Library sources in chemistry & biochemistry
This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Chemistry & Biochemistry available at Concordia Library. It includes material held in the Webster Library (WEB) on the Sir George Williams Downtown Campus, the Vanier Library (VAN) on the Loyola Campus and/or available online. Most materials are located in the Reference area (REF). This is not a complete list. Additional resources may be found by searching the Sofia Discovery tool.
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- Chemical publications, their nature and use: REF QD 8.5 M44 1982 VAN
- How to find chemical information: REF QD 8.5 M34 1998 VAN WEB
- Information sources in chemistry: REF QD 8.5 I47 1992 VAN ONLINE
- ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication: ONLINE
- Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers: REF T 11 S386 2014 VAN
- Compendium de terminologie chimique et lexique anglais-français: REF QD 5 R52 1993 VAN
- Dictionary of chemistry and chemical technology in Japanese, English, Chinese : REF QD 5 D53 1989 VAN
- Patterson's German-English Dictionary for Chemists: REF QD 5 P3 1991 VAN
- Biotechnology from A to Z: REF TP 248.16 B33 2004 VAN
- Chemical Tradename Dictionary: REF TP 9 A73 1993 VAN
- Comprehensive Dictionary of Physical Chemistry: REF QD 5 C4555 1992 VAN
- Concise Etymological Dictionary of Chemistry: REF QD 5 B48X WEB
- Dictionary of Chemistry (through Oxford Reference Online Premium): ONLINE
- Dictionary of Colloid & Surface Science: QD 549 B413 1990 VAN 3rd floor
- Dictionary of Concepts in NMR: REF QD 96 N8H65 1992 VAN
- Dictionary of Electrochemistry: QD 552.5 D37 VAN 3rd floor WEB REF
- Dictionary of Named Effects & Laws in Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics: REF Q 123 B32 VAN WEB
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Chemical Technology: REF TP 9 N64 1993 VAN
- Gardner's Chemical Synonyms & Trade Names: REF TP 9 G286 1999 VAN
- Glossary of Chemical Terms: QD 5 H34 1982 VAN 3rd floor WEB REF
- Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary: REF QD 5 C5 2007 VAN ONLINE
- IUPAC Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: REF QD 159 I52 VAN
- Dictionary of Toxicology: REF RA 1193 D55 1998 VAN
- Named Organic Reactions: QD 291 L3813 2000 VAN 3rd floor
- Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: REF QP 512 O94 2006 VAN ONLINE
- Polymer Science Dictionary: REF QD 380.3 A52 1989 VAN ONLINE
- Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: REF QD 415 A25B713 1997 VAN
- Concise Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemical Additives: REF TP 201 A84 1991 VAN
- Electron Transfer in Chemistry - 5 vol.: REF QD 63 O9E44 2001 VAN
- Elements: QD 466 E48 1998 VAN 3rd floor
- Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry - 15 vol.: REF QD 71.5 E52 2000 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Analytical Science - 10 vol.: REF QD 71.5 E53 1995 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry - 4 vol.: REF QD 415 A25E53 2004 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Catalysis - 6 vol.: REF QD 505 E53 2003 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry - 3 vol.: REF QD 451 E53 2001 VAN ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Chromatography - 2 vol.: REF QD 79 C4E63 VAN ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry - 5 vol.: REF QD 39.3 E46E53 1998 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry of the Elements - 15 vol.: REF QD 551 B37 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry: ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology - 16 vol.: REF TP 1110 E48 2007 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry - 2 vol.: REF QD 876 E53 2004 VAN
- Encyclopedia of the Alkaloids - 3 vol.: QD 421 G54 VAN 3rd floor
- Encyclopedia of Toxicology: REF RA 1193 E53 2005 VAN
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology: REF TP 9 E685 1991 WEB ONLINE
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology - 20 vol.: REF Q 121 M3 2002 WEB
- Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia - 12 vol.: REF TP 1110 P65 1996 VAN
- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry: ONLINE
Treatises are multi-volume publications that cover, in detail, a particular field of chemistry.
- Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology - 73 vol.: REF QD 421 M3 VAN
- Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry - multi-part: REF QD 251 B42B45 VAN
- Biochemical Preparations - 13 vol.: QP 509 B5 VAN 3rd floor
- Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: REF QD 400 C5 VAN
- Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry - 29 vol.: QD 75 W75 VAN 3rd floor
- Comprehensive Biochemistry - 46 vol.: REF QD 415 F54 VAN
- Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry II - 10 vol.: REF QD 474 C65 2004 VAN
- Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry - 8 vol.: QD 400 C65 1984 VAN 3rd floor
- Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry - 5 vol.: REF QD 151.2 C64 VAN
- Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry - 6 vol.: REF RS 402 C65 1990 VAN
- Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry - 9 vol.: REF QD 415 C63 1999 VAN
- Comprehensive Organic Chemistry - 6 vol.: REF QD 245 C65 VAN
- Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II - 14 vol.: REF QD 411 C652 1995 VAN
- Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry - 11 vol.: REF QD 411 C66 1996 VAN
- Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic & Theoretical Chemistry - 16 vol.: REF QD 31 M52 VAN
- Inorganic Reactions and Methods - 18 vol.: REF QD 501 I623 1986 VAN
- Inorganic Syntheses - 34 vol.: REF QD 151 A1I5 VAN
- Methods of Biochemical Analysis - 49 vol. : QD 271 M4 VAN 3rd floor
- Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds - 5 multi-part vol.: REF QD 251 R6 1964 VAN
- Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis (vol. 1: The Elements): REF QD 131 S68 1975b VAN
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (latest at VAN REF desk): REF QD 65 H3 VAN WEB ONLINE
- CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds - 9 vol. : REF QD 257.7 H36 1989 VAN
- Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds - 7 vol.: REF QD 148 D53 1992 VAN
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds - 9 vol.: REF QD 476 D5 1996 VAN
- Dictionary of Substances and their Effects - 7 vol.: REF RA 1193 D53 1999 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification: QD 291 R28 1967 VAN 3rd floor WEB REF
- Lange's Handbook of Chemistry: REF QD 65 L36 VAN WEB
- Merck Index: an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs & Biologicals (latest at REF desk): REF RS 51 M4 2013 VAN WEB ONLINE
- CHEMnetBASE: An electronic database of 11 core authoritative chemistry handbooks, that allows users to search across mutltiple titles at once.
- Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology Handbook: REF TP 248.3 A853 1991 VAN
- CRC Handbook of Basic Tables for Chemical Analysis: REF QD 78 B78 2011 VAN ONLINE
- CRC Handbook of Chromatography - 2 vol.: REF QD 117 C5Z94 VAN WEB
- CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety: REF QD 51 H27 1990 VAN
- CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology: REF QD 719 C73 2012 VAN
- CRC Handbook Series in Inorganic Electrochemistry - 6 vol.: REF QD 557 C73 VAN
- Dictionary of Alkaloids: REF RS 431 A53D53 2010 VAN
- Dictionary of Analytical Reagents: REF QD 77 D498 1993 VAN
- Dictionary of Carbohydrates: REF QP 701 C294 2006 VAN
- Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds - 3 vol. + suppl.: REF QD 411 D53 1984 VAN
- Dictionary of Organophosphorus Compounds: QD 412 P1E36 1988 VAN 3rd floor
- Enzyme Handbook - 17 vol.: REF QP 601 E5158 1990 VAN
- Gels Handbook - 4 vol.: REF QD 549 G35 2001 VAN
- Handbook of Analytical Instruments: REF QD 53 K43 2007 VAN WEB
- Handbook of Aqueous Solubility Data: REF QD 257.7 Y35 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: REF QH 345 H347 2010 VAN
- Handbook of Chemical & Biological Sensors: REF TP 159 C46H36 1996 VAN
