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Analytical Chemistry

Compiled by Ivan Kassal

This guide focuses on analytical chemistry resources at Swain Library and on the Internet, with the exception of spectroscopic techniques. For spectral resources, refer to Swain’s Spectral Information Subject Guide. For additional chemistry resources, please see the Swain Library home page.

Contents

Library Catalogs

• SearchWorks: Stanford Library Catalog
• Melvyl: University of California’s Web-based catalog. Limited to Stanford users
• World Catalog (OCLC). Limited to Stanford users
• LibWeb: Library WWW Servers

Journals

Search SearchWorks, Stanford’s Library Catalog, for the most up-to-date information to determine if the Stanford Libraries own a print or electronic journal. Catalog records have a hot link in them.

• Swain Journals List contains all journals held at Swain.
• Analytical Chemistry Journals List (Part of Chemistry 2000, Cambridge)
• E-Journals in the Stanford University Libraries
• HighWire Press: Free Online Full-Text Articles
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• JCR: Journal Citation Reports. Limited to Stanford users. Use to identify the most important analytical journals.
• Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. Limited to Stanford users. Use Ulrich’s to identify where your favorite journals are indexed.

Abstracts and Indexes

Increasingly, databases such as CAS and SciSearch provide full-text links to journal sources. However, because experimental procedures are not always indexed in databases, consider searching the full-text of key journal publishers to see an article that contains needed information. See section on Electronic Journals for resources you can use to identify publishers.

• Chemical Abstracts Online. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Must download search software.
• Derwent Innovations Index (Derwent World Patents and Patents Citation Index). Limited to Stanford users.
• Engineering Village (EI/Compendex) (1884+) engineering. Limited to Stanford users.
• Ingenta. Table of contents database for nearly 25,000 titles.
• INSPEC. Limited to Stanford users.
• Web of Science (SciSearch). Limited to Stanford users.
• All Databases in the Stanford University Libraries

Dictionaries

• Chemical Acronyms and Abbreviations Database
• Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature
• Dictionary of Analytical Chemistry. English, French, German, Polish, and Russian. Swain Reference QD71.5 D53 1990
• A Dictionary of Chromatography. Swain Reference QD79 .C4 D46 1982
• Inter Active Terminology for Europe (Multilingual terminological database of the European Commission’s Translation Service) [formerly EuroDic Autom]
• Oxford English Dictionary. Latest edition. Limited to Stanford users.
• More Dictionaries …

Encyclopedias and Major Reference Works

• Britannica Online (Subscriber version)
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: Applications, Theory, and Instrumentation. Swain Reference QD71.5 .E52 2000
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation
• Encyclopedia of Analytical Science. Swain Reference QD71.5 .E53 1995
• Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
• Encyclopedia of Chromatography. Swain Reference QD79 .C4 E63 2001
• Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry of the Elements. Swain Reference QD551 .B37
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
• McGraw-Hill AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
• Physical Methods of Chemistry. Swain QD61 .P47 1986
• Techniques of Chemistry. Swain QD61 .T4
• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
• More Encyclopedias …

Handbooks and Data

• Analytical Chemistry Handbook. Swain Reference QD78 .D43 1995
• Analytical Instrumentation Handbook. Swain Reference QD79 .I5 A49 1997
• Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Location: Engineering Reference
• Chemical Technicians’ Ready Reference Handbook. Swain Reference QD61 .S58 1996
• ChemNetBase (CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionaries, Properties of Organic Compounds, Properties of Polymers). Includes key properties and literature references for chemical substances.
• Codex Alimentarius. Contains standards and methods of analysis for food.
• CRC Handbook of Basic Tables for Chemical Analysis. Swain Reference QD78 .B78 2003
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
• CRC Handbook of Chromatography. Swain Reference QD117 .C5 Z94
• CRC Handbook of Ion Selective Electrodes: Selectivity Coefficients. Swain Reference QD572 .I66 C73 1990
• CRC Handbook of Organic Analytical Reagents. Swain Reference QD77 .C73 1982
• CRC Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification. Swain Reference QD291 .R28 1967
• CRC Handbook Series in Inorganic Electrochemistry. Swain Reference QD557 .M44 F
• EPA Test Method Collections
• Handbook of Analytical Techniques. Swain Reference QD78 .H36 2001
• Handbook of Chemical and Biological Sensors. Swain TP159 .C46 H36 1996
• Instrumentation Reference Book. Engineering Library Reference QC53 .I574 1995
• Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry
• Material Safety Data Sheets. Limited to Stanford users.
• The Measurement, Instrumentation and Sensors Handbook (pdf)
• NIST Chemistry WebBook
• NIST Data Gateway
• Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC. Swain Reference S587 .A7. Online search (full-text is not available online)
• Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes. Swain Reference QD565 .P76 1992
• Reagent Chemicals. Click on Login for paid users.
• More Handbooks …

Spectral Resources

For general spectral resources, refer to Swain’s Spectral Information Subject Guide. For spectral resources related to polymer chemistry, consult the Polymer Subject Guide.

Selected Web Guides

• Analytical Chemistry Springboard (Knut Irgum, Umea Univ.)
• Analytical Sciences Digital Library
• ChemDex (Univ. Sheffield, UK)
• Chemistry Hypermedia Project: Online Resources for Students, Educators, and Scientists (Virginia Tech.)
• Links for Chemists: Analytical Chemistry section (WWW Virtual Library)
• SeparationsNOW (Wiley)
• Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry (Constitutional Chemistry) (Indiana Univ.)

Organizations

• American Chemical Society
  • Local Sections
    • American Chemical Society. California Section
    • American Chemical Society. Santa Clara Valley Section
  • Technical Divisions
    • Analytical Chemistry
• AOAC International
• Eurachem
• The Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Division
• IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division
• The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
• Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• American Society for Mass Spectrometry
• More Organizations …

Conferences and Seminars

• Stanford Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conferences
• AOAC Annual Meeting
• Chemistry Conferences — Analytical Chemistry
• Eastern Analytical Symposium
• Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies
• Gordon Research Conferences
• Pittsburgh Conference
• Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry

Directories

• ACS Directory of Graduate Research. Limited to Stanford Users. Latest print edition on Reserve.
• American Men and Women of Science. In Academic Universe (choose Reference Sources and then Biographical Information). Limited to Stanford users. Latest print edition in Swain Reference Q141 .A48
• Chemical Engineering Faculties. Latest edition in Swain Reference TP 165 .C45
• Chemical Engineering Faculty Directory
• Chemistry 2000: Two Thousand of the Best Chemistry Sites (Includes University Departments. Compiled by Cambridge Univ.)
• CorpTech: Database of 50,000 High Tech Companies
• NSF: Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
• More Directories …

Suppliers

• Chem Sources Online (Stanford users only) Latest edition of print version on Reserve at Swain
• SRI Directory of Chemical Producers. United States and European sections. On Reserve at Swain
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Stanford Links

• Stanford University
• Chemical Engineering Department
• Chemistry Department
• Environmental Health and Safety Department
• Research Centers and Institutes at Stanford
• Stanford Bookstore
• Stanford Directories
• Emergency Preparedness at Stanford