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Department
of Chemistry
Departmental Research Guide
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.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
Chem Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
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.
- ArticleFirst:
This all-subject FirstSearch-based database indexes
almost 13000 journals and magazines from 1992 onward, including
some ninety percent of the ones University Libraries carries
in hardcopy.
- 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.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE:
A collection of around 250 e-books in the biological sciences
and related subjects.
- 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).
- Electronic
Journal Service: EJS (Ebsco): Full-text articles,
tables of content, and abstracts from journals across all
subject areas.
- ECO
(FirstSearch KYVL database): No full-text,
but provides indexing of WKU hardcopy journal subscriptions
across all subject areas.
- Google
Scholar: As described above.
- International
Critical Tables.
- ArticleFirst:
As described above.
- 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.)
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
Periodic
Tables
Education,
Tutorials & Teaching (General); History; Scientific Literature
& Terminology
Analytical
Methods
Industrial
Chemistry & Chemical Safety
Data Sources: Tables, Physical Properties, Handbooks, etc.
Chemistry Subfields; Miscellaneous Sites
University
Libraries Liaison: Charles
H. Smith (x6079 / charles.smith@wku.edu)
last updated 4/14/2008
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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