This research guide relays some basic information on library and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this department, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites on the World Wide Web.

1. To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library of Congress Subject Divisions)

Books on subjects associated with this field are shelved under the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT to search for specific items in the collection, or more narrowly-defined subjects.

Coal Economics: HD9540-HD9559 ------- Forensic Chemistry: HV8073, RA1053, & RA1057-RA1057.55 ------- Atomic Physics: QC170-QC173.458 ------- Spectroscopy: QC450-QC467 ------- Chemistry (all main subjects): QD ------- Geochemistry: QE514-QE516.5 ------- Animal Biochemistry: QP501-QP801 ------- Environmental & Industrial Pollution: TD ------- Chemicals & Chemical Engineering/Technology: TP ------- Chemistry Bibliography: Z5521-Z5526 ------- Environment & Pollution Bibliography: Z5861-Z5862 ------- Coal & Coal Mining Bibliography: Z6033.C7 & Z6738.C6

2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles (using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)

The following services are recommended for courses for first-year students and nonmajors:

• Academic Search Premier and MasterFILE Premier: These two all-subject WWW-based services (they are part of the EBSCOhost system) feature indexing and abstracting of many journals and magazines WKU Libraries receives in hardcopy, plus a large selection of articles in full-text.
• Science (Magazine) Online (AAAS).
• Google Scholar: A free Web-based Google service that restricts searches to the scholarly literature. Now features linking to full-text of articles held by WKU.

The following services are recommended for use by advanced students and researchers:

• SciFinder Scholar: Produces enhanced access to Chem Abstracts, MEDLINE, and three patent databases online; is Web-based, but depends on the installation of WKU station-specific client operating software.
• Applied Science and Technology Index: A Web-based database that indexes a fair number of chemical technology/engineering-related titles. A paper version running through 1997 is located in Reference at TA1 .A66 (ref.per.ind.).
• Science (Magazine) Online (AAAS).
• Nature (Magazine) Online.
• SpringerLink: Access to around 1000 Springer journals with full text content back to about 1997.
• ejournal collections by individual publisher: Cambridge Journals Online, ScienceDirect (Elsevier), and Wiley Interscience. Abstracting of the nearly 2000 science journals published by these companies, with some full-text available at each site (individually).
• ACS Publications: The American Chemical Society "is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide through an unparalleled commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation."
• BIOSIS Previews: This abstracting service combines Biological Abstracts and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, and Meetings) to provide global coverage of the life sciences and biomedical sciences literature, including biochemistry.
• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): "This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals" (across all subject areas, and in multiple languages).
• IOPScience (Institute of Physics): 250,000 articles in full-text from the serial publications of the IOP.
• Electronic Journal Service: EJS (EBSCOhost): Full-text articles, tables of content, and abstracts from journals across all subject areas.
• Google Scholar: As described above.
• International Critical Tables.
• ArticleFirst: FirstSearch database available to faculty and graduate students (and to undergraduate students by special permission). Indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from 1990 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries in hardcopy.
• Ingenta: A free online database indexing some 28000 journals and magazines from the 1980s onward. Offers for-pay text delivery.
• CA Selects: Coal Science & Process Chemistry: A paper abstracting service focusing on coal science. Located in Reference at QD1.C4x (ref.per.ind.).

Special resource: Comprehensive List of Indexes, Abstracts, and Full-Text Services Related to the Natural & Applied Sciences Held by University Libraries
Special resource:  TDNet Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries' electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as some indexes and databases containing full-text articles; includes a comprehensive A-Z listing of journal/magazine titles]
Special resource:  Knovel Online Library: A set of technical reference books and tables of particular interest to engineering, mathematics, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.

3. Monographic and Other Reference Materials in the Helm Library

The following are recommended for use:

• handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories, etc.: available in Reference, mainly in the QD, TD, and TP parts of the collection. Note especially the following:  The ACS Style Guide QD8.5 .A25 2006 ------- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics QD65.H3 ------- Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (an encyclopedia of analytical chemistry methods) QD71.5 .E53 ------- Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry QD95 .E55x ------- Inorganic Syntheses QD151 .A1.I5 ------- Dictionary of Organic Compounds QD246.D5 ------- Organic Syntheses QD262.O7 ------- Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup TD173.E53 ------- Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology TP9.E685 ------- Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology TP9.K54.
 See the Shelf List of Science & Technology-Related Reference Works in the Reference Department, Helm Library.

