locate the books on the shelf.
Material related to chemistry can be found in the following call number ranges or areas.
| Q | Science (General) |
| QD | Chemistry |
| QD 71-142 | Analytic Chemistry |
| QD 146-197 | Inorganic Chemistry |
| QD 241-441 | Organic Chemistry |
| QD 415-436 | Biochemistry |
| QD 450-731 | Physical and Theoretical Chemistry |
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Research Related Material
Below are some titles in the SWAU library collection that describe the methodology used in conducting and organizing research in the field of Chemistry. Most of these titles are in the [MAIN] collection and are located on third floor.A glossary of English grammar
[R] PE1112 .L44 2006
The extreme searcher's Internet handbook
[R] ZA4230 .H63 2007
The research project : how to write it
[MAIN] LB2369 .B38 2004
Using sources effectively : strengthening your writing and avoiding plagiarism
[MAIN] LB2369 .H37 2002
The nuts & bolts of college writing
[MAIN] PE1408 .H3927 2003
The chemist's English
[MAIN] PE1475 .S29 1985
Style guide for chemists
[MAIN] QD7 .F5 2003
The art of scientific writing : from student reports to professional publications in chemistry and related fields
[MAIN] QD9.15 .E23 1987
Doing Internet research : critical issues and methods for examining the Net
[MAIN] ZA4201 .D65 1999
The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information
On reserve at the Circulation Desk
Some online science writing style helps
http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/style.cfm
How to Site the Bible (Grove City College)
http://hbl.gcc.edu/citingBIBLE.htm
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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs and atlases provide facts and statistics and are usually arranged so information can be easily located. They can be used to narrow or broaden a search topic or provide needed details for your research. Most of our reference material is located on first floor. However, the call numbers that begin with [MAIN] are located on second floor or third floor.Encyclopedia of science and religion
[R] BL240.3 .E43 2003 v.1-2
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology
[R] Q121 .M3 2002 v.1-20
Concise encyclopedia chemistry
[R] QD4 A2313 1994
Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary
[R] QD5 .C5 1997
Patterson's German-English dictionary for chemists
[R] QD5 P3 1992
Laboratory health and safety dictionary
[R] QD63.5 .G67 2001
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
[MAIN] QD65 .H3 2004
[R] QD65 .H3 2005
Lange's handbook of chemistry
[R] QD65 .L362 1999
Analytical chemistry handbook
[R] QD78 D43 1995
The Facts On File dictionary of biochemistry
[R] QP512 .F33 2003
Dictionary of environmentally important chemicals
[R] TD196.C45 A97 1998
Data analysis for chemistry : an introductory guide for students and laboratory scientists
[MAIN] QD39.3.S7 H53 2006
A guide to lasers in chemistry
[MAIN] QD63.L3 V36 1998
The essential guide to analytical chemistry
[MAIN] QD75.2 .S3913 1997
Dean's analytical chemistry handbook
[MAIN] QD78 .P37 2004
A practical guide to combinatorial chemistry
[MAIN] RS419 .P7 1997
The basics of technical communicating
[MAIN] T10.5 .C25 1988
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Print Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines and newspapers. All of our periodicals are shelved in alphabetical order by the title. We keep two issues of our current subscriptions on first floor. Back issues and titles not currently received are shelved on the east side of third floor.Currently Received Journals and Magazines
(First and third floor)
American Laboratory
Chemical & Engineering News
Journal of Chemical Education
Titles Not Currently Received
(Only on third floor)
Accounts of Chemical Research
Analytical Chemistry
Chemical Reviews
ChemTech
Inorganic Chemistry
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Organic Chemistry
Journal of the American Chemical Society
SciQuest
Today’s Chemist at Work
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Print Indexes
Indexes are used to locate citations (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) of articles on a specific subject or subjects. When you have found the citation(s), you go to the shelves to locate the article(s). Articles not available in our library may be obtained through interlibrary loan. The General Science Index is a good print index for general chemistry. This index is shelved on third floor.<Top>
Databases
Our library databases, found on our web page, offer many options for locating material in chemistry. These databases are online indexes. Some of them have only the citation (the information on where the article is found and who wrote it) and an abstract (a short description of the article). Other databases offer some or all full-text articles. In other words, the whole article is on the computer. The ones most likely to help you in your research are listed below.EBSCOhost
Academic Search Premier – The greatest number of full text, peer-reviewed journals found in any database. Provides a broad spectrum of data in social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
Medline – An abstracts and citations database for 4,600 current biomedical journals, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, and other portions of the health care field. Contains some full text.
