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| ACS Style Guidelines | CHEM 550L | Chemical and Physical Properties | The Chemical Literature |
| Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) | Nomenclature | Plagiarism and the Honor System | Spectra and Spectroscopy |
The webpages listed above only include selected aspects of the ACS style guidelines. For a more comprehensive source, see the ACS Style Guide which is on reserve in the Chemistry Library (QD8.5 .A25 1997).
Database includes information such as boiling point, CAS registry number, melting point, molecular weight as well as 2-D and 3-D structures of molecules and links to relevant websites for about 75,000 compounds. Free registration is required to continue accessing the database after the first few searches.
Provides materials safety data sheets in addition to some property information. Limited to Fisher Scientific products.
Free registration is required to access additional features such as materials safety data sheets and NMR and IR spectra. Limited to Sigma-Aldrich products.
Tips and techniques on how to use SciFinder Scholar effectively by different means including research topic, author name, and chemical name.
Tutorial which provides hands-on practice with different features of SciFinder Scholar can be accessed from browser with Authorware plug-in or it can be downloaded to your computer.
Compilation of online sources for listings of chemistry journal title abbreviations
Tips for what to try when you can't seem to find an article
Material safety data sheets contain information on chemicals and their properties along with health, physical, and environmental hazards. As they are provided by manufacturers, there is no centralized location so you may have to look in multiple places.
The above site includes useful information such as a glossary of terms related to chemical safety, toxicity abbreviations often included in MSDS, and how to interpret an MSDS.
Below are some online sources for MSDS which are indexed by the above-mentioned site
Handout from the UNC Writing Center on what plagiarism is and how you can avoid it.
Includes IR spectra for over 16,000 compounds as well as thermodynamic and other spectroscopic data
Provides spectra (including IR and NMR) for about 30,000 compounds and searchable by name, formula, and registry number.
Collection of over 6,000 spectra (including IR and NMR) in the public domain. Requires registration to view spectra.
Includes primers on IR and NMR as well as background on theory and applications of spectroscopy.
Includes chemical shift tables for different nuclei, tools for NMR and IR spectral interpretation and more.