Dictionaries and Glossaries

Encyclopedias and Handbooks

Spectra Handbooks

Dictionaries and Glossaries

These sources help to define unfamiliar terms

Dictionary of Chemistry, 5th Ed., Oxford University Press, 2004
Dictionary of Chemistry, Penguin Books, 2005
Floor 2 Reference QD 5 .M522 2003
Facts of File Dictionary of Biochemistry
Floor 2 Reference QP 512 .F33 2003
Facts of File Dictionary of Chemistry, 4th Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QD 5 .F33 2005
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry, 2nd Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QD 5 .M36 2003
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rev. Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QP 512 .O94 2006

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Encyclopedias and Handbooks

These sources contain more detailed information or specific data

Aldrich Handbook of Fine Chemicals
Floor 2 Reference TP 202 .A5405
Chemical Properties Handbook, 1999
Color Atlas of Biochemistry, 2nd Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QP 514.2 .K6613 2005
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics, 87th Ed., 2006-2007
Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds
Floor 2 Reference QD 148 .D53 1992
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Floor 2 Reference QD 246 .D5 1996
Elements, 3rd Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QD 466 .E48 1998
Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients
Floor 2 Reference QD 415 .A25 L48 1996
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 5th Ed.
Floor 2 Reference TP 9 .K54 2004
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, 15th Ed., 1999
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry
Floor 2 Reference QD 4 .M33 1997
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 5th Ed., 2005
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th Ed.
Floor 2 Reference Q 121 .M3 2002
Note: Look up your topic in the index in Volume 20 first!
Merck Index, 13th Ed.
Floor 2 Reference Desk RS 51 .M4 2001
Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handook, 7th Ed., 1997
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry, 5th Ed.
Floor 2 Reference QD 4 .V36 2005

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