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BACKGROUND RESOURCES

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

 

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.

Dictionary of Scientific Biography Dictionary of Scientific Biography full-text e-book.


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.D493 2000
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
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

REF 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 2002
(Fieser and Fieser’s) Reagents for Organic Synthesis QD262.F5
Lange’s Handbook of Chemistry  REF QD65.L36 2005
Knovel - via Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) A collection of scientific and engineering handbooks.  To access this collection, you must register and sign-in to NKO.  Once signed-in, under Reference link, in left column, go to Econtent-Science, then Knovel.
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
EPA Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines  
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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