Overview of Services at the Swain Library

Document Delivery | Request It Online | Alerting Services | Printing, Photocopying & Scanning | Reference & Instruction | Course Reserves | Course Pages

Course Pages

CPIMA Resources

Library Lecture | Swain Library | Structure of Scientific Information | Library Catalogs | Databases | Journals | Major Reference Works | Handbooks | Writing Guides | Web Sites | Tutorials

Library Lecture

• Getting the Most out of the Library: html version (requires Internet Explorer), pdf version (69kB)

Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library

• Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/index.html)
• Swain Library Floorplan (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/about/floorplan/index.html)
• Stanford University Library Home Page (http://library.stanford.edu/)

Structure of Scientific Information

• Flow of Scientific Information (http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/acs800/structs.html)

Library Catalogs

• Socrates: Stanford’s Online Catalog (http://library.stanford.edu/socrates)
• Other Library Catalogs (http://library.stanford.edu/catdb/libcat.html)

Databases

• Chemical Abstracts Online via SciFinder Scholar. Limited to Stanford students, faculty and staff. (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/cas/scifi/index.html)
• Engineering Village (EI/Compendex). (1884+) engineering. Limited to Stanford users. (http://www.engineeringvillage.com/)
• INSPEC. Limited to Stanford users.
• Web of Science (SciSearch). Limited to Stanford users.

Journals

• E-Journals at Stanford University
• Swain Journal List
• All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
• Journal Citation Reports

Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias, and Major Reference Works

• Access Science. (Includes McGraw Hill SciTech Encyclopedia and Dictionary) Limited to Stanford users.
• ACS Directory of Graduate Research. Enter as Subscriber. Limited to Stanford users.
• Comprehensive Polymer Science. (Swain Reference QD 381 .C66 1989)
• Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering. (Swain Reference TP 1087 .E46 1985) Also on the Web for Stanford users.
• Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Swain Reference TP 9 .E689 1992) Also on the Web for Stanford users.
• Polymer Science Dictionary. (Swain Reference QD 380.3 .A52 1997)
• Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia. (Swain Reference TP 1110 .P65 1996)
• Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Swain Ref. TP 9 .U57 1985). Latest edition is on the web for Stanford users.

Handbooks

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. In CHEMnetbase. Limited to Stanford users. (http://www.chemnetbase.com/)
• Knovel e-Books Package. Contains full-text of over 200 handbooks which are searchable by keywords or by properties. (http://www.knovel.com/)
• Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook. (Swain Reserves TP 155 .C52) Also available via the web in the Knovel e-Books Package. (http://www.knovel.com/)
• Polymer Handbook, 4th Edition. (Swain Reference QD 388 .P65 1999)

Style Guides and Writing Guidelines

• ACS Style Guide (Swain Permanent Reserve QD 8.5 .A25 1986)
• AIP Style Manual, 4th Edition 1990 (http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html)
• Bibliographic Management Software at Stanford. Stanford has a site license to RefWorks, a web-based reference manager. (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/)

Selected Web Sites

• Polymer Chemistry Resources. (Stanford University) (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/polymer.html)
• American Chemical Society. (http://portal.acs.org/)
• Web Guides for Chemists and Chemical Engineers (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/general/index.html)

Online Tutorials and Publications

• Library Instruction Workshops for Scientists and Engineers (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/serg/instruction/index.html)
• Workshop on Internet Search Engines, Directories, and Portals (Winter 2002) (http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/help/subjectguides/internet/index.html)
• Academic Computing Publications (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/acomp/pubs/index.html)