The resources below are in-depth guides to the research literature:
How to find chemical information: a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and students
QD8.5 .M34 5th Floor Stacks
Using the biological literature: a practical guide
QH303.6 .D38 2014 5th Floor Stacks
Material Safety Data Sheets
MSDS Solutions
The largest collection of MSDS freely available on the web. Search 1.5 million MSDS by clicking on Free MSDS Search Engine. Free registration is required.
Core chemistry reference titles and useful chemistry websites:
CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics
QD65 .H3 Current year in permanent reserve. Previous years in book stacks.
Lange's Handbook of chemistry
QD65 .L36 Reference
Dean's analytical chemistry handbook
QD78 .P37 2004 5th Floor Stacks
Organic reactions
QD251 .O7 5th Floor Stacks
Dictionary of inorganic compounds
QD148 D53 1992 Reference
Dictionary of organic compounds
QD246 D5 1982 5th Floor Oversize
Compendium of organic synthetic methods
Access online
Comprehensive heterocyclic chemistry: the structure, reactions, synthesis, and uses of heterocyclic compounds
QD400 .C65 1984 5th Floor Stacks
Comprehensive organometallic chemistry: the synthesis, reactions, and structures of organometallic compounds
QD411 .C65 1982 5th Floor Stacks
Dictionary of organometallic compounds
QD 411 D53 1984 Reference
Dictionary of natural products
QD 415 A25 D53 1994 Reference
Treatise on geochemistry
QE515 .T69 2004 Reference
Magill's survey of science. Life science series
QH307.2 .M34 1991 5th Floor Stacks
This huge reference work focuses on processes rather than organisms. Each entry has bibliography for further reading.
Encyclopedia of the biosphere
QH343.4 .B5613 2000 5th Floor Oversize
Encyclopedia of environmental microbiology
QR100 .B58 2002 5th Floor Oversize
The Merck index: an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals
RS51 .M4 2006 5th Floor Stacks
Hazardous chemicals desk reference
T55.3.H3 L49 1997 5th Floor Stacks
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of chemical technology
TP9 .E685 Reference
Chem sources U.S.A.
TP12 .C443 Reference
Encyclopedia of bioethics
Access online
World of microbiology and immunology
Access online
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Access online
Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI)
"A freely available dictionary of ‘small molecular entities’. The term ‘molecular entity’ encompasses any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity. The molecular entities in question are either products of nature or synthetic products used to intervene in the processes of living organisms."
