Course Guides: Chemistry

Courses listed in the General Catalog:

• CHEM 1010: Chemistry I
• CHEM 1010L: Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHEM 1020: Chemistry II
• CHEM 1020L: Chemistry Laboratory II
• CHEM 1040: Chemistry for PTEC Majors
• CHEM 1040L: Chemistry Laboratory for PTEC Majors
• CHEM 1300: Chemistry I for Non-Science Majors
• CHEM 1300L: Chemistry I Laboratory for Non-Science Majors
• CHEM 1310: Chemistry II for Non-Science Majors
• CHEM 1310L: Chemistry II Laboratory for Non-Science Majors
• CHEM 2210: Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 2210L: Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 2220: Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 2220L: Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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• Printable Guides & Handouts
• Suggested Databases
• Selected E-Book Sources
• Locations of Chemistry Resources in the Library
• Selected Books in the Library
• Online Resources
• Research Guides: includes citation help

PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

• Course Guide Handout-Chemistry (PDF)

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SUGGESTED DATABASES:

• Academic Search Complete - Provides full-text articles from more than 5,500 multi-disciplinary, scholarly journals and publications.
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive - Provides a multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals and other resources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
• Science and Technology Collection - Provides full-text articles from over 800 scientific and technical journals, and abstracts from 1,700 other science periodicals.
• Business Source Complete - Provides current full-text articles from nearly 1,200 business-related serials, reference works, reports, including industry and company profiles.
• LexisNexis Academic - Provides full-text articles and complete company and industry profiles.

Please note that when accessing the databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to login.

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SELECTED E-BOOK SOURCES:

• NetLibrary - Provides access to over 59,000 ebooks (electronic copies of printed books, often in PDF format) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NetLibrary has an easy to use search interface. (You will need a NetLibrary account to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see the tutorial, Accessing & Using NetLibrary for more information.)



General Reference

• Basic Training in Chemistry, 2002, by Steven L. Hoenig.
• Chemistry Demystified, 2003, by Linda D. Williams.
• Data Analysis for Chemistry: An Introductory Guide for Students and Laboratory Scientists, 2006, by D. B. Hibbert.
• Homework Helpers. Chemistry, 2004, by Greg Curran.
• The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Chemistry, 2004.
• Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Beginning Chemistry, 3rd Edition, 2005, by David E. Goldberg.

Organic Chemistry

• Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure, 1992, by Jerry March.
• Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, 2004, by Graham L. Patrick.
• Organic Chemistry Demystified, 2006, by D. R. Bloch.
• Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Organic Chemistry, 3rd Edition, 1991, by Herbert Meislich.

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LOCATIONS OF CHEMISTRY RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY:

Chemistry-related topics can be found in resources located in these Library of Congress call number ranges:

• QD1 to QD999 - Chemistry
• QD1 to QD65 - General chemistry
• QD241 to QD441 - Organic chemistry
• QD415 to QD436 - Biochemistry

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SELECTED BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY:

General Reference

• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 78th Edition, 1997.
  Call number: QD 65 .C72 1997 REF
• Chemistry for the Utterly Confused, 2007.
  Call number: QD 41 .M66 2007
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 14th Edition, 2002.
  Call number: QD 5 .C5 2002 REF
• How to Find Chemical Information, 3rd Edition, 1998.
  Call number: QD 8.5 .M34 1998

Organic Chemistry

• Introduction to Organic Chemsitry I, 2000.
  Call number: QD 256.2 .E38 2000
• Organic Chemistry, 2000.
  Call number: QD 253 .P376 2000
• Organic Chemistry Demystified, 2006.
  Call number: QD 253.2 .B56 2006
• Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 1994.
  Call number: QD 42 .O28 1994

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

General Reference

• Acid and Base pH Tutorial. This tutorial includes quizzes for each section, a glossary, a searchable periodic table, and other resources. From the Chemistry Department of the University of British Columbia, canada./li>
• Chemical Thesaurus, An interactive reaction chemistry database offering different search options as well tutorials and drills.
• Chemistry Learning Tools, Various learning tools from the Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University at Fullerton.
• chemguide: Helping you to understand Chemistry; defines terms and concepts, searchable by keyword or using its menu of concepts; also includes a few links. Note that this is a UK site and uses British English rather than American.
• Chemistry Study Cards "An extensive set of study cards in Adobe Acrobat format on each topic, concept, and skill in general chemistry. They may be used as pre-study objectives or for review before an exam on the topics." --Reviewer description.
• WebElements periodic table Scholar edition, an award-winning hyper-linked periodic table that provides properties, uses, etc. for the elements.

Organic Chemistry

• Colby College Organic Chemistry Simulations, organic chemistry demo videos.
• Interactive 3D Organic Reaction Mechanisms. "This site contains interactive 3D animations for some of the most important organic reactions covered during an undergraduate degree with supporting information on reactivity and spectroscopy," from the University of Liverpool.
• Organic Chemistry Help!, includes tutorials illustrations of reaction mechanisms, practice test, lab help, etc.
• WebSpectra, Problems in NMR and IR Spectroscopy, "This site was established to provide chemistry students with a library of spectroscopy problems."

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