All resources for the literature assignments are available in the chemistry lab
According to Dr. Kluger, 100% of the literature resources needed to answer these assignments are available in the chemistry lab.
Grading Specifics
Literature Article (10 points) (from the course syllabus)
"A literature assignment will be given each week that pertains to the particular experiment(s) performed. Examples of references (usually located in QD section-library) are listed below. Attach a copy of the literature article (or copy of title page) to the back of your laboratory report."
Where to find specific titles cited in the syllabus
- Organic Synthesis byCall Number: General Collection QD 262 .O72Organic Syntheses. Collective Volume
volumes 1, 2, and 3
(used for the Tetraphenylcyclopentadienone lab) - Handbook of Data on Organic CompoundsCall Number: Reference QD 257.7 .H36 1994- v. 2. Compounds 5001-10.000. Ben-Cha
- v. 6. CAS registry number index. Molecular formula index
- v. 7. Name/synonym index.
(used for lab #21C-D: t-Pentyl Chloride) - Encyclopedia of Chemical TechnologyCall Number: Reference TP 9 .E685- v. 10. Embedding to Feeds and Feed Additives, Ruminant Feeds
(used for lab #12: Esters) - ChemistryCall Number: General Collection QD 1 .C74(used for lab #43: Soaps & Detergents)
- The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and BiologicalsCall Number: Reference RS 51 .M4 2006(used for labs #8, #13, and #32)
- Angew. Chem. Edit Engl. -- Angewandte ChemieCall Number: General Collection QD 1 .A67International ed. in English.
v. 1-41 (1962-2002) BOUND
Supplements: v.21-22 (1982-1983) BOUND
(used for the 1,2,3,4,-Tetraphenylnaphthalene lab) - Journal of Chemical Education (vol. 1, 1924+)Call Number: UCF Main Library General Collection -- QD 1 .J93
- U.S.P. -- United States PharmacopeiaCall Number: Reference RS 141.2 P5(used for labs #8 and #13)
- Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial MaterialsCall Number: Reference T 55.3 .H3 S3Latest edition in REFERENCE, others in GENERAL COLLECTION
(used for lab #23: 4-Methylcyclohexene) - Journal of the American Chemical Society (1879+)Call Number: QD 1 .A5 (Housed in Remote Storage)v.1(1879)-v.125(2003) in Remote Storage
SUPPORTING INFORMATION:
v.117(1996)-v.120:no.50(1998:Dec.23) MICROFICHE
1999+ Supporting information at http://pubs.acs.org
(used for organic chemistry lab #33: Benzil)
Popular Databases
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)Indexing and full text of articles for array of scholarly and popular topics. Provides full text for over 4,600 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, science, cultural studies, education, and much more.
- Applied Science & Technology Source (EBSCOhost)“This database offers a diverse array of full-text and indexed content that covers the full spectrum of the applied sciences and computing disciplines—from acoustics to aeronautics, and neural networks to nuclear engineering.”
- General Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson - EBSCOhost) (1984+)"provides full text from more than 100 periodicals dating as far back as 1995, in addition to indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 periodicals dating back to 1984. Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology and much more."
Best Databases for Chemistry
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Access to over 130 years of original research in chemistry, including more than 750,000 articles contained in 3 million plus pages of chemistry findings, dating back to the introduction of the Journal of the ACS in 1879, as well as the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication and the ACS In Focus eBooks.
- Analytical Abstracts (RSC) (1980+)(also known as Analytical WebBase)
(abstracts 1984+)
Index to more than 260 journals with comprehensive coverage of analytical chemistry.
- print index 1954-1983 - UCF ARC MAIN General Collection QD 71.A49
- print index 1984-2006 - UCF Index 2nd floor -- QD 71 .A49 - MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) (1946+)"provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals."
- SciFinder Scholar (CAS) (1907+)
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Bibliographic, compound and reaction information. First-time users must register. - SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Databaseis the world’s largest and most comprehensive research platform dedicated to information on materials, their properties and uses.
- Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
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Provides citation indexing of top high-impact journals with powerful tools such as cited reference searching and Author Finder, 256 categories thoroughly cover the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.
Other Databases for Chemistry
- Annual Reviews (1932+)Annual Reviews publishes authoritative, analytic reviews in more than 45 focused disciplines in the sciences and social sciences.
- Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) (1946+)
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"This database includes the renowned Biological Sciences, MEDLINE, and TOXLINE databases and provides full-text titles from around the world, including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, and government publications. The database includes specialized, editorially-curated A&I resources providing access to the extensive variety of biology’s cutting edge research, with applications to medicine, technology and the environment." - Compendex (Ei Engineering Village) (1884+)a comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.
- Inspec and Inspec Archive (Ei Village) (1896+)"Inspec includes bibliographic citations and indexed abstracts from publications in the fields of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, operations research, material science, oceanography, engineering mathematics, nuclear engineering, environmental science, geophysics, nanotechnology, biomedical technology and biophysics."
Includes the Inspec backfile. - MathSciNet (American Mathematical Society) (1940+)Access to over 70 years of of Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications from 1940 to the present.
- OpenDOAR - The Directory of Open Access Repositoriesa growing list of international institutional & subject-based repositories, as well as archives set up by funding agencies - like the National Institutes for Health in the USA or the Wellcome Trust in the UK and Europe.
