This is a selection of library resources that you might find helpful as you start your career at Penn State. As you go further in your education, other resources will also become useful.
University Libraries Home Page
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul.html
Access our electronic and print collections, renew books online, request material from other locations, and much more.
Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/pams.html
Subject specific pages for chemistry, physics, astronomy, mathematics, and statistics
Chemistry Research Guide
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/physcimath/chemistry.html
Links to finding journal articles, reference databases, writing resources and other chemistry-related links
Library Learning Services
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/lls.html
Has a schedule of upcoming library instruction sessions, tutorials, and other useful information
Chemistry Writing Resources
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/physcimath/chemistry.html
Variety of useful websites under "writing resrouces" tab
AccessScience
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU00808
Online versions of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Science and Technology.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU01472
Highly respected professional-level chemistry and chemical engineering encyclopedia.
Journal of Chemical Education
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Excellent journal for finding chemical information of interests to students and teachers.
Knovel
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU00544
Indexes over 800 science and engineering handbooks.
Chemistry and Engineering News
http://cat.libraries.psu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=0009-2347
News magazine of the American Chemical Society
The CAT
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU00676
This is the catalog of what we have in our collections… print and electronic. There’s a tutorial at:
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/cat_tutorial/index.html
ProQuest
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU01407
This is a good “starter” resource… it indexes a wide variety of magazines and newspapers as well as some professional literature. However, once you get into more specialized coursework, you’ll find that other databases are better suited to your needs.
SciFinder Scholar
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/pams/download.html
Includes Chemical Abstracts… probably the most comprehensive chemical literature source available today. Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, patents, chemical dissertations, and some books back to 1907. Searchable by topic, author, chemical formula, chemical structure and many others. Also has some properties information, chemical suppliers, etc.
Web of Science
http://alias.libraries.psu.edu/ERESOURCES/PSU01188
Consists of 3 databases, one of which ndexes the science and engineering literature back to 1900. Also allows you to search the references cited in the bibliographies of papers.
