Research tips from Dana Roth

Dana Roth, Caltech's esteemed chemistry librarian, has some words of wisdom to share:

In addition to textbooks and research monographs, the library also has a variety of encyclopedic volumes that review various subject areas. These volumes should give you a solid background before beginning a new research project.

Encyclopedias & Encyclopedic Databases:

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/kirk/  

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science & Technology, v.1-17, 1985-1990   (Mil8 Ref   TP1087 .E46 1985)

Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry; Applications ...  v.1-15, 2000  (Mil8 REF   QD71.5 .E52)

Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, v.1-3, 2001 (Mil-8 REF QD451 .E539)

Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry. v.1-5, 1998  (Mil-8 REF QD39.3.E46 E53)

Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry. I-v.1-8, 1994; II-v.1-10, 2006  (Mil-8 REF QD381 .C667)

http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780470862100/eic/topics

Encyclopedia of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. v.1-9, 1996-2003  (Mil-8 REF QC762 .E53)

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Chemistry (e-EROS)

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/104554785/HOME

MULTIVOLUME COMPILATIONS:

Chemistry of Functional Groups (Patai) - please check CLAS for individual volumes.

    

Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry – I & II

            v.1-7, 1987; v. 1-10, 2004    (Mil-8 REF QD474 .C65)

Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry – I & II & III

            v.1-8, 1984;  v.1-11, 1996; v.1-15, 2008    (Mil-8 REF QD400 .C65)

Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry.

            v.1-9, 1999    (Mil-8 REF QD415 .C63)

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations - I, II

v.1-7, 1995;  v.1-7, 2005    (Mil-8 REF QD262 .C534)

Comprehensive Organic Synthesis; v.1-9, 1991 (Mil-8 REF QD245 .C65)

Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry - I, II, III;

v.1-9, 1982; v.1-14, 1995; v. 1-13, 2006     (Mil-8 REF QD411 .C652)

Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry. v.1-11, 1996 (Mil-8 REF QD381 .C667)