Chemistry Science Program Guide

This guide is designed as a starting point to assist you in locating information for the Chemistry discipline. Where appropriate you will be directed to other library resources which may also assist you with your studies.

• Starting your research
• Library catalogue
• Databases for finding journal articles
• Information on the World Wide Web
• Other resources you might like to try
• Make sure you...

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Starting your research

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Thinking about your topic Identifying the type of information you need Concepts, keywords, synonyms and related terms

Dictionaries and encyclopedias can help you gain an understanding of the topic area by locating some background information, definitions or explanations of words and concepts.

The Library Catalogue can be searched using 'dictionary' or 'encyclopedia' as a keyword.  Information on the use of the Library Catalogue can be found in the next section.

Below is a sampling of useful reference sources for chemistry studies.  Search for these items by title in the Library Catalogue:

Chemistry dictionaries and encyclopedias
Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary	540.3 7/1997
Access Science	Available Online
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology	Available online through catalogue
Dictionary of chemistry	Available online through catalogue
Industrial inorganic chemicals and products : an Ullmann's encyclopedia	R 661.003 1
Encyclopedic dictionary of named processes in chemical technology	660.28403 1/1999
Encyclopedia of life sciences	Available Online

 

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Library catalogue

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Known item searching Keyword searching AND/OR/NOT Boolean searching Subject-heading searching Where is the resource located? Is the resource available?

The CQU Library Catalogue is the database of all items (books, videos, audiocassettes, print journals and online fulltext journals, etc) held by the CQU library.

Some sample keyword and subject headings are included below to get you started.

example Chemistry keywords
chemistry	handbook
organic	laboratory

 

example Chemistry subject headings
Chemistry	Chemistry, Analytic
Laboratories -- Safety measures.	Chemistry -- Experiments.

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Databases for finding journal articles

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About journals What are refereed journals About databases Passwords

For a list of databases relevant to the Biomedical Science discipline, check out:
Databases & Resources by Subject: Chemistry

 

 

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Information on the World Wide Web

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Successful web searching

Searching for information on the World Wide Web can be a huge task. Here are some websites you may like to begin with.

General Chemistry - related web sites
Yahoo Chemistry Directory	Yahoos directory listing for Chemistry subjects
WWW Virtual Library - Chemistry	An index of chemistry resources on the web provided by The University of Liverpool.
ChemWeb.com	ChemWeb.com is a unique resource which combines a huge range of information for those in research chemistry, the chemicals industries and related disciplines.
WebElements Periodic Table	WebElements™ periodic table Scholar edition.
The Wired Chemist	A collection of chemistry resources.
Yahoo list of sites with Materials Safety Data Sheets	Yahoos directory listing for materials safety data sheets.
American Chemical Society ChemCenter	The website of the American Chemical Society.
Environment Australia Online	The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage (DEH) develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's natural environment and cultural heritage.
CSIRO	CSIRO is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
General Chemistry Online	General Chemistry Online provided by Dept. of Chemistry Frostburg State University.
Scirus	Scirus is a comprehensive science-focused search engine available on the Internet.
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)	Website of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI).

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Other resources you might like to try

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Wrapping up

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Evaluating your resources CQU's referencing website What is plagiarism?

It is now time to evaluate use and reference the information you have located.

At university level it is important to rely on information that meets the standards expected by your lecturers. In many cases your arguments should be supported by what are termed scholarly or "peer-reviewed" publications.

When citing other peoples work in your assignments, it is vital that it is correctly referenced