Doing research in chemistry, biochemistry and environmental science will require you to gather information from possibly many resources. Here at the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library there is much useful information that is available in many different locations in the library and also in many different formats. This document will hopefully point you in the right direction in locating the right materials for your educational research project.

PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG (I-Link)

Look in the online catalog for books on your topic. You may search by author, title, subject or keyword. You can also search for government documents and vertical file items by use of the Public Access Catalog.

REFERENCE SOURCES

Search the reference collection for brief facts, biographical information, addresses, telephone numbers, statistical information, articles in encyclopedias, general and subject, on all aspects of human knowledge. Much information is included in the general encyclopedias, such as Compton's, Academic American, or World Book. However, more specialized information is included in subject encyclopedias. Additional information can be found in these sources:

DIRECTORIES OF CHEMISTRY OR BIOTECHNOLOGIGAL ORGANIZATIONS
 

R 353 Un3s	The United States Government Manual Contains information on federal organizations and agencies, including Legislative Branch organizations and agencies,  Judicial Branch organizations, Executive Branch organizations and agencies, independent establishments and government corporations, and quasi-official agencies.
R 061.3 G13enc	Encyclopedia of Associations This is a directory of nearly 23,000 national and International organizations, including: trade, business, commercial, environmental, agricultural, legal, military, natural and social sciences, educational, cultural, and many more.
R 352.8 F31c8	Congressional Quarterly's Federal Regulatory Directory Gives information on over one hundred federal regulatory agencies.  For each agency, it gives the responsibilities of the agency, the power and authority of the agency, and historical background and current issues of the agency.  It gives the agency organization, and addresses of regional offices.

CHEMISTRY RESOURCES
 

R 070.442 Ed4c	CQ Researcher Published by Congressional Quarterly, the staff does research a topic of current interest, such as AIDS, gun control, abortion, lotteries, Acid rain, toxic waste, global warming, hazardous substances, environmental protection, etc. Great place to start doing research on a topic. Each weekly report contains an extensive bibliography at the end of the report.
R 070.444442 In3a	The Information Series on Current Topics Each of these books is crammed with statistical tables, charts, graphs, maps, and paragraphs that  present the basic data on a single current topic.
R 070.442 Is7	Issues and Controversies on File Articles provide the history or development of an issue, a current overview, varying opinions, a prediction of future developments, and a short bibliography.
R 550 M27	Magill's Survey of Science: Earth Science Series This excellent series describes many earth sciences terms such as: acid rain, air pollution, aquifers, atmospheric inversion layers, clouds, faults, glaciers, groundwater, hazardous wastes, oil and gas offshore wells, radioactive minerals, sand, soil erosion, and wind.
R 660.6 Y8B	Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering "In one volume, all the essential tools; Overview of the topic, chronology of important events, glossary of terms, biographical listing, complete index, plus a fully annotated bibliography."
R 540 D34L15	Lange's Handbook of Chemistry new This is an excellent book of "factual information for chemists, both professional and students". There are sections on organic and inorganic compounds, conversion tables and mathematics, properties of atoms radicals and bonds, physical properties, thermodynamic properties, spectroscopy, electrolytes, polymers, rubbers, fats, and waxes, and much more.
R 540 C85L	CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics new This is an excellent book of tables on basic constants units, and conversion factors, symbols, terminology and nomenclature, physical constants of organic compounds, properties of the elements and inorganic compounds, thermochemistry, electrochemistry and fluid properties and much more. This is a highly respected work that is in its 79th edition.
R 543 Of3L	Official Methods of Analysis of OAC International new This contains the official methods of analysis of chemical substances and analytical techniques. This edition contains 190 new and 247 revised methods. It contains methods on pesticides and industrial chemical residues, hazardous substances, metals and other elements in foods, disinfectants, drugs in feeds, animal feeds, microchemical methods, radioactivity, drugs, foods, sugars, vitamins, and more.
R 549.03 R54e	Encyclopedia of Minerals new Gives the name, chemical formula, crystal system, class, space group, latice constants, strongest diffraction lines, optical constants, hardness, density, cleavage, habit, color-luster, mode of occurrence and references on many different minerals.
R 660.3 En1e4	Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology fourth edition This is an excellent 25 volume encyclopedia on chemical technology that is "comprehensive, authoritative, accessible, lucid." It is published by the renowned publisher of scientific materials John Wiley and Sons. About half of the articles "deal with chemical substances, either single substances, such as Sulfuric acid, or groups of substances, such as Aluminum compounds. There are also articles on industrial processes, such as Alkylation; on uses, such as Abrasives; Adhesives; on pharmaceuticals, dyes, fibers; on foods and other human uses, such as cosmetics. There are articles on the unit operations and unit processes of chemical engineering; on fundamentals, such as Absorption; Mass Transfer; and on scientific and technological subjects, such as Catalysis, Color, Electrochemical processing, Magnetic materials, and Ultrasonics. Still other articles deal with such general subjects as Computer technology, Information retrieval, Patents, Regulatory agencies, Technical service, and Transportation."
R 669 Sm6b7	Smithell's Metals Reference Book seventh ed. This book contains many of the chemical and physical properties of metals.
R 660.63 At5b	Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology Handbook This book contains many properties of substances, such as: properties of industrially important microorganisms, enzyme activity, flow behavior of fermentation fluids, gas-liquid mass transfer, heat transfer, and more.
R 615.103 M53o	The Merck Index Thirteenth edition The first edition of this work was published in 1889, and has provided chemical information important for chemists, biochemists, pharmacists. There are over 10,000 substances discussed in monographs and each monograph of each chemical contains: the chemical title, Chemical Abstracts REgistry Number Chemical Abstracts Name, alternative names and/or trademarks or the title compound, molecular weight and molecular formula, percentage composition of each element in the compound, literature references, a diagram of the chemical structure, physical data, derivatives of the compound. About 4,000 of the monographs are on drugs, 2,000 are on common organic substances, 2,000 on naturally occurring substances in plants, 1,000 more on the elements and inorganic chemicals, and 1,000 pertain to agricultural compounds.
R 363.17 H33p	Hazardous Substances Resource Guide This book contains over 1100 hazardous substances that are found in the home, workplace or community. The first section covers where toxic or hazardous chemicals are found, and section 2 gives chemical profiles of the 1100 chemicals, and section 3 gives names, addresses and phone numbers to hotlines and clearinghouses, poison control centers, state and national organizations.
R 628.03 M17en3	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Environmental Science & Engineering Contains many useful articles that give the current state of knowledge, prospects for the future, and legislation passed (U.S.). There are articles on such things as: acid rain, air pollution, atmosphere, ozone, dams, ecology, ecosystem, energy sources, environmental assessment, groundwater hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, pesticide, population dispersion, recycling technology, sewage, soil chemistry, soil conservation, solar energy, surface mining, water conservation, wetlands, and wind.
R 576.503 En1k	Encyclopedia of Genetics Contains articles that "provide the general reader a thorough yet accessible overview of one of modern science's most vital and intriguing fields."
R 612.003 En1d2	Encyclopedia of Human Biology This encyclopedia "strives to present a complete overview of the current state of knowledge of contemporary human biology." It contains over 4200 entries. Each entry has an outline, a glossary of important terms, a defining statement in the first paragraph, plus cross-references to other articles in the encyclopedia.
R 363.7003 En8c	Environmental Encyclopedia Contains articles on many environmental topics, such as: animal rights, automobile emissions, Biogeochemistry, carbon monoxide, chemical spills, chlorine, dioxin, hazardous waste, nuclear fusion, air pollution, water pollution, agent orange, acid rain, radon, and toxic substances. Also has articles on environmental legislation passed by U.S. Congress, toxic waste sites in the United States, biographies of important environmentalists, animals that have been affected by environmental problems, organizations involved with environmental issues, and other environmental terms.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

