Stephens Library
Chemistry Library Guide
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In This Guide
Finding Books
Finding Articles on Chemistry
All About Science Reference Center
Websites
Contact the Library
Librarian for Chemistry
Emma Fernandez (she/her)
efernandez@stephens.edu
(573) 441-5129
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Finding Books
Resources
Stephens Library Catalog - Search the traditional catalog for Stephens College books, videos, and more.
MOBIUS Catalog - Search the MOBIUS Consortium catalog and request physical/print books be sent to Stephens for pickup. Books are generally ready to be picked up in two to three work days.
eMO Electronic Books - Search and view over 250,000 electronic books. Entirely full-text.
Physical Book Locations
Chemistry books are generally located in the following sections (the second floor of the Stephens Library):
Q - Science (General)
QD - Chemistry
Search Tips
Search the Stephens Library Catalog to find physical materials and eBooks held at Stephens Library. The MOBIUS Catalog is also a good option to broaden your search for print books to libraries across Missouri.
Try using the phrase “chemistry” to get started, or use more specific terms for the field you’re researching.
Use the advanced search function and search for these phrases as subject terms to find materials about that term (rather than narrowing to a specific title).
Here are some other examples:
Particles
Neutrons
Compounds
Molecules
In addition, use the filters on the left hand side of the catalog to narrow or broaden your search.
Finding Articles on Chemistry
Resources
Content type: articles. Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.
Content type: articles. PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.
Content type: articles, books, video. Includes reference books, journals, biographies, images, and videos on the topics of biology, chemistry, life science and more.
When searching these databases, you will likely come across articles that are not immediately available. In such cases, choose to “Request It” and complete the process. Articles usually become available within one business day, although it can take as many as five days. You can review your request history and make requests from scratch using Interlibrary Loan.
Search Tips
Break your research question into essential key words and connect with AND.
exercise AND mental health
Use synonyms and connect them with OR
adolescents OR adolescence OR teens OR teenagers OR young adults
Use truncation (*) to get plurals and alternative endings.
educat* = educate, education, educating, educated, etc.
Put quotes around a term that’s a phrase to keep the words together.
“body image”
When you find a good article, look at the works cited or reference list at the end to help identify other useful resources on the same topic.
All About Science Reference Center
Science Reference Center is a comprehensive research database that provides easy access to full-text, science-oriented content.
What’s in Science Reference Center?
Topics covered in Science Reference Center include biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, technology and wildlife.
Includes Science Image Collection with more than 300,000 images
Contains more than 200 full-text science magazines
Contains full-text science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, essays, and biographies of scientists
Multimedia includes animations, images, and video
Searching Science Reference Center
Can sort articles by:
Source
Author
Date
Can browse by:
Category
Popular Sources
Featured Science Topic
Use “Source Types” filter in the left-hand column to limit your results to magazines, reference books, biographies, or science experiments.
Related images/videos found in the right column.
“Science Experiments” is a unique feature to Science Reference Center.
Websites
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Publishes authoritative articles, events, news, updates related to chemistry.
Chemistry Education Digital Library
An online collaborative community of chemistry students and teachers. Hear from individuals involved in real-world chemistry research as they share the procedures and the results of their work.
A non-profit scientific organization with more than 140 years’ experience, we are a champion for chemistry, its practitioners and our global community of members. One of the world’s largest scientific organizations with a mission to advance the broader chemistry enterprise.