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Academic Search CompleteMulti-disciplinary coverage. Over 5,500 full text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF content going back to 1887. Searchable cited references for nearly 1,000 journals. EBSCOhost
ACS PublicationsAmerican Chemical Society journals and access to ACS Legacy Archives. ACS
BioOneBiological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Full text coverage of peer-reviewed journals and bulletins published by the American Institute of Biological Sciences member societies. BioOne Partners
Chem Essentials - KnovelReference information for chemistry research. Knovel, Inc
Ecology & Botany CollectionFull text access to 29 journals in JSTOR's Botany & Plant Sciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology collections. JSTOR
Environment CompleteOver 1,772,000 records from more than 1,680 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s. Full text for more than 650 journals. EBSCOhost
General Science Full TextCitations, abstracts, and full text for articles, book reviews, interviews, exhibits, product evaluations, and more. H. W. Wilson
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LC classification system

Q - Science (General) QD - Chemistry
TP - Chemical Technology.

Reference books

BookCall number
A Dictionary of Chemistry (online book)A Dictionary of Chemistry
A Dictionary of Ecology (online book) A Dictionary of Ecology
Catalysis from A to Z: A Concise EncyclopediaREF QD505 .C383 2003
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (online book)CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Encyclopedia of Separation Science (10 volumes)REF QD63.S4 E53 2000
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology (20 volumes)REF Q121 .M3 2002
The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and EditorsREF QD8.5 .A25
The History and Use of our Earth's Chemical ElementsREF QD466 .K69
The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals (14th edition)REF RS51 .M4 2006 14th ed.

Web resources

American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society Reference Style Guidelines
ChemFinder
Drug Information Portal
Fisher Scientific International
IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology
lNIST Physical Reference Data
Nobel Prize Foundation
Organic Chemistry Resources
Photographic Periodic Table of the Elements
Physics and Astronomy Reference Links
PubMed Home
Scirus
Sigma-Aldrich Co catalog
WebElements Periodic Table, Scholar Edition