REGULAR COLLECTION
 
 

547 F46r	Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis (Annual)
547.2 An7	Annual Reports In Organic Synthesis Contains an organized annual review of information useful for organic chemists.
547.3 Os4m2	OSHA Analytical Methods Manual Contains the official analytical methods of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for different chemical substances. and systematic's
577.05 An7r	Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Reprints about twenty four significant articles each year on research in ecology, evolution and systematics
Reference area	Contemporary World Issues Series Excellent for gaining the grasp of a topic. Each book in the series covers a different topic. Each topic covered in the series has the following: an overview section, which has a discussion of the main questions being asked or arguments raised about the topic, then a chronology section, a biographical sketches section of the main figures in the topic, facts and statistics section, documents and reports, laws and legislation pertaining to the topic, and a directory of agencies and organizations associated with the topic. The ones concerned with the environment are:   363.7287 M61e Environmental Hazards: Toxic Waste and Hazardous Material 363.7394 G68e Environmental Hazards: Marine Pollution 363.7392 M61e Environmental Hazards: Air Pollution 363.17 M61e Environmental Hazards: Radioactive Materials and Wastes 551.5112N48o The Ozone Dilemma 574.52642 G25r Rainforests of the World 363.72 K56r Recycling in America 363.7387 N48g Global Warming 333.91 M61w Water Quality and Availability 333.78 R72w Wilderness Preservation 333.7924 Nuclear Energy Policy R 333.79 M61e Energy and American Society

VERTICAL FILE

The Vertical File cabinets on the first floor (behind the information desk) contain folders on numerous biological and conversation topics such as: Birds, biology, biotechnology, endangered species, energy conservation, hazardous substances, recycling, water pollution , air pollution, wildflowers, and wildlife conservation.
 
