Chemistry/Physics Research Guide

This online guide is developed specifically for research assignments in Chemistry or Physics.  It provides a recommended list of resources geared towards completing research assignments.

• Finding Books
• Finding E-books
• Finding Articles
• Trusted Web Sites
• Reference Materials
• APA Writing Assistance
• Off-campus Access to Online Resources

Finding Books

• Use the online catalog to locate books in the LFCC libraries.

Hints

• Use the keyword search to search for books about your topic.
• Check the campus location - items can be at Middletown or Fauquier.
• You'll need the call number to locate items on the shelf.

Finding E-Books

• The online catalog also contains NetLibrary E-Books.

Hints

• To find e-books, use the keyword search and include the keyword netlibrary.
• You can view the full-text of the e-books from any computer on either campus.
• To use a NetLibrary book off-campus, first you must create a NetLibrary account while you are on campus.
• More information is available here.

Finding Articles

• Academic Search Complete
  A one-stop source for journal and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Millions of full-text articles.
• Associate Programs Source
  Article database designed specifically for junior and community colleges with a primary focus on disciplines of study within associate degrees and certification programs, including accounting, child care services, graphic arts, interior design, journalism, plumbing, heating ∧ air conditioning, and welding.
• American Chemical Society Journals
  Full-text of journals from the ACS covering many types of chemistry.
• Annual Reviews
  Full text from Annual Reviews published each year for 32 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Physical, and Social Sciences.
• Blackwell Synergy Journals
  Full-text of hundreds of science, medical, and social science journals published by Blackwell.
• Institute of Physics Journal Journals
  Full-text physics journals from IOP.
• TOXLINE (CSA)
  This database provides bibliographic citations and abstracts from the core journal literature in toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and environmental pollutants.

Trusted Web Sites

• U.S. Government provided Web sites
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • US Food and Drug Administration - Library of Chemistry Information
  • Science.gov
  • Library of Congress
  • Los Alomos National Laboratory - Physics
  • National Science Foundation
  • US National Library of Medicine Chemical Information
• University chemistry and physics resources Web sites
  • University of Illinois Chemistry Library or Physics Library
  • Duke University Physics Resources or chemistry resources: (Physical Properties), (Chemical Ethics), or (Chemistry and Reference Web sites).
  • Yale University Chemistry Resources or Physics Resources
  • University of Virginia Chemistry Resources or Physics Resources
  • Rutgers University Chemistry Resources
  • Intute.ac.uk
• Other trusted Web sites
  • Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Librarian's Internet Index
  • Chemical Databases
    • Spectral Database for Organic Compounds, SDBS
    • SUGABASE
    • SPECARB
    • EUROSPEC
  • National Science Digital Library
  • Chemdex
  • Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide
  • College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry
  • Physics to go
  • Google Scholar
• Organizations
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Institute of Physics
  • American Physical Society
  • American Association of Physics Teachers
  • American Association of Physicists in Medicine
  • International Association of Mathematical Physics
  • Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
  • Canadian Society of Chemistry
  • European Society for Applied Physical Chemistry

Reference Materials

• Access-Science
  Contains all the articles, fully illustrated, from the latest edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Research Updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks, thousands of illustrations, and the latest Science News® headlines, biographies, and more.
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
  Full-text of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, filled with tables and data.
• ENGnetBASE (Engineering Electronic Library)
  Full-text of over 400 engineering books.
• Oxford Reference Online
  Full-text access to hundreds of Oxford reference books in all subject areas.
• Today's Science (Facts on File)
  Database of science news and information written specifically for students.

APA Writing Assistance

• Dr. Plonsky's (UW-Steven's Point) APA Style Guide
• Noodlebib
• Duke Libraries "Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper"
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writers' Workshop

Off-Campus Access to Online Resources

To use library databases off-campus, you can log into it with your VCCS username and password.

Click on a database link and you will be asked to enter your VCCS username and password. This is the same password you use for Blackboard or MyVCCS.

Only registered students can access library databases from off-campus.