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Chemistry 130

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Library Resources for Identifying Unknowns

Library Lecture and Search Strategies

• Library Lecture (HTML version, PDF version (3.4 MB))
  • HTML version requires Internet Explorer
• Simplified Flowchart (pdf)
• Types of Searches (pdf)
• Tips for Converting Lab Data to Search Strategies (pdf)
• Troubleshooting (pdf)
• Displaying Results (pdf)

Online Resources

Name	Download	About	How-to Guides
ChemBioDraw Ultra	Download	More Info.	How-to Guide (pdf)
Properties of Organic Compounds	Structure Drawing Plug-in	More Info.	How-to Guide (pdf)
Dictionary of Organic Compounds	Structure Drawing Plug-in	More Info.	How-to Guide (pdf)
ACD’s Spectral and Physical Properties Software (download)		More Info.	How-to Guide
SDBS Integrated Spectral Database for Organic Compounds			How-to Guide (pdf)
Sigma-Aldrich Catalog
Beilstein Handbook via Reaxys
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
SciFinder on the web (Access)	One-time Registration	About	How-to Guides
Material Safety Data Sheets
NIST Chemistry WebBook

• Off-campus Access
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Print Spectral Resources

• Aldrich Library of C13 and HNMR Spectra, vols. 1–3
  Swain Reference QC462.85 .A44 1993
• Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra, vols. 1–3
  Swain Reference QD96 .I5 P66 1985
• Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra
  Swain Reference QD96 .I5 P67 1981
• Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra, vols. 1–2
  Swain Reference QD96 .N8 P68 1983
• Wiley/NBS Registry of Mass Spectral Data, vols. 1–7
  Swain Reference QC454 .M3 M395 1989
• more spectral resources

Journal Abbreviations

• Properties of Organic Compounds (POC)
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds (DOC)
• Abbreviations and Full Journals for Core Journals in Chemical Abstracts Online (CAPlus)
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources

Full-Text Journals

• Swain Journal List
  Print volumes are shelved alphabetically by full keywords in title
• E-Journals in the Stanford University Libraries
• Socrates: Stanford’s Online Catalog

Help

• Nomenclature Resources
• TA Reference Hours
• Handouts and Guides
• Swain Computer Use Guidelines
• Related Links