FirstSearch
ASTA – Applied Science and Technology Abstracts. Over 700 sources covering chemistry, computer technology, data processing, energy-related disciplines, engineering, mathematics and physics. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
Dissertation Abs – Indexes dissertations and theses from institutions in North America and Europe.
ECO – An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
GenSciAbs – General science literature from over 160 sources from the U.S. and Europe. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
GEOBASE – Worldwide literature on geography, geology and ecology from 2,060 sources. Includes some full text from WilsonSelectPlus.
WilsonSelectPlus – Full text articles in science, humanities, education and business from 1,652 sources.
WorldCat – A consortial catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
LexisNexis
Full text news, business information, legal research, medical information and reference.
NetLibrary
Provides access to a collection of 28,274 e-books. NetLibrary eBooks are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction in all subjects.
PubMed Central (PMC)
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
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SDA Related Material
Index to the Complete Published Writings of Ellen G. WhiteIncludes the books, periodical articles and pamphlets with the writings of Ellen G. White.
SDA Periodical Index
Indexing to approximately 40 Seventh-day Adventist journals and magazines. Currently the index covers the years 1977 to the present.
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Useful Web Resources
The Web sites listed below were evaluated by a reference librarian. Sites found on the web should always be critically evaluated for authority, accuracy, audience, coverage, currency, objectivity and purpose. There are additional sites related to chemistry that may be reached through some of the university sites listed at the end of this section. Not all of these sites have been evaluated. Be sure to use your “critical thinking skills if you choose to use these additional web resources or to find other sites on your own.Southwestern Adventist University
Department of Math and Physical Sciences(Online at: http://www.swau.edu/academics/chemphysics.asp)
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General Help Links
College and Graduate School Planning (Thomson Peterson’s)Contains a resource and information area for educators, as well as information for students and prospective students on test preparation, financial aid planning and career advancement.
(Online at: http://www.petersons.com/)
College and University Rankings (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Identifies top colleges and universities in various areas. Contains links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.
(Online at: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm)
GRE – Graduate Record Examinations (Educational Testing Service)
Free test prep materials available for the General Test and for the Subject Tests. Also contains information about changes to the GRE, which are to be implemented in the fall of 2007.
(Online at: http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Dr. Charles Darling and the Capital Community College Foundation)
Features a guide to grammar and writing, principles of composition, and interactive quizzes.
(Online at: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/)
Internet Detective (Intute Virtual Training Suite)
Free online tutorial designed to help college and university students develop their Internet research skills. Looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites. Follow the tutorial or explore the site on your own.
(Online: http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/tutors.html)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster Incorporated)
Online web site for Merriam-Webster. Includes a variety of resources on words and word meanings.
(Online at: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm)
OWL at Purdue (Purdue University)
Offers free online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help.
(Online at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/)
Paradigm Online Writing Assistance (Chuck Guilford)
Published by an experienced English teacher, POWA is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook written in HTML and distributed freely over the WWW. Intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced.
(Online at: http://www.powa.org/)
Plagiarism (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
(Online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml)
Writer’s Workshop (Northern Illinois University)
Includes resources for students, tutors, teachers and visitors.
(Online at: http://www.engl.niu.edu/comskills/main.html)
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Chemistry Links
American Chemical Society
Web site for ACS. Content is very broad, varies from
career advice and meeting information to sophisticated pointers for research
and information seeking techniques.
(Online at:
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content)
Analytical Sciences Digital Library (National Science Foundation)
Collects, catalogs, links and publishes peer reviewed web-based discovery materials pertinent to innovations in curricular development and supporting technical resources in the analytical sciences.
