Subject and Course Guides: Chemistry and Biochemistry: Find Resources

Background Information

Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Gale Ebooks (formerly named Gale Virtual Library or GVRL) provides a wealth of full-text reference and general subject books in a wide variety of subjects.
Sources offered in the GVRL include multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company histories, consumer health references and history compilations. A wide variety of subjects are covered including arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, law, medicine, multicultural, religion and science.

National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources and collections for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia by Glenn D. Considine (Editor-In-Chief); Peter H. Kulik (Associate Editor)
Call Number: Q121.V3 2008
ISBN: 0471743380
Publication Date: 2008-03-03
The new, three-volume Tenth Edition contains articles contributed by industry experts and scholars worldwide. It comprises more than 10,000 entries and features hundreds of completely rewritten and re-referenced articles, as well as 2,500 completely new entries covering emerging technologies affecting genetics, global warming, communications, informatics, nanotechnology, and more. Internet references and print references have been updated and expanded to reflect the editors' conviction that modern students and researchers move from link to link as well as from page to page.

Research Resources

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Covers a large variety of topics and is recommended for most research projects. It contains articles from many academic journals, magazines, newspapers, and other credible sources.
Academic Search Complete is the world's largest scholarly, multidisciplinary full-text database designed specifically for academic institutions. It provides access to more than 8,500 full-text journals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals, as well as indexing and abstracts of more than 12,500 journals and more than 13,200 books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Subjects covered include: anthropology, arts and literature, computer sciences, education, engineering, ethnic studies, humanities, language and linguistics, law, medical sciences, social sciences, etc. Most content is available in printer-friendly, searchable PDFs. Updated daily.
Science & Technology Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains over 800 leading full text journals covering relevant aspects of the scientific and technical community. Topics include aeronautics, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, computer technology, geology, aviation, physics, archaeology, marine sciences and materials science. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 1,700 publications. Updated regularly.
SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
The SciTech Premium Collection includes the Natural Science Collection and Technology Collection databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
E-journals and e-books on life sciences, chemical sciences, geosciences, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics & astronomy, engineering, humanities, business social sciences, law
SpringerLink is the online journal and e-book service of the science publisher Springer, incorporating the former KluwerOnline. Containing over 2,000 journals and hundreds of e-books (usually electronic versions of paper titles UTA Libraries own), SpringerLink is divided into Online Libraries of architecture and design, behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business and economics, chemistry and materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics and statistics, medicine, physics and astronomy, professional and applied computing.

Digital Identity and Scholarly Impact Guide
This guide is designed as a step by step process to help any faculty member of the UTA community take the necessary steps to begin creating and broadening their scholarly impact.
Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR)
Combining features of a premier research journal, a leading educational publication, and a popular magazine, HDSR provides a centralized, authoritative, and peer-reviewed publishing community to service the growing profession.
Open Access (OA) for Chemistry Resources Guide
Includes links to OA journals, textbooks, copyright and fair use & more.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is a global directory of Open Access repositories and their policies.

Chemistry Theses and Dissertations
Find chemistry theses & dissertations in the ResearchCommons Library, UT Arlington's Institutional Repository.
Current Research at UT Arlington
A digital collection of UTA theses and dissertations published in Dissertations Abstracts since 1997. This database allows searching citations (author, title, advisor, etc.) and abstracts, viewing 24 page previews, and full text downloading.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT Global) This link opens in a new window
Contains citations & abstracts for theses and dissertations from institutions in the North America and Europe. Many are available in full text.
The Dissertations Abstracts database contains citations for dissertations and theses from institutions in the North America and Europe. Citations for dissertations published from 1980 forward also include abstracts. Citations for master's theses from 1988 forward include abstracts. Titles published from 1997 forward have 24 page previews and are available as full text PDF documents.

Topic Guide on Patents & Patent Searching
Currently being updated
United States Patent and Trademark Office
European Patent Office

Data Sources
A list of some Texas, local, and national datasets.
DataWarriror
A Free Cheminformatics Program for Data Visualization and Analysis
U.S. Government Information
govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), and provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
UTA Libraries Day Family Research Lab
The UTA Libraries Day Family Research Lab (DFRL) is a hub of research support at UTA Libraries. The DFRL supports and partners with researchers through all aspects of the research cycle, from literature reviews to data management plans to digital dissemination. Support includes teaching and consultation on working with data, data management, data visualization, publishing datasets in Mav Matrix and other repositories, reviewing data management plans, and leveraging metrics such as bibliometric and altmetrics to measure research impact.

CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool
The CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool is an online resource intended to support researchers and librarians who need accurate bibliographic information. This complimentary resource can be used to quickly and easily look up or confirm publication titles and abbreviations, as well as CODEN, ISBN, or ISSN codes. The CASSI database contains a listing of publications indexed by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) since 1907.
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Beyond CASSI: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/media/documents/oexp-library/beyond_cassi.pdf. - Found when searching the early chemical literature and other historical reference sources, shortened journal title abbreviations may not be listed in the CASSI Search Tool.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ISCD) This link opens in a new window
Crystal structure data of inorganic compounds recorded in the literature
PHP-MySQL database (ICSD-for-WWW) containing over150,000 inorganic structures
WebCSD This link opens in a new window
Online portal to Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), small molecule crystal structures of organic and organometallic compounds. WebCSD is best accessed using Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
Bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for organic and organometallic compounds. Does not include large macromolecules. Searching capabilities include numeric and structure queries (similarity searching, substructure manipulation).

WorldCat
Search the web version of the world's largest catalog, WorldCat, a compendium of library catalogs from all over the world! Click on a title to see local libraries that have the item, including UTA.

UTA Libraries FAQ
Includes information on available services, closed services and those by appointment only in the Library.
Teaching andLearning during a COVID-19 Shutdown
Includes videos from Dr. Peggy Semingson on teaching in the age of Coronavirus and online teaching resources for faculty; Remote learning assistance and other information for online resources for students.
ChemCollective
CMU's OLI Chemistry may be helpful to educators moving courses online due to coronavirus. These materials are free for use by Covid-19 impacted institutions. The courseware covers General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II.
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The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon who are interested in using, assessing, and creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.
Free STEM Video Content by JoVE through June 15th
Includes link to JoVE Core, JoVE Science Education and Lab Manual
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Includes information and resources on the prevention, symptoms, spread and how to get help.

All Subject Specific Databases

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ILL (InterLibrary Loan)
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Distance Education & Disability Services
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