If you plan to use ENDNOTE WEB for this class (or any class), you will need to create your own account. Go to the Endnote Web site and register as a new user. You will need to create a password, and then you will be able to access your stored citations whenever you log in to the site.
Subject Portal » Chemistry » Course Guides »
Chemistry 34 : Physical Chemistry (SC)
Finding Definitions & Data:
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics
Publisher: [Boca Raton] : CRC Press.
The 88th (2007-2008) edition of this handbook offers online data and tables for chemistry, physics and engineering. Records include articles, bibliographies, editorials and reviews. Also available in print at Cornell Ref QD65 .C4.
Dictionary of Chemistry
NIST chemistry webbook
Provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
Finding Journal Articles:
Look for the 
button and click on it to see if you can get online access to the citation's article. If Swarthmore does not have access to the online article, you will be given the option to check Tripod for print access, or it will populate an InterLibrary Loan request form for you.
button and click on it to see if you can get online access to the citation's article. If Swarthmore does not have access to the online article, you will be given the option to check Tripod for print access, or it will populate an InterLibrary Loan request form for you.If you are planning to do any research off-campus, you will need to log in to EZ-PROXY, which is Swarthmore's proxy server. Once you have logged in through the proxy server, your access to IP-linked resources will be allowed.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, both scholarly and popular in scope. Always a good place to begin your research! Covers 1971-present.
Web of Science
Provides access to the Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Search for scholarly articles in any discipline, or for articles that cite a known author or work. Coverage for the Science Citation Index now goes back to 1900!
SciFinder Scholar
Online access to Chemical Abstracts from 1907 to the present. Access is extremely limited so please be sure to log off as soon as you are finished searching SFS!
To access from PCs: Go to All Programs → Library Applications → SciFinder Scholar 2007 → SciFinder Scholar
To access from Macs: Go to Applications folder → Academic Software → SciFinder Scholar 2007.
To access from PCs: Go to All Programs → Library Applications → SciFinder Scholar 2007 → SciFinder Scholar
To access from Macs: Go to Applications folder → Academic Software → SciFinder Scholar 2007.
ACS publications
Provider: ACS
Online access to all years of 23 ACS journals, including Journal of the ACS and their newest journal, Organic Letters. These journals have their own search engine.
Scirus
Searchable database of scientific resources found on the World Wide Web.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
Note: You can turn on the FIND IT! button in Scirus by going to SEARCH PREFERENCES. Select ENABLE next to ‘Library Partner Links’, then select Swarthmore College Library from the drop-down menu. Then select the SAVE PREFERENCES button.
Google scholar
Google provides a pretty good database for searching for scholarly literature. Use this IN ADDITION to library-provided databases listed here, as there is a lot that is NOT included in Google Scholar. But - it also often digs up good stuff that the other databases don't! Use the "Check Tripod" and "Find it @ Swarthmore" links to see if we have access to full text.
InterLibrary Loan & TriCollege Borrowing:
While Cornell Library has a really good collection, obviously there will be times when we don't actually own something you've located in your research. That is when you'll need to borrow from other libraries and to do this you will need Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
Tri-College ILL - BOOKS: If you want a book from Bryn Mawr or Haverford, simply press the REQUEST button at the top of the Tripod screen. Enter your name & barcode, and select WHERE you want to pick up the book. Delivery takes approximately one day library to library.
Non-TriCollege ILL - BOOKS: For books NOT available in Tripod, try E-Z Borrow and request books directly from nearby Pennsylvania & NJ libraries. Books usually arrive within a few days.
JOURNAL ARTICLES: For articles in journals not available from the main libraries in TriCo*, use the online ILL form. You must put the COMPLETE JOURNAL TITLE in your request - do not use abbreviations, or your request will most likely be sent back to you. For complete journal titles, check the book behind the Circulation Desk, or go to Journal Abbreviation Sources.
* Journals DO circulate from main libraries, so if you need an article from a non-science library journal, place a hold on the actual journal volume in Tripod and it will be sent via TriCo van!
* Your Swat ID will get you into Penn's libraries, but you cannot borrow directly from them. You must use ILL to get anything from Penn.
* Your Swat ID will get you into Penn's libraries, but you cannot borrow directly from them. You must use ILL to get anything from Penn.
Citation Information:
The ACS style guide
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; 2006.
Cornell Ref QD 8.5 .A25 2006 Lots of good information on writing in this new edition. Also check out Chapter 14 (pp. 287 - 327) for good examples on how to make up entries in your bibliography.
Duke University Citation Guide
For online information on CITING information, check out this online guide. It gives examples of different citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago & Turabian) for both print & electronic resources.