Collections in Edinburgh University Library
The Chemistry Collection is the primary collection of chemistry literature
in the University and is housed in the the Darwin Library. Literature
on chemical engineering is held in the Robertson Engineering & Science
Library. Please contact the
Library staff for further information on access to chemistry resources.
Darwin Library
Robertson
Engineering & Science Library
The Library's Online Catalogue provides
information on holdings throughout the Library system, and includes links to online resources.
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Catalogue
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How to ... Help using the Library and information resources
CHEMISTRY
- Science and Engineering Libraries Training Page
for presentations and downloadable handouts on finding academic literature,
citing references, literature alerting services, bibliogrpahic
databases for literature reviews...
Undergraduates have access to ISIS (Information Skills and IT Skills) on WebCT
via MyEd for short, cross-disciplinary
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Electronic Reference Collection for Chemistry:
Dictionary of Chemistry
6th ed (2008), First published 1985 as A Concise Dictionary of Chemistry.
Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics
88th ed (2007-2008) wide coverage of data on properties of inorganic
and organic compounds.
Encyclopedia
of Analytical Chemistry
(2000) Robert A. Meyers (Editor-in-Chief) published by Wiley. Regularly updated
online version of the 15 volume set.
Encyclopedia
of Inorganic Chemistry
(2008) Robert H. Crabtree (Editor-in-Chief) published by Wiley.
Essential
Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards
(2003) published by Center for Chemical Process Safety/AIChE.
International
Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology
1st electronic edition (2003) critical data on inorganic and organic
compounds, and pure substances.
Knovel
Critical Tables
2nd ed (2008) tables of physical, solvent and thermodynamic properties.
Merck Index Online (14th edition,
2006) - an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals. [13th
edition (2001) available in the Reference Collection in the Darwin
Library at classmark RS51
Mer.]
First time, go
here and enter your UoEdinburgh email address as requested.
Afterwards and any
other time you
want to use it, go here.
Then, register using your UoEdinburgh email address, if you haven't
already for this site. Login. The Merck Index should be the database
you're able to access (look in "My Database subscriptions" if not
displaying).
Referex
Engineering
searchable online full-text of 100 chemical engineering
reference texts. Includes Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical
Hazards (6th ed, 1999).
Royal
Society of Chemistry Ebooks
RSC books and book series published 1968-2009. Most of the individual
titles have records in the library catalogue.
Sax’s
dangerous properties of industrial materials
(11th edition) - data on toxicological, flammability, reactivity, explosive potential, and
regularity information for approximately 26,000 substances. Contains
Immediately Dangerous Life or Health (IDLH) levels for approximately
1,000 chemicals. Also, exposure-level classifications for a number
of regulatory agencies, from OSHA to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Smithsonian
Physical Tables
9th revised edition (2003) tables of common physical and chemical data.
Ullmann's
Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
7th edition (2008 release)
- Subject areas include: inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced
materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys,
biotechnology and biotechnological products, food chemistry, process
engineering and unit operations, analytical methods, environmental
protection, etc.
Useful Data for Chemistry Students
The Higher Education Academy's Physical Sciences Centre
four page handout of periodic table, constants, equations, laws and
the Greek alphabet.
University of Edinburgh Links
EaStCHEM
Joint Research
School for Chemistry. EaStCHEM is the premier Research School for Chemistry
in Scotland and is funded by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council,
The Office of Science and Technology and the parent Universities of Edinburgh
and St Andrews.
SCI-FUN - Scottish Science Technology Roadshow
University of Edinburgh Careers Service