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AccessScience
Contains over 7,000 articles, 115,000 definitions, and biographies of more than 1,200 scientists. Online version of print McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. current.
Also Known As
- McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
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See also: MHEST.com, a free online companion to the 10th Edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. The site has been completely redesigned and now features an index search tool, more supplemental articles, 9 Spotlights including audio interviews and other rich media from AccessScience, related McGraw-Hill titles, and additional multimedia offerings.
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Analytical WebBase
Covers 250 international journals in the field of analytical chemistry, plus equipment manufacturers' application notes, standards and books. 1980-current.

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Updated each week with around 300 new records to provide unparalleled coverage of analytical chemistry information.
Areas of analytical science covered include:
- ANALYTE - the substance being determined
- MATRIX - the material being analysed
- TECHNIQUE - including fields of study, instruments, physico-chemical parameters
and
- Chromatography, electrophoresis, spectrometry and radiochemical methods
- Inorganic, organic and organometallic analysis, including applied and industrial products
- Clinical and biochemical analysis, including proteomics and genomics
- Pharmaceutical analysis, including drugs in biological fluids
- Environmental, agricultural and food analysis
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Beilstein CrossFire
Information on over 7 million organic compounds. Covers chemical structures, data on preparation, reactions, physical properties such as boiling point, melting point, and spectral identification. Note: Beilstein does not index polymers. 1771- present.

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Download the Beilstein Commander client software from UConn's Beilstein Client Distribution Page.
The Beilstein Commander software is also available on all SuperHOMER computer workstations within the UConn libraries in the 'Other Databases' folder on the Windows desktop.

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BIOSIS Previews

Scholarly articles in biology. Essential source for research in biology. 1969-current.

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Excellent search for biology-related research. The premier database of world biology literature, and a primary source for any biology-related research, BIOSIS Previews contains the references to journal literature from Biological Abstracts, the references to meetings, reports, review articles, books and monographs from Biological Abstracts/RRM, as well as some unique references.
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ChemFinder

Povides specific gravity, vapor density, water solubility, and many other chemical and physical properties, as well as links to spectra information. Current.
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Useful for finding the CA Registry Number of common compounds, simple structures as well as physical-chemical properties such as specific gravity, vapor density, water solubility, and many other chemical and physical properties, as well as links to spectra information.
Compendex
Interdisciplinary engineering database, with over 6 million summaries of journal articles, technical reports, and conference papers and proceedings. 1970 to present.
Also Known As
- Engineering Village
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Abstracts from over 5,000 international journals, conferences papers and technical reports are included. Over 220,000 abstracts added annually.
Features:
- Over 6,000,000 records from 1970 to the present
- An update every seven days
- References and abstracts from over 5,000 journals, conferences and reports
- Ei Thesaurus, containing over 9,000 terms and synonyms
Instant in-depth coverage on:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agriculture Engineering & Food Technology
- Automotive Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer and Data Processing
- Control Engineering
- Control Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Engineering Geology
- Engineering Management
- Engineering Mathematics
- Engineering Physics
- Environmental Engineering
- Fuel Technology
- Industrial Engineering
- Instruments and Measurement
- Light and Optical Technology
- Material Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Nuclear Technology
- Ocean and Underwater Technology
- Petroleum Engineering
- Sound and Acoustical Technology
- Transportation
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e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
An online encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis.
Also Known As
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
- EROS
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Systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic chemistry. From Acetaldehyde to Zirconium Tetraisopropoxide the A to Z listing covers both classical reagents and new "designer" reagents. It contains a database of around 50,000 reactions and around 3800 of the most frequently consulted reagents and is fully searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type, experimental conditions etc. and allows sophisticated full text searches. Publisher's description (Wiley)
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Knovel Library
Over 800 full-text engineering and scientific reference works, handbooks, encyclopedias, reference books, and standards in engineering and chemistry.
Also Known As
- Physical Chemical Properties for Biologists, Chemists and Engineers
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Subject areas include chemistry and plastics, materials science, environmental science, microelectronics materials, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, chemical engineering, systems engineering, food sciences, and mechanical engineering. Knovel has embedded data with a set of innovative analytical tools to make the data found more productive. The software allows for graph plotters, equation plotters, digitized graphs and other tools to customize data from the available tables.
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Methods in Organic Synthesis

Covers new reactions and reagents, functional group changes, the introduction of chiral centres, and enzyme and biological transformations. Items are included in MOS only where there are interesting features in organic synthetic methods. 2000-present.

