Information Resources for ChemistryWelcome to the Information Resources for Chemistry subject guide. This subject guide will point you to the most relevant online databases for finding cutting edge research published in chemistry and applied chemistry journals Additional resources includes online access to MSc and PhD theses and a substantial ebook collectio that includes Springer Publishing ebooks. Created by Kevin Lindstrom, Liaison Librarian for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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Chemistry Online Articles and Databases Scifinder Scholar Scifinder Scholar - the online version of Chemical Abstracts is one of the most comprehensive databases for chemistry and chemical engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology, electrochemistry, metallurgy and materials science and pharmacology. Web of Science Web of Science - the online version of Science Citation Index Expanded is a multidisciplinary index to the journal literature of the sciences and applied sciences. It fully indexes over 6,650 major journals across 150 scientific disciplines and includes all cited references captured from indexed articles. Medline on PubMed PubMed comprises over 20 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant Web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources. PubMed is a free resource that is developed and maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ChemSpider Royal Society of Chemistry ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 26 million structures from hundreds of data sources
Chemistry eBooks/Handbooks Springer Ebook Collection Knovel Engineering Books Online CHEMnetBASE CRCnetBase Books Online Books 24X7 Information Technology and Computer Science Collection Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Summon Summon is a search tool that provides fast, relevance ranked results on any topic from the UBC Library collections in a single search.
Theses - Scieng cIRcle: UBC's Institutional Repository UBC theses and dissertations submitted after Fall 2007 are available in full text in cIRcle: UBC's Institutional Repository. A project is underway to digitize older UBC theses, starting with 1992. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text Searchable index of dissertations, some theses. The full text of dissertations and theses added to the database since 1997 are available to UBC users. UBC Library FAQ: Dissertations and Theses More information about locating theses and dissertations - OAI, WorldCat, Theses Canada, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS) Project, On-line Database of Dissertations of China (DOC)(Abstracts) and more... OAIster OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster includes more than 25 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,100 contributors.
Chemical and Lab Safety CCOHS Web Information Service The CCOHS Web Information Service (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety) provides online access to Material Safety Data Sheets, RTECS - the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, and other health and safety related resources. CSA Standards Online Online access is now available to standards from the Canadian Standards Association. ASTM Standards Online Online access to ASTM International's 12,000+ standards is now available to UBC faculty, students, and staff. The collection includes Active, Redline, Historical and Withdrawn standards.
Chemistry Resources Caltech Library American Chemical Society Librarian Resource Center Scifinder Scholar Support and Training Science and Engineering Journal Abbreviations Chemical Abstracts Source Index American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research
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Refworks With RefWorks, users can create their own personal citation databases by importing references from online databases and catalogues. Use these references in writing papers, and automatically format in-text citations/footnotes and bibliographies in seconds. RefWorks is web-based, and is available for various platforms including Windows, and Mac. EndNote Web on Web of Science platform EndNote Web is available to UBC faculty and students from the Web of Snowledge platform.
JCR Journal Citation Reports JCR Journal Citation Reports "Journal Citation Reports® is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 11,000 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 80 countries. It is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all areas of science, technology, and social sciences." Journal Citation Reports will show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field, and the largest journals in a field.
