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PLEASE NOTE: With the permanent closure of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library during COVID time, all chemistry print books and other materials have been re-located to four locations: Shields Library sciences 3rd floor; Shields Library 2nd floor Reference collection (REFERENCE titles); temporary storage (at Carlson Health Sciences Library); or the Northern UC libraries storage facility, NRLF (Northern Regional Library Facility). The UCD Library Catalog notes which of these four locations your print chemistry materials may be found at.
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- WorldCat This link opens in a new windowOCLC catalog of millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide.
[Coverage: 1000 A.D.-present]
- Chemistry LibreTextsThe LibreTexts Chemistry Library is the principal hub of the LibreTexts project, a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop open-access texts to improve postsecondary education at all levels of higher learning.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE
CLASS Q - SCIENCE
Subclass QD Chemistry
QD1-999 Chemistry
QD1-65 Chemistry, General - Including alchemy
QD71-142 Analytical chemistry
QD146-197 Inorganic chemistry
QD241-441 Organic chemistry
QD415-436 Biochemistry
QD450-801 Physical and theoretical chemistry
QD625-655 Radiation chemistry
QD701-731 Photochemistry
QD901-999 Crystallography
- Understanding Call Numbers
Explains how to read a Library of Congress call number.
Specialized Chemistry Book Series
- ACS Symposium Series eBooks1974-present. UC Davis has the ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium books online from 1974 on. Volumes published in 2010 and earlier are also available in print.
To locate a print volume: search the Library Catalog for “ACS Symposium” then add either the volume number or title you want. - ACS Advances in Chemistry1949-1998. Founded in 1949, Advances in Chemistry series was the predecessor to the ACS Symposium Series.
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Comprehensive, critical reviews, written by leading scientists across a range of disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Can provide a good overview topics you are not familiar with. Chemical fields covered include: analytical chemistry; biochemistry; physical chemistry; pharmacology and toxicology; and chemical and biomolecular engineering.
Online: 1996 – present.
Tables of Contents only: 1984 – 1995. Use the library catalog to find these in print.
- International Tables For CrystallographyTheo Hahn; U. Shmueli; A. J. C. Wilson (editors). 1984-2012. Dordrecht, Holland; Boston, U.S.A. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, most current volumes available through Wiley.
Use the link above or this alternate link
https://it.iucr.org/ to access the volumes below.
Volume A1 Symmetry Relations Between Space Groups
Volume B Reciprocal space
Volume C Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Tables
Volume D Physical Properties of Crystals
Volume E Subperiodic Groups
Volume F Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules
Volume G Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data - International Tables for X-Ray CrystallographyNorman F.M. Henry & Kathleen Lonsdale (Editors), International Union of Crystallography, Kynoch Press 1969. Freely available via Internet Archive.
Volume 1: Symmetry Groups (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 2: Mathematical Tables (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 3: Physical & Chemical Tables (also in print: Shields Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 4: Revised and supplementary tables to volumes 2 and 3 (print only: Shields Library QD945 .I55) - RSC eBooks1968-present. The RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) ebooks package, includes over 1000 books published since 1968, including the Specialist Periodical Reports series and Tutorial Chemistry Texts @ https://pubs.rsc.org/en/ebooks#!key=series-title&value=tutorial-chemistry-texts
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Coverage: 1790 - present
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