Davidson College Library Guide for Chemistry 371

Principles of Instrumental Analysis Professor Hauser Fall 2006 Reference Resources Textbooks Primary Literature Scientific Writing & Presentations American Chemical Society Style Guide Scientific Writing Annotated Bibliographies Lab Notebooks Oral Presentations Poster Presentations RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Resources Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry. Trans. Mary Eagleson. New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1993. Little Library Reference R 540.3 A134-T Dean's Analytical Chemistry Handbook. Pradyot Patnaik. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 543 P311d A Dictionary of Chromatography. R.C. Denney. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1982. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 543.08 D399d Electrochemical Science and Technology Information Resource (ESTIR), from the Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences (YCES) and the Chemical Engineering Department of Case Western Reserve University Contains an Electrochemistry Encyclopedia and Electrochemistry Dictionary. Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: Applications, Theory, and Instrumentation. Ed. R.A. Meyers. 15 vols. New York: Wiley, 2000. Little Library Reference R 543 E56 Encyclopedia of Analytical Science. Ed. Paul J. Worsfold. 2nd ed. 10 vols. Oxford: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 543 E56 Encyclopedia of Separation Science. Ed. Ian D. Wilson. 10 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 660.2 E56 Ewing's Analytical Instrumentation Handbook. Ed. Jack Gazes. 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2005. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 543.07 E95a3 Handbook of Spectroscopy. Ed. J.W. Robinson. 3 vols. Boca Raton, CRC Press, 1981. Chemistry Library Reference C Ref 543.08 H236 Handbook of Basic Tables for Chemical Analysis. Thomas J. Bruno and Paris D.N. Svoronos. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 543 B898h Interpreting Infrared, Raman, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra. Richard Allen Nyquist. 2 vols. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2001. Chemistry Library Reference C-Ref 535.8 N997i Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Ed. Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz. 5th ed. 27 vols. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience, 2004- . [Still being published] Little Library Reference R 660.03 K59 2004 The 5th edition is still being published and is therefore incomplete. Earlier editions include: Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Ed. Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz. 4th ed. 27 vols. New York: Wiley, 1991-1998. Little Library Reference R 660.03 E561, 1991 Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Ed. Herman F. Mark et al. 3rd ed. 31 vols. New York: Wiley, 1978-1984. Chemistry Library Reference C Ref 660.3 E56 McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005. Note: the Library also has the complete McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (9th ed.; 20 vols.; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002), shelved in Little Library Reference at call number R 503 M14. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Little Library Reference R 503 M142 2003 Textbooks To find textbooks and other books, do subject searches in the Library Catalogue and WorldCat; examples of some relevant subject terms include: Chemistry analytic Chromatographic analysis Fluorescence Gas chromatography High performance liquid chromatography Instrumental analysis Liquid chromatography Nuclear magnetic resonance Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Spectrum analysis Examples of textbooks include: Analytical Electrochemistry. Joseph Wang. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 2000. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.08 W246a2 The Basics of Spectroscopy. David W. Ball. Bellingham, WA: SPIE, 2001. Little Library Stacks 543.08 B187b Chemical Instrumentation. Richard P. Wayne. New York: Oxford, 1994. Chemistry Library Stacks C 542.8 W359c Handbook of Spectroscopy. Ed. G. Gauglitz and T. Vo-Dinh. 2 vols. Cambridge, UK: Wiley-VCH, 2003. Chemistry Library Stacks C 544.6 H236 HPLC and CE: Principles and Practice. Ed. Andrea Weston and Phyllis R. Brown. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.087 H638 Mass Spectrometry Basics. Christopher G. Herbert and Robert A.W. Johnstone. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.08 H536m Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications. Edmond de Hoffmann and Vincent Stroobant. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 2002. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.087 H699s-T Modern Practice of Gas Chromatography. Ed. Robert L. Grob. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1985. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.089 M689 NMR and Chemistry: An Introduction to Modern NMR Spectroscopy. J.W. Akitt and B.E. Mann. 4th ed. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2000. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.08 A315n Spectrochemical Analysis. James D. Ingle and Stanley R. Crouch. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.08 I51s Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis. James W. Robinson et al. 6th ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2005. Chemistry Library Stacks C 543.07 R662u Note: Some libraries will not lend current editions of textbooks on interlibrary loan. Tools for Locating Primary Literature ACS Web Editions (c. 1879 to present) The full text of journals published by the American Chemical Society. SciFinder Scholar Available on all Library PCs. SciFinder is the Davidson College Library's means of access to Chemical Abstracts (CAS), a comprehensive database of chemical journal literature and patents, and to the CAS Registry and other chemical files. Note: Only one person can search the database at any one time. Notable Journals and Series Analytical Chemistry (1947 to present) Included in ACS Web Editions. Electroanalytical Chemistry: A Series of Advances (1966 to present) Chemistry Library Stacks C 545.3 E38 Environmental Science & Technology (1967 to present) Included in ACS Web Editions. Journal of the Electrochemical Society (1952, 1978, 1986-2001) Chemistry Library Microform Scientific Writing & Presentations ACS Style Guide | Scientific Writing | Annotated Bibliographies | Lab Notebooks | Oral Presentations | Poster Presentations American Chemical Society Style Guide The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Ed. Anne Coghill and Lorrin Garson. