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Chemistry Subject Guide
General chemistry and biochemistry subject guide, which provides resources on handbooks, tutorials, articles, structure searching, and much more! The guide also provides ways to keep up with the literature and how to to contact the chemistry librarian. [more info]
 
 
Articles (from journals)
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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Service)
[tutorial] Online version of Chemical Abstracts. Use this resource to find Journal Articles, Structure Searching, and Citation searching for topics in Chemistry. See [more info] for help with searching. [more info]
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Scopus (Elsevier)
Excellent source for citation searching or finding original articles in chemistry. Check out the list of journals they index here. [more info]
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PubMed (NLM)
An important database for biochemical literature. Contains over 12 million citations, dating back to 1966. [more info]
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ProQuest Materials Science Collection (ProQuest)
Search several Materials Research resources simultaneously. [more info]
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Citation Searching
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Scopus (Elsevier)
Excellent source for citation searching or finding original articles in chemistry. Check out the list of journals they index here. [more info]
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Chemical Structure
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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Service)
[tutorial] Online version of Chemical Abstracts. Use this resource to find Journal Articles, Structure Searching, and Citation searching for topics in Chemistry. See [more info] for help with searching. [more info]
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ChemBioFinder
A great source for finding chemical property information. Searchable by name, CAS registry number, and substructure. Results usually include an extensive table of links to other databases including NIST, OSHA, and Material Safety Data Sheets. [more info]
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eMolecules
eMolecules is the world’s most comprehensive openly accessible search engine for chemical structures. [more info]
 
 
Books / Book Chapters
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JMU Library Catalog (JMU Libraries)
Search the JMU Libraries for Books, Journals, or Videos. [more info]
Internet
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InterLibrary Loan (JMU Libraries)
Order a book or journal article from another library. Note: This process takes 7-10 business days. [more info]
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Safari Books Online (ProQuest)
A collection of technical books available for JMU students, faculty and staff. [more info]
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WorldCat (OCLC / Firstsearch)
Interface change coming soon! The FirstSearch platform will transition to WorldCat Discovery on December 31, 2015. Search a catalog of over 40 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide. [more info]
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Help / Research Guides
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Chemistry Research Guide (JMU Libraries)
Here is the chemistry research guide. A good place to start when you don't know where to start. [more info]
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RefWorks
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic citations by importing references from text files or online databases.

Need to export from LEO Library Catalog into RefWorks? See the tutorial.
Need to export from other resources into RefWorks? See the tutorials. [more info]

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Atomic Learning
This resource will cease as of 6/30/2015. Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day. [more info]
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COS Funding Opportunities (ProQuest)
A comprehensive source of available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding. [more info]
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SciFinder Basic Handout
Learn the Basics about SciFinder Scholar [more info]
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SciFinder Scholar 2006: Under the Hood
Here is a diagram of what happens behind the scenes of SciFinder Scholar created by A. Ben Wagner. [more info]
 
 
Reference Information
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Taylor and Francis)
Authoritative source for all types of data commonly needed by physical scientists, engineers, and students. Search by text or substance/property. [more info]
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E-EROS (Wiley)
This is the online counterpart of the Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (HROS) [more info]
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Merck Index Online (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Find physical property information for commonly used chemicals and drugs. [more info]
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Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
The sixteenth edition of Lange's Handbook of Chemistry is the main reference source for chemists and chemical engineers. [more info]
Rose Library Reference, QD65.L36 2005
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Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry
Covers the fundamentals of supramolecular chemistry ... [more info]
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AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)
Encylopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources ... [more info]
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Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters)
Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals. [more info]
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Websites
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Google Scholar
Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]
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International Council on Nanotechnology: EHS Database
The ICON Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) database contains summaries (abstracts) and citations for research papers related to the EHS implications of nanoscale materials. You may have to check Periodical Locator to retrieve full text of the articles [more info]
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MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheets
Find Materials Safety Data Sheets and hazard information about chemicals used in labs. [more info]
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Web Elements
Find details for elements on the periodic table. [more info]
 
 
Professional Organizations
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American Chemical Society
The Official Site of the American Chemical Society [more info]
 
 
 
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JMU Libraries resource
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VIVA resource
Sponsored by VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia
 
External Web site
Open Access/Free Resource