see also
Periodic Tables |
Spectra |
MSDS's
ChemNetBase
- Editor's Choice!
Searchable reference source which includes the following:
ChemFinder -
Editor's Choice!
Chemical compounds database that links to data sites (such as hazard
information, physical properties, spectra) on the Web.
ChemID Plus
(National Library of Medicine)
Dictionary-style entries for over 350,000 chemical names, over 58,000
of which are enhanced with chemical structures.
Chemistry WebBook (NIST)
Data on 1000's of organic and inorganic compounds and reactions,
including thermochemical and thermochemical data, IR, mass, UV, visible,
electronic, vibrational spectra, physical constants. Search by name,
formula, CAS registry number, molecular weight.
Crystal Lattice
Structures
A concise index of common crystal lattice structures. A graphical
representation as well as useful information about the lattices is
provided.
Dictionary of
Natural Products
This comprehensive source on chemical and physical data covers more
than 120,000 compounds. Each entry contains chemical name, structure
diagram, molecular formula and molecular weight, natural source data, use,
and bibliographic data.
Dictionary of
Organic Compounds
Physical and chemical constants for organic compounds; includes
structure diagrams and literature references on synthesis, structure and
spectra, etc.
Heterocycles Database
This comprehensive source on chemical and physical data covers more
than 120,000 compounds. Each entry contains chemical name, structure
diagram, molecular formula and molecular weight, natural source data, use,
and bibliographic data
Merck Index Online : An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals
Data on organic and inorganic chemicals and drugs. Entries provide structure, patent number, therapeutic use, toxicity, percentage composition and references. Available at the computer near the reference desk at the Science Library.
National Center for
Biotechnology Information (National Library of Medicine)
Protein sequence searching. You can search databases that include
nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, macromolecular structures, and
whole genomes. GenBank, and MEDLINE (through PubMed) are searchable here.
Protein Data Bank
A repository of 3-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules
derived from x-ray crystallography and NMR experiments. To view structures
you need: a Java enabled web browser, a VRML browser, and the RasMol
molecular display program (all are freely available).
Sigma-Aldrich
Search for chemicals and find molecular formula, weight, CAS number,
boiling & melting point, density, structure, prices, MSDS, Beilstein
references, etc.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Periodic Tables 
Web
Elements - Editor's Choice!
Periodic table of the elements with additional sections on
description, physical properties, electronic properties, crystallography,
use and history of each element.
Visual
Elements
The 109 Project is a collaborative arts and science effort supported
by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Each element is presented with
information on its history and use and original graphics.
ChemGlobe Periodic
Table of Elements
This website has printable periodic tables in PDF format--useful for
keeping in a binder or other handy location for reference. Each element
has a page with a description, brief historical facts, isotopes, and
physical properties (electronic, thermal, and steric).
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Spectra
Heterocycles Database
This comprehensive source on chemical and physical data covers more
than 120,000 compounds. Each entry contains chemical name, structure
diagram, molecular formula and molecular weight, natural source data, use,
and bibliographic data
SDBS Integrated
Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
About 10,000 compounds' spectra, searchable by name, CAS RN, molecular
formula, etc.
Chemistry WebBook (NIST)
Data on 1000's of organic and inorganic compounds and reactions,
including thermochemical and thermochemical data, IR, mass, UV, visible,
electronic, vibrational spectra, physical constants. Search by name,
formula, CAS registry number, molecular weight.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Safety Data/Material Safety Data Sheets
Where to Find MSDS on
the Internet - Editor's Choice!
Guide to dozens of sites offering free Material Safety Data Sheets on
the Web, from government agencies and universities to chemical suppliers.
Also offers help understanding MSDS information.
Envirofacts
Warehouse ( Environmental Protection Agency)
Retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Air,
Chemicals, Hazardous Waste, Risk Management Plans, Superfund, and Toxic
Releases, among others. Retrieve data and create reports, or you may
generate maps of environmental information by selecting from several
mapping applications available through EPA's Maps On Demand.
Hazardous Chemicals
Database (University of Akron)
This database will allow the user to retrieve information for any of
2662 hazardous chemicals or 'generic' entries based on a keyword search.
Potential keywords include names, formula and registry numbers (CAS, DOT,
RTECS and EPA).
Toxnet - Toxicology Data Network
(National Library of Medicine)
A cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related
areas. Includes both data and references to the chemical literature.
