If you plan to use ENDNOTE WEB for your thesis, 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. Meg has made up handout with step-by-step instructions for using Endnote Web with databases you may be using to write your thesis - send her an email if you would like a copy of the handout.
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Swarthmore Chemistry Thesis & Research
Finding Data, Definitions & Background Information:
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.
Encyclopedia of biological chemistry
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Elsevier, 2004.
Ref QD415 .A25E53 2004 v. 1 - 4
Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ref QP512 .O94 2006
PubChem
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. Can search by structure, name, substance or biassay records.
Finding Journal Articles in Databases:
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.
Web of science
Provider: ISI
This multidisciplinary database can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that CITE a known author or work can also be searched. Cited reference searching helps identify more recent articles on the same topic. Coverage for the Science Citation Index in WofS now goes back to 1900!
PubMed
Provider: NCBI
Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
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.
Google scholar
Google provides a 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.
Electronic Journal Packages:
American Chemical Society Journals
Electronic access (back to volume 1!)to 23 ACS journals, including Journal of the ACS and their newest journal, Organic Letters. These journals have their own search engine.
Royal Society of Chemistry
This will link you to the search engine for RSC journals. We don't have access to ALL of these journals, but for the ones we do subscribe to, you should be able to get full-text access online.
ScienceDirect
Provides full-text,online access to journal articles in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Full-text is available only for journals to which the TriColleges subscribe. Full-text access for most journals goes back to 1993. Abstracts are available for non-subscribed journals.
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.
A field guide for science writers
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Cornell Ref T11 .F52 2006 (and there are several other good, current books in this part of Cornell's Reference collection which cover writing scientific papers).