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2006. Little Library Reference R 808.06 A111 2006 Chemistry Library Reference C Ref 808.06 A111 2006 A short version is available online; for detailed information, see the print version of the Guide. Scientific Writing The Art of Science Writing. Dale Worsley and Bernadette Mayer. New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1989. Chemistry Library Stacks C 808.06 W931a The Art of Scientific Writing: from Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields. Hans F. Ebel et al. 2nd ed. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2004. Chemistry Library Stacks C 808.06 E15a The Chemist's English. Robert Schoenfeld. 3rd rev. ed. New York: VCH, 1989. Chemistry Library Stacks C 808.06 S465c3 The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. Scott L. Montgomery. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Little Library Stacks 507 M788c Elements of the Scientific Paper. Michael J. Katz. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1985. Little Library Stacks 808.066 K19e The Handbook of Technical Writing: Form and Style. Mary Lee et al. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. Little Library Stacks 808.066 H236 How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper. Björn Gustavii. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002. Little Library Stacks 808.066 G982h How to Write & Publish a Scientific Paper. Robert A. Day. 5th ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1998. The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication. James G. Paradis and Muriel L. Zimmerman. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. Little Library Stacks 808.066 P222m Scientific Papers and Presentations. Martha Davis. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. Little Library Stacks 808.066 D263s A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry. Herbert Beall and John Trimbur. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Chemistry Library Stacks C 540.7 B366s A Short Guide to Writing about Science. David Porush. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Little Library Stacks 808.06 P853s Writing Successfully in Science. Maeve O'Connor. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1992. Chemistry Library Stacks C 808.06 O18w Annotated Bibliographies For tips on creating an annotated bibliography, see the following: Annotated Bibliographies, from the UW-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Annotated Bibliographies, from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab Preparing an Annotation, from Staley Library, Millikin University Lab Notebooks A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry. Herbert Beall and John Trimbur. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Chemistry Library Stacks C 540.7 B366s Chapter 4 covers lab notebooks and lab reports. A Short Guide to Writing about Science. David Porush. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Little Library Stacks 808.06 P853s Chapters 3 and 4 cover lab notebooks and lab reports. Writing the Laboratory Notebook. Howard M. Kanare. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1985. Chemistry Library Stacks C 542 K16w Oral Presentations Videos | Books Videos Conquering your Fear of Public Speaking. Los Angeles, CA: Mark G. Willems Productions, 1992. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC C753 Critiquing Public Speeches. Lincoln, NE: GPN, 1997. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 17 Delivering the Speech. New York: Insight Media, 1986. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC D3551 Informative Speaking: Organization. Lincoln, NE: GPN, [1997]. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 19 Informative Speaking: Strategies. Lincoln, NE: GPN, [1997]. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 18 Introductions and Conclusions. Lincoln, NE: GPN, [1997]. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 13 Organization and Outlining. Lincoln, NE: GPN, 1996. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 11 Perfect Communication. Chicago, IL: CLEARVUE, 2001. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC P4381 Persuasive Speaking: Organization. Lincoln, NE: GPN, [1997]. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 21 Persuasive Speaking: Strategies. Lincoln, NE: GPN, [1997]. [VHS] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S741 no. 20 Successful Speaking. Greenwood, NJ: Educational Video Group, 1998. [DVD] Little Library Circulation Desk VC S9421 DVD Books To find books on public speaking and debating, do subject searches in the Library Catalogue and WorldCat; examples of some relevant subject terms include: Debates and Debating Oral Communication Public Speaking The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Ed. Anne Coghill and Lorrin Garson. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2006. Little Library Reference R 808.06 A111 2006 Chemistry Library Reference C Ref 808.06 A111 2006 The previous edition, The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors, edited by Janet Todd (2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1997; Little Library Stacks 808.06 A111 1997), contains more detailed information; see chapter 12 , "Making Effective Oral Presentations." The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. Scott L. Montgomery. Chicago, IL: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2003. Little Library Stacks 507 M788c Chapter 13 covers oral presentations. The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication. James G. Paradis and Muriel L. Zimmerman. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. Little Library Stacks 808.066 P222m Chapter 15 covers oral presentations. Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas with Style, Substance, and Clarity. Peggy Noonan. New York: ReganBooks, 1998. Little Library Stacks 808.5 N817s Smart Speaking: Sixty-Second Strategies for more than 100 Speaking Problems and Fears. Laurie Schloff and Marcia Yudkin. New York: Plume, 1992. Little Library Stacks 302.2 S345s Poster Presentations The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Ed. Anne Coghill and Lorrin Garson. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2006. Little Library Reference R 808.06 A111 2006 Chemistry Library Reference C Ref 808.06 A111 2006 The previous edition, The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors, edited by Janet Todd (2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1997; Little Library Stacks 808.06 A111 1997), contains more detailed information; see chapter 2, "Tips for Effective Poster Presentations." Scientific Papers and Presentations. Martha Davis. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1997. Little Library Stacks 808.066 D263s Chapter 17 covers poster presentations. Scientist's Guide to Poster Presentations. Peter J. Gosling. New York: Kluwer, 1999. Little Library Stacks 808.066 G676s Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. See also the instruction on importing citations from SciFinder into RefWorks. 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