NIMITZ LIBRARY -- U. S. Naval Academy

Professor emeritus Samuel P. Massie, Jr., joined the Department of Chemistry in 1966 as the first black faculty member of the Naval Academy. In 1998, Chemical & Engineering News, published by the American Chemical Society, named Dr. Massie to their list of the "TOP 75 DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE". The Department of Energy established the Samuel P. Massie Chair of Excellence Program and committed $14.7 million in grants to nine historically black colleges and universities and one Hispanic-serving institution from 1994-1999.

BACKGROUND RESOURCES

A select list of paper and electronic encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. available from the Nimitz Library.

BIOGRAPHIES ||| DICTIONARIES ||| ENCYCLOPEDIAS ||| HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, and TABLES ||| PROTOCOLS and STANDARDS

**Biographies**
Title	Description or Call Number
American Men & Women of Science 23rd Edition 24th Edition	American Men & Women of Science full-text e-book from Gale Virtual Reference Center.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography	Dictionary of Scientific Biography full-text e-book.

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**Dictionaries**
Title	Description or Call Number
Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology	REF QH324.2.D53 2004
Dictionary of Biology	REF QH302.5.D54 2008
Dictionary of Chemistry	REF QD5.D4985 2008
Dictionary of Genetics	REF QH427.K55 2006
Dictionary of Natural Products	REF QD415.A25D53 1994 – 7 vols. & suppl.
Dictionary of Organic Compounds	REF QD246.D5 1996 – 9 vols. & suppl.
Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds	REF QD411.D53 1984 – 3 vols. & suppl.
Gardner's Chemical Synonyms and Trade Names	REF TP9.G286 1999
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary	REF QD5.C5 2007
Henderson's Dictionary of Biology	REF QH302.5.H45 2008
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience	REF QH302.5.M382 2003
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	REF QD415.A25O94 2000

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**Encyclopedias**
Title	Description or Call Number
Access Science	Online version of McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry	REF QD415.A25 E53 2004 - 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry	REF QD451.E53 2001 - 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of Chromatography	REF QD79.C4E63 2005 - 2 vols.
Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items	REF TP270.F44 – 10 vols.
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry	REF QD146.E53 1994 – 8 vols.
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology	REF TP1110.E53 2003 - 12 vols.
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis	REF QD77.E53 1995 – 8 vols.
Encyclopedia of Separation Science	REF QD63.S4.E53 2000 - 10 vols.
Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry	REF QC450.3.E53 2000 - 3 vols.
Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry	REF QD876.E53 2004 - 2 vols.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology	REF TP9.K542 2004 - 26 vols.
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry	REF QD4.M33 1997 – 4 vols.
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Bioscience	REF QH302.5.M378 2005
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Chemistry	REF QD4.M34 2004
Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry	REF QD4.V36 2005

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**Handbooks, Manuals, and Tables**
Title	Description or Call Number
Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry	QD251.B4 1918 - 56 vols.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics	Also: READY REF QD65.H3 (older editions in general collection)
Explosives	REF TP270.A2 M4913 2007
(Fieser and Fieser’s) Reagents for Organic Synthesis	QD262.F5
Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry	REF QD65.L36 2005
Merck Index: an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals	REF RS51.M4 (older editions in general collection)
NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables	REF QD511.N57 1998
Sigma-Aldrich Library of Chemical Safety Data	REF T55.3.H3S54 1988 – 2 vols.
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms	REF QH83.S89 – 2 vols.

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**Protocols and Standards**
Title	Description or Call Number
Annual Book of ASTM Standards	REF TA401.A653
Compilation of EPA's Sampling and Analysis Methods	REF TD193.C65 1996
Current Protocols in Field Analytical Chemistry	REF QD79.C4C87 1998
Food Chemicals Codex	REF TP455.F66 2008 & 1 suppl.
Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International	REF S587.O38 (older editions in general collection)
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater	REF QD142.A6 (older editions in general collection)

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