(Online at: http://asdlib.org/index.php)
arXiv (Cornell University)
E-print archive considered by many to be the premier electronic source for most streams of research in physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, and quantitative biology. Currently the means of access to almost a half million papers.
(Online at: http://arxiv.org/)
Atoms and Molecules (Richard Bader, McMaster University)
Includes definitions for the atom and bond, The Topological Atom is the Quantum Atom, Quantum Mechanics of a Proper Open System, and The Laplacian of the Electron Density and the Lewis and VSEPR Models.
(Online at: http://www.chemistry.mcmaster.ca/faculty/bader/aim/)
BioTech (Sponsored by University of Texas at Austin and University of Indiana)
Compiles life sciences references and resource tools.
(Online at: http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/)
CAS
(American
Chemical Society)
Chemical Abstracts
Service for the most comprehensive databases of publicly disclosed
research in chemistry and related sciences.
(Online
at: http://www.cas.org/)
ChemDex (University of Sheffield, England)
Featured in the Institute for Scientific Information's (ISI) premium collection of evaluated scholarly Web sites called Current Web Contents, this extremely comprehensive site covering all aspects and branches of chemistry.
(Online at: http://www.chemdex.org/)
ChemFinder (Cambridge Soft Corporation)
Chemical search engine which allows users to search compounds indexed on the web by name, formula, molecular weight, melting point, boiling point, CAS Registry number and structure.
(Online at: http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/)
ChemIndustry
Worldwide search engine of the chemical industry
(Online at: http://www.chemindustry.com/)
ChemInfo (Indiana University)
Designed to help people find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere. It brings together Web sites at Indiana University with significant chemical information content.
(Online at: http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/)
ChemnetBase (Chapman & Hall/CRC)
Essential chemical reference works and databases.
(Online at: http://www.chemnetbase.com/)
ChemSpy
Makes the most important chemistry and chemical engineering related www-databases readily accessible for professionals and students.
(Online at: http://www.chemspy.com/index.html)
Chemistry Index (Rolf Claessen)
In addition to indices, this web site contains a wide range of chemistry related materials such as links to other sites, journals, jobs, societies and info on chemical reactions.
(Online at: http://www.claessen.net/chemistry/)
Chemistry Internet Resources (American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries)
ACRL mega site for chemistry links.
(Online at: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2000/november4/chemistrysources.htm)
ChemWeb (ChemIndustry)
Easy access to abstracts, papers, journals, books, conferences news, forums and the Alchemist newsletter
(Online at: http://www.chemweb.com/)
Classic Chemistry (Le Moyne College, Chemistry Department)
Classic Calculations: More than 50 sets of quantitative exercises tied to and based upon classic papers from the history of chemistry.
(Online at: http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/)
General Chemistry Online (Fred Senese, Dept. of Chemistry, Frostburg State University)
Winner of the 2004 Popular Science, Science and Technology Web Awards. Contains a common compound library, glossary, articles and tutorials, in addition to other general chemistry resources.
(Online at: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml)
Information Bridge (U. S. Department of Energy and the Government Printing Office)
Contains documents and citations in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics of interest related to DOE's mission.
(Online at: http://www.osti.gov/bridge/)
Librarians’ Internet Index, Chemistry (U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services)
High-quality chemistry websites carefully selected, described, and organized by a team of librarians.
(Online at: http://lii.org/)
Macrogalleria (University of Southern Mississippi)
Readable and fun introduction to polymers
(Online at: http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm)
Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry (Ken Miller)
Designed to graphically represent all major
metabolic pathways, primarily those important to human
biochemistry.
Online at: http://www.gwu.edu/~mpb/)
Molecular Docking Web (Dr. Garret Morris, Scripps Research Institute)
Contains AutoDock, designed to perform automated docking of ligands (small molecules like a candidate drug) to their macromolecular targets (usually proteins, sometimes DNA).
