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KEAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Guide

Chemistry Research Resources:

Periodic Table of the Elements

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Circulating Books, Electronic Books, and U.S. Government Documents

To find circulating books, as well as electronic books and U.S. government online documents, on wide-ranging topics using your key words or ideas:

✓ Go to the Kean University Library’s home page located at .

✓ Click Books, E-books, Videos, & More to access the Kean Catalog.

✓ Type your key words in the search box underneath Find This:

✓ Limit your search results to particular types of records (such as, Main Collection books, Reference Collection books, or U.S. Government Online Document) by selecting an option from the Limit Your Search menu.

✓ Click Search.

✓ Evaluate your search results.

✓ Make note of the Library Location designation for any titles of interest. A designation of Main Collection means that the book is a circulating title, while Reference Collection means that the book does not circulate. A designation of U.S. Government Online Document or Electronic Resource means that the item is available online; you may access the material online by clicking the title, then clicking the hyperlink next to the words Linked Resource.

✓ Make note of the call number and status for any Main Collection titles of interest. When a Main Collection book’s Status is Available, this means that the book is not checked out. Circulating titles are located in the Main Collection on the second and third floors of the Kean University Library.

Reference Books

Listed below are reference titles provided for quick look-up by call number in the Library’s Reference Collection located on the first floor. The first column displays the reference call number. The second column displays the corresponding title.

Call Numbers Reference Titles

Ref Q 141 .B532 1998 Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists

Ref Q 141 .N45 2008 New Dictionary of Scientific Biography

Ref Q 141 .N46 2007 Latinos in Science, Math, and Professions

Ref Q 141 .O27 2002 International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists

Ref Q 141 .S6285 2003 African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention

Ref Q 180.55 .D57 S29 2006 Science and Scientists

Ref QD 4 .M34 2004 McGraw Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry

Ref QD 4 .R57 2005 Encyclopedia of Chemistry

Ref QD 4 .V36 2005 Van Nostrand’s Chemical Encyclopedia

Ref QD 5 .F33 2005 Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry

Ref QD 5 .M522 2003 Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry

Ref QD 65 .H236 2008 CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Ref QD 75.22 .T64 2005 Chemical Composition of Everyday Products

Ref TD 196 .M4 M4613 2004 Elements and Their Compounds in the Environment

Ref TP 9 .K54 2007 Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Periodicals

Provided below is a list of select journals available in electronic format through the Library’s databases. To check holdings information for these titles and numerous other journals, go to the Library’s Periodicals List available from the Library’s home page () by clicking Periodicals List and then clicking Periodicals List again

Chemical Week

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Nature

New York Times

Science

Science Activities

Science News

Science Now

Science Teacher

Scientific American

Electronic Databases

To start using the Library’s electronic databases to search for articles on certain topics using your key words, go to the Library’s home page (). Click Articles & More to access the Databases. The databases are organized in two different lists. In one list the databases are listed alphabetically, and in the other list the databases are listed by subject or format. Brief directions are provided on the next pages to help you navigate these electronic databases. [Note: When you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your Kean Library Barcode after you click on a database name. Your barcode is located on the back of your Kean University photo ID card.]

Science Online Science Online provides extensive definitions, biographies, and articles for a variety of scientific disciplines. To search Science Online for articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Science Online (Facts on File).

✓ Type search terms in the Basic Search box. For instance, type: Mendeleev, Dmitri

✓ Click Search.

✓ Browse the article titles listed under the All Results category, or select one of the other result categories (such as, Biographies or News Articles) to browse a more focused set of results. Click an article title to access the full text for any relevant item.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking Email in the Page Tools box located on the right-hand side of the screen.

Today’s Science To search Today’s Science for wide-ranging information on current science topics:

✓ Click the letter T on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Today’s Science (Facts on File).

✓ Type search terms in the search box on the left-hand side of the screen. For instance, type: Germanium

✓ Click GO!.

✓ Click the title for any document in the results list to access the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the Email button located on the top right-hand side of your screen.

Gale Virtual Reference To search Gale Virtual Reference Library for encyclopedia and other reference

Library book articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter G on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Gale Virtual Reference Library (Gale Cengage Learning).

✓ In the Basic Search box, type your key terms next to the word Find.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:

newton and gravitation

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 20 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Examine retrieved items. Click either the Full-text, Full-text with Graphics, or PDF Pages link immediately below the item to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail an article by clicking E-mail in the red box labeled Tools, which is provided on the Full-text or Full-text with Graphics screen.

Sage eReference To search Sage eReference for encyclopedia and other reference book articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Sage eReference.

