Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. Many scientific journal articles are included in this source. tutorial
Access Science is the online equivalent of the most current edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, which also includes biographies of scientists, recent science-related news articles, study guides, and web site links.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text provides the full text for more than 560 nursing & allied health journals. It also includes evidence-based care sheets and over 100 interactive continuing education units (CEUs) on patient care and drug administration.
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Pubmed Central is a free article archive from life sciences journals.
Electronic journals can be searched by selecting "Find Magazines or Newspapers by Title" from the library home page. Researchers may also get a list of e-journals available on a given topic by selecting a subject category using the same link. The following journals are available electronically on chemistry.
Chemical & Engineering News
Journal of Chemical Education
WNC library books are listed in an online catalog shared by most northern Nevada academic libraries. To find in-depth materials, search the library catalog by typing in the topic you are researching. Be sure to use keywords or subjects rather than sentences. Clicking on the links below will perform a search for WNC books and videos about these topics in the library catalog. Please be patient; sometimes these searches can take a few minutes to finish.
All universities and community college libraries in Nevada use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize their books. Books are arranged A-Z, with each letter corresponding to a subject. To find books on this topic, go to the following areas:
| Classification | Topic |
| QD | Chemistry |
| TP | Chemical Technology |
| RS | Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
These titles are located at the Carson City Campus library unless otherwise indicated. The term “Ready Ref” indicates the item is shelved directly behind the Reference Desk.
* Asterisked titles are also available at the WNC Fallon campus library.
| Dictionaries & Encyclopedias | |
| Chemistry: Foundations and Applications ( 4 vols.) | REF QD4 C48 |
| *CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics | REF QD65 .H3 |
| Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry | REF QD4 M33 |
| *Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (also available on CD-Rom at reference desk and online -ask instructor for passwords) | REF RS51 .M4 |
| *Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry | REF QD4 .V36 2005 |
| Pharmaceutical Chemistry Books(Drugs, etc.) | |
| *Physicians' Desk Reference | REF RS355 .P47 |
| Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs | REF RM671 .A1 P48 |
| PDR for Herbal Medicines | REF RS75 P554 |
| Essential Guide to Prescription Drugs | REF RM302.5 .L66 |
| Additional Chemistry Reference Books | |
| Lange's Handbook of Chemistry | REF TP151 .H25 |
| Poisoning & Toxicology Handbook | REF RA1215 .P64 |
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