To Find Books
Use the MERLIN Library Catalog and the MOBIUS Union Catalog to find resources relevant to your research. Relevant works can be found using subject headings (Library of Congress) such as:
To find the location of a book in Miller Nichols Library, see the Location Guide.
To Find Articles
Remote (off-campus) access to databases is available only to UMKC students, faculty, and staff. All other users must access online resources within the Libraries. Begin searching by selecting a database. After selection you will be prompted to provide a UMKC Single Sign-On user name and password OR a 9-digit UMKC ID number followed by the letter k (example: 0123456789k) and last name, as needed.
Before you do your research, you may want to read a little about how science and scientists publish the information they discover in the course of their research and why one source of information may not be as good as another. Sence about Science.
- ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) 1879 - present.
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Full text 1879 - present.
New Now available: full text from 1879-1995 has been added through purchase of the ACS Legacy Archives. - SciFinder Scholar. 1907 - present. UMKC students, faculty and staff can use this database from the workstations in the Miller Nichols Library Information Commons or elsewhere on campus, by using the SciFinder Scholar Downloading Information (http://merlin.missouri.edu/merlin/pages/scholar.htm) to download a copy of the client software. Access available 24 hours a day except Saturday from 10:00 p.m. until midnight and on the first Saturday of each month: available until 4:00 p.m.
Note: The 2004 version of SciFinder Scholar has been retired. Please install the 2007 version. -
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) 1975 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1975 - present.
This multidisciplinary database indexes and abstracts journals in a broad range of subjects. Full text is available for a large proportion of the titles. A high percentage of titles are peer-reviewed. Dates of coverage vary widely by title. All content of Academic Search Elite is included in this resource. - Annual Reviews (Annual Reviews) 1996 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1996 - present.
Full-text access to selected Annual Review publications containing authoritative, analytic reviews of primary research in 30 focused disciplines within the biomedical, physical and social sciences. -
CSA Technology Research Databases Save to del.icio.us (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
1962 - present.
Materials science, aeronautics, computer & information technology, electronics, physics, engineering. - Current Contents (Ovid) July 1993 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Links to full text 1998 - present. -
Dissertations
& Theses (ProQuest) 1861 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1963 - present (Includes UMKC dissertations and theses only).
"The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It is the database of record for graduate research, with over 2.3 million dissertations and theses included from around the world. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 60,000 new citations are added to the database every year." Selected full text for UMKC dissertations and theses is available. [Source: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database information page; accessed January 3, 2007.] -
Journals@Ovid (Ovid) 1993 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1993 - present. -
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1996 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Full text October 1996 - present.
Full-text access to the weekly science magazine. -
ScienceDirect Save to del.icio.us (Elsevier) 1823 - present; coverage
varies by title.
Selected full text 2000 - present; Clinics of North America titles 1996 - present.
New Additional journals are now available with the addition of the Freedom Collection. - Provides full text access to articles from the last twelve months of select Elsevier journals subscribed to by the University Libraries.
- ScienceNOW (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1996
- present. Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1996 - present.
An online news service from Science magazine. Articles are posted daily except U.S. holidays. - Science
Citation Index (Online) SeeISI Web of Science
Note: This database is no longer be available. - Wiley InterScience (Wiley) 1946 - present; coverage varies by title. Save to del.icio.us
Full text 1996 - present; coverage varies by title.
A broad spectrum of electronic journals in the sciences and social sciences published by John Wiley & Sons. Includes full text articles, citations and abstracts for journals. Full text is generally available beginning in 1996 or 1997, although coverage does vary by title. Citations and abstracts are often available for articles published earlier; coverage varies by title.
University Libraries Photocopying and Printing Services
Selected Journals
This list includes journals available in the University Libraries (check the MERLIN Library Catalog for holdings and location information). To identify additional related journals, search MERLIN by subject or keyword.Print Journals Available at Linda Hall Library (www.lindahall.org):
Select Search Leonardo and search by: All Titles Alphabetical to see Linda Hall Library's holdings for the following journals:
- Chemical Abstracts
- Chemtech
- Chemical Society Reviews London
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Science Citation Index
Electronic Journals on the Web:
- American Chemical Society Journals
E-versions of 26 journals. Several are also available in print at Linda Hall Library
(acsinfo.acs.org) - Accounts of Chemical Research
- Analytical Chemistry
- Chemical Reviews
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Journal of Physical Chemistry
- Cambridge University
Chemistry Journals
(www.ch.cam.ac.uk/ChemJournals.html) - HYLE: An International Journal
for the Philosophy of Chemistry
(www.hyle.org/index.html) - Internet Journal of Chemistry
Electronic-only journal.
(www.ijc.com/) - Journal of Biological Chemistry Online
Full text of JBC (Jan 1995-present) available by subscription only.
(www.jbc.org/) - Journal of Chemical
Education Online
(jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/) - The Journal of Chemical Physics
(ojps.aip.org/jcpo/top.jsp) - Nonlinear
Science Today
Adjunct to Journal of Nonlinear Science
(www.springerlink.com/app/home/journal.asp?wasp=9h0b3q31234kwgcda9au&referrer=parent&backto=linkingpublicationresults,1,1) - Molecular Diversity
(www.5z.com/moldiv/) - Molecules
Online (Springer-Verlag)
Discontinued from 2000
(link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00783/index.htm) - PhyschemComm
Electronic-only communications journal
(www.rsc.org/is/journals/current/PhysChemComm/pccpub.htm) - The Scientist
(www.the-scientist.com/)
Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Directories
Reference sources are useful for locating background information, definitions, general descriptions, and basic facts. Use these books to help you select or focus your research topic.