4. Department of Chemistry Faculty

WKU Dept. of Chemistry Faculty and Staff http://www.wku.edu/chemistry/faculty.php

5. Professional Societies (for professional news, careers/jobs, memberships, etc.)

• [special:]  Scholarly Societies Project: Chemistry [list of chemistry-related associations] http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chemistry_soc.html 
• American Chemical Society (ACS) http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content
• American Chemical Society: Division of Geochemistry, Inc. http://membership.acs.org/g/geoc/
• American Chemical Society: Division of Organic Chemistry http://www.organicdivision.org/index.html
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AOChE) http://www.aiche.org/
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) http://www.asbmb.org/
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) http://www.astm.org/
• Biochemical Society http://www.biochemsoc.org.uk/
• The Combustion Institute http://www.combustioninstitute.org/
• The Electrochemical Society http://www.electrochem.org/
• North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) http://natasinfo.org/
• Royal Society of Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/
• Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) http://www.soci.org/

6. Web Sites Recommended by Department of Chemistry Faculty

General, etc.       Periodic Tables       Education/Tutorials etc.       Analytical Methods       Industrial Chem       Data Sources       Subfields

General / Portals & Gateways

• ACS Careers http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_CAREERS&node_id=87&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1
• American Elements ("America's Leading Manufacturer of Engineered and Advanced Material Products") http://www.americanelements.com/
• Chemdex: The Directory of Chemistry on the WWW (Univ. of Sheffield, U.K.) http://www.chemdex.org/
• Chemguide [search engine for chemistry-related servers] http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
• CHEMINFO (Indiana University) http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
• ChemSpy [chemical industry navigator: news, resources, etc.] http://www.chemspy.com/
• ChemWeb [portal for research, literature, education, product development] http://chemweb.com/
• Engineering Jobs, Resume & Salary Survey [for job searching] http://www.interec.net
• Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry [gateway] http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/
• Links for Chemists (WWW Virtual Library) http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
• NIST Virtual Library: Chemistry [portal] http://nvl.nist.gov/nvl2.cfm?dynamic=res_subj&subjectid=7
• R & D Chemicals: Chemical Suppliers Directory http://www.rdchemicals.com/
• Rolf Claessen's Chemistry Index http://www.claessen.net/chemistry/
• The "Virtual" Chemistry Center [reference & teaching resources] http://www.martindalecenter.com/GradChemistry.html
• WWW Chemistry Guide [annotated links] http://www.chemistryguide.org/

Periodic Tables

• 109: A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements (Royal Soc. of Chemistry) http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/
• Periodic Table (ACS) http://acswebcontent.acs.org/games/pt.html
• Periodic Table of the Elements http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/
• WebElements Periodic Table (Univ. of Sheffield) http://www.webelements.com/

• Acronyms and Abbreviations (Institute of Chemistry) http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym
• All About Chemical Bonding [tutorials] http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/chembond/
• Center for Chemical Education http://www.terrificscience.org/
• The ChemClub.com [for chemistry educators] http://chemclub.cambridgesoft.com/
• The ChemCollective: Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Chemistry http://www.chemcollective.org/
• Chemguide [tutorials] http://www.chemguide.co.uk/
• Chemical Heritage Foundation [history & classroom resources] http://www.chemheritage.org/
• Chemistry Lab Guide [laboratory safe use pointers for students] http://tigger.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/lghome.html
• Chemtutor http://www.chemtutor.com/
• E-Print Network [preprints, etc.] http://www.osti.gov/eprints/
• General Chemistry Online [help for intro chemistry-takers] http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/index.shtml
• Institute for Chemical Education http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/
• ISIHighlyCited.com [highly cited scientists] http://isihighlycited.com/
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology: The Gold Book http://goldbook.iupac.org/
• JCE Digital Library (NSDL) [chemistry education aids] http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCEDLib/index.html
• National Historic Chemical Landmarks http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=882&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=fd9b8daf-6685-47c1-97d3-1135607f906b
• Organic Chemistry Help! [tutorials & other assistance for students] http://www.chemhelper.com/
• Organic Chemistry Tutorials (UCLA) http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/tutorials/tutorials.html
• Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/papers.html
• This Week in the History of Chemistry http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/week.html
• University of Minnesota Chemistry Outreach [instruction aids] http://www.chem.umn.edu/outreach/
• Virtual Chemistry (Oxford University) [chemistry teaching] http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/

