JCU - Chemistry Guide

This guide is a select listing of information resources in Molecular Sciences. For a more comprehensive view of the collection please consult the online catalogue, Tropicat. A more comple te general guide Finding Information and subject guides are available from InfoHelp.

The location prefix R denotes the Reference collection.

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Budavari, S. (1989). The Merck index: An encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals. (11th ed.). Rahway, NJ: Merck.	R 503 BAL 1980
Kryt, D. (1980). Dictionary of chemical terminology: In five languages, English, German, French, Polish, Russian. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific.	R 540.3 DIC
McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology: An international reference work in twenty volumes including an index. (1992). (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.	R 503 MACG 1992
Noether, D. & Noether, H. (1993). Encyclopaedic dictionary of chemical technology. New York:VCH.	R 660.03 NOE
Ulicky, L. & Kemp, T. J. (1992). Comprehensive dictionary of physical chemistry. New York: Elisa Horwood.	R 541.03 COM

Chemical Nomenclature

Block, B.P. & Powell, W.H. et al. (1990). Inorganic chemical nomenclature: Principles and practice. Washington, D.C : American Chemical Society.	546.014 BLO
Irving, H.M.N.H. (1978). Compendium of analytical nomenclature: Definitive rules 1977. Oxford: Pergamon Press.	543.0014 COM
Leigh, G. J. (1990). Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry: Recommendations, 1990. (3rd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.	546 INT 1990
Pamico, R., Powell, W.H. & Richer, J. (1993) A guide to IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds: Recommendations 1993. Oxford: Blackwell.	574.0014 INT

Physical / Chemical Data

Bruno, T. J. & Svoronos, P.D.N. (1986). Basic tables for chemical analysis. Gaithersburg: U.S. National Bureau of Standards.	543.00212 BRU
Chemical Rubber Company. CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. Cleveland, Ohio: CRC press. [Current issue]	R 500 P54
Efiok, B.J.S. (1993). Basic calculations for chemical and biological analyses. Gaithersburg, MD: AOAC International.	542.00151 EFI
Lange, N.A. & Dean, J. A. (1992). Lange's handbook of chemistry. (14th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.	R 540.202 LAN 1992
Mills, I. (1993). Quantities, units and symbols in physical chemistry. (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.	R 541. 3014 QUA 1993
Parker, S.P. (1988). Physical chemistry source book. New York: McGraw-Hill.	541.3 PHY
Shugar, G. J. & Ballinger, J.T. (1990). Chemical technician's ready reference handbook. (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.	542 CHE T2 1990

Journal Indexes

Applied science and technology index 1964-1996	R 600 APP
Chemical abstracts 1907+	R 540 P5
Biological Abstracts 1926+	R 574.016 BIO

CD-ROM Databases

Some journal indexing and abstracting publications can be searched using CD-ROMs. These are free and operate on a self-service basis.

Biosis 1990+

CAB 1984+

Medline 1984 +

Internet Resources

Some journal indexing services are held as remote computer database files accessed via the Internet. Several of these services provide the full text of a range of journals. Some require passwords available from InfoHelp. A number of electronic database services are listed on the Library's WWW Resources page.

Ideal

FirstSearch contains General Science and Life Sciences databases

Infotrac contains Expanded Academic ASAP

Bibliographies - a guide to the literature

Bottle, R.T. & Rowland, J. F. B. (1993). Information sources in chemistry (4th ed.). London: Bowker-Saur	540.16 USE 1993
Meizell, R. (1987). How to find chemical information: A guide for practicing chemists, educators and students. New York: Wiley.	R 540.7 MAI
Wiggins, G. (1991). Chemical information sources. New York: McGraw-Hill.	540.72 WIG

Theses and Style Guide

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