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This Research Guide is designed to aid students in using Iona College Library resources to complete projects and assignments for Chemistry courses and includes important reference works, articles in databases, and journals.
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Start Your Research with Ebooks
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eBook Collection on EBSCOhostReference books, scholarly monographs, novels, manuals, etc. available in ebook format.
Print and eBooks Sampling for Chemistry
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Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of ChemistryISBN: 9780471615255 -
Environmental Organic ChemistryISBN: 9780471839415 -
The Facts On File Dictionary of ChemistryISBN: 9780816039098 -
Principles of bioinorganic chemistryISBN: 9780935702729 -
Lange's Handbook of ChemistryISBN: 9780070163843
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Chemistry for BiologistsISBN: 9781859963555 -
Culinary reactions : the everyday chemistry of cookingISBN: 9781569767061 -
Great Jobs for Chemistry MajorsISBN: 9780071448574
Gale Virtual Reference Library - a good place to start
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) includes encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources across topics in Chemistry.
Where Are the Library Books for Chemistry?
Books on subjects in Chemistry are found in Dewey Decimal Number sections:
540 Chemistry & allied sciences
541 Physical & theoretical chemistry
542 Techniques, equipment, materials
543 Analytical chemistry
544 Qualitative analysis
545 Quantitative analysis
546 Inorganic chemistry
547 Organic chemistry
548 Crystallography
549 Mineralogy
The 500's are found in Ryan Library, 3rd Floor, West Wing.
SCIFINDER
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SciFinder: CAS DatabasesSciFinder, produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), is the world’s leading research and discovery tool for literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, etc.
*Students must create a unique username/password combination to access the database. New users need to register to create an account. All registered users should log out of their personal SciFinder account at the end of each session.Closing your browser does not terminate your session.
Note:
- New users must be on campus and use their Iona College email address in order to register to create an account.
- SciFinder Training Material
Databases
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American Chemical Society (ACS) PublicationsIndexing and abstracts for all ACS publications covering all aspects of chemistry and related subjects.
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SciFinder: CAS DatabasesSciFinder, produced by the American Chemical Society (ACS), is the world’s leading research and discovery tool for literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, etc.
*Students must create a unique username/password combination to access the database. New users need to register to create an account. All registered users should log out of their personal SciFinder account at the end of each session.Closing your browser does not terminate your session. -
ScienceDirect (via SciVerse)ScienceDirect is Elsevier's platform for peer-reviewed, scholarly content to include over 3,800 journals and more than 37,000 books that span major scientific disciplines.
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Annual Reviews: A nonprofit Scientific PublisherSummaries evaluate recently released scientific research. Iona offers full-text access to reports for disciplines such as: biochemistry, developmental biology, ecology, environmental resources, genetics, genomics, microbiology, physical chemistry, physiology and psychology.
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Science DatabaseProQuest Science Journals™ is designed for students studying both the applied and general sciences. Journals in this database cover hundreds of topics relating to all major fields of study, including: Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, and Chemistry.
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General Science (Gale OneFile)Articles from journals providing information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments.
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GreenFILEArticles from journals and magazines focusing on the environment, with information on topics such as global warming, recycling, and alternate fuel sources.
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MathSciNet: American Mathematical SocietyMathSciNet® is an electronic publication offering access to a searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification. Content includes almost 3 million items and over 1.7 million direct links to original articles. Bibliographic data from retrodigitized articles dates back to the early 1800s.
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MEDLINEMEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, etc. The database searches citations from 4,800+ current biomedical journals and often provides links to full-text articles.
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JoVE - General Laboratory TechniquesScience Education from JoVE offers a database of video collections with laboratory "How To" videos for introductory science classes.
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Science and Engineering in VideoThe collection of films will cover Environmental Studies, Natural History, and the Physical and Biological Sciences-- including coverage of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geology, Oceanography, Ecology, Astronomy, and Geography.
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NIST Chemistry WebbookThe NIST Chemistry WebBook provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data is maintained by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors. Data in the WebBook system are organized by chemical species. The WebBook system allows users to search for chemical species by various means.
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EBSCO (all collections)Articles and ebooks covering multidisciplinary subjects from all Ebsco databases.
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Academic Search EliteArticles from journals, magazines and other resources covering multidisciplinary topics.
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Gale eBooksEbook versions of encyclopedias and reference works covering most subjects, as well as a collection of classic literature and criticisms.
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JSTORScholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Journal coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year. Complimentary access to unlicensed collections has been made available by JSTOR through 6/30/2022 in an effort to support increased online learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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ProQuest CentralArticles from journals and newspapers covering all subject areas. Includes dissertations, working papers from OECD, company reports, and country profiles.
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SAGE Journals OnlineSAGE Journals Online contains 600+ journals covering business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine. The full text of every issue is available from Volume 1, Issue 1 to the present.
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Academic Video Online PremiumVideos covering Arts, Business, Criminal Justice, Diversity Studies, Education, Gender & Sexuality, Health, History, Literature, Psychology and Sciences. Contains content from 60 Minutes /CBS, PBS, BBC, NBC, Insight Media, etc.
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KanopyKanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform that provides access to 26,000 films from 800 production companies. Its focus is on high-quality, educational content. Award-winning documentaries and feature films from producers to include the Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation, Strand New Day Films, PBS, The Great Courses, California Newsreel and Shout Factory are all included in the library.
A-to-Z Databases
Find the best library databases for your research.
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International NewsstreamProvides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites.
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Newspaper SourceProvides full-text of 200+ regional, national, and international newspapers. The database also includes transcripts from major television and radio broadcasts.
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New York Times (1980 - Current)Often considered the official U.S. newspaper, the NYTimes publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences.
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The New York Times Academic PassThe Academic Pass provides access to NYTimes.com, NYTimes.com smartphone and tablet apps, and NYTimes In Education.
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US NewsstreamUS Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
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Wall Street JournalThe WSJ is considered the US's preeminent publication for business news and information on financial markets worldwide. Content available from 1984 - Current.