• Analytical Sciences Digital Library [links to resources] http://www.asdlib.org/
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
• Hazardous Waste Cleanup Information (EPA) http://clu-in.org/
• SDBS (Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds) http://riodb01.ibase.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi?lang=eng
• Spectral Libraries (FTIR search.com) https://ftirsearch.com/default2.htm
• spectroscopyNOW.com http://www.spectroscopynow.com/

Industrial Chemistry & Chemical Safety

• ChemExper Chemical Directory [more than 100000 chemicals & their suppliers] http://www.chemexper.com/
• Chem Industry.com http://www.neis.com/
• Chemistry & Industry Magazine http://www.chemind.org/CI/index.jsp
• Guidelines for Safe Laboratory Practices (Dept. of Chemistry Yale Univ.) http://www.chem.yale.edu/safety/index.html
• HazDat Database (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html
• Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents [agents, diseases, high risk jobs] http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/
• IPCS INCHEM (International Program on Chemical Safety) http://www.inchem.org/
• Substance Registry System (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) http://www.epa.gov/srs/
• TOXNET (Natl. Library of Medicine) [databases concerning toxicology, hazardous chemicals, etc.] http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Chemicals http://www.chem.unep.ch/

Data Sources: Tables, Physical Properties, Handbooks, etc.

• ChemFinder.com [information on chemicals] http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
• Chemical & Physical Property Information Resources (Duke University) http://www.lib.duke.edu/chem/property.htm
• Chemical Profiles [detailed data on 11,200 chemicals] http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/
• ChemIDplus (National Library of Medicine) [chemical structures] http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
• ChemSynthesis Chemical Database [data on more than 40000 compounds] http://www.chemsynthesis.com/
• eMolecules ["suppliers & information for over 5 million chemicals"] http://www.emolecules.com/
• Energy Topics from A to Z [government statistics on related subjects] http://www.eia.doe.gov/fueloverview.html
• Named Reactions (organic-chemistry.org) http://www.organic-chemistry.org/namedreactions/
• NIST Chemistry WebBook [thermochemical, thermophysical & ion energetics data] http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
• NIST Data Gateway http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/
• NIST Physical Reference Data http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/
• The Nucleic Acid Database (Rutgers) ["a repository of 3-d structural information"] http://ndbserver.rutgers.edu/
• Smithsonian Physical Tables 9th rev. ed. http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10093&BookID=736
• Table of Isotopes http://ie.lbl.gov/toi.html
• ThermoDex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic Data Handbooks http://thermodex.lib.utexas.edu/

Chemistry Subfields; Miscellaneous Sites

• Biochemistry (Univ. of Arizona) [tutorials] http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/biochemistry.html
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology links (Harvard Univ.) http://mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/biochem.html
• ChemicalEngineer.com [to find jobs in chemical engineering] http://www.chemicalengineer.com/
• Crystallography Online http://www.iucr.org/cww-top/crystal.index.html
• EBI/SIB/PIR: UniProt [proteins data] http://www.pir.uniprot.org/
• Electrochemistry Dictionary http://electrochem.cwru.edu/ed/dict.htm
• EnvironmentalChemistry.com http://environmentalchemistry.com/
• Green Chemistry Institute (ACS) http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=830&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1
• The Macrogalleria [macromolecules] http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm
• MatWeb: The Online Materials Information Resource http://www.matweb.com/
• Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chem/CHEM869P/CHEM869PLinks/www.gwu.edu/~mpb/index.html
• Mol4D: Molecules in Four Dimensions [organic chemistry tutorials] http://wetche.cmbi.ru.nl//organic/
• National Center for Biotechnology Information: PubChem Project http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
• NIH Center for Molecular Modeling http://cmm.info.nih.gov/modeling/
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://www.nist.gov/
• Organic-Chemistry.org [information gateway] http://www.organic-chemistry.org/
• Organic Chemistry OnLine (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago) http://www.chem.uic.edu/web1/OCOL-II/WIN/HOME.HTM
• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide http://www.organicworldwide.net/
• PubChem [information on the biological activities of small molecules] http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

University Libraries Liaison: Charles H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu) last updated 5/20/2009
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