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 The online version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields — including 30 Nobel Prize winners — edited and illustrated with the non-specialist in mind. ASM Handbooks Online ASM Handbooks Online(The Metals Handbook), a large database covering metals property and performance data, is the place to start for data on metals and includes all 21 ASM Handbook volumes and two ASM Desk Editions. CHEMnetBASE CHEMnetBASE is a reference source for locating chemical facts, properties, literature references, and for performing structure searching. All dictionaries are sub-structure searchable as is Properties of Organic Compounds. CHEMnetBASE includes the following: The CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics; Polymers: A Property Database; Properties of Organic Compounds; Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds; Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds; Dictionary of Organic Compounds; Dictionary of Natural Products; and Dictionary of Drugs. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Annually published reference source for chemical & physical property data, nomenclature, structure, & composition of substances. Includes physical constants of organic & inorganic compounds, conversion factors, & much more. • Location(s): Available online and in print. 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Published in 2006, with updates to follow. Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences The Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences provides information on statistical theory and the applications of statistical methods in various scientific fields. This second edition collects the entire original edition plus supplements and updates (16 volumes of the print reference). • Location(s): WILSON Reference QA276.14 .E5, MATHEMATICS QA276.14 .E5, WALTER SCI/ENG Reference QA276.14 .E5, MAGRATH Ref (Encyclopedia) (Non-Circulating) QA276.14 .E5 1982, • Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability ENGnetBASE ENGnetBASE is an online reference source providing access to over 600 handbooks published by CRC Press. The handbooks include a wide variety of titles on engineering specialties, including Civil Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, HVAC, Nanotechnology, and more. Users can either browse the table of contents of each individual handbook or use keyword searching to retrieve and display related full-text information. Full- text results are displayed in .pdf format. International Tables for Crystallography (Online) The definitive resource and reference work for crystallography. Each volume in the series contains articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. The data are accompanied by discussions of theory, practical explanations and examples, all of which are useful for teaching. 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Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry "The worlds's largest technical encyclopedia," this is also a very trusted source of information on a wide variety of fields that involve chemistry. • Location(s): WALTER Sci/Eng Reference TP9 .U57 Available online and in print. • Check MNCAT Record for Location and Availability Sigma-Aldrich On-Line Online version of the well-known Sigma-Aldrich chemical catalog with CAS registry numbers, a variety of physical and chemical properties, and spectra for chemicals manufactured by Sigma-Aldrich; free registration is required to access pricing information (typically only for smaller quantities). Chemicool Periodic Table Periodic table including extensive information about the elements. Conversion Factors (from Washington State Department of Transportation) "The following list provides the conversion relationship between U.S. customary units and SI (International System) units." How Things Work (by Louis A. Bloomfield at the University of Virginia) Ask a question about the physics and science of everyday life--from falling balls to medical imaging--or browse through previously asked and answered questions. Index of Chemical Properties An index to chemistry reference books at the U of M; allows you to select a type of compound and a specific property, then provides the titles of potential information sources. Physical Reference Data (from the National Institute of Standards and Technology) Provides physical reference data including fundamental physical constants, atomic spectroscopic data, molecular spectroscopic data, and much more. Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table (from the U.S. Naval Observatory) Provides a table of the times of sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, or the beginning and end of twilight, for one year for U.S. cities. Science of Synthesis Science of Synthesis is an electronic version of the reference work by the same name; it also provides access to Houben-Weyl (Methods of Organic Chemistry) which includes references back to 1835. Science of Synthesis covers both organic and organometallic synthetic methods. The methods are evaluated and include full experimental details. The content is full-text, structure, and reaction searchable. Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, and pop-up blockers should be disabled. WebElements An online periodical table of the elements, which provides extensive chemical, crystallographic, physical, electronic, nuclear, biological, and geological data. Page Coordinator: Jody Kempf j-kemp@tc.umn.edu This URL: http://www1.lib.umn.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=783 |