Chemistry Subject Page

Most main lending books (3 week and 1 week) for your subject are located on the second floor. Search the Library Catalogue to find out what books we have or browse the shelves at the relevant number. Here are some of the main shelfmark numbers for chemistry and related topics.

Subject	Book Shelf Mark
Analytical Chemistry	543
Chemistry (General)	540
Chromatography	543.089
Environmental Chemistry	577.14 and 628.5
Forensic Analysis	614.1
Inorganic Chemistry	546
Organic Chemistry	547
Physical Chemistry	541.3
Spectroscopy	543.086

E-books

The library currently provides access to thousands of  e-books. When you search the library catalogue you can refine your search by choosing "E-Books" on the left hand side of the screen. When you click on the link to view the book you may be asked to verify yourself as a registered student by logging in with your computer username and password (Novel login).

Apart from individual titles accessible via the catalogue, we also have searchable collections of e-books such as the RSC E-books Collection. Have a look at our e-books page for a full listing.

All our e-books can accessed off-campus.

Can’t find the book you are looking for?

Ask for help at the information desk. If we don’t have books listed on your recommended reading list you can contact your Subject Librarian or fill out the book suggestion form.

Reference Books

Reference books such as encyclopedias and dictionaries can be a great place to start your research. Reference books are located on the ground floor beside the information desk and may not be borrowed. We also have a number of general reference books available electronically .

Some recommended reference books

Gale encyclopedia of science

McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology

Dictionary of organic compounds

Encyclopedia of analytical science

Encyclopedia of inorganic chemistry

Encyclopedia of chemical physics and physical chemistry

Journals

The A-Z of journals is a listing of all our print and e-journals. It will tell you if the journal you are looking for is available in print here in the library and/or electronically on one of our databases. You can search this list by entering the title of the journal or you can get a list of journals in your chosen subject area by browsing.

Remember – search by journal title NOT article title.

See what journals are available for the following subjects:

Analytical Chemistry

Biochemistry

Chemistry - General

Crystallography

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Photochemistry

Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

Sciences - General

To search for articles on your topic carry out a search on one of our databases

Databases

The following is a list of the most important databases for Chemistry and related subjects. A full list of all our databases is available from the A to Z of databases

Some databases contain the full-text of the articles others provide you with a citation/abstract only. In the case of citation/abstract databases click on the this will search all our databases to see if the article you require is available

Key Chemistry Databases – start your searching here

Web of Science
Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index, a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences. It fully indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes the cited references from indexed articles.

Help: Database Guide (pdf) | Search Tips (07:33 minutes)

SciFinder  
SciFinder covers biochemistry, organic, macromolecular, applied, physical, inorganic and analytical chemistry. Updated daily, it contains abstracts from more than 8,000 journals, patents, conferences and reports, plus records of over 35 million chemical substances and reactions.

Starting to use SciFinder:

1. All users must first register and create a username and password to get access.
2. You should have the most recent version of your browser installed
3. You should change your browser's settings to allow popups from cas.org:  Firefox instructions | Internet Explorer instructions
4. Off-Campus access: before you use SciFinder off-campus, you must change the security settings on your web browser: Firefox instructions | Internet Explorer instructions

Help Guides (PDFs) | E-tutorial: Introduction: key features and tips (3:00) | more e-tutorials available here

Scopus
Scopus is one of the largest multi-disciplinary abstracting and indexing databases of research literature and quality web sources. It offers access to over 16,000 titles from more than 4000 international publishers, with abstracts available back to 1966. Citation data is available from 1996. Coverage includes scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature including, arts and humanities. There are also 23 million patent records from 5 patent offices as well as links to ‘Articles in Press’ from over 3,000 journals.
   About Scopus – more in-depth information directly from the publisher
   E-tutorials and demos 

Reaxys  
Reaxys is the new web-based platform for Crossfie (Beilstein and Gmelin). It is faster and easier to use than CrossFire and can be accessed from any computer without installing software. Access to CrossFire will be withdrawn at the end of 2010. What are the differences between CrossFire and Reaxys?

Off-Campus access: before you use Reaxys off-campus, you must change the security settings on your web browser: instructions for Firefox users | instructions for Internet Explorer users.

Support and Training: Quick Reference Guide (pdf) | searchable help
Webinars: the Reaxys support team provide online training on request. Submit your details here and they will get back to you.

Analytical Abstracts
Current awareness and information retrieval service for analytical scientists providing access to worldwide analytical literature

American Chemical Society 
Contains over 30 full-text titles from the American Chemical Society, with access to all dates

Royal Society of Chemistry 
Full-text access to 26 of the Royal Society of Chemistry's 48 journals.

ScienceDirect
Full-text access to over 1,200 journals in all fields of science, technology and medicine.

Other databases

Academic Search Complete     
Full-text access to over 5,000 peer-reviewed journals in: business, communications, computer science, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, education and nursing.

Annual Reviews  
Authoratitive, analytic reviews in 30 disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences. Annual Reviews saves you time by synthesising the vast amount of primary research literature and identifying the principal contributions in your field. Annual Reviews publications are among the highest cited publications by impact factor according to the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).

Hindawi  
Hindawi is a fast growing academic publisher with 40+ journals in the fields of Biology & Medicine, Chemistry, Engineering, Materials Science, and Mathematics. Hindawi is the only "Open Access" publisher with fully Open Access journals spanning a wide range of subjects in Science, Technology, and Medicine.

InformaWorld  
Now Taylor & Francis Online

SpringerLink 
Full-text access to over 1,000 journals including nearly 200 chemistry titles.

Taylor & Francis Online  
Previously Informaworld. Access to 1000+ peer reviewed journal titles published by Taylor and Francis, and a selection of journals published by Routledge and Psychology Press, covering arts & humanities, social sciences, sport, physics, mathematics, and chemistry.
Database tutorials

Wiley InterScience  
Full-text access to over 500 journals with good coverage of chemistry literature.

Wilson Omnifile  
A multi-disciplinary database which includes full-text access to a large number of general science and applied science & technology journals.

You can also search across a number of databases at once using Summon

Advanced Search | What is Summon?

Subject gateways and directories of weblinks

Academic Info- General Chemsitry Resources

Intute – Chemistry

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources - Chemistry

More weblinks will be appearing shortly.

Try using a subject specific search engine e.g. Scirus

Would you like to suggest a weblink? Email the Science Librarian