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This document provides information about resources for finding chemical literature and relevant citation formats. It outlines databases for searching journal articles like ACS Web Editions, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science. Specific resources for properties data and reactions like SciFinder, Reaxys, and selected handbooks are mentioned. Both print and online sources for spectra are listed, as well as the Spectral Database System. The document concludes with contacting the Thesis & Dissertation Office for help with citations in RefWorks or Zotero.

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Chemistry Grad Handout

This document provides information about resources for finding chemical literature and relevant citation formats. It outlines databases for searching journal articles like ACS Web Editions, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science. Specific resources for properties data and reactions like SciFinder, Reaxys, and selected handbooks are mentioned. Both print and online sources for spectra are listed, as well as the Spectral Database System. The document concludes with contacting the Thesis & Dissertation Office for help with citations in RefWorks or Zotero.

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Chemical Literature Resources Khue Duong, Science Librarian [email protected] 562.985.2641 Library Room 418 Reference Desk: 562.985.

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Library home page - http://www.csulb.edu/library -COAST for finding books and journal titles -Interlibrary Loan (Link+, ArticleReach and ILLiad) for items we dont have

A Citation includes:

Finding the article 1. Search for the journal title (NOT the article title) in COAST catalog 2. If no full-text available, request through inter-library loan (ArticleReach and ILLiad) 3. Last resort: Check Google Scholar and/or Scirus (www.scirus.com) Online Databases: - ACS Web Editions Full-text American Chemical Society Journals - Science Direct- Full-text Elsevier (a publisher) journals - Web of Science - For cited reference searches and Journal Citation Reports - PubMed or Medline - Royal Society of Chemistry Journals - Compendex (Engineering Village) for comprehensive literature on engineering

research

SciFinder and Reaxys Reaxys and SciFinder are complementary. Based on Beilstein (Organic) and Gmelin (Inorganic) Handbooks, Reaxys is useful for checking physical-properties data and preparation/reaction methods for pure compounds. SciFinder provides significantly more substance and bibliographic records as well as patents. SciFinder also scans far more source journals than either Beilstein or Gmelin (over 9,000) and indexes new material more rapidly. SciFinder video tutorials: http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/tutorials.html Reaxys video tutorials: http://trainingdesk.elsevier.com/reaxys

Selected chemical handbooks: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics -Lists chemical constants for 15,000 compounds -Most volumes contain a formula index Dictionary of Organic Compounds -Name, Molecular Formula and CAS indexes -Entries include mini-bibliography Aldrich Handbook of Fine Chemicals and Laboratory Equipment -One volume, easy to use -Only Aldrich available chemicals Merck Index -One volume -Name-reactions index Hawleys Condensed Chemical Dictionary Comprehensive Organic Name Reactions and Reagents by Zerong Wang (3-volume sets) QD 77 .W36 2009 on 4th floor On-line Sources for Chemical Properties -NIST Webbook http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/ -PubChem http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ -ChemSpider http://www.chemspider.com/ Print Resources for Spectra Aldrich Library of Spectra Sadtler Index for Spectral Data On-line Source for Spectra SDBS -Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi Citation Format Use Refworks or the open-source Zotero Thesis & Dissertation Office <[email protected]>; 562.985.4013

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