LibGuides: Chemistry & Biochemistry: Background Information

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Tiffanie Ford-Baxter

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Email: tfordba@calstatela.edu

Subjects: Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Natural Science, Physics

Background Information Resources

Sometimes it can be hard to know where to start, especially if you are unfamiliar with a topic. Online encyclopedias are a good starting point for research. Look for keywords that can help you search strategically later. Prefer print? Try searching OneSearch to locate a book or article on your topic.

Gale In Context: Science This link opens in a new window
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Provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. The collection includes millions of full-text articles that includes national and global publications as well as 200+ experiments, projects, and top reference content.
Science In Context showcases how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues ranging from bacteria to obesity and weather.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Offers an online collection of reference eBooks including encyclopedias, such as the Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Life Science and other reference sources for multidisciplinary research. You can search a single eBook or across an entire eBook collection. When starting your search type in terms such as evolution or ecology.

Ebook Central Proquest This link opens in a new window
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Ebook Central Proquest includes CSU system-wide shared Academic Complete collection of over 180,000 titles as well as campus purchased titles covering multidisciplinary topics.

Encyclopedia of Life
EOL provides information and pictures of all species know to science.

Online Resources

NIST Chemistry WebBook
The NIST Chemistry WebBook provides chemical and physical property data for atoms, molecules, ions, and other chemical species.
Table of Physical and Chemical Constants
Thermodynamic, electrical, mechanical, acoustical data are just some of the types of data. All charts, tables, formulas, and graphs are included (Currano & Roth, 2014, p. 162).

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Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Background Information Resources

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