Chemistry
A Quick Guide

Books and Other Media 

• Reed Library Catalog: Locate materials in Reed Library.
• WorldCat: Locate materials in other libraries, and request via interlibrary loan.

Journals/Articles 

• American Chemical Society Journals: Contains full text journals published by the American Chemical Society, some of which go back to the first volume and issue.
• Annual Reviews: Search from this page to locate full text analytic reviews in 33 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Use the drop down menu to identify your subject area. Coverage dates back to the 1930s for some publications.
• SciFinder Scholar: An electronic version of Chemical Abstracts providing direct access to research on chemicals, chemical reactions, & chemistry journals.  Registration needed.
• PubChem: A free database from the National Library of Medicine.  Includes substance information, compound structures, and BioActivity data. 

Reference

• Oxford Reference: Includes over 175 subject reference works.
• ChemIDplus: Dictionary of over 370,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, and structures).
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: Reference QD 65 H3
• The Merck Index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals: Reserves and Reference RS51.M4
• The Periodic Table of Videos: a collection of video clips covering the 118 elements in the periodic table.
• WebElements Periodic Table:  home of the periodic table on the web

Other Tools

• ACS Style Guide: A manual for authors and editors  QD 8.5 .A25 1986
• ACS Style Guidelines-Bibliography: Tips for creating ACS citations.