Vermont SIRI MSDS Archive
Has MSDS's by manufacturer or search for a specific material.
Excellent site!
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Patents
ESP@CENET
Europe's Network of Patent Databases.
SciFinder Scholar
(Chemical Abstracts)
1967-present. Contains abstracts for many chemical patents, including
both US and international. Use this link to download the SciFinder software
for home or office. In the UCSC Science Library, see the reference librarian
for SciFinder workstation.
How to download SciFinder Scholar citations into Endnote
SciFinder How to Guides
United States Patent and Trademark
Office
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Dissertations
Digital Dissertations
[UC Only]
This database (produced by UMI) includes citations for materials
ranging from the first US dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those
accepted as recently as last semester; those published from 1980 forward
also include 350-word abstracts, written by the author. Citations for
master's theses from 1988 forward include 150-word abstracts. Free 24-page
PDF previews available since 1996. When available (usually from
1997-present), online versions of complete UC dissertations are free, but
a credit card is needed for PDF access to works from other institutions.
WorldCat Dissertations and Theses Database [UC Only]
This database contaions records for over 5 million items cataloged as dissertations, theses, or publisher materials based on theses or dissertations in WorldCat. Click on the Databases tab, uncheck Worldcat, and check WorldCatDissertations. To limit to UCSC, check the box next to Limit availability to items in my library using the Advanced Search.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Societies/Associations
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Internet Guides
ChemDex - Sheffield University
Exhaustive and well organized set of chemistry sites.
ChemFinder
Chemical compounds database that links to data sites (such as hazard
information, physical properties, spectra) on the Web.
CHEMINFO
Gary Wiggins' site at Indiana University covers a broad range of
chemistry information that is also keyword searchable. Covers both
Internet and printed chemical resources. Excellent site!
Crystallography Online
This Web site is governed by the International Union of
Crystallography (IUCr) and provides information about software, databases,
suppliers, news, and more all focused in the area of crystallography.
Chemistry index
A supersite of chemical topics from molecular modeling and chemical
safety to biographies of chemists. Offers links to conferences, jobs, and
a search engine.
Combinatorial Chemistry
Internet Guide
A free resource for searching online information pertinent to
academic, industrial, and medical researchers. The home page is organized
into a list of links to journals, publications, societies, software, and
laboratory supply companies.
Links for
Chemists
This site provides a collection of some 8,550 links to other chemistry
sites on the Internet.
Organic Chemistry Resources
Worldwide
A supersite with links to journals, databases, information on thesis
writing, and scientific societies.
The Wired Chemist
This site offers links to search engines for subjects such as career
opportunities and chemistry resources, a periodic table, and a student's
corner where there are chemistry modules, problem sets, and quizzes to
test knowledge.
Trinity
University Cheminformatics Site
This extremely useful Web site is maintained to give access to
current, accurate information on a wide range of chemical informatics
topics. The links access software, electronic conferences and journals,
graduate programs, a guide to the Internet for chemists, a tutorial on
creating Web pages, and most useful, chemistry on the Internet.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Chemical Suppliers & Product Catalogs
LabGuide
Contains information about instruments and equipment, OEM, chemicals
and standards, biotechnology, company directory, general services and
consulting.
CHEMCYCLOPEDIA, the Manual of Commercially Available Chemicals
Search specific chemicals and retrieve an alphabetical list of
companies. Lists chemical, trade names, packaging, special shipping
requirements, potential applications, CAS Registry Numbers, if available.
Search Company Directory for contact information.
Sigma-Aldrich
Search for chemicals and find molecular formula, weight, CAS number,
boiling & melting point, density, structure, prices, MSDS, Beilstein
references, etc.
Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers
Product and service suppliers in 52,000 categories. Good for finding
company contact information or getting lists of suppliers for a particular
product. You must complete the free registration in order to perform a
search.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Keeping Current
CDL Update
A "current awareness" service, which allows UC faculty, staff and
students to create and receive automatic weekly updates of searches in the
MELVYL Catalog and most CDL-hosted databases. The results contain records
that have been added to the system in the previous week, so that you
continue to receive new records for the same search(es). It is a
convenient way to stay current with recent journal articles on a
particular topic, the work of a particular author, new books on a topic
being cataloged for the UC collections, or the table of contents of
selected journals.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Career Information/Jobs
ACS Career Services
Career opportunities and advice for American Chemical Society (ACS)
members; annual salary surveys for professionals and new graduates.
