Subject and Course Guides: Biochemistry: Reference Resources & Works

A-Z Reference Resources & Works

ACD/ChemSketch
"A drawing package that allows you to draw chemical structures including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. It also includes features such as calculation of molecular properties (e.g., molecular weight, density, molar refractivity etc.), 2D and 3D structure cleaning and viewing, functionality for naming structures (fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings), and prediction of logP."
Bulk Chemical Prices
A list of resources for finding chemical prices.
CAS Common Chemistry
"CAS Common Chemistry is an open community resource for accessing chemical information. Nearly 500,000 chemical substances from CAS REGISTRY® cover areas of community interest, including common and frequently regulated chemicals, and those relevant to high school and undergraduate chemistry classes."
ChemDoodle Web Components
"The ChemDoodle Web Components library is a pure Javascript chemical graphics and cheminformatics library derived from the ChemDoodle™ application and produced by iChemLabs. ChemDoodle Web Components allow the wielder to present publication quality 2D and 3D graphics and animations for chemical structures, reactions and spectra."
Chemical Safety Library
"The Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library (CSL) provides unique crowd sourced data content containing hazardous reactions that can be used to alert scientists to potential dangerous experiments. This new platform supports laboratory safety by providing tools to search for submitted hazardous reaction information by CAS Registry Number, chemical name, SMILES, InChI, and more; contribute new hazardous reaction incident information to the library; and download aggregated information to integrate with internal workflows and knowledge bases."
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window
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A full-text reference book on chemical and physical data and includes constants and structure diagrams for nearly 11,000 organic compounds. Searching by structure is available by downloading MarvinSketch, a chemical drawing software. The CRC Handbook also provides basic measurement and safety information, formulas for calculating chemical and physical properties and constants, and biographies of key historical figures in chemistry and physics. Updated annually. (Full-Text)

Encyclopedia of Theory in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Featuring more than 300 authoritative articles written by experts in their respective fields, the encyclopedia also includes a Reader’s Guide that organizes entries by broad themes; lists of Further Readings and cross-references that conclude each article; and a Resource Guide listing classic books in the field, leading journals, associations, and key websites.

Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
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Gale Virtual Reference Library contains a variety of reference works including: Biographies, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries.
Tip: Click on subject guide search and put in a broad term such as "biology" to see related reference materials.
Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
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JCR provides data that can help evaluate the quality and importance of the journals covered by Web of Science. this edition covers only the science journals. It provides data on the number of articles published in a given journal in a given year and the number of citations to that journal from articles published in that year. It also calculates an Impact Factor based on that year's data. JCR can also be access through Web of Science by clicking on the yellow "Additional Resources" tab.

New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors
This dictionary includes: "includes feature entries on key areas, substantially increased coverage of the life sciences, and new entries in physics, astronomy, chemistry, computer science, and mathematics. New and revised appendices also provide useful supplementary tables including SI units, mathematical symbols, the electromagnetic spectrum, and useful online resources."
NIST Chemistry WebBook
This website provides access to a variety of data and measurements in the field of chemistry including graphs and readouts.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Fully revised and updated, this new edition includes definitions of terms from the fields of Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Immunology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, and Toxicology. Entries are short and informative, covering details of biochemical substances and the processes in which they are involved, methods and concepts in molecular biology, and definitions of biochemical symbols and abbreviations."

Research Laboratory Safety by Daniel Reid Kuespert
ISBN: 9783110444438
Publication Date: 2016-10-24
Research Laboratory Safety explains the most important prerequisite when working in a laboratory: Knowing the potential hazards of equipment and the chemical materials to be employed. Students learn how to assess and control risks in a research laboratory and to identify a possible danger. An approach on the hazard classes such as physical, chemical, biological and radiation hazards is given and exercises to each class prepare for exams.

Royal Society of Chemistry
"The RSC is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, our activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public."