Chemistry

ARTICLES

The databases below are especially helpful for accessing articles and citations in your discipline.

If you are off-campus, use the link for off-campus access to our databases provided at the end of each description on the Find Articles page.

Academic Search Premier - large interdisciplinary database, with much fulltext content
AccessScience - McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology online
American Chemical Society Journals - extensive fulltext of more than 20 Chemistry journals
Cambridge Histories Online - fulltext content on history of science and other areas
General Science Full Text- large science-related database, with much full-text content
OmniFile Mega Full Text - multi-disciplinary database, with much full-text content
Science Direct - selected fulltext scholarly content from journals published by Elsevier
Wiley InterScience Journals - fulltext scholarly journals in various science disciplines

Here is a list of all Ryan Library databases.
Also try Google Scholar to search for scholarly articles.

BOOKS

The databases NetLibrary Collection and Oxford Reference Online have full-text books online.

Below is a representative list of subject encylopedias held at Ryan Library's reference area.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Van Nostrand's Chemical Encyclopedia

Check Phineas, Ryan Library's online catalog, for additional books available in the library.

WEB RESOURCES

ChemDex.org provides a directory of online chemistry resources.
Chemistry Sources lists an extensive webliography from College & Research Libraries News.
American Elements is a commercial site with an interactive periodic table.

Denise D. Nelson, Liaison to Chemistry Department
Ryan Library, Office 208E
619-849-2477
DeniseNelson@pointloma.edu