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• Locating Articles

Chemistry Journals

Chemistry Indexes/Databases

• Chemistry Reference Sources

Chemical Nomenclature

Properties

Spectra

• Citing your sources

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Using Interlibrary Loan and UW-System Search

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Books in UWP library

Use the Library Catalog to find books owned by the UWP library. Use one of the catalog's keyword search options. Then look at the subject headings used in the records you retrieve. Is there one that describes what you're looking for? If so, click on it to find other books on your topic.

Creating a Search Strategy

1. State your topic idea as a question

2. Identify the main concepts or keywords in your question

Click here for information about creating a sound search strategy and a search preparation worksheet.

Search builder from University of Arizona Library

Books are arranged on the shelf by broad subject categories.

Call numbers in Chemistry

E-book:
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Knovel Scientific and Engineering Databases (Science/Engineering E-books)

UW System Search: UW System Search/Universal Borrowing (UB) allows you make arrangements yourself to borrow materials from other UW libraries. All of the 13 UW libraries participate in this program. UB is built on the idea that the UW System libraries together are now one virtual library.

Using the UWP library catalog, you can simultaneously search other UW libraries to determine if the item you want is available. Simply select the "Multi Library Search" link at the top of our library's catalog and conduct your search. If the item is available from another UW library, you can complete an online request form, which will be transmitted directly to the owning library. The owning library will retrieve the material and send it to the UWP library. A courier service runs between the UW libraries five days a week and delivers the requested materials. You can use the UB service to request books and A/V materials, however, requests for periodical articles should still go through the regular interlibrary loan process.

Tutorial:

http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/guides/guides/uw_systemsearch/index.htm

Interlibrary loan

Before placing an interlibrary loan request, you should:
1. Check the UW-Parkside library catalog to be sure the materials are not owned by the university
2. Check that the books, DVDs, CDs and videos are NOT available through UW System Search
3. Check UWP Periodicals List to make sure that we do not have access to the journal or newspaper, either in print or full-text online

Tutorial:
http://www.uwp.edu/departments/library/guides/guides/illiad/index.htm

Chemistry Journals

• ACS Journals contains the full text of 35 American Chemical Society journals. List of Periodicals Indexed .Though not technically an index, it does provide subject access to the contents of these journals. Users may browse individual issues by the tables of contents or search by the name of the author or words in the titles of articles within a single journal or all journals.
• Institute of Physics Journals contains the full text of 35+ journals published by the Institute of Physics.
• UWP Periodicals List

Indexes/Databases

• Chemical Abstracts Included in SciFinder Scholar. citations to the worldwide literature of chemistry - organic, analytical, physical, applied, macromolecular, biochemical and chemical engineering.

• SciFinder Scholar

Use SciFinder Scholar to find scholarly articles dealing with all aspects of chemistry, and information on chemical substances and reactions. SciFinder also indexes patents, book chapters, and meeting abstracts in the field of chemistry. SciFinder Scholar is the most comprehensive bibliographic database for chemistry. It contains over 21 million citations, and indexes over 8,000 journals. It is the electronic version of Chemical Abstracts. Coverage: 1907 - present.

SciFinder Scholar is not available through the Library's proxy server. In library, on campus access only.

SciFinder Scholar How To Guides

Guides provide step-by-step search examples. Topics include: Exploring by Research Topic, Author Name, Chemical Structure, Substructure, Structure Similarity, Molecular Formula, and Reaction.


SciFinder Strategies: Advanced Searching Tips

SciFinder Scholar ppt

• Access Science provides full access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology.
• Ebsco's Academic Search covers a wide range of academic areas, including chemistry and related fields. It features the full-text for over 1,000 journals. Restrict your search to scholarly journals by selecting the Advanced Search option and limiting your search to Peer-reviewed journals.

• General Science Full Text is an index to English language periodicals in the general sciences, including astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, environment, earth sciences, food and nutrition, medicine, microbiology, oceanography, physics, physiology and zoology.

• Applied Science and Technology Full Text indexes 400 English language periodicals in the applied sciences and technology. Covers aeronautics, chemistry, computer science, electronics, energy, fire and fire prevention, geology, mathematics, metallurgy, oceanography, physics and plastics.

• Biological Abstracts indexes journals in the life sciences, including biochemistry, biology, bioengineering, clinical and experimental medicine, genetics, pharmacology and veterinary medicine.

• Biological and Agricultural Abstracts contains citations to articles, book reviews, symposia and conference proceedings from over 250 English language periodicals in biology and agriculture. Covers zoology, veterinary medicine, soil science, plant pathology, physiology, nutrition, microbiology, marine biology and limnology, genetics, horticulture, forestry, ecology, etc

• Medline is a comprehensive database of biomedical literature produced by the National Library of Medicine.

• Web of Science Use Web of Science to find scholarly articles in all disciplines, including chemistry. This database can also be used to identify articles that cite an author or article that you specify.

