Research Guides: Chemistry: Finding Background Info

Online Reference Sources

Merck Index Online
Monographs describing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances, as well as chemical structure searching and drawing tools.
ASBC Methods of Analysis
Scientific methods for brewing malt beverages, including built-in calculators, videos, spreadsheets, audio PowerPoints, and color images.
ASTM Compass
Portal to the ASTM Book of Standards, research reports, and a digital library of journals, technical publications, data, proceedings and more.
AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
Reference resource containing encyclopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources covering all major science disciplines.

CRC Handbook
Also known as the Chemists' Bible, the CRC Handbook contains property information.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Multi-volume set containing encyclopedia entries for major events and processes in chemistry and technology.
Lange's Handbook
Includes general data, figures, and tables on information broken down into 4 sections of chemistry: Inorganic, Organic, Spectroscopy, and General Information and Converstion Tables.
Merck Index Online
The Merck Index contains 10,955 monographs describing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances.

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The Merck Index contains 10,955 monographs describing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances. The entries are not a listing of Merck & Co., Inc. products, but rather cover a wide range of compounds, which have been selected on the basis of present or historic importance and interest.
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary
A dictionary of chemical terms. Also contains information about Nobel scientists and Trademarked chemicals.