Library sources in organic chemistry
This guide lists a selection of the more important sources of information on Organic Chemistry 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 3rd floor
- Library handbook for organic chemists : REF QD 256 P67 2000 VAN
- ACS style guide: REF QD 8.5 A25 2006 VAN
- Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers: REF T 11 S386 2014
- Dictionary of Chemistry (through Oxford Reference Online Premium): ONLINE
- Dictionary of Named Effects & Laws in Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics: REF QD 5 B32 1980 VAN WEB
- 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 ONLINE
- Name reactions and reagents in organic synthesis : REF QD 291 M86 2005 VAN
- Named Organic Reactions: QD 291 L3813 2000 VAN 3rd floor
- Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: REF QP 512 O94 VAN ONLINE
- Concise Encyclopedia Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: REF QD 415 A25B713 1997 VAN ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry - 4 vol.: REF QD 415 A25E53 2004 VAN
- Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry: ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of Catalysis - 6 vol.: REF QD 505 E53 2003 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Chromatography: ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of electrochemistry of the elements Vol.12-15: Organic Section: REF QD 551 B37 VAN
- Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: ONLINE
- Encyclopedia of the Alkaloids: QD 421 G54 VAN 3rd floor
Treatises are multi-volume publications that cover, in detail, a particular field of chemistry.
- Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry - multi-part: REF QD 251 B42B45 VAN
- Chemistry of Functional Groups (Series) - 21 vol.: VAN 3rd floor - NOT SHELVED AS A SET
- Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - 65 vol.: REF QD 400 C5 VAN
- Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods - 3 vol.: REF QD 262 H32 VAN
- Comprehensive Biochemistry - 46 vol.: REF QD 415 F54 VAN
- Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry: the Structure, Reactions, Synthesis, and Uses of Heterocyclic Compounds - 8 vol.: REF QD 400 C65 1984 VAN
- Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry - 9 vol.: REF QD 415 C63 1999 VAN
- Comprehensive Organic Chemistry: the Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds - 6 vol.: REF QD 245 C65 VAN
- Comprehensive organic functional group transformations - 7 vol.: REF QD 262 C534 1995 VAN ONLINE
- Comprehensive Organic Synthesis: Selectivity, Strategy, and Efficiency in Modern Organic Chemistry: REF QD 262 C535 1991 VAN
- Comprehensive Organic Transformations: a Guide to Functional Group Preparations: REF QD 262 L355 1999 VAN
- Comprehensive organometallic chemistry : the synthesis, reactions, and structures of organometallic compounds - 9 vol.: REF QD 411 C65 1982 VAN
- Comprehensive organometallic chemistry II - 14 vol.: REF QD 411 C652 1995 VAN
- Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry - 11 vol.: REF QD 411 C66 1996 VAN
- Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis - 27 vol.: REF QD 262 F5 VAN
- Methoden der Organischen Chemie - multi-part: REF QD 258 M4 1952 VAN
- Methods of Biochemical Analysis - 53 vol.: REF QD 271 M4 VAN
- Organic Reaction Mechanisms (Series): QD 258 O82 VAN 3rd floor
- Organic Reactions - 83.vol: REF QD 251 O7 VAN
- Rodd's Chemistry of Carbon Compounds - 5 multi-part vol.: REF QD 251 R6 1964 VAN
- Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry - 35 vol.: REF QD 262 S91 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 Organic Compounds - 9 vol.: REF QD 476 D5 1996 VAN ONLINE
- 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 VAN REF desk): REF RS 51 M4 2013 VAN WEB ONLINE
- Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards: REF T 55.3 H3B73 2007 VAN ONLINE
- Comprehensive Organic Transformations: REF QD 262 L355 1999 VAN
- CRC Handbook of Chromatography - 2 vol.: REF QD 117 C5Z94 VAN WEB
- CRC Handbook of EPR Spectra from Quinones & Quinols: REF QC 463 Q54C7 1985 VAN
- CRC Handbook of HPLC for the Separation of Amino Acids, Peptides & Proteins: REF QD 431.7 C73 1984 VAN
- CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety: REF QD 51 H27 1990 VAN
- CRC Handbook of Organic Analytical Reagents: QD 77 C73 1982 VAN 3rd floor WEB REF ONLINE
- CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology - 2 vol.: 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 Carbohydrates: REF QP 701 C294 2006 VAN
- Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds: REF QD 411 D53 1984 VAN
- Dictionary of Terpenoids: REF QD 416 C75 1991 VAN
- Enzyme Handbook: REF QP 601 E5158 1990 VAN
- Handbook of Aqueous Solubility Data: REF QD 257.7 Y35 2003 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals - 2 vol.: REF TD 196 O73V47 2001 VAN ONLINE
- Handbook of Natural Products Data: Vol. 1: Diterpenoids & Steroidal Alkaloids: REF QD 415.7 R34 1990 VAN
- Handbook of Organic Analysis: REF QD 271 C58 1975 VAN
- Handbook of Organic Chemistry: QD 251.2 D43 1987 VAN 3rd floor
- Handbook of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: QD 341 H9H317 1983 VAN 3rd floor
- Handbook of Tables for Organic Compound Identification: QD 291 R28 1967 VAN 3rd floor WEB REF
- Industrial Solvents Handbook: REF TP 247.5 I53 1998 VAN
- Nucleic Acid Sequences Handbook - 2 vol.: REF QD 431 N38 1981 VAN
- Oxford Handbook of Nucleic Acid Structure: REF QD 433.5 S77O94 1999 VAN
- Phytochemical Dictionary: a Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants: REF QK 898 B54P48 1993 VAN
- Polymer Handbook: REF QD 388 P65 1999 VAN ONLINE
- Practical Handbook of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: QP 514.2 P73 1989 VAN 3rd floor
- Ring Systems Handbook: QD 281 R5R54+ VAN 3rd floor
- Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds: QD 291 I57 1993 VAN 3rd floor
- Nomenclature of Organic Compounds: Principles and Practice: QD 291 F6 2001 VAN 3rd floor
- Principles of Chemical Nomenclature: a Guide to IUPAC Recommendations: QD 7 L44 1998 VAN 3rd floor
- Systematic Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: QD 291 H3913 2001 VAN 3rd floor
- Systematic Nomenclature of Organic, Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry: REF QD 291 B86 2007 VAN
- Vocabulary of Organic Chemistry: REF QD 291 C55 VAN WEB
- Products for Life Science Research: REF TP 202 S5+ VAN
- ONLINE access to Sigma-Aldrich catalogues
- Critical Stability Constants - 6 vol.: 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
- Physico-Chemical Constants of Pure Organic Compounds: REF QD 291 T55 VAN
- Smithsonian Physical Tables: REF QC 61 S6 1969 VAN ONLINE
- Solubilities of Inorganic & Organic Compounds: REF QD 543 M6 1979 VAN
- Table of Isotopes: REF QD 466 L37 1978 VAN
- Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants & Some Mathematical Functions: QC 61 K3 1986 VAN 3rd floor
These are the major databases that index the literature of Organic Chemistry. 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
- Annual publication (since 1921) providing detailed directions for the synthesis of organic compounds
- Fully searchable by keyword (chemical name, molecular formula, CAS RN) and structure
- Free access on the Internet
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)