Chronicle of Higher Education -
Career Network
Jobs in academia plus career guidance. For the most current job
listings, users must be Chronicle subscribers, however, the previous
weeks' listings are viewable by anyone.
SciJobs.Org
Indexes biology jobs, chemistry jobs, biochemistry jobs, biotechnology
jobs, and a range of related science jobs. Can search by region, employer
type, and degree required. Includes university, nonprofit, and industrial
employers.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Published every two years by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This
is a standard career guidance source that offers general job descriptions,
starting salaries, and job outlook for a wide range of professions.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Writing Aids
see also
style guides
ACS Style
Sheet
This web page summarizes the
rules regarding footnotes and bibliographies in Chemistry. Since it is
incomplete, make sure you consult the
ACS Style Guide in the reference section of the S&E Library for
further information and examples.
Books about technical writing available at the Science Library
Here is a list (from CRUZCAT) of recent books on technical writing
(i.e., how to write lab reports and scientific articles) that you can
check out at the Science Library. Check the list to see what's available.
Copyright Management Center
(Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)
This website provides access to a wide variety of clearly written
resources about copyright in general and its importance to higher
education, including a variety of other pages dealing with the subject of
copyright.
EndNote
EndNote (available for purchase at an academic discount at the
UCSC Bay Tree Bookstore) is a
database manager that allows you to create your own personal library to
store and manage references to documents. It works with Word and
WordPerfect, and with other common word processors, to insert citations
into papers and to format bibliographies in any of hundreds of styles.
EndNote can import search results from many bibliographic files, such as
the California Digital Library databases (MELVYL catalog, Medline, Current
Contents, etc.), and Web of Science.
Online: A
Reference Guide to Using Online Resources
By Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kepplinger, the authors of the book by
the same name. You won't find the entire book here, but several chapters
on specific citation styles are available online, including one from the
Council of Biology Editors (CBE).
Science Writing
Aids from CHEMINFO
Includes software and other tools for writing assistance, chemical
nomenclature aids, and science writing manuals and style guides.
ACS Style Guide: A manual for authors and editors.
2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1997.
QD8.5 .A25 1997 at Science Reference.
Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information.
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Westport: Meckler, c1993.
PN171.D37L5 1993 at McHenry Reference and in McHenry Stacks.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Teaching Resources
NetTrail Online Literacy Course
(University of California, Santa Cruz) - Editor's
Choice!
Here your students will learn the Internet skills that will help them
succeed academically. The NetTrail contains four modules, each covering an
important area of Internet use: browsing the World Wide Web, sending and
receiving e-mail, searching online library resources and reading and
posting newsgroup messages.
Instruction/Classes/Workshops at the UCSC Science Library
- Editor's Choice!
Find out how the library can help you and your students become more
efficient researchers.
The Macrogalleria
This site developed by the University of Southern Mississippi provides
an excellent, broad-based introduction to polymers.
TILT (University of Texas,
Austin) - Editor's Choice!
This is a great place to start. A fun, interactive library tutorial
that will prepare your students to explore and do research in an online
world.
Case Study Teaching in Science
A refereed national clearinghouse for case studies in science,
including many in chemistry, environmental sciences, and biology. The use
of case studies develops students' skills in group learning, speaking, and
critical thinking.
Chemist's Art Gallery
Spectacular visualization and animations in chemistry done at the
Visualization and Animation Laboratory at Center for Scientific Computing
(CSC), Finland, and by groups at other locations.
Chemistry
Hypermedia Project
Chemistry tutorials online.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
Graduate Programs
Chemistry Graduate Programs
This is an alphabetical list of links to Chemistry Graduate Programs
throughout the United States.
Not finding what you need? Email a reference librarian.
The Chemistry Librarian
Danielle Kane is the Chemistry Librarian at UCSC. She can help you with:
- Suggestions for chemistry books or journals for the library to purchase
- Questions or comments about the books or journals in the library
- Questions or concerns about library policies
- Library instruction in your classes, ranging from basic computer searching to the use of specialized resources in biology
- Provide a refresher on how to use the California Digital Library Databases, MELVYL or CRUZCAT
Danielle can be reached at kaneda@ucsc.edu , phone x9-2816 or mail Danielle Kane, Science & Engineering Library.
