Overview of Services at the Swain Library

Course Pages

Chemistry 134

Selected Library Resources

Library Handout

Spring 2009 Library Handout: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/services/courses/chem134handout.html

Library Lecture

Chemistry 134 Library Lecture 2009 (pdf)

Swain Library

Swain Library Home Page

http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/index.html

Floorplan of the Swain Library: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/about/floorplan/index.html

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Library Catalogs

Socrates: Stanford’s Online Catalog: http://library.stanford.edu/stanford

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Databases

Chemical Abstracts Online via SciFinder Scholar

http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/cas/scifi/index.html

SciFinder Scholar Support Information: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/index.html
The Sections of Chemical Abstracts: http://www.cas.org/products/print/ca/casections.html
SciFinder Scholar — “How To” Guides: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/htg/index.html

ChemNetBase (CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionaries, Properties of Organic Compounds, Properties of Polymers)

http://www.chemnetbase.com/
Includes key properties and literature references for chemical substances.

Web of Science (SciSearch)

http://ezproxy.stanford.edu:2048/login?url=http://isiknowledge.com/?DestApp=WOS

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Journals

Socrates: Stanford’s Online Catalog (searches journal titles, not journal articles): http://library.stanford.edu/socrates
e-Journals at Stanford University: http://library.stanford.edu/ejournals
All that JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources: http://www.abbreviations.com/jas.asp#Chemistry
JCR: Journal Citation Reports via ISI Web of Knowledge (ranks prestige of journals): http://ezproxy.stanford.edu:2048/login?url=http://isiknowledge.com/JCR

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Directories

ACS Directory of Graduate Research: http://dgr.rints.com/
Organizations for Chemists and Chemical Engineers: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/general/comm/organizations.html

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Dictionaries

Dictionary of Analytical Chemistry (English, French, German, Polish, and Russian) / edited by Grazyna Maludzinska. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1990. 391 p.: Location: Swain Reference QD71.5 .D53 1990
A Dictionary of Chromatography / R.C. Denney. [2nd ed.] New York : Wiley, 1982. 229 p.: Location: Swain Reference QD79.C4 D46 1982

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Handbooks

Analytical Chemistry Handbook / John A. Dean. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1995. 1152 p.

Location: Swain Reference QD78 .D43 1995

Analytical Instrumentation Handbook / edited by Galen Wood Ewing. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. New York : M. Dekker, c1997. 1453 p.

Location: Swain Reference QD79 .I5 A49 1997

Chemical Technicians’ Ready Reference Handbook / Gershon J. Shugar, Jack T. Ballinger ; consulting editor, Linda M. Dawkins. 4th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1996.

Location: Swain Reference QD61 .S58 1996

ChemNetBase (CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, Combined Chemical Dictionaries, Properties of Organic Compounds, Properties of Polymers)

http://www.chemnetbase.com/
Includes key properties and literature references for chemical substances.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics: http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/

Codex Alimentarius

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp
Contains standards and methods of analysis for food.

Handbook of Analytical Techniques / edited by Helmut Günzler and Alex Williams. Weinheim ; New York : Wiley-VCH, c2001. 2 v. (1182 p.)

Location: Swain Reference QD78 .H36 2001

Knovel e-Books Pkg.

http://www.knovel.com/

Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry IN Knovel e-Books Pkg

http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/browse/display?_EXT_KNOVEL_DISPLAY_bookid=1347

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Encyclopedias

Britannica Online (Subscriber version): http://search.eb.com/
Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation: http://www.files.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/ac-meths.html
Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry : Applications, Theory, and Instrumentation / edited by R.A. Meyers.Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c2000. 15 v.: Location: Swain Reference QD71.5 .E52 2000
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science / editor-in-chief, Alan Townshend. London ; San Diego : Academic Press, 1995. 10 v.: Location: Swain Reference QD71.5 .E53 1995
Encyclopedia of Chromatography / edited by Jack Cazes. New York : Marcel Dekker, c2001. 927 p.: Location: Swain Reference QD79 .C4 E63 2001
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry: http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID=10150&BookID=474
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471238966/home
Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9783527306732/home
More Encyclopedias …: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/reference/encyclopedias.html

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Style Guides and Writing Guidelines

The ACS Style Guide, 2nd Edition, 1997: Location: Swain Permanent Reserve QD8.5 .A25 1997
AIP Style Manual, 4th Edition, 1990: http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html
RefWorks: Web Based Program for Managing Your Bibliographic References: http://www.refworks.com/refworks/
Stanford has a site license for this product. It is available for free to all Stanford students, faculty, and staff. For more info, see the RefWorks Tutorial (http://www.refworks.com/tutorial/) or the library’s Bibliographic Management Software page (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/serg/services/instruction/bibsoftware/index.html).
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (Virginia Tech, Illinois, Texas, Georgia Tech): http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/

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Using the Internet

Workshop on Internet Search Engines, Directories, and Portals (Winter 2002): http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/internet/index.html
Grokker at Stanford (Graphical Search Interface to Web & Socrates): http://library.stanford.edu/about_sulair/special_projects/stanford_grokker.html

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Web Guides: Selected Analytical Chemistry Sites

Resources for Chemists and Chemical Engineers at Stanford University
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/general/index.html

Analytical Chemistry Resources (Chemical Institute of Canada): http://home.nas.net/~dbc/cic_hamilton/anal.html
Analytical Chemistry Springboard (Knut Irgum, Umea Univ.): http://www.anachem.umu.se/jumpstation.htm
Analytical Chemistry Subject Guide (Univ Florida): http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/msl/subjects/chemistry/analytical.html
Analytical Sciences Digital Library: http://www.asdlib.org/
ChemDex (Univ. Sheffield, UK): http://www.chemdex.org/
Chemistry Hypermedia Project: Online Resources for Students, Educators, and Scientists (Virginia Tech.): http://www.files.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/index.html
Links for Chemists: Analytical Chemistry section (WWW Virtual Library): http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/refanal.html
SamplePrep Web: Analytical Chemistry Related Internet Sites (Duquesne Univ., PA): http://www.sampleprep.duq.edu/dir/chemsites.html
Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry (Constitutional Chemistry) (Indiana Univ.): http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_accc.html
WebAnalytes: Analytical Chemistry Web Resources (G. Moges, an Analytical Chemist): http://www.webanalytes.com/

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