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Access to important new developments in organic synthesis. It covers such topics as new reactions and reagents, functional group changes, the introduction of chiral centres, and enzyme and biological transformations. Items are selected for inclusion in MOS only where there is detail of novel or interesting features in organic synthetic methods so that there are no routine preparations to plough through.
Each monthly update to contains over 200 items presented as reaction schemes, title and bibliographic details, and is indexed by Author, Product, Reaction, Reactant and Reagent.
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Organic Syntheses

Covers preparation of important organic molecules and the illustration of novel synthetic methods. Contains all of the nine Collective as well as Annual Volumes and Indices.

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ScienceDirect
Covers Physical and Chemical Sciences; Life Sciences; Health Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities. 1995-current.
Also Known As
- Science Direct
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Elsevier Science journal collection (over 1,200 titles), along with journals from a host of prestigious societies and STM publishers. Note: UConn does not have free access to all journals.
Topics include:
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Business & Management Science
- Chemistry
- Clinical Medicine
- Earth Sciences
- Economics
- Engineering & Technology
- Environmental Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics & Computer science
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Neurosciences
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Physics
- Social Sciences
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SciFinder Scholar
Search Chemical Abstracts and the CAS Registry File of over 19 million chemical substances. The CAS RegistrySM in SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar has been enhanced with additional experimental properties from 1920 - 1987 CA records. 1967-current.
Also Known As
- Chemical Abstracts
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Properties in SciFinder include:
- Experimental Property
- Boiling Point
- Density
- Electric Conductance/Resistance
- Glass Transition Temperature
- Magnetic Moment
- Median Lethal Dose
- Melting Point/Sublimation
- Optical Rotatory Power
- Refractive Index
- Tensile Strength
Download the SciFinder Scholar 2006 client to your Windows PC or Macintosh. If you are updating from a previous version (1.0, 3.0, 2000, 2001, or 2002--note there is no 2003 version) you should install the 2004 upgrade in the same directory on your computer (default is C:\sfschlr for Windows). This will retain your settings and site preferences file. If you are installing Sci Finder Scholar for the first time with version 2004, you will need to download the site.prf file and copy it to your C:\sfschlr after installing the application.
You may also access the SciFinder Scholar client in the Homer Babbidge Library; it is loaded on all SuperHOMER workstations.
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Scopus

Scholarly journal articles with a heavy emphasis on science topics. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. International scope. Excellent for citation searching. 1966-present.

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Because UConn holds a license to Beilstein CrossFire, users can see summaries of compounds and reaction information in Scopus for any article that is also indexed in Beilstein Crossfire.
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Surface and Colloid Chemistry Handbook

Complete CD-ROM handbook for the chemistry of surface and colloidal systems. Summarizes developments in theoretical and applicable research and includes details often not available in journal articles. 1999.

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Web of Science
Scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities. A great database for high quality scholarly articles on any topic. Excellent for citation searching. 1994- present.

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Science Citation Index

Subjects include:
- Agriculture
- Astronomy
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Oncology
- Patents, when a patent is part of the record
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Psychiatry
- Veterinary Science & Zoology
Social Sciences Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Anthropology
- History
- Information Science & Library Science
- Law
- Linguistics
- Philosophy
- Political Science & Industrial Relations
- Psychiatry & Psychology
- Public Health
- Social Work & Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Urban Studies
- Women's Studies
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects include:
- Art & Architecture
- Archaeology
- Asian Studies
- Classics
- Dance
- Folklore
- History
- Language & Linguistics
- Literature & Literary Reviews
- Music
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Radio, Television, & Film
- Religion
- Theater
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