Subject Guides

CHEM 592 Library Resources

Overview of library resources for CHEM 592 library lecture.

Guide Contents

Citing Sources - ACS Style

ACS - Citing Your Sources (Williams College)
Examples of how to cite common reference types.

ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication (online ebook)
This ebook has a wealth of information on how to cite materials and evaluate the chemical literature. 

Mendeley
​Manage and format article information for bibliographies, footnotes, etc.

1. Create an account on Mendeley.
2. Download Mendeley Citation Plug-in 
(if you can) (Word, LibreOffice)

Allows you to insert citations into Word Documents.
3. Install the Mendeley Web Importer Chrome extension.
Allows you to import articles and references.

More Help: Getting Started with Mendeley video.

Handy Links from Class Discussion

More information on items mentioned in lecture:

Google Scholar Citations: include profiles for many researchers with citation and other impact data.

Lazy Scholar Browser Extension: Finds free scholarly full texts, metrics, and provides quick citation and sharing links automatically.

Libkey Nomad Browser Extension: Add direct links to articles in library-licensed databases.

ORCID ID: Author profiles for researchers and article authors. 

 

Places to search for Journal Articles and Chemical Structures

There are different tools to help you locate information in chemistry.

1. Encyclopedia: AccessScience

2. Journal article databases with structure and reaction search tools:

CAS Scifinder-n (You will get a link to register for this after the lecture. You can also email me for the registration link anytime.)

PubMed

Chemspider

3. Journal article citation databases:

Web of Science

CAS Scifinder-n

Google Scholar

Learning about Chemistry and Chemical Topics on the web

There are lots of classroom materials of chemistry lectures, problem sets and exams on the web:
 

Khan Academy has many introductory chemistry lecture videos. Note that problem set solutions may be locked.

CrashCourse has videos on Chemistry course topics.

MIT OpenCourseWare has lectures, problem sets and exams online.

UCI Open has lectures, problems and solutions in individual lectures.

Periodic Table of Videos covers many chemical topics.

Alternative Periodic Tables you may not have seen.

Periodic Table parodies on a variety of themes.

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