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Foundations of Science 1 & 2

A collection of research resources for students in Foundations of Science 1&2 course.

Chemistry e-books

CHEMnetBASE
Search The Combined Chemical Dictionary, Properties of Organic Compounds, The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, and Polymers: A Property Database.

Use the following databases to find chemistry ebooks:

SpringerLink
A full text online collection of scientific, technological and medical journals, books and reference works.
ScienceDirect
Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering ebook collection published by Elsevier.

Knovel
Search large collection of online handbooks (including tables of properties and some spectra).

Wiley Current Protocols
A comprehensive collection of 1,400 full text journals and ebooks in 14 subject areas.

Chemistry journal articles

SciFinder
Please note that all patrons must create a personal account on first use at https://origin-scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=7BF1F3BB-86F3-F00A-11C8-5FB99669A39B in order to use this resource. Search for articles, substances, and reactions.

Don't know where to start? Try the links below to find articles in the field of chemistry.

Reaxys
Searchable by chemical structure, formula, physical property parameters, chemical reaction, as well as bibliographic data.
Web of Science
Search for articles in the sciences and the articles that cite them.
Scopus
Find articles in the sciences and use the citation index to discover citations of relevant articles.

Google Scholar Search

Use Google Scholar to find out what's been written about your topic:

Google Scholar & NYU Libraries

You can configure Google Scholar to:

Sense when NYU has access to the full-text of an article: Under Settings, and under Library Links, search for New York University. Links to NYU content will appear on the right-hand side of your results page.

Export your citations to RefWorks or EndNote: Under Settings, and under Bibliography manager, select "Show links..." and select your preferred citation software. From your results list you can easily export items to RefWorks or EndNote.

More article databases

ScienceDirect
Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering ebook collection published by Elsevier.
SpringerLink
A full text online collection of scientific, technological and medical journals, books and reference works.
Medline via PubMed
Find articles from scientific and medical journals here.

Find Books in Chemistry

Indoor Air Pollution by Peter Pluschke
"Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments" chapter available online!

Spend some time exploring ebook databases like SpringerLink and Science Direct to find ebooks like these!

Eco-City Planning by Tai-Chee Wong; Belinda Yuen
"Urban Air Quality Management: Detecting and Improving Indoor Ambient Air Quality" chapter available online!
Handbook of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Calculations by Joseph P. Reynolds
Available online!
Handbook of Air Pollution Prevention and Control by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Available online!

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