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Electronic Databases

Subject Specific Databases:

Recommended databases for Undergraduates

ACS Journals
AGRICOLA - 1970 to present. Covers all aspects of agriculture.
BasicBiosis - rolling file of last four years. A subset of Biological Abstracts, excellent for undergraduate use.
BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS - 1996 to present. Comprehensive biological literature.
Blackwell Synergy - Some full-text
GEOREF - 1785 to present. Comprehensive guide to geology and earth sciences including geochemistry.
INSPEC - 1969+Coverage includes physics, electrical engineering, electronics, telecommunications, computers, control technology, and information technology
MEDLINE - Via PubMed. Comprehensive medical literature.
PubMed
Royal Society of Chemistry - Limited full-text
ScienceDirect - Limited full-text
Wiley InterScience - Limited full-text

Also, try Google Scholar

Recommended for Graduate Students and Faculty
(All the above databases and the following)

Beilstein (on campus users only, must download search software)
Medline (via Ebsco)
Medline (via Ovid)
SCIENCE CITATION INDEX (CD-ROM) - 1996 to present. Citation analyses in the sciences. Available in Reference Room of Main Library.
SCIFINDER SCHOLAR - 1907 to present. Comprehensive chemistry literature (Chemical Abstracts online). Abstracts from more than 8000 journals, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations. Please read license agreement carefully as use is closely monitored! Tutorial at http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html
Web of Science - Includes Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index from 1981- Present

General or Related Databases:

ARTICLE1ST -1990+. Multidisciplinary covers thousands of titles in the sciences.
Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ)
Dissertation Abstracts - 1861+, abstracts from 1980-present. Includes selected masters theses and dissertations from U.S., Canada and Europe
Disserations Full-text - University of Mississippi dissertations online, 1997-
EbscoHost - A collection of general reference and subject-specific research databases offering indexing and abstracting for periodical and newspaper articles; some full-text.
IEEE Xplore - IEEE conference proceedings, abstracts and full-text of IEEE journals, magazines and transactions since 1998
Ingenta - Multidisciplinary journal coverage with table of contents alerting service
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Wide variety of news, business, medical, reference and legal information including patents. Mostly full-text.
NetLibrary- full-text of over 27,000 books.
PubMed
PubMed Central
WorldCat- Catalog of monographic publications from around the world.

Electronic Journals

To find journals available online at UM, look up titles in the library catalog and follow the links.
(Or)
Look it up on Journal Finder

Free full-text access to selected back issues of life science journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) available online through Highwire Press.

Chemical Information Sources

Physical Properties I MSDS I Spectra (print) I Synthesis I
Dictionaries I Encyclopedias I Citation/Style
Physical Properties

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics: [Science Ready Reference] QD65 ...H3; A reference for chemical and physical property data of a large number of common compounds. Includes nomenclature, structures, information on sources of critical data and mathematical tables.

Merck Index

[Science Ready Reference] RS51 ..M4 .M4

A one-volume encyclopedia 10,000+ chemicals, drugs, and related biological products arranged by common names. Includes molecular formulae, CAS Registry Numbers, structures, physical and toxicity data, therapeutic and commercial uses, and literature citations.

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry

[Science Reference] QD65 .L36 1992; Similar to the CRC Handbook but each has unique data. Easy to use tabular presentation, concise descriptions and definitions, and extensive cross-indexed subject listing.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Hazard.com
J.T.Baker
Chemfinder
Oxford University
Iowa State University

Spectra (Print)
Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra: [Sci Ref] QD 96 .I5 P66 1985
Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra: [Sci Ref] QD 96 .I5 P67 1981
Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra: [Sci Ref] QD 96 .N8 P68 1983
Sadtler Handbook of Ultraviolet Spectra: [Sci Ref] QC 459 .S25 1979
Sadtler Handbook of Proton NMR Spectra: [Sci Ref] QC 762 .S3 1978
Sadtler Handbook of Infrared Spectra: [Sci Ref] QC 453 .S73 1978

Synthesis
Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry/Science of Synthesis, Houben-Weyl Methods of Organic Transformations: [Science] QD258 .M44; Multi-volume, comprehensive, critical treatment of synthetic chemistry
Organic Syntheses (Wiley) 1921+: [Science Reference] QD262 .O7; Detailed procedures tried more than once, include references. Collective volumes group and update earlier reports.
Organic reactions 1942+: [Science] QD251 .O7.; Comprehensive coverage of classes of reactions. Good source for reviews.
Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Fieser and Fieser) 1967+: [Science Reference] QD262 .F5; Encyclopedic arrangement, includes some inorganic reagents.
Theilheimers Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry 1982+: [Science Library] QD262 .S94

Dictionaries
Dictionary of Organic Compounds: [Science Library Reference] QD246 .D5 1982; Nine volume set provides key data on fundamental organic compounds, commercially available chemicals, natural products, important biochemicals, and other compounds of current research interest.
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary: [Science Reference] QD 5 C5 1997; Descriptions of chemicals and chemical terms. Includes formulas, registry numbers, derivations, synonyms, potential hazards and uses.

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Chemists(Paquette): [Science Reference] QD77 .E53 1995; Comprehensive coverage of about 3500 reagents alphabetically arranged using IUPAC nomenclature.
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry (King): [Science Reference] QD148 .E53 1994; 8. vols with comprehensive coverage of main group elements and transition metals, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry, solid state and physical and theoretical methods.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology: [Science Reference 1978/Main Reference 1991] TP 9 E685; Lengthy articles covering chemical substances and topics related to industry. Includes references.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology: [Reference] Q121 .M3 1992; Provides information on every field of pure and applied scientific and technological endeavor, and includes many tables, charts, and illustrations as well as references for further research.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica/Britannica.com: [Science Reference 1993/Main Reference 1998] AE5 .E363 1993; Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.

Citation/Style

ACS Style Guide: a Manual for Authors and Editors: [Sci Ref] QD 8.5 .A25 1997
CASSI Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index: [Sci Ref] Z 5523 A523; Full names of abbreviated titles listed in Chemical Abstracts.

Chemistry Librarian:

Buffy Choinski
ulemc@olemiss.edu
915-7910