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SciFinder Web (UTSA subscription)
This contains Chemical Abstracts in its entirety from 1907 to the present, along with CAS Registry, CHEMCATS, CHEMLIST, CASREACT, and MEDLINE. Through ChemPort there is access to full text for certain articles. An added feature is the ability to view substances in three-dimensional representations.

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Web of Science (UTSA subscription)
This is the Science Citation Index in electronic form from 1975 onward. This is an in-depth general science index, which makes it very useful for interdisciplinary work. It is the only index that has both a listing of articles cited in the article in the entry and those articles that cited that article. This is very useful for expanding one’s bibliography. Citations Only

General Science Full Text (UTSA subscription)
This is a basic general science index that is useful when one seeks a few basic articles. The coverage is from 1983 onward, and full text of articles from selected journals begins in 1999. Full Text

ACS Publications (American Chemical Society) (UTSA subscription) Provides full text access to all journals published by the American Chemical Society. Updated regularly. Full Text

Annual Reviews Online (UTSA subscription)
Especially useful series:
Biochemistry Table of Contents from 1984; Full text from 1997
Physical Chemistry Table of Contents from 1984; Full text from 1996. Full Text

ScienceDirect (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to approximately 700 journals published by Elsevier Science. Indexes and abstracts articles from more than 1,100 journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences. Includes Elsevier, North Holland, Pergamon and JAI publications from 1995. Full Text/Full Image

Kluwer (UTSA subscription)
Provides full text/full image access to journals published by Kluwer in all academic disciplines. Updated constantly. Full Text/Full Image

Springer (UTSA subscription)
Provides electronic access to nearly 500 journals published by Springer-Verlag/Bertelsmann Springer publishing group. Coverage includes the areas of chemical sciences, economics, environmental sciences, life sciences, law, medicine, computer science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, and physics. Dates of coverage vary from title to title. Updated daily. Full Text

Wiley (UTSA subscription)
Provides full-text access to approximately 200 of the more than 400 journals published by Wiley, plus tables of contents and abstracts. Updated constantly. Full Text

For a complete list of electronic databases (indexes) at UTSA see our Databases page.

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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks--General

Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry 4 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD4 .M32 1997

Hawleys Condensed Chemical Dictionary
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD5 .C5 1997

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD 65 .H3
Location: Downtown Library, Reference QD65 .H3
Location: JPL Stacks QD65 .H3 (Older volumes that can be checked out)

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Books

Books and Materials at the UTSA Library

UCAT, UTSA Library Online Catalog
Search UCAT to locate books, journal titles (not articles), government documents, maps and multimedia materials available at the UTSA Library. Read the Search Tips to learn how to conduct a better search.

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Specialized Works

Encyclopedia of Analytical Science 10 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD71.5 .E53 1995

Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds: 5 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD148 .D53 1992

Dictionary of Organic Compounds 6th ed. 10 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD 246 .D5 1996

Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds 3 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD 411 .D53 1994

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Reactions and Reagents

Dictionary of Analytical Reagents
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD77 .D498 1993

Encyclopedia of Organic Synthesis, 8 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD77 .E53 1995

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 4 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD77 .H37 1999

Inorganic Synthesis, 33 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD151 .A1 I5

Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 20 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD262 .F5

Organic Synthesis, 77 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD262 .O722

Organic Reactions, 59 Vols.
Location: JPL Stacks QD251 .O7

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Spectroscopy

Aldrich Library of IR Spectra
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC457 .P86 1975

Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra, 11 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC454 .N8 P68

Sadtler Standard Spectra, 233 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC453 .S3

IR Grating, 107 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC453 .S3 IG

NMR, 102 Vols.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QC453 .S3 NMR

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Further Research

Rio-DB-Chemistry
Free Website: http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/chem.html
This database has useful spectra of outstanding quality including IR, NMR, ESR, Raman and Mass.

NIST Chemistry WebBook
Free Website: http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
This database has mass spectra, IR spectra and some UV-visible spectra. However, its main importance is its hard-to-find data such as ion energetic, thermodynamic, vibrational, electronic energies and other data for numerous chemicals.

Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
Free Website: http://www.organicworldwide.net/
This is an excellent site, which contains its own materials and is a superb portal to other chemistry sites around the world. It covers a number of topics.

IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry
Free Website: http://www.acdlabs.com/iupac/nomenclature/
This is an excellent site for organic chemistry nomenclature.

IUPAC Nomenclature Homepage
Free Website: http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/
This is broader than the above Nomenclature page. However, it is harder to search and use.

Melting Point Tables of Organic Compounds, 2nd Ed.
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD518 .U7 1963

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Biographies

American Men and Women of Science
Location: JPL Reference Stacks Q141 .A47
Profiles of living scientists in the physical and biological fields as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians and computer scientists.

Biographical Dictionary of American Science 17th-19th Century
Location: JPL Reference Stacks Q141 .E37
Covers scientists in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, and allied specialties who were born between 1606-1807.

Biographical Dictionary of Scientists Chemists
Location: JPL Reference Stacks QD21 .B48 1984

Yahoo!Chemists
Free Website: yahoo.com/science/chemistry/chemists
Contains biographies on over thirty chemists.