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QD 1 - 999 Chemistry
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QD 71 - 142 Analyatical Chemistry
QD 146 - 197 Inorganic Chemistry
QD 241 - 441 Organic Chemistry
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QD 450 - 801 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
QD 625 - 655 Radiation Chemistry
QD 701 - 731 Photochemistry
QD 901 - 999 Crystallography
   
TP 1 - 1185 Chemical Technology
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TP 200 - 248 Chemicals: Manufacture, Use, etc.
TP 690 - 692.5 Petroleum Refining, Petroleum Products
TP 751 - 762 Gas Industry
TP 1080 - 1185 Polymers and Polymer Manufacture
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Click View Publications next to the subject Science to see a list of chemistry reference books
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OAIster website
Reference
Chemical Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Synonyms      
Abbreviation of Chemical Compounds website    
The Acronyms and Abbreviations Database (Indiana University)

website

   
All that JAS (Journal Abbreviation Sources)

website

   
Compendium of Chemical Terminology (IUPA Gold Book)

website


 
Gardner's Chemical Synonyms and Trade Names
Reference TP9 .G86 1994

book

   
Rapid guide to Trade Names and Synonyms of Environmentally Regulated Chemicals
Reference TP200 .P63 1998
book    
 

 

   
Dictionaries & Encyclopedia

 

   
Chemcyclopedia

website

   
ChemExper's Chemical Dictionary website    

Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Reference QD 415 .A15 B713

book    
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary
Reference QD5 .C5 2001
book    
Kirk-othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Reference TP9 .K54 1999
book
   
Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry
website
   
MacMillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Reference QD4 .M33 1997
book
   
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Reference QD4 .V36 2005
book
   
 
   
Handbooks and other Chemical Data Sources
   
Aldrich LIbrary of FT-IP Spectra
Reference QC 457 .P87 1997
book
   
CODATA Fundamental Physical Constants
(National Institute for Science and Technology, NIST)
website
 
Chembank website
info  
Chemfinder website  
ChemIDplus (National Library of Medicine)
requires Chime plugin
website
info  
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Reference QD 65 .H3 2003-2004
book
info  
Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry
Ref QD261.3 .G65 2004
book    
The Elements
Reference QD 466 .E48 1998
book    
Handbook of Solvents
Reference TP 247.5 .H35 2001
book
   
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Reference QD 77 .H37 1999
book    
IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry website
 
Lang's Handbook of Chemistry
Reference QD 65 .L36 2005
book
info
 
Mass Spectrometry Desk Reference
General Stacks QD 96 .M3 S73 2000
book
   
MatWeb
Manufacturer-supplied property data
website info
 

The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, & Biologicals
Reference RS 51 .M4 2001

book    
Molinspiration Cheminformatics

website

info  
Named Organic Reactions
General Stacks QD 291 .L35 2005

book

   
NIST Chemistry WebBook

website

info
 
NIST Physical Reference Data

website

info
 
Organic Compounds Database

website

info  
Organic Syntheses Online
requires ChemDraw 6.0 plugin
website info  

Perry's Standard Tables & Formulas for Chemical Engineers
Reference TP 151 .P45 2003

book  
Polymer Handbook
Reference QD 388 .P65 1999
book    
Pictorial Periodic Table (Maricopa) website    
PubChem (NCBI Entrez database) website    
SDBS Spectral Database
(National Institute of Materials & Chemical Research, Japan)
website info  
SOLV-DB (National Center for Manufacturing Sciences) website  
ThermoDex (UT Austin) website info
 
WebElements website info
 
       

Health and Safety
     
Hazardous Chemical Database (University of Akron) website    
Hazardous Substance Data Bank (National Library of Medicine) website info  
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries (LCSS)
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
website    
Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS Online)
requires free registration
website    
Seton Compliance Resource Center
contains over 350,000 ANSI-compliant MSDS
website    
Where to find Material Safety Data Sheets
on the Internet

contains a list of public domain MSDS sites
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Dissertations & Master's Theses
Dissertations & Theses
Index & selected abstracts; 24-page preview (1997- present)
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Other Sources
Books in Print
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WorldCat
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