Databases

• American Chemical Society Journals
• Applied Sciences & Technology Full Text Acoustics, aeronautics, neural networks, nuclear engineering, communication and information technology, geology, chemistry, waste management, mathematics, chemistry, space science.
• General Science Full Text
• SciFinder Scholar NEW Web version. Searches CA PLus (bibliographic data), Medline (biomedical literature), CAS Registry (chemical structures and names), patents and more. Links to full-text where available. You must first set up and activate an account.
• TOXLINE on Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• TOXNET Group of databases from National Library of Medicine. Search Toxline, International Toxicity Estimates for Risk, ChemIDplus and several other databases individually or all together.

Databases in Related Disciplines

• Engineering Specialties Searches simultaneously in several databases including Advanced Polymers Abstracts and Engineered Materials Abstracts.
• ENGnetBase Includes over 250 handbooks, manuals, and other reference sources covering all areas related to engineering
• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management
• Environment Complete
• Institute of Physics (IOP) Journals Allows you to find citations and abstracts from ALL IOP journals; but click on the link called Journal subscriptions at your site to see a list of IOP journals with available full text.
• Materials Science
• MEDLINE on PubMed or MEDLINE on EBSCO

For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.

selected Resources in Simpson Library

• ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information REFB QD8.5 .A25 2006
• Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry REFB QD4 .A2313 1994
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics REFB QD65 .H3
• Dictionary of Chemistry REFB QD5 .D4985 2004
• Dictionary of Environmentally Important Chemicals REFB TD196.C45 A97 1999
• Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry REFB QD415.A25 E53 2004
• Facts on File Chemistry Dictionary of Inorganic Chemistry REFB QD5 .F34 2004
• Facts on File Chemistry Handbook REFB QD65 .F33 2000
• Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology REFB TP9 .K54 1999
• Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry REFB QD4 .M33 1997
• Merck index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals REFB RS51 .M4 2001
• Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry REFB QD5 .M522 2003
• Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry REFB QD451.5 .Q36 2007
• Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry REFB QD5 .V37 2005

online reference works (umw/viva SUBSCRIPTION)

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics content of the 89th print edition.
• Dictionary of Chemistry Online dictionary from Oxford Reference Online Premium.
• Knovel K-Essentials Includes International Critical Tables, Knovel Critical Tables, Smithsonian Physical Tables, Large-Scale Adsorption and Chromatography, 10 others.

Websites

OTHER online reference works

• Organometallic Hypertextbook
• Science and Engineering Journal Abbreviations Prepared by the University of British Columbia

directories

• eMolecules
• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
• Science.gov Chemistry

Chemistry News

• CAS Science Spotlight--Intriguing Documents Chemical Abstracts Service scientists select a document as "intriguing" if it contains new, novel or trendsetting scientific research that is likely to be of growing interest over time.
• Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions A series of podcasts that describe 21st century challenges and how cutting-edge chemistry can provide solutions.

Learning Chemistry

• ACS Guidelines for Preparing a Research Report
• Chem Tutor
• Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
• General Chemistry I Digital Lecture Material View or download short videos on numerous introductory chemistry topics.
• Virtual Chemistry

Chemistry DATA

• ATHAS Databank of Thermal Properties
• ChemFinder
• ChemIDplus
• ChemInfo SIRCh: Physical Property Information
• Dielectric Constants Chart
• Environmental Fate Database
• Matweb Material properties data for over 62,000 metals, plastics, ceramics and composites.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook "Easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data provided in the site are from collections maintained by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors."
• Properties of Gases
• RCSB Protein Data Bank
• ThermoDex Index of selected thermodynamic and physical property resources
• WebElements Periodic Table

OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

• The Directory of Open Access Journals Covers free full-text quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Search by category for Chemistry.

researching CHEMISTRY

• CAS Science Spotlight Chemical Abstract Service's tally of the most requested, most cited, and most intriguing journal articles and patent families.
• Chemistry Journals Links Produced by the Cambridge University Chemical Laboratory. Browse current and past tables of contents in this well-maintained comprehensive list of online chemistry journals.
• ACS.org Website of the American Chemical Society.
• Chymistry of Isaac Newton
• NTRS: NASA Technical Reports Server Research reports, journal articles, conference and meeting papers, technical videos, mission-related operational documents, and preliminary data from NASA as well as external sites. Over 3000 documents on chemistry research.
• Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry

Safety Resources

• EMEDCO Compliance Resources
• Environmental Health and Toxicology Specialized Information Services from the National Library of Medicine.
• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Oxford University Chemical and Other Safety Information