ResearchGuides: Chemistry : Quick Facts

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

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Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary
Call Number: Reference Desk QD5 .C5 2007
Definitions of terms; summaries of chemical information; formulas, properties, hazards, and uses. The most recent is at the Reference Desk. Earlier editions are in the stacks.
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Call Number: Reference Desk QD5 .E46 2005
A one volume reference work with more detail than dictionaries on a variety of topics.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Call Number: Reference Desk QD65 .H3
The classic reference for chemical facts and data. The most recent edition is at the Reference Desk. Earlier editions can be requested from closed stacks.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Call Number: Reference Desk QD415 .O93 2006
The Merck Index by Maryadele J. O'Neil (Editor)
Call Number: Reference Desk RS153 .M4 2013
ISBN: 9781849736701
Other editions also available.
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry by John C. Lindon (Editor-In-Chief); George E. Tranter (Editor-In-Chief); David Koppenaal (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: Reference Room - 1st Floor QD95 .E52 2017
ISBN: 9780128032244
Publication Date: 2016-10-26
Organic Chemist's Desk Reference, Third Edition by Caroline Cooper; Rupert Purchase
Call Number: Reference Room - 1st Floor QD251 .D472 2018
ISBN: 9781498734011
Publication Date: 2017-08-09
Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds
Call Number: Reference Room QD148 .D52
Includes molecular weight, formulas, hazard descriptions, physical data, and bibliographic references for synthesis, use, spectra...
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Call Number: Reference Room QD251 .D47 1996
Includes molecular weight, formulas, hazard descriptions, physical data, and bibliographic references for synthesis, use, spectra, etc.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Call Number: TP9 .E614 Reference Room
Multivolume set with extensive articles covering uses, production methods, and other information on industrial chemicals. This is often a great place to start for a broad search on a chemical or group of chemicals.

Elements

The elements. 3rd edition
by John Emsley.
Entry for each element includes chemical, physical, biological, nuclear, electron shell, crystal, and geological data.
Reference Desk QD466.E48 1998
WebElements: the periodic table on the Web

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