(Online at: http://www.scripps.edu/mb/olson/people/gmm/#TOP)
NASA Technical Reports Server
Collects, archives, and disseminates NASA aerospace information, and locates domestic and international STI pertinent to NASA's missions and Strategic Enterprises.
(Online at: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/)
National Technical Information Service (U. S. Department of Commerce)
The largest, central resource for government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business related information available today.
(Online at: http://www.ntis.gov/)
NIST Chemistry WebBook (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Includes thermochemical data for over 4000 organic and small inorganic compounds, heat of reaction data for over 1300 reactions, IR spectra for over 5000 compounds, mass spectra for over 8000 compounds, and ion energetics data for over 12000 compounds. Data is searchable by name, chemical formula, CAS registry number, molecular weight, ionization energy or proton affinity.
(Online at: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Winners (Nobel Prize Internet Archive)
From 1901 to current, this site lists the winners and the work for which they received the Nobel. Click on the winner's name to access more information about their work.
(Online at: http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/Chemistry.html)
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide (Georgia State University Chemistry Dept.)
Focused on synthetic organic chemists involved in academic or industrial research.
(Online at: http://www.organicworldwide.net)
Physical Reference Data (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
There are several online databases listed on this page in the areas of physical constants, atomic and molecular spectroscopic data, and x-ray and gamma-ray data, including Fundamental Physical Constants, which gives values of the basic constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry, including atomic mass constant, classical electron radius, and Wien displacement law constant.
(Online at: http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html)
Preprint Archive (Elsevier)
Requires registration, but use is free. Covers computer science, chemistry and mathematics.
(Online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/preprintarchive)
Science Base (David Bradley Science Writer)
Portal to science articles in astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics and other areas of scientific discovery.
(Online at: http://www.sciencebase.com/)
Science.gov (U. S. Federal Government)
Access to scientific information. Use the search function to find the information on chemistry.
(Online at: http://science.gov/)
TOXNET (U. S. National Library of Medicine)
Government Toxicology Data Network with databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
(Online at: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/)
WebElements Periodic Table (University of Sheffield, England)
Periodic Table of the elements.
(Online at: http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html)
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Seventh-day Adventist Sites
Adventist Professionals NetworkGlobal registry of Seventh-day Adventist professionals who hold the minimum of a master's degree or its equivalent (5 years of postsecondary studies) in any field. Housed at the world headquarters of the Church, APN will help locate candidates for positions, consultants with expertise, and volunteers for short mission assignments. It will also foster international networking among Adventists in various professions.
(Online at: https://apn.adventist.org/)
PlusLine
Provides ministry support to Seventh-day Adventist church members, pastors and church leaders throughout the North American Division.
(Online at: http://www.plusline.org/article.php?id=270)
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Online Periodicals and Newsletters
MolBank (Molecular Diversity Preservation International)Publishes one-compound-per-paper short notes and communications on synthetic compounds and natural products.
(Online at: http://www.mdpi.org/molbank/)
Molecules (Molecular Diversity Preservation International)
A Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry.
(Online at: http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/)
Reactive Reports (Advanced Chemical Reports)
Cutting edge reports of exciting developments in the world of the chemical sciences and related fields.
(Online at: http://www.reactivereports.com/index.html)
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University Site Resources
Chemistry/Biochemistry Internet Resources (Andrews University)(Online at: http://www.andrews.edu/library/RefDesk/guides/chem-l.html)
Chemistry Internet Links (Tarleton State University)
(Online at: http://www.tarleton.edu/~library/chem_il.html)
Chemistry Internet Resources (Walla Walla University)
(Online at: http://www.wallawalla.edu/index.php?id=13900&catID=13)
Chemistry: Search Engines (Syracuse University)
(Online at: http://libwww.syr.edu/research/internet/chemistry/search.html)
Chemistry Search Engines (Institute of Physical Chemistry)
(Online at: http://macedonia.chem.demokritos.gr/search/chem/chem.html)
Research Guides – Chemistry (Baylor University)
(Online at: http://www.baylor.edu/lib/rli/index.php?id=30557)
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