Library Resources
CHEM Look Up Guide
Data - Chemical and Physical 
Data - Hazardous Substance
Data - Spectral 
Dictionaries
Directories
Handbooks
Historical Documents
Laboratory Procedures
Periodic Tables
Reagent Specifications
Style Guides
Synonyms and Trade Names
Technology Article Locators
Virtual Visuals
Data - Chemical and Physical
In print:
CRC HANDBOOK OF CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS
LANGE'S HANDBOOK
MERCK INDEX
(Shelved on the Science Index Table)

In print:
DICTIONARY OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(Shelved with reference books under QD 246.D5 1982)

Online:
CHEMFINDER
FREE Internet site <http://www.chemfinder.com>

MERCK INDEX ONLINE
(Ask for CARL@Dialog searching directions at the Reference Desk)

NIST PHYSICAL REFERENCE DATA
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
FREE Internet site <http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html>

THERMODEX
Free Internet site <http://thermodex.lib.utexas.edu>


Data - Hazardous Substance

In print:
DICTIONARY OF TOXICOLOGY by Lewis
(Shelved with reference books under RA 1193 .L48 1998)

SAX'S DANGEROUS PROPERTIES OF INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, 10TH ED
(Issued from the Reference Desk - CUNY ID required)

SAX'S DANGEROUS PROPERTIES OF INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS, 9TH ED
(Shelved on the Science Index Table)

Online:
NIOSH database - listed under Occupational Safety and Health
(Ask for CARL@Dialog searching directions at the Reference Desk)

MSDS Index
Material Safety Data Sheets.
Free Internet site <http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp>


Data - Spectral

In print:
ALDRICH SPECTRA LIBRARIES:
       FT-IR SPECTRA, EDITION II.
          13C & 1H FT NMR SPECTRA, EDITION I
(Issued from the Reference Desk - CUNY ID required)

Online:
Basics of NMR by Joseph Hornack (electronic book)
FREE Internet site <http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/nmr/nmr-main.htm>

NIST WebBook
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
FREE Internet site <http://webbook.nist.gov>

SDBS - Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
FREE Internet site <http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/db004/menu-e.html>


Dictionaries

In print:
McGRAW-HILL DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY
(Shelved with reference books under QD 5 .M357 1997)

Online:
Biotech Life Sciences References
FREE Internet site <http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu>


Directories

National Science Foundation
FREE Internet site <http://www.nsf.gov>


Handbooks

In print:
BEILSTEIN'S HANDBOOK of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 4th Ed. 27 volumes. Fifth Supplementary Series.
(Shelved on the REAR INDEX SHELVES-6TH Floor)

GMELINS HANDBUCH der ANORGANISCHEN CHEMIE. 8. Auflage. System Nummer 1 - System Nummer 68.
(Shelved on the REAR INDEX SHELVES-6TH Floor)

THE CHEMIST'S READY REFERENCE HANDBOOK
(Shelved with reference books under QD 65 .S537 1990)


Historical Documents

Online:
Selected Classic Papers from the History of Chemistry
FREE Internet site <http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/papers.html>


Laboratory Procedures

In print:
General laboratory safety/materials references
(Shelved with reference books under QD 51 - QD 53)

Online:
Laboratory Survival Manual
FREE Internet site <http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/lsm/home.html>

Radiocarbon WEB-info
FREE Internet site <http://www.c14dating.com>


Periodic Tables

Online:
Web Elements Periodic Table by Mark Winter 
FREE Internet site <http://www.webelements.com> sponsored by Chemdex.

Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory
FREE Internet site <http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm>


Reagent Specifications

In print:
HANDBOOK OF ORGANIC ANALYTICAL REAGENTS, 2nd ED.
(Shelved with reference books under QD 77 .U35 1992)

REAGENT CHEMICALS: AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY SPECFICATIONS, 9th ED.
(Shelved with reference books under QD 77 .A54 2000)


Style Guides

In print:
THE ACS STYLE GUIDE
(Shelved with reference books under QD 8.5 .A25 1997)

STYLE GUIDE FOR CHEMISTS
(Shelved with reference books under QD 7 .F5 1960)

Online:
National Science Foundation GRANT PROPOSAL GUIDE
FREE online publication in ASCII, HTML, and PDF <http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?gpg>


Synonyms and Trade Names

In print:
DICTIONARY OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
(Shelved with reference books under QD 246.D5 1982)

GARDNER'S CHEMICAL SYNONYMS and 
TRADE NAMES, 11th ED.
(Shelved with reference books under TP 9 .G286 1999)


Technology Article Locators

In print:
For condensed information in print, start with:
HAWLEY'S CONDENSED CHEMICAL DICTIONARY
(Shelved with reference books under QD 5 .C5 1997)

KIRK OTHMER'S CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
(Shelved with reference books under TP 9 .K54 1999)

For comprehensive information in print:
KIRK OTHMER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, 3rd ED
(Shelved with reference books under TP 9 .E685 1978)

Online:
APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS (ASTA)
(Ask for FirstSearch database searching directions at the Reference Desk)


Virtual Visuals

Chemist's Art Gallery
http://www.csc.fi/lul/chem/graphics.html

The Macrogalleria
http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/index.htm

The Molecule of the Month
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm

The Periodic Table of Comic Books
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics

A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements
 

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