Chemistry

Librarian: Nancy Sprague
E-mail: nsprague@uidaho.edu
Phone: (208) 885-6248
Visit: Reference Hours
Research Assistance Program

Reference Works

The reference section is located on the 1st floor of the library.

Books are shelved using the Library of Congress Classification scheme.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks

Title/Description	Call #
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics	Ref QD65.H3
Merck Index	Ref RS356.M524
Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry	Ref QD65.L36
Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary	Ref QD5.C5 2007
Dictionary of Organic Compounds	Ref QD251.H45
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology	Ref TP9.E685
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry	Ref QD415.A25E53
Van Nostrand’s Encyclopedia of Chemistry	Ref QD4.V36 2005
ACS Style Guide	Ref QD8.5 A25
Oxford Reference Online – A Dictionary of Chemistry	ebook
Smithsonian Physical Tables	ebook
NIST Physical Reference Data	ebook

Books

Books are located on the 3rd (H-Z) and 4th (A-G) floors organized by the Library of Congress Classification scheme.

Search for books (including the e-book collection) using the library catalog.

Call Number Areas to Browse

Articles

Articles are generally more specific; use more specific keywords to create a narrower search.
Journals may contain both popular and scholarly sources (magazine, journal, and newspaper articles)

Browse Journals in Chemistry

Search Article Databases

SciFinder
The most comprehensive database for scholarly research in chemistry. Provides access to the following Chemical Abstracts Service databases and Medline:
- Chemical Abstracts (CAPLUS, bibliographic data, 1907-present)
- Registry(chemical structures, biosequences and names, with associated property and spectral data)
- CASREACT (single and multi-step organic reactions, 1840-present)
- Chemcats (commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers)
- Chemlist (regulatory information on chemicals)
First time users can register for SciFinder access here. SciFinder tutorials are also available.
Web of Science

A good starting point for finding scientific articles in major journals from a wide range of scientific disciplines, including chemistry and biochemistry. This database can also be used to identify articles that cite a particular author or article. Covers scholarly publications from 1900-present.
Pubmed

Index to international biomedical literature, 1950-present.
Dissertations and Theses

Provides information on dissertations and theses from US and international universities. Access the full text of recent University of Idaho dissertations, when available.
Sciverse ScienceDirect

Provides access to the full-text of articles in journals published by Elsevier Science. UI journal subscriptions are indicated by a green key icon in the journal listing.
American Chemical Society Publications

Search ACS publications.
Journal Citation Reports
Allows evaluation and comparison of journals using citation data from over 7,500 scholarly journals

Other Resources

ACS Symposium Series

Online access to books from the ACS Symposium Series from 2009 to present
CASSI: CAS Source Index Search Tool

Useful tool for identifying or confirming journal titles and abbreviations for publications indexed by CAS since 1907.
ChemSpider

Property data, literature and patent references, reactions, and spectral data, provided by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
PubChem

Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules, provided by NIH.
Scirus

Search for journal content, scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-prints, and patents.