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.
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.
Save to del.icio.us
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.
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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.
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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.
Note: This database is no longer available.
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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.]
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Journals@Ovid (Ovid) 1993 - present. Save to del.icio.us
Selected full text 1993 - present.
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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.
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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 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:
Electronic Journals on the Web:
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 |
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)
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
Use search engines linked on the Internet
Search Tools page to identify additional Web resources.
For further assistance, please contact the
Miller Nichols Library Reference Desk at (816) 235-1534.
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