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Print Resources for Properties

• The Merck Index (CLOSED STACKS RS51 .M4 2001 )is subtitled "an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals". It includes more than 10,000 concise descriptions of chemicals, drugs and biological substances. Click here to see a typical entry. Indexed by formula, name, registry number and therapeutic category. The collection of supplementary tables contains physical, chemical and biomedical data and listings of pharmaceutical company names, locations and experimental drug codes (example). The Organic Name Reactions section contains over 400 reactions featuring descriptions, literature references and graphical depictions. (example).
• CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
  QD65 .H3   reference collection
• Properties of organic compounds
  QD255.5.E4 P76 1996

Web Resources for Properties

• ChemNetBase

  A collection of major chemisty reference books. Search each title individually, or select "Combined Chemical Dictionary" to search the 5 "Dictionary of..." titles simultaneously.

   

• ChemFinder
A free chemical database with 2-D chemical structures and physical property data.

Databases for Properties

• NIST Chemistry WebBook
 
Guide to NIST Chemistry WebBook


• SciFinder Scholar

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Chemical Nomenclature is the term given to the naming of compounds using specific rules and conventions. Ideally, every organic compound should have a name from which an unambiguous structural formula can be drawn.

• Principles of chemical nomenclature : a guide to IUPAC recommendations (REF QD7 .L44 1998 ) is a relatively complete version of the IUPAC rules and is geared toward beginners.

• Systematic nomenclature of organic chemistry (REF QD 291 H3913 2001) expands on the conecpt of the "parent structure".

• Nomenclature of organic compounds: principles and practice (REF QD 291 F6 2000) discusses all aspects of nomenclature, but includes acceptable alternatives dependent on context and discusses nomenclature in terms of it's use in indexes.

• IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page - Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.

• IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry - 1979 and 1993 recommendations. Includes searchable nomenclature database. This is the online version of the "Blue Book".

• IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry provides information about Alkanes, Alkenes and Alkynes, Alcohols, Halogenated compounds , Ketones, Aldehydes, Carboxylic acids, Ethers, Esters, Amines and Amides, Cyclic compounds, Order of precedence of groups, Common nomenclature and Ions. (from Wikipedia)

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Print Spectra

• The Aldrich library of 13C and 1H FT NMR Spectra(CLOSED STACKS QC462.85 A44 1993 v. 1-3 ) is arranged by compund type and has an alphabetical name index for each volume.

• Aldrich library of infrared spectra (CLOSED STACKS QD 96.I5 P67 1981) is arranged by compund type and in order of increasing complexity. There is an alphabetical name index as well as a molecular formula index.

• Handbook of Organic Compounds ; NIR, IR, Raman, and UV-Vis Spectra Featuring Polymers and Surfactants (REF QC 462.85 H36 2001 v. 1-3) is a compendium of practical spetcroscopic methodology, comprehensive reviews and basic information for organic materials, surfactants, and polymer spectra covering the ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, infrared, Raman, and dielectric measurement techniques.

• Structure determination of Organic Compounds: Tables of Spectral Data (REF QC 462.85 T313 2000) consists of reference data, spectra and empirical correlations from 13C and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR), mass and ultraviolet-visible (UV/VIS) spectroscopy.

• Organic structure analysis (REF QD 272 S6 C74 1998) focuses on pratical aspects of NMR, MS, IR and UV/VIS.
  
• HNMR Spectra of Physiologically Active Compounds (Knovel Special Spectra Package) is a database of HNMR spectra for about 154,000 physiologically active organic compounds that features Chemical Structure Search and Spectra Viewer productivity tools.
  
• Mass Spectra of Physiologically Active Compounds (Knovel Special Spectra Package) is a database of mass spectra for about 69,000 physiologically active organic compounds that features our Chemical Structure Search and Spectra Viewer productivity tools.

Online Spectra

Below are some freely available sites that provide a limited number of spectra online. See the print spectra listed above if the substance you are looking for is not available online.

• NIST
  The NIST database provides spectra and other information. Most compounds in the database are organic, a few small inorganic compounds are included as well. Spectra available may include: Gas Phase IR Spectra, Mass Spectra, UV/Vis Spectra, Vibrational and Electronic Spectra (tabular data only).


• Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS)

Provides spectra for 32,000 organic compounds. Up to 6 different types of spectra may be available: electron impact Mass spectrum (EI-MS - 22,900 spectra); Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR - 14,000 spectra); 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum (12,300); 13 C NMR spectrum (49,800 spectra); laser Raman spectrum (3,500 spectra); and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrum (2,500 spectra).

Databases for Spectra

• SciFinder Scholar

Search for a chemical substance record, click the "Get References" button and limit to references associated with "Spectral Properties".

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It is important to give credit where credit is due. If an idea, fact, or concept within your lab report or paper is not yours, make an acknowledgement using a citation. Different sources (books, articles, book chapters, etc.) are cited differently. These resources can help you with your citations and references:

The ACS style guide : a manual for authors and editors (Reference Desk Collection QD8.5 .A25 1997) presents the ACS style.

ACS Guidelines for Documenting Sources is a brief guide to citing the most common types of materials.

ACS Style: Trinity College

A Quick Guide to Reference Citations using the ACS Style Guide (PDF): Penn State

Tutorial: Exporting References from SciFinder 2007 to EndNoteWeb using ACS Style

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