 

MAGAZINES,JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS

There are many magazines and journals published that are related to education. Some of these journals contains articles written for educators, but are not research content. Other journals and magazines contain helps for educators, ideas to help in teaching, or news items for educational associations. Doing educational research requires that you look at journals that contain results of research. Again there are many journals that contain results of research. How do you access the information in these journals? Well, some research education journals are located in the basement of this library, others are located in an online database, while others are located in neither location, but are located in other libraries.

Unlike books, the contents of journals are not available in the SE library catalog. So where are they located? They are located in magazine and journal indexes. Magazine and journal indexes assign a subject to each article in each journal indexed in the magazine and journal index. Until the 1990's most magazine and journal indexes were in paper, now they are almost all on the Internet. Some of these journal indexes on the Internet index popular magazines, other scholarly, while others are devoted to one subject area, NO Journal Index indexes every journal that is published, so they are selective.

HOW TO FIND RESEARCH ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

Step One: Look in a Journal Index

A periodical index is a publication that indexes the content of periodicals. There are many different periodical indexes, some general and some subject specific. One thing needs to be made clear: There is not any periodical index that indexes every single periodical being published today. So each index is selective in what periodicals it indexes. Periodical indexes tend to index the most important or most popular or most respected or well known periodicals.

PAPER PERIODICAL INDEXES

For many years periodical indexes were published in paper, like a book. They would usually come out every few months with an update, and then come out at the end of the year with an annual cumulation. Paper periodical indexes are cumbersome to use and take some take to look at every year, but they can contain information on many valuable articles written sometimes years ago, and paper indexes are valuable places to search for topics in music, drama, art, literature and history.

ONLINE PERIODICAL INDEXES

Why use online databases?

• It is much easier to use online databases, and you can search years of a database with one search
• You can also find the most recent articles on any topic because most online databases are updated daily or weekly

There is a disadvantage to online databases for those who are researching topics in history or literature

• Most online databases go back only to the 1990's or the 1980's, and so many potentially valuable articles in older magazines and journals can be missed if you search only in online databases.

Some Online Databases that the SE Library Has

1. Where the Databases are located
These databases are all to be found on the SE Library's Electronic Resources Page at: http://www.se.edu/lib/electres.htm

2. What EBSCOHost and FirstSearch are
The word EBSCOHost or FirstSearch to the right of the database name in the table above indicates the name of the database vendor where you can find these databases. If you look at the list of links on the ELectronic Resources page, you will see the links organized by the type of database that they are. You will find EBSCOHost and FirstSearch under the listing of databases called Periodical Databases. When you go down the list, you will see at least two links for both EBSCOHOst and FirstSearch. The first link is for those that are on the SE campus. Click on that link, and you will be taken to the list of databases under EBSCOHost or FirstSearch. The second link is the off campus link. This link is necessary to use if you are off of the SE Campus. This link takes you to a page where you will be asked to type in a userid or authorization number, and a password. The userid or authorization number and password to gain access to EBSCOHost and FirstSearch is available at the SE Library Reference Desk, and also is on the proxy server.

3. How to narrow your search in these databases to just scholarly journals.
These periodical databases listed above index the content of both magazines and journals. When you do a search, then, you will get a list of article from both journals and magazines. How do you do a search for just research articles? Most of the databases listed above are able to limit your search by type of publication, so you will be able to limit your search to just articles from scholarly, peer-reviewed journals (ERIC, PsycARTICLES, PsychInfo, and PRofessional Development Collection in EBSCOHOst), or to just research articles (ERIC in FirstSearch). Limiting by this method will get rid of a lot of articles on your search results list that are from non-scholarly, magazines.

Step Two: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text

Step Three: Check to see if the article is available online Full-Text in another database

Step Four: Check to see if the the SE Library has the journal in paper

Step Five: Use InterLibrary Loan to obtain the article from another college library that has the journal that you want

1. Obtain an Interlibrary loan form from the circulation desk or go to an online InterLibrary Loan form at: http://www.se.edu/lib/illjournalreq.htm for a journal article and http://www.se.edu/lib/illbookreq.htm for Interlibrary loaning a book. 2. Fill out the form, take note that those fields of the form that have an asterisk in front of them are required fields that are needed to send the information via e-mail. Click submit after filling out the form. 3. The process of receiving something from InterLibrary loan takes about 4 days to two weeks, so if InterLibrary Loans are needed, you need to plan ahead.

Citing Sources Citation Style Guides

When you do a research paper, the sources of your information need to be cited in your paper. There is a way to do this. There are specific rules that have been devised that explain how to do this. For journals, there are specific things that need to be in a citation. Here is an example of the parts of a journal citation using the APA style.

RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET
There are many useful resources on the Internet about biology and conservation. The following links contain many interesting sites:

Chemistry Resources on the Internet
http://www.se.edu/lib/subchem.htm

Government Documents Resources on the Internet: Physical Sciences
http://www.se.edu/lib/govdocs/physical.htm
This is a part of our government documents page. This subcategory contains U.S. government sites that pertain to the physical sciences. Here are some of the government sites that pertain to chemistry:

• Chemical Science Technology Laboratory
http://www.cstl.nist.gov/
"CSTL is the primary reference laboratory for chemical measurements, entrusted with developing, maintaining, advancing, and enabling the chemical measurement system for the United States of America, thereby enhancing industry's productivity and competitiveness, establishing comparability of measurements to facilitate equity of global trade, and improving public health, safety, and environmental quality. CSTL has focused its activities along eleven programmatic lines: Automotive and Aerospace, Biomaterials, Pharmaceuticals and Biomanufacturing, Chemical and Allied Products, Energy Systems, Environmental Technologies and Services, Health and Medical Products/Services, Industrial and Analytical Instruments and Services, Forensics and Homeland Security, Microelectronics, and Food and Nutritional Products. These Programs are structured to support CSTL's three goals: Provide the national traceability and international comparability structure for measurements in chemistry, chemical engineering, and biotechnology, and provide the fundamental basis of the nation's measurement system Assure that U.S. industry has access to accurate and reliable data and predictive models to determine the chemical and physical properties of materials and processes Anticipate and address next-generation measurement needs of the Nation."


• NIST Chemistry WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/
"The NIST Chemistry WebBook provides users with easy access to chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet. The data provided in the site are from collections maintained by the NIST Standard Reference Data Program and outside contributors. Data in the WebBook system are organized by chemical species. The WebBook system allows users to search for chemical species by various means. Once the desired species has been identified, the system will display data for the species. CSTL is the primary reference laboratory for chemical measurements, entrusted with developing, maintaining, advancing, and enabling the chemical measurement system for the United States of America, thereby enhancing industry's productivity and competitiveness, establishing comparability of measurements to facilitate equity of global trade, and improving public health, safety, and environmental quality."


• Entrez: The Life Sciences Search Engine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gquery/gquery.fcgi
This is a series of databases on the life sciences. There are databases on nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, three dimensional macromolecular structures and many more.


• TOXINET: Toxicology Data Network
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
This is a series of databases related to toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. There is the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), TOXLINE, Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS), Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (DART), Genetic Toxicology Data Bank (GENE-TOX), Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER), Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), HAZ-MAP, Household Products Database, and TOXMAP This is an excellent series of databases on toxic substances of all kinds.


• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Research Library for Chemistry
http://library.lanl.gov/infores/chem.htm
This is a library of links to online research items such as electronic journals, databases, calculators, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides to web resources, material safety data sheets, and periodic tables that pertain to chemistry. Some are free to use and others are not accessible unless, it is assumed, that you are at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.


• ChemIDplus
  http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
  "ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases, including the TOXNET® system. ChemIDplus also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 379,000 chemical records, of which over 257,000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure. There are two new versions of this database. The ChemIDplus Lite version is available for simplified Name and RN searching without the need for plugins or applets. ChemIDplus Advanced allows chemical structure and biological/chemical property searching to be done."
  
  
• Science.gov

  http://www.science.gov/
  "Contains links to government sites on the Internet that pertain to science. It is divided by the different divisions of science, and includes Biotechnology, Astronomy, Agriculture and food, energy, nuclear power, and math, physics and chemistry.

Other Important Internet Sites

• Scirus
  

  http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
  "Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. Driven by the latest search engine technology, Scirus searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, enabling you to quickly: Pinpoint scientific, scholarly, technical and medical data on the Web. Find the latest reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints and journals that other search engines miss."

• National Science Digital Library
  

  http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
  "NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education."

• The Macrogalleria
  

  http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm
  This is a site put out by the Department of Polymer Science at University of Southern Mississippi, and contains information about polymers.

• Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
  

  http://www.organicworldwide.net/
  "Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide, [is] a web site designed for the specific needs of organic chemists. [It] was created (February, 1996). Its mission consist in collecting and independently annotating all useful organic chemistry sites and to present them in an intuitive way. Furthermore, this low-graphics, quick-loading guide has no access restriction as it available for a worldwide audience and no registration or user fee are required."

• Periodic Table of the Elements
  

  http://www.ktf-split.hr/periodni/en/index.html
  "NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education."

• WebELements
  

  http://www.webelements.com/
  "NSDL is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education."

• Chemistry.org
  

  http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html
  Chemistry.org is a website of the American Chemical Society.

• Beilstein abstracts--ChemWeb
  

  http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html
  Chemistry.org is a website of the American Chemical Society.

• Energy Citations Database
  

  http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/
  Chemistry.org is a website of the American Chemical Society.