Research Guides: Chemistry: Getting Started

Welcome to the Chemistry research guide! Use this guide as a starting point for your research in this subject area.

Recommended Reference Sources

CHEMnetBASE
A collection of major chemical reference sources for physical property data, chemical names and synonyms, interactive Periodical Table and more. Up to two (2) people can search this database at any one time.

Combined Chemical Dictionary
Dictionary of Natural Products
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Dictionary of Drugs
Dictionary of Marine Natural Products
Dictionary of Food Compounds
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
Polymers: A Property Database
Properties of Organic Compounds
Gale eBooks Reference Library
Encyclopedias and reference sources that cover a variety of topics.
Merck Index Online
Contains entries on drugs and pharmaceuticals, common organic chemicals, and laboratory reagents. Entries include chemical names, molecular formula, chemical structure, physical data, literature references, and more.
Oxford Reference

Oxford Reference contains short-entry and general reference to more in-depth articles on specialized subjects from entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

While we do not have access to all of the titles in the full collection, the default search covers the titles that Davidson owns.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
The full text of the most recent edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
Note: Up to two (2) people can search this database at any one time.