✓ Type your key terms in the Basic Search box. For example, type:

periodic table and element*

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. Examine retrieved items. Click the title to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail an article by clicking EMAIL at the top of the left hand column.

Biography Reference Biography Reference Bank provides approximately 500,000 biographies.

Bank To search Biography Reference Bank for biographical information:

✓ Click the letter B on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Biography Reference Bank (WilsonWeb).

✓ Type a person’s name in the boxes labeled First Name and Last Name adjacent to Find. For instance, type: Robert Bunsen

✓ Click Start.

✓ Click the person’s name to access a biography.

✓ Look on the left-hand side of the screen to see if links to additional biographies or other documents are provided.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the Email link provided above the article.

Britannica Online To search Britannica Online for wide-ranging articles from Encyclopaedia Britannica:

✓ Click the letter B on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click Britannica Online.

✓ Type your search terms in the box labeled Search. For instance, type: Protactinium

✓ Click Go.

✓ Click the title for any document in the search results list to access the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking the blue Email Article button located above the article.

CQ Electronic Library To search CQ Electronic Library for reports using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter C on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click CQ Electronic Library (Congressional Quarterly).

✓ Type search terms in the search box labeled All CQEL Search: Search across your library’s CQEL collections.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:

Hydrogen

✓ Click Go.

✓ Result: The first 30 retrieved report titles will be displayed. Click one of the titles to view the full-text report.

✓ E-mail the report you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail This Document or by clicking Send as E-mail then selecting Full Report from the drop-down menu.

EBSCOhost To search the EBSCOhost Research Databases for scholarly articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter E on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click EBSCOhost Research Databases.

✓ Click EBSCOhost Web.

✓ Select databases pertinent to your research topic, such as Academic Search Premier, MasterFILE Premier, and/or Science Reference Center.

✓ Click Continue.

✓ Type your key terms in the search box.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:

carbon dioxide and global warming

✓ Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under the Limit your results heading.

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see one or more of the following links immediately below the item: HTML Full Text, PDF Full Text, or Linked Full Text. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the article you are currently viewing by clicking E-mail located at the top of your screen.

✓ If full-text link options are not present, click the TOUR button to check the availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library databases.

ScienceDirect To search ScienceDirect for scholarly articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter S on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click ScienceDirect (Elsevier).

✓ Click the Search button to access the Basic Search form.

✓ Type your key terms in the first and second boxes next to Term(s).

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:

First Search Box: nitrogen* Second Search Box: terror*

✓ Click Search.

✓ Result: The first 100 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see a PDF link below the item. Click PDF to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail the full-text article by clicking the title from the results list, then click E-mail Article.

OmniFile Full Text Mega To search OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb) for scholarly articles using your key terms:

✓ Click the letter O on the Jump to menu.

✓ Click OmniFile Full Text Mega (WilsonWeb).

✓ Select Applied Science & Technology, Biological & Agricultural, or General Science instead of All from the Subject Area drop-down menu.

✓ Type your key terms in the first, second, and/or third boxes adjacent to Find.

✓ Use the “and” operator to combine terms and retrieve items that contain all of the terms. Use the “or” operator to retrieve one or more of the grouped terms (not necessarily all of the grouped terms). Use double quotes (“”) to retrieve items that contain specific phrases. Use the asterisk (*) as a truncation symbol after a word root to retrieve articles with the word root and all of its possible word endings. For example, type:

First search box: Oxygen*

Second search box: Mars

✓ Limit your results to articles reviewed or judged by scholars in the field (in other words, scholarly or peer reviewed articles) by selecting Peer Reviewed.

✓ Click Start.

✓ Result: The first 10 retrieved article titles will be displayed. If the full-text article is available online for a specific item, you will see a Full Text HTML link, a Full Text PDF link, or both immediately below the item. Click one of these links to view the full-text article.

✓ E-mail a full-text article by clicking the Email button available when you either click the article title from the results list or click the Full Text HTML link.

✓ If full-text link options are not present, click the TOUR button to check the availability of full-text for the article in other Kean University Library databases.

Select Internet Resources

Chemical & Engineering News: What’s that Stuff?



Chemical Periodic Table



Chemistry Collective

Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Chemistry



Creative Chemistry



General Chemistry Online!



Math and Science Gateway

Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing



Periodic Table of the Elements

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division



Rader’s Chem4Kids!



Visual Elements Periodic Table



WebElements Periodic Table



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Originally created by Linda Cifelli, Caroline Geck, and Chrisler Pitts.

Updated by Linda Cifelli, June 29, 2009.

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