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PRINTABLE GUIDES & HANDOUTS:

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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.
  • Oxford Reference Online - Provides full-text access to many subject dictionaries and encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and more. Uses a unique login; see RPCC Library Services under RPCC Support in Moodle, or stop by the Library for more information.
  • Science and Technology Collection - Provides full-text articles from over 800 scientific and technical journals, and abstracts from 1,700 other science periodicals.

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

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SELECTED E-BOOKS:

eBook Collection from EBSCOhost is our largest provider of ebooks (electronic copies of printed books PDF format), available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. eBook Collection has an easy-to-use search interface. You will be prompted to login with your 12-digit Library User ID to access these e-books from off-campus. Please see our Tutorials on eBook Collection from EBSCOhost for more information.

General Reference
Organic Chemistry

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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 (Also available as an e-book; see above)
  • Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, 1994.
    Call number: QD 42 .O28 1994

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SELECTED JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPERS:

Print periodicals are located in C-119 (LRC)

  • Scientific American

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ONLINE RESOURCES:

General Reference
  • 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, an award-winning hyper-linked periodic table that provides properties, uses, etc. for the elements.
Organic Chemistry

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