CHM474: Advanced Organic Chemistry

Journals at F&M

Also, at Library's homepage, select "eResources by Subject" and "Chemistry" for a selected list of related databases and full-text journals at F&M.

Here's a selective list of relevant journals.

• Accounts of Chemical Research
• American Chemical Society Journal (JACS)
• Angewandte Chemie
• Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry Section B Organic Chemistry
• Chemical Communications
• Chemical Reviews
• Chemical Society Reviews
• Dalton Transactions
• Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry
• Nano Letters
• Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
• Organic Letters
• Perkin Transactions I
• Perkin Transactions II
• Photochemistry and Photobiology
• Science - Current and Recent Back File or Complete Back File

Tools for Locating Journal Articles

Chemical Abstracts

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This is the most complete and comprehensive index to the chemical literature, but by virtue of its size, can be difficult to use for some purposes. Content is also searchable via SciFinder Scholar, an end-user interface to the Chemical Abstracts, REGISTRY and REFERENCES databases.

Consult the print Chemical Abstracts (1907-2000) For either substances or techniques, check first in the Index Guide to make sure you have the correct terminology. For individual substances, then look in the Chemical Substance Index; for classes of substances or for techniques, look in the General Subject Index. Heavily researched substances may have subject subheadings attached, such as compounds or preparation. For less common substances, simply scan the list under the subject heading.

The years 1907-1991 are indexed in Cumulative Indexes covering 5 or 10 year periods. 1992-2000 are covered in Volume Indexes (6 months worth at a time). The cumulative indexes will give a volume and abstract number (e.g. 100:10715); volume indexes will just give the abstract number.

If you do not recognize a journal title from the Chemical Abstracts abbreviation, check the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI) available at Sci Ref Z5523.A52 2001.If you have trouble finding the correct chemical name for a substance in the Index Guide, try to locate its Chemical Abstracts Registry Number in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics or other handbook, then use the Registry Number Handbook to find the CA standard name.

ACS (American Chemical Society) Publications

Provides fully edited articles with complete graphics and links from all 35 ACS publications. Articles appear online anywhere from two weeks to three months before the article is available in print. Coverage extends back to 1879.

SciFinder Scholar

A desktop research tool with point and click access to Chemical Abstracts and Medline information. It is a client-server product which requires installation. Contact the Science Librarian for more information. Available for searching in the Chemistry Department and Science Library Tech Room. SFS is available for campus use only; our license limits use to 2 simultaneous users from a pool of 3 institutions. Covers 1907 to the present.

Web of Science (ISI)

The Institute of Scientific Information's premier citation databases in the physical, life, and social sciences. Search for articles that cite a known author or work or by standard search queries. Covers 1970 to the present.

Print Resources

QD241 - 441: Organic Chemistry

QD450 - 731: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry

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The Beilstein Handbook is the most comprehensive source of evaluated data and references in organic chemistry, running hundreds of volumes. We own only approximately 100 volumes at F&M. It is organized by chronological period; then within each period, by chemical class according to Beilstein's own system. Most of Beilstein is in German; the last chronological period (available only in part) is in English. Finding compounds can be difficult, but many reference works, including CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics and Merck Index give Beilstein references. Consult the Science Librarian regarding a mediated search of the Beilstein database.

Comprehensive Organic Synthesis: Selectivity, Strategy, and Efficiency in Modern Organic Chemistry, 9 vols.

Sci Ref QD262 .C535

Desk Reference for Organic Chemists

Sci Ref QD257.7 .E28 1995

Illustrated Handbook of Physical-Chemical Properties, 3 vols.

Sci Ref TD 196 .O73 M32

Dictionary of Organic Compounds, 9 vols.

Sci Ref QD246 .D5

Organic Reactions, 61+ vols.

QD251 .O7

Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis. vol. 1-15

QD262 .F5

Handbook of Reagents for Organic Chemicals

Sci Ref QD77 .H37 1999

Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods, 4 vols.

QD262 .H32

Organic Syntheses, 79+ vols.

QD262 .O7

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry

Sci Ref QD65 .L36 2005

Merck Index

RS51 .M4

News and Current Awareness

Chemical and Engineering News

A weekly newsmagazine published by the ACS.

Science Now

Part of the Science Online website from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

How to Cite References - Format in papers is to match the current format in JACS

ACS Style Guide

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References include detailed instructions on how to cite a wide variety of reference formats, both in the text and at the end of a research paper.

Reference Style Guidelines (ACS)

This information is incomplete and intended for quick reference only. For a more detailed review of how to cite references, consult the ACS Style Guide.

Books and Articles about Scientific Reading and Writing

Science & Technical Writing: A Manual of Style

Sci Ref T11 .S378 2001
See Chapter 6, "Scientific Terms and Symbols," for advice on chemical terminology and chemical notation.

Drake BD, Acosta GM, Smith RL, 1997.

"An Effective Technique for Reading Research Articles - The Japanese KENSHU Method." Journal of Chemical Education 74: (2) 186-188.