- Handbook of Electrochemistry: REF QD 553 H37 2007 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Enzyme Inhibitors: REF QP 601.5 Z64X 1989 VAN
- Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis - 5 vol.: REF QD 505 H34 1997 VAN
- Handbook of Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry - 3 vol.: REF QD 461 H25 2003 VAN
- Handbook of Natural Products Data (Diterpenoid & Steroidal Alkaloids): REF QD 415.7 R34 1990 VAN
- Handbook of Organometallic Compounds: REF QD 411 Y8313 VAN WEB
- Handbook of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: QD 341 H9H317 1983 VAN 3rd floor
- Handbook of Surface and Colloid Chemistry: REF QD 508 H36 2003 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Toxicology: REF RA 1215 C73 2002 VAN ONLINE
- Industrial Solvents Handbook: REF TP 247.5 I53 1998 VAN
- Phytochemical Dictionary: a Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants: REF QK 898 B54P48 1993 VAN
- Practical Handbook of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: REF QP 514.2 P73 1989 VAN
- Surface Crystallographic Information Service: a Handbook of Surface Structures: REF QD 921 S87 1987 VAN
- Compendium of Chemical Terminology: IUPAC Recommendations: QD 5 C455 1997 VAN 3rd floor
- Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds: QD 291 I57 1993 VAN 3rd floor
- IUPAC Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: QD 149 N66 2001 VAN REF
- Principles of Chemical Nomenclature: a Guide to IUPAC Recommendations: QD 7 L44 1998 VAN 3rd floor
- CODATA Key Values for Thermodynamics: REF QD 504 C62 1989 VAN
- Comprehensive Handbook of Chemical Bond Energies: REF QD 461 L86 2007 VAN
- Critical Stability Constants - 6vol.: REF QD 503 M37 VAN
- Data for Biochemical Research: QP 520 D37 1986 VAN 3rd floor
- Dissociation Constants of Organic Bases in Aqueous Solution: REF QD 273 P35 VAN WEB
- International Critical Tables - 8 vol.: REF Q 199 N3 VAN WEB ONLINE
- Ionisation Constants of Inorganic Acids & Bases in Aqueous Solution: REF QD 561 P45 1982 VAN
- Landolt Bornstein Numerical Data (series): QC 61 L33 VAN 3rd floor
- NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables - 2 pt.: REF QD 511 J36+ 1998 VAN WEB
- Physical & Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Chemicals - 5 vol.: REF TP 200 D39 VAN
- Physico-Chemical Constants of Pure Organic Compounds - 2 vol.: REF QD 291 T55 VAN
- Smithsonian Physical Tables: REF QC 61 S6 1969 VAN ONLINE
- Solubilities, Inorganic & Metalorganic Compounds: REF QD 543 L5 1958 VAN
- Standard Potentials in Aqueous Solution: REF QD 571 S74 1985 VAN
- Supplemental Tables of Molecular Orbital Calculations - 2 vol.: QD 461 S9 1965 VAN 3rd floor
- Surface Crystallographic Information Service: REF QD 921 S87 1987 VAN
- Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants & Some Mathematical Functions: QC 61 K3 1986 VAN 3rd floor
- Thermodynamic Data for Biochemistry & Biotechnology: QP 517 T48T47 1986 VAN 3rd floor
These are the major databases that index the literature of Chemistry & Biochemistry. For the full list and further content descriptions visit the Concordia Library Database Finder:
- Chemical Abstracts from 1907
- Includes information on substances and reactions
- Accessible at Vanier and Webster Libraries' workstations or from computers within the Concordia IP range
Medline (via PubMed)
- Citations and abstracts of the biomedical literature back to 1953
- Connect with remote access from Concordia Library Database Finder
- Includes Science Citation Index from 1989 onwards
- Connect with remote access from Concordia Library Database Finder
- Science Citation Index from 1985 to 1988 is available on CD-ROM at Vanier workstation V-140, and from 1965-1992 in print (Z 7401 S365 VAN Index)
- Includes abstracts and citations for scientific journal literature, conference proceedings and books
- Connect with remote access from Concordia Library Database Finder