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
| Comprehensive Dictionary of Physical Chemistry | Ref QD5 .C4555 |
| Concise Chemical and Technical Dictionary | Ref QD5 .B4 |
| Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology | Ref TP9 .E685 |
| Encyclopedia of Chemistry | Ref QD5 .E58 |
| Glossary of Chemical Terms | Ref QD5 .H34 |
| Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary | Ref QD5 .C5 |
| McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology | Ref Q121 .M3 |
| Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals | Ref RS51 .M4 |
Handbooks
| Beilsteins Handbuch der Organischen Chemie | Linda Hall Library |
| The Chemist's Ready Reference Handbook | Ref QD65 .S537 |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | Ref QD65 .H32 |
| CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety | QD51. C73 |
| Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information | Ready Ref PN171 .D37 L5 |
| Gmelin Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie | Linda Hall Library |
| Handbook of Heterocyclic Chemistry | QD400 .K29 |
| Lange's Handbook of Chemistry | Ref QD65 . L362 |
| Library Handbook for Organic Chemists | QD256 .P67 |
| Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers | Ready Ref T11 .C68 |
Directories
| American Men and Women of Science | Ref Q141 .A472 |
Government Publications
All call numbers in this guide refer to the UMKC Miller Nichols Library, unless otherwise noted.
- Environmental Protection Agency
Includes scientific research programs, test methods, guidelines, and grants and fellowships.
(www.epa.gov) - Fedworld
Established by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), this site provides a starting point for searching, locating, and acquiring federal government and business information.
(www.fedworld.gov) - Information Bridge
Allows full-text access to Department of Energy -sponsored research and development reports (1996-) on Chemistry, Physics, Biology, materials, etc.
(www.osti.gov/bridge/) - National Science Foundation
Site has full-text information on grants and funding, relevant readings in chemistry, funding opportunities, programs/awards, proposal and submission formats, and evaluation criteria.
(www.nsf.gov) - The NIST Chemistry WebBook
This site provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program. - Science.gov
A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results.
(Science.gov) - SDBS Spectral Database
SDBS is an integrated spectral database system for organic compounds. The six kinds of spectra available are, Electron impact Mass spectrum (EI-MS), Fourier transform infrared spectrum (FT-IR), 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum, 13C NMR spectrum, Laser Raman spectrum, and Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrum. - US National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Develops and applies technology measurement standards. CSTL Physical and Chemical Properties.
(www.nist.gov) - US Patent and Trademark
Office (1976-)
Front page information and AIDS patent database full-text with images. Site includes patent information, guides for filling design patents, examining procedures, and patent rules and regulations.
(www.uspto.gov)
Web Resources
Metasites and Directories
- Chem Info.
Contains information resources divided into specific sections including publication/databases, reaction/synthesis information, physical properties information, patent and structure searching.
(www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo) - Chemistry
Resources on the Internet
Links are provided to physical constants, coversion factors, laws, tables, properties, structures databases, NIST WebBook, WebElements, Organic Compounds, database, nomenclature, sites for Material Safety Data Sheets and more.
(www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/chemistr.html) - The Sheffield Chemdex
Covers Chemistry Departments world-wide, associations, government agencies, laboratories, specific divisions of chemistry, databases, periodical table sites, commercial sites and links to other mega sites.
(www.chemdex.org) - The Worldwide
Web Virtual Library: Chemistry
Lists academic institutions, non-profit organizations, commercial sites and other resources.
(www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html)
Links to Other World Wide Web Chemistry Resources
- Acronym Finder
(www.acronymfinder.com/) - CATH: The
Protein Structure Classification database
(www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/cath/index.html) - Chemcenter
(www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/issuebrf/sib98312.htm) - Chemfinder Webserver
(chemfinder.camsoft.com) - Chemicals Database
(ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd) - Chemistry
Index
(www.claessen.net/chemistry/base_en.htm) - Chemistry
Resources on the Internet
(www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/98-winter/interne1.html) - ChemWeb.com
(chemweb.com) - The
Homepage for Chemists
(www.chemie.de/~knecht/englisch/chemeng.phtml) - International
Dimensions of NSF Research and Education
(www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/pubs/02overview/overview.htm) - The
Molecular Modelling Database (MMDB), by the National Center of Biotechnology
Information (NCBI)
(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/MMDB/mmdb.shtml) - National
Science Foundation: What is Happening to Academic Employment of Scientists
and Engineers?
(www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/issuebrf/sib98312.htm) - NIST Online
Physical Data
(physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html) - NIST Virtual
Library Chemistry Subject Guide
(nvl.nist.gov/nvl2.cfm?dynamic=res_subj&subjectid=7) - NCBI Structure
(www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/index.shtml) - Nucleic Acids
(ndbserver.rutgers.edu) - Organic
Compounds Database
(www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/cath/index.html) - SciQuest
(www.sciquest.com) - WebElements
(www.webelements.com/) - Wendy Warr and Associates
(www.warr.com) - WWW Chemistry
Resources
(www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html)
Use search engines linked on the Internet Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.
Professional Organizations and Conferences
- The American Chemical Society
(www.acs.org) - Alpha Chi Sigma
(www.alphachisigma.org) - Patent Information Users Group
(piug.org) - Royal Society of Chemistry
(www.rsc.org/) - Academic Chemistry
Departments in the United States
(www.library.ucsb.edu/docs/chemuniv.html) - Academic Chemistry
Departments Outside the United States
(www.library.ucsb.edu/docs/chemuni2.html)
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