Gas Chromatography

Contact

Nancy Butkovich
Title: Head Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library

Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
201 Davey Lab
814-865-3716

Articles and Databases

At University Park most of the print materials containing information on gas chromatography (GC) are in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, 201 Davey Lab.

The Journal of Chemical Education contains articles on gas chromatography (GC) written at an undergraduate level.

Selected articles on the history of GC include:

Ettre, L. S. Development of chromatography. Anal. Chem. 1971, 43(14), 20A-31A. (online)
Bartle, K. D.; Myers, P. History of gas chromatography. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2002, 21(9/10), 547-557. (online)
Heines, V. Chromatography: a history of parallel development. ChemTech 1971, 1, 280-285. (print)

The following indexes included technical and scholarly articles about GC.

SciFinder Scholar – Indexes articles, patents, conference proceedings and doctoral dissertations in chemistry and related fields; also includes information on chemical substances, reactions, and chemical catalogs.
Web of Science – Part of Web of Knowledge. Select Web of Science from the “Select a Database” tab. Covers all areas of science and technology.

Encyclopedias

Subject-specific encyclopedias are very useful for finding background information and often have substantial in-depth articles.

Chemistry-specific encyclopedias

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology – High quality, scholarly articles. Type “gas chromatography” in the “Search this title” box on the right of the screen. (online)
Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry – Has a 100+ pages long main article on GC in v.12, but also check the index volume for related articles (print)
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (2nd ed.)
Encyclopedia of Analytical Science (1st ed.)
Multi-volume set covering all of analytical sciences. Has some lengthy articles dealing with various aspects of chromatography. (Print)

Other relevant science encyclopedias

Access Science - Online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Is targeted at a student audience. Not as technical as Kirk-Othmer. (Online)
Gale Encyclopedia of Science – Type “gas chromatography” in the search box on the left.
World of Forensic Science – Type “gas chromatography” in the search box on the left.

Handbooks and Manuals

May have substantial chapters or sub-chapters dealing with GC.

Dean’s Analytical Chemistry Handbook, 2nd ed (Online)
Ewing’s Analytical Instrumentation Handbook, 3rd ed. (Print)
Handbook of Instrumental Techniques for Analytical Chemistry (Print)

Other Books

The CAT contains information on all the books, journals, and other publications that are in the Penn State collections.

Search The CAT to find books on chromatography. Instead of the default “Keywords Anywhere” search, do a “Keyword” search and change the drop down box to “Topic (Title + Subject)”. Try terms such as

Writing Resources

Citation guides

Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed. – Style guide based on the American Chemical Society’s Manual of Style, 3rd ed.

CSE Quick Citation Style Guide – General scientific style guide based on the style manual of the Council of Science Editors.

Research Guides: Citation and Writing Guide

Journal abbreviations

CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool

Science and Engineering Journal Abbreviations

Other resources

Journal Citation Reports

Ulrich’s Web – Useful or identifying journals in specific disciplines, finding out if a title is peer reviewed, and other information about the journal