A QUICK GUIDE

Follow these classification numbers on the shelves to find information on:
General Chemistry QD1 - 65
Analytical Chemistry QD71 - 142
Inorganic Chemistry QD146 - 197
Organic Chemistry QD241 - 441
Biochemistry QD415 - 436
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry QD450 - 801
Crystallography QD901 - 999

REFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Use dictionaries to find the meaning of terms, and obtain background information of your subject from encyclopedias.

A Dictionary of Chemistry Access via Oxford Reference Online
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science UL Reference QD71.5.E53 2005
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary UL Reference QD5.C5 2007
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Chemistry Access via NetLibrary
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry Access via NetLibrary (downloadable)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology UL Reference Q121.M3 2002
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry UL Reference QD4.V36 2005

Handbooks and Tables

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

UL Reference  QD65.H3 2004-05

The Chemist's Ready Reference Handbook UL  QD65.S58
Landolt-Börnstein UL Reference  QC61.Z3
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry UL Reference  QD65.L36 2005
The Merck Index UL Reference  QV13.M3 2001
Powder Diffraction File: Inorganic and Organic UL Reference  QC482.D5 P63

Analytical and Physical Chemistry

The Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra

UL Reference  QD96.I5 P67 1981

Catalysis from A to Z: a Concise Encyclopedia UL Reference  QD505.C383 2003
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science UL Reference  QD71.5.E53 2005
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry UL Reference  QD451.E539 2001
The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry UL Reference  QD96.M3 E63 2003
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis UL Reference  QD77.E53 1995

Organic Chemistry
Dictionary of Natural Products UL Reference  QD415.A25D53 1994
Dictionary of Organic Compounds UL Reference  QD246.D49 1996
Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds UL Reference  QD411.D53 1995
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry UL Reference  QD415.A25 E53 2004
Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds UL Reference  QD257.7.H36 1994
Names, Synonyms, and Structures of Organic Compounds UL Reference  QD291.N36 1995
The Organic Chemist's Desk Reference UL Reference  QD246.D492 1995
Ring Systems Handbook UL Reference  QD291.P37
Römpp Encyclopedia Natural Products UL Reference  QD246.N3813 2000

Inorganic Chemistry

Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds UL Reference  QD148.D53
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry UL Reference  QD148.E53 1994

Spectroscopy
The Aldrich Library of p13 sC and p1 sH FT NMR Spectra UL Reference  QC462.85.A44 1993
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy UL Reference  QC450.3.P47 1995
The Wiley/NBS Registry of Mass Spectral Data UL Reference  QC454.M3M395

Chemical Technology
Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms UL Reference  TP1087.C477 2001
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers Access via Springer eBook Collection
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology UL Reference  TP1110.E53 2003
Access via Wiley InterScience OnlineBooks
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Access via Wiley InterScience


INDEXES, ABSTRACTS AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Chemical Abstracts Science Centre Ref  QD1.A51
CHEMWATCH Access via ChemWatch
EMBASE Access via OVID
SciFinder Scholar Access via SciFinder Scholar
Web of Science Access via Web of Science


PATENTS ON THE WEB
中國專利檢索 http://www.sipo.gov.cn/sipo2008/
Canadian Patents Database http://patents.ic.gc.ca/cipo/cpd/en/introduction.html
DEPATISnet (German) http://depatisnet.dpma.de/
European Patent Office (GB Esp@cenet) http://www.espacenet.com/
FreePatentsOnline http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
Japan Patent Office http://www.jpo.go.jp/
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office http://patft.uspto.gov/
WIPO http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/search-adv.jsp


INTERNET RESOURCES
ChemFinder http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
The Chemical Thesaurus: Reaction Chemistry Database http://www.chemthes.com/
ChemSpider http://www.chemspider.com/
Entrez http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi
E-Print Network http://www.osti.gov/eprints/
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com.hk/
INPAC: Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book http://goldbook.iupac.org/
NIST Chemistry WebBook http://webbook.nist.gov/
Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide http://www.organicworldwide.net/
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/
Scirus http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
TOXNET – Toxicology Data Network http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/