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Inorganic Chemistry

Compiled by David Gingell

This guide focuses on inorganic chemistry resources. For additional chemistry resources, please see the Swain Library home page.

Contents

Library Catalogs

• Call Numbers and Subject Headings for Browsing Inorganic Titles in the Stacks and SearchWorks
• Stanford Library Catalog
• Melvyl: University of California’s Web-based catalog. Limited to Stanford users
• World Catalog (OCLC). Limited to Stanford users
• More Library Catalogs through LibWeb

See also: E-Books. The National Academy Press has the full-text of more than 1,800 books online.

Abstracts and Indexes

• Chemical Abstracts Online. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Must download search software.
  • User Aid: SciFinder Scholar Support Information
• Derwent Innovations Index (Derwent World Patents and Patents Citation Index). Limited to Stanford users.
  • User Aids: Derwent Innovations Index Quick Reference Guide (print copies available in Swain Library), Derwent Innovations Index Training Opportunities, Derwent WPI User Guides, and a Glossary of Patent Terms.
• Web of Science (SciSearch). Limited to Stanford users.
• BIOSIS via ISI Web of Knowledge (1926+)
• All Databases in the Stanford University Libraries

Organizations

• ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry
• Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
• Royal Society of Chemistry Discussion Groups:
  • Main Group Chemistry Group
  • Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Group
  • Inorganic Biochemistry Discussion Group
• More Organizations…

Directories

• ACS Directory of Graduate Research. Limited to Stanford Users. Latest print edition on Reserve.
• American Men and Women of Science. Latest edition in Swain Ref Q 141 .A48
• CorpTech: Database of 50,000 High Tech Companies
• Liszt: the mailing list directory
• NSF: Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
• Organizations for Chemists and Chemical Engineers
• Scholarly Society Project
• More Directories…

Suppliers

• Available Chemicals Directory-3D in MDL Academic Packages (Chemical Supplier and Reaction Databases). Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Faculty of lab group must set up free account. Users must download search software. This supplier catalog includes prices.
• ChemCats in Chemical Abstracts Online. Integrated into CAS Online. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Must download search software
• Chem Sources Online (Stanford users only) Latest edition of print version on Reserve at Swain
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

Dictionaries

• Chemical Acronyms and Abbreviations Database
• Composition of Scientific Words; a Manual of methods and a lexicon of Materials for the Practice of Logotechnics. Swain Ref. PE1580 .B7 1956
• Inter Active Terminology for Europe (Multilingual terminological database of the European Commission’s Translation Service) [formerly EuroDic Autom]
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
• McGraw-Hill’s AccessScience Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Limited to Stanford users.
• Oxford English Dictionary. Latest edition. Limited to Stanford users.
• Worterbuch der Chemie: Deutsch-Englisch, Englisch-Deutsch. Swain Ref QD5 .K78 1997
• More Dictionaries…

Encyclopedias and Major Reference Works

• AccessScience: The Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
• Britannica Online
• Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry. (1987). Swain Stacks QD474 .C65
• Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry. (1973). Swain Ref QD151.2 .C64
• Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II: A Review of the Literature (1995). Swain Ref QD411 .C652
• Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (CHEMnetBASE)
• Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds (1992). Swain Ref. QD148 .D53
• Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds. (1995). Swain Ref QD411 .D53
• Encyclopedia of the Chemical Elements. (1968). Swain Ref QD466 .H295
• Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. (1994). Swain Ref. QD148 .E53
• IUPAC : Glossary of Terms used in Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Gmelin Handbook of of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. Swain Ref QD151 .G52
• Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry. (1963-1965). Swain Ref QD151 .B733
• Inorganic Reactions and Methods. (1986). Swain Ref QD501 .I623 v. 1–18
• Preparative Inorganic Reactions. Swain Stacks QD155 .J64
• Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry. (1996). Swain Ref QD411 .S96
• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 7th edition. Limited to Stanford users. Print version of 5th ed. is also available at Swain Ref TP9.U57 1985.
• More Encyclopedias…

Guides to Resources

• Chemistry 2000: Two Thousand of the Best Chemistry Sites (Includes University Departments. Compiled by Cambridge Univ.)
• Bioinorganic chemistry and related sites on WWW (from Scripps)

Educational Resources

• The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry. Gonick & Criddle (2005). Swain Stacks QD37 .G625
• Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry v.1–4. Shakhashiri (1983). Swain Stacks QD43 .S5
• Inorganic Experiments. Woollins (1995). Swain Stacks QD155 .I54
• Inorganic Reactions and Reaction Mechanisms
• Instant Notes: Inorganic Chemistry. Cox (2000). Swain Stacks QD153.5 .C69
• Microscale inorganic chemistry: a comprehensive laboratory experience. Szafran, Pike, & Singh. Swain Stacks QD155 .S96 1991
• The Organometallic Hyper Textbook
• Journal of Chemical Education — Resource Shelf

Electronic 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. Search tip: to retrieve only e-journals, add “http” as a keyword to your search.

