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Chem 241H Honors Modern Analytical Methods: Home
Researching a UNC Chemist
Background Information
If you already know the title of the journal, you can search for it by name in the library catalog
Here are some of the most relevant journals:
- Analytical Chemistry
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Journal of Chemical Education
Finding Articles
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University Libraries WebsiteFind information on academic areas of all subjects including journal articles, ebooks and other reliable sources.
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Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
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AccessScienceReference resource covering major scientific disciplines with links to primary sources
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Google Scholar Enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
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Proquest CentralA general reference database for over 175 subjects from magazines, journals and newspapers, including peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
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PubMedDatabase of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine
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ScopusA large citation and abstracting database providing comprehensive coverage of the peer-reviewed journal and conference literature, with links to full-text where available through the library.
Chemical and Physical Property Information
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ChemFinderDatabase includes information such as boiling point, CAS registry number, melting point, molecular weight as well as 2-D and 3-D structures of molecules and links to relevant websites for about 75,000 compounds.
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NIST Chemistry WebbookThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Chemistry WebBook provides access to data compiled and distributed by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
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Sigma-AldrichFree registration is required to access additional features such as materials safety data sheets and NMR and IR spectra. Limited to Sigma-Aldrich products.
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Cambridge Structural Database• Resource for three-dimensional structural data of organic molecules
• Repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures
• Entries from x-ray and neutron diffraction analyses
Note: Users must register for an account on the site with a UNC email.
Spectra and Spectroscopy
Collections of Spectra
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NIST Chemistry Web BookIncludes IR spectra for over 16,000 compounds as well as thermodynamic and other spectroscopic data.
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Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds (SDBS)Provides spectra (including IR and NMR) for about 30,000 compounds and searchable by name, formula, and registry number.
Spectroscopic Theory
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NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and ApplicationsInstructional materials from the Global Instructional Chemistry program.
Spectroscopy Interpretation Problems
Science News
EurekAlert
Current research news compiled by scientific society AAAS.
Science Daily
Summaries of current research articles with links to original publications.
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AccessScience
- Reference resource covering major scientific disciplines with links to primary sources
- Online equivalent to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology and the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology
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Today's Science
- Searchable reference index of articles
- Glossary of scientific terms and biographies on important figures in science
- Draws on major scientific journals, magazines and newspapers in the United States and abroad
- Offers teacher content, including specific National Science Education Standards
You can also use the Articles+ search tool to find news articles.
Writing and Citing
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ACS Guide to Scholarly CommunicationThis online style guide resource provides students, researchers, educators and librarians with the instruction and advice they need to master the art of scholarly communication (publications, presentations, data conventions and communicating with the public).
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Write Like a Chemist
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ISBN: 9780195367423Write Like a Chemist is a guide to chemistry-specific writing. It offers a structured approach to writing that targets four important chemistry genres: the journal article, conference abstract, scientific poster, and research proposal.
Outlines:
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How to write an outline (video)
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Why and how to create an outline (Purdue OWL)
Abstracts:
- UNC Writing Center - Abstracts - Excellent guide to composing abstracts. Also available as a PDF
Researching in the Sciences (videos)
Author's Guide for submitting an article to the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry
MLA Formatting and Style Guide (online)
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