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Chemistry 3 : General Chemistry (SC)
Finding Data, Definitions & Background Information & Data:
AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill
Full-text access to 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology updated daily.
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.
Finding Books:
Sometimes you will need to look up words or get some basic information before you start reading chemistry articles. Below are some online reference resources that should fill this need. There are additional dictionaries & encyclopedias in print (!) and may be found in the REFERENCE section on the main floor of Cornell Library under QD.
Finding Journal & Newspaper 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.
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.
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
An interdisciplinary database which has much full-text. Always a good place to start. Covers 1971-present.
Web of Science
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!
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.
Selected Electronic Journals:
As a Swarthmore student, you will have access to LOTS of electronic journals, which are subscribed to by the Library. Listed below are just a few journals that might be useful for this class.
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.
Chemical & engineering news
Holdings:
(Bryn Mawr College) Available from 1998-present.
(Haverford College) Available from 1998-present.
(Swarthmore College) Available from 1998-present.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society.
This is an American Chemical Society which has good articles for this course. Online coverage begins in 1998.
Finding Web Sites:
General Chemistry Online!
Google Directory: Chemistry
Pre-selected Chemistry sites under lots of different categories.
Intute Chemistry
The Intute Chemistry Gateway provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorised by subject specialists based at UK universities. Our target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education.
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.
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. If the book is not available via EZ Borrow, try regular InterLibrary Loan. (Use Worldcat to get complete BOOK information).
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!
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.