• E-Journals in the Stanford University Libraries
• Journals Indexed in the Crossfire Gmelin Database
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Chemistry 2000: Two Thousand of the Best Chemistry Sites (Includes E-Journals. Compiled by Cambridge Univ.)
• Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. Limited to Stanford users. Use Ulrich’s to identify where your favorite journals are indexed.
• Journal Citation Reports
• Inorganic Chemistry Division publications list [electronic resource] / International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Top 10 Inorganic and Organometallic Journals from Web of Science:

• Inorganic Chemistry (online only)
• Organometallics
• Dalton Transactions
• Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
• Inorganica Chimica Acta
• Tetrahedron-Asymmetry
• Journal of Solid State Chemistry
• Polyhedron
• Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie
• European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Books and Monographic Series

Search SearchWorks

• Knovel Sci-Tech Reference Books (Stanford only)
• The Handbook of Inorganic Chemicals
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
• Chemistry of the Elements
• Organic and Inorganic Nanostructures
• Stanford dissertations (PDF, 1989–present) Limited to Stanford users.
• National Academy Press has the full-text of more than 1,800 books online.
• Safari Tech Books
• Monographic Series:
  • Topics in Organometallic Chemistry (Stanford only)
  • Topics in Current Chemistry

Handbooks and Data

• Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds via CHEMnetBASE
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Limited to Stanford users.
• Critical Stability Constants v.4: Inorganic Complexes. Swain Ref. QD503 .M37
• Dissociation Constants of Inorganic Acids and Bases in Aqueous Solution. Swain Ref. QD561 .P45 1981
• Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds. This database includes about 20,000 polymer records.
• Inorganic experiments. J. Derek Woollins (ed.) (1995). Swain Stacks QD155 .I54
• Material Safety Data Sheets. Limited to Stanford users.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook
• Physical properties of inorganic compounds : SI units. Horvath. Swain Ref QD475 .H67 1975 F
• Selected Constants: Oxidation-Reduction Potentials of Inorganic Substances in Aqueuos Solution. Swain Ref QD63.09 .C53 1971
• Thermodynamic Values at Low Temperature for Natural Inorganic Materials. Swain Ref QD511.8 .W66 1987
• More Handbooks…

Crystallography

• Inorganic crystal structure database (Stanford users only)
• Structure reports. A, Metals and inorganic sections. Branner Library QD901 .S79 30-35, 1965-70; 37-58, 1971-93
• TYPIX. Standardized data and crystal chemical characterization of inorganic structure types. Swain Reference QD151 .G52

Nomenclature, Chemical Names, & Tradenames

• Glossary of terms used in bioinorganic chemistry : IUPAC
• Inorganic chemical nomenclature: principles and practice. B. Peter Block, Warren H. Powell, W. Conard Fernelius. Swain Ref QD149 .B59 1990
• Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry. II, Recommendations 2000. Issued by the Commission on the Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, and edited by McCleverty and Connelly. (3rd ed.) Swain Ref. QD149 .N66 2001
• IUPAC inorganic chemical nomenclature
• Chemical Acronyms Database
• Chemical Products Desk Reference. Swain Ref TP9.A84 1990
• Chemical Tradename Dictionary. Swain Ref TP9.A73 1993
• Dictionary of Chemical Names and Synonyms. Swain Ref TP9.H65 1992
• Gardener’s Chemical Synonyms and Trade Names, 9th edition. Swain Ref TP9.G286 1987
• Encyclopedia of Chemical Trademarks and Synonyms. 3 vols. Swain Ref TP9.B4 1981
• Industrial Chemical Thesaurus, 2nd edition. 2 vols. Swain Ref Z695.1.C5I52 1992

Spectral Resources

• 13C NMR Spectroscopy. Swain QD96 .N8 B7313 1984
• Gmelin handbook of inorganic and organometallic chemistry (8th ed.). Client/server access through Crossfire
• Infrared Spectra of Inorganic Compounds (3800 -45 cm-1). Swain Ref. QD117.C5 I56 1987 V.1
• Sadtler High-Resolution Spectra of Inorganics and Related Compounds (1980). Swain Ref QC463.P5I53
• More Spectral Resources…

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