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Chemistry:  Reference

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ChemFinder.com find chemicals by name, CAS number, molecular formula or weight; free version of ChemINDEX
The Chemical Database Department of Chemistry, University of Akron
Chemical Acronyms Database from Indiana University
Chemical Information Database of over 380,000 chemicals, synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases from the National Library of Medicine’s Specialized Information Services section
Web Elements Periodic Table Scholar edition
Conversion of Units | Conversion of Temperatures Institute of Chemistry. Free University of Berlin
Common Weights and Measures University of California, Berkeley. College of Chemistry
The NIST reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty foundations of fundamental physical constants, international system of units, and uncertainty of measurement results
Testing Hardness of a Mineral (Moh's Hardness Scale)  
Exploring the Table of Isotopes from Berkeley National Laboratory
Chemtutor basic chemistry help for high school or college students
ECOTOX a database for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife
Household Products Database links over 4,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIST Chemistry WebBook thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Scorecard database of local environmental pollution information by ZIP code
Organic Compounds Database

2483 compound database from Virginia Tech

Tox Town uses an ordinary town to help users identify common environmental hazards and make connections between chemicals, the environment, and human health.
Toxnet databases from the National Library of Medicine on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

Chemistry:  Books

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Averett Library Catalog books and media
Worldcat comprehensive catalog of books, film, internet resources selected by libraries. Includes option to limit to Internet sources

Chemistry:  Articles

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Note: Use the Journal Locator to find journals or "sources" cited in an index.

Academic Search Complete

over 5,500 full-text periodicals, most peer-reviewed, in a broad range of academic areas; indexing and abstracts for thousands of additional journals and nearly 10,000 monographs, reports, conference proceedings. (Replaces InfoTrac at Averett.)

Blackwell-Synergy Collection
... Now Wiley InterScience
over 750 full text scholarly and professional journals in science, technology, medicine; also includes humanities and social sciences journals
ACS Search journals from the American Chemical Society
PubChem a component of National Institute of Health's Molecular Libraries Roadmap Initiative, PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules.
Chemistry Central publishes peer-reviewed open access research in Chemistry from BioMed Central
BioMed Central Open access journals.
Nature Online full content of the journal Nature, from June 1997 through the current issue
Science Online (limited access - subscription cancelled) includes citations and some full text articles from Science Magazine and Science Now
Columbia Earthscape
New Sources!
a wide range of full-text environmental science sources for teachers, students, scientists, and decision-makers
BioOne full text research journals in biology, ecology, and environmental science
Environment Complete full text for more than 600 journals covering environmental aspects of agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, environmental law, public policy, social impacts, urban planning, and more; includes Environment (back to 1975), Ecologist, Conservation Biology; full text for more than 100 monographs, such as Encyclopedia of World Environmental History (3 volumes), Advances in Water Treatment & Environmental Management
Google Scholar at Averett Internet index to scholarly literature, with access to Averett subscriptions in selected databases (ACM). Search cited sources also in our Journal Locator.
HighWire Press
| Browse free backfiles (1 to 24 months after publication)
search full text articles in Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Virology, Immunology, Neurosciences, Physiology, Botany, Medicine, Psychiatry and Psychology
Science.gov "gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results"
Annual Reviews
(citations and abstracts)
citations and abstracts for review articles from 29 annual volumes in biomedical, physical, and social sciences
GEOBASE index to literature in geography, geology, and ecology, from 2,060 sources, 1980-
Dissertation Abstracts index to dissertations on all academic topics, 1861-
PapersFirst index to papers presented at conferences worldwide, 1993-
ProceedingsFirst index to worldwide conference proceedings, 1993-

Chemistry:  Web Guides

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Chemweb provides access to the information chemists need to enhance their research and education in Chemistry and related disciplines
Green Chemistry promote innovative chemical technologies that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture, and use of chemical products from the Environmental Protection Agency
NIOSH Databases and Information Resources features many different types of databases and information resources from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Chemical Register chemical buyer’s guide
eiNET.net searchable directory on chemistry
eMolecules suppliers and information for over 5 million chemicals
Information Resources for Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of California at Santa Barbara
Resource Central Chemistry Resources
WWW Virtual Library Links for Chemists index of chemistry resources on the web
"gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results"
organized according to the geologic time scale
background information on climate change and global warming

Chemistry:  Statistics

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statistics from federal, state, private, and international sources
CIA maps and demographic information on countries and regions (published annually)

Chemistry:  Organizations

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American Chemical Society
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Chemistry:  Patents

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Chemical Patent Searching
from Indiana University
United